Allevard Springs will close its South Wales car components plant. About 60 jobs will go. The company moved to Tonypandy as part of the UK Government’s encouragement to boost jobs in South Wales following WW2 and it started production in 1947 for Land Rover. Work expanded and it was a significant supplier to car and light commercial vehicles over the next 70 years but the contraction in vehicle … [Read more...]
Under age and driving – legally
A 12 and a 14 year old from Wales have made the final of a national driving competition – despite not being old enough to hold a driving licence. Jenson Jones, 12, from Clydach Vale, Tonypandy and Cameron Redwood, 14, from Llandough, Penarth have both been awarded a place in the final of the Young Driver Challenge 2021, having beaten off stiff competition from hundreds of other entries. The … [Read more...]
Newslines 20 January
Work on a £65m bypass in Gwynedd could face further delays, an assembly member has warned. Construction of the Bontnewydd road was due to start by the end of 2016, but was delayed amid concerns over wildlife while Arfon AM Sian Gwenllian fears it could be further pushed back as no date has been set for the public inquiry. Toyota and Nissan say they will continue to build cars in the UK … [Read more...]