The proposed £1bn M4 relief road around Newport and said to be vital to the Welsh economy would cut through the first nesting site for common cranes in Wales in over 400 years, it has emerged.
The RSPB said the revelation, in a Welsh Government ecology report, was emblematic of wider environmental concerns about the scheme which due to be heard at a five-month public inquiry beginning today.
Plans to transform a busy Swansea street into a park at a cost of £10M have been unveiled.
The Kingsway would be transformed to boost pedestrianisation and shop visitors but some claim it will make serious traffic congestion even worse in the area where there have been fatalities in previous years.
Bentley is eyeing a new strategy for both its SUV lineup and its electrification plans: combining them.
The UK automaker is considering doing a small SUV positioned below the Bentayga that would be electric-only, say executives.
MINI bosses will hold talks with the British Government over plans for its EV model due in 2019.
The car may be assembled in the UK, Netherlands or Germany, depending on the level of support the company can muster from Governments.
GMB taxi and private drivers members are staging a protest against ‘Wild West’ deregulation of the private hire licenses.
The union will linking up with other taxi trade representatives to hold demos in towns and cities across the UK because government deregulation bill has allows drivers turned down in one area are allowed to obtain a license in another and work in the area which excluded them.