Osian Pryce has won the 2025 Roger Albert Clark Rally in sensational style – leading the UK’s longest and toughest event from start to finish for all bar one stage and mastering the most challenging wintry weather conditions to score victory by 2mins 39secs in a Wales Motorsport-built and prepared Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2. Having come close to victory in 2021 … [Read more...]
Osian eyes win on this week’s Roger Albert Clark Rally
Osian Pryce will attempt to win the longest and toughest rally in the UK this week when he contests the Roger Albert Clark Rally in a Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2 built and supplied by Wales Motorsport. The 35 stage / 313 stage mile RAC Rally began in Carmarthen yesterday and ends in Carlisle Sunday, and it’s an event that the 2022 British rally champion has … [Read more...]
FRF Toyota Wales is Britain’s best for the brand
Top accolades in the annual Toyota Best Retailer in Town awards have been won by FRF Group, named the Best Toyota Group for the second year running, and Steven Eagell Peterborough, winner of the Best Toyota Retailer title. With a 20-year history, FRF won the Best Toyota Group award for its focus on engaging and developing its teams to provide service that … [Read more...]
Tradelines 12 June
Residual values of used cars with manual transmission are in decline, with some models worth as much as 21% less than their automatic equivalents and fewer manual cars for sale in 2024 than ever before, reports Car Dealer magazine. Among the manufacturers that no longer offer any new models with manual transmission are Volvo, Mercedes, Jaguar and Lexus, all … [Read more...]
FRF Group & North Road are Toyota’s award winners
South Wales' FRF business has won the Toyota Best Retailer in Town Group award. Their Swansea dealership also collected the award for new vehicle sales in 2023. This is the 10th year of the Toyota BRIT awards which recognise the top-performing Toyota centres in the UK. FRF Group, winner of the Best Toyota Group award, is a family business that has … [Read more...]
Four Welsh towns have UK’s shortest L-test time
Wales passes the test for the best places to learn to drive in Britain. Learner drivers Cardigan area can expect a short wait of 4.06 weeks between when they book their test and when they eventually get around to taking it. Cardigan is one of four Welsh areas that are the quickest places to secure a driving test slot in the UK. Carmarthen in Wales … [Read more...]
Concerns of more lower speed limits around the corner
A Welsh Government Minister has refused to rule out more speed limit reductions on major roads after fighting off an opposition bid to scrap the 20mph default limit beginning Sunday. After losing the vote to Labour and Plaid Cymru members in the Senedd, Welsh Conservative Shadow Transport Minister Natasha Asghar, MS said, “Labour and Plaid Cymru refused to … [Read more...]
Manhunt after sexual assault on West Wales station & train
British Transport Police investigating a sexual assault at Carmarthen Railway Station have released a CCTV image of the man they want to question. Just before 2.50pm on Thursday 13 July, a woman arrived at Carmarthen station to wait for the 2.50pm train to Pembroke Dock. Before her train arrived, a man sat next to her and engaged her in … [Read more...]
Newslines 25 August
Wales’s bus services anticipate being cut by a quarter now that Welsh Government Covid funding has ceased to support routes and businesses. Welsh Conservatives labelled the cuts as “moronic” at time when a massive campaign is underway to deter private cars and driving. More than 100,000 passengers have travelled on the improved Carmarthen – Aberystwyth … [Read more...]
Fraudster sat 150 driving tests
A woman living in Wales who impersonated learner drivers taking theory and practical driving tests over two years has been jailed for eight months. Inderjeet Kaur, 29, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, admitted taking 150 tests between 2018 and 2020 for people who had difficulty with English. Swansea Crown Court heard suspicion grew at test … [Read more...]
