To mark National Pothole Day, Go.Compare Car Insurance can reveal the top ten counties in England and Wales whose roads are most peppered with potholes today. Topping the peak pothole list was Derbyshire County Council, which reported 215,787 potholes over three years between January 2020 and December 2022. Two more northern counties took the 2nd and 3rd place spots, with Durham and Lancashire … [Read more...]
14 Million motorists expected on holiday weekend roads
More than 14m drivers are set to make leisure trips this bank holiday weekend – nearly 2m more than last year, says the RAC. Saturday is expected to be the busiest ‘getaway’ day of the weekend on the roads, with the RAC’s research of 2,316 UK drivers showing as many as 3.1m separate trips are due to be taken. Friday is forecast to be the next busiest with 2.8m trips planned, followed by … [Read more...]
North Wales stations on track for award
Four train stations in North Wales will battle it out for a place in the final to be crowned ‘The UK’s best loved station’ and winner of World Cup of Stations 2023, the competition hosted by the Rail Delivery Group in partnership with the Community Rail Network. The four stations in Wales that have been nominated are all managed by Transport for Wales are: North Llanrwst has been … [Read more...]
Cambrian Rally opens season
The Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets underway on saturday with the Llandudno-based Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, writes Peter Hughes. With the return of Pirelli as title sponsors, along with RAVENOL’s continued support of the Clubman competitors, the Championship looks to follow up its thriller 2018 season with another bumper year. It was Dylan Davies (above) who took … [Read more...]
Legends come home to Wales next month
Top Welsh rally legends will be honoured during next month’s Wales Rally GB 26-29 October, Britain’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Tribute will be paid to a number of high-achieving sporting luminaries including both drivers and co-drivers. The impressive roster features World and British Champions as well as much-admired national heroes and multiple Rally GB winners. All will … [Read more...]
Flying start to WRGB next month
Next month’s Wales Rally GB 26-29 October will get off to a spectacular flying start. As a dramatic curtain-raiser to four days of thrilling against-the-clock action in the legendary Welsh forests, this autumn’s FIA World Championship event blasts off on thursday evening 26 October with a new speed test, staged under the floodlights at Tir Prince Raceway in the seaside resort of Towyn. And, … [Read more...]
Night stages return for Wales Rally GB
The route of Wales Rally GB has been published and tickets are now on sale for the spectator stages. Once again the UK round of the World Rally Championship, which has been hotly contested so far this year with four different winners over six rounds, will be held to co-incide with the autumn half-term 26-29 October and the organisers are giving free admission to accompanied … [Read more...]
Newslines 17 January
About 1,000 drivers were wrongly sent speeding notices during works in the Conwy tunnel last October. North Wales Police said the overnight 40mph limit had not been lifted on their automatic system and the notices had been cancelled. Trump Tariffs are being lined up for BMW 3 series models it imports to the US from neighbouring Mexico. The president elect has told the German car maker … [Read more...]
