Russ Thompson and Stephen Link have kept alive the fight for the 2023 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship drivers’ and co-drivers’ titles well after scoring maximum points on the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally last Saturday. Their first Pirelli Welsh win since the 2019 Woodpecker Rally – the year in which they finished runner-up in the championship – ensures that the titles won’t be … [Read more...]
End of the line is just the beginning for cleaners
False teeth, walking sticks and crutches. These are just some of the things found by Transport for Wales’ cleaners up at Holyhead depot as they go through the train to ensure everything is spick and span for customers. With October 18 marking National Thank Your Cleaner day, we took caught up with our team in the north to find out more about their work. The aptly named Mark Hornby is Cleaning … [Read more...]
Speeders slowing down in Mid and West Wales
Speeding motorists have dramatically declined in Mid and West Wales, according to the latest statistics. They contrast with more drivers being caught in the rest of Wales, reveals Churchill Motor Insurance. In Cumbria there was no change reported and Dyfed-Powys covering mid and west Wales actually reported an 18% drop in speeding convictions to 2,342 offences in the period reviewed. By … [Read more...]
Over 212,000 vehicles seized by police
Motorists in North Wales are most likely to get back a seized set of wheels but less likely to see their car again in the West Midlands. With 212,000 vehicles being impounded across the UK, just how many of these seized vehicles are actually returned to their owners? It is a quested posed by Confused.com which analysed Freedom of Information data from police forces across the UK to reveal how … [Read more...]
Row erupts over axed Welsh roads
Axing plans for a third bridge between Anglesey and the mainland is an "insult" to islanders, said an MS. A roads review has recommended the scheme is parked, despite acknowledging congestion and delays made Anglesey less attractive to investors. Ynys Mon MS Rhun Ap Iorwerth said another Menai Strait crossing was "desperately needed" while residents have been left … [Read more...]
Menai Bridge reopens but worries remain
Businesses in North Wales have welcomed the partial reopening of the 200 year old Menai Bridge between Anglesey and the north Wales mainland. It's now partially open after it was closed suddenly in October over “serious” safety risks for repairs to hangers which hold up the road deck. This has caused economic damage in the immediate vicinity of the bridge and the wider south east … [Read more...]
Tradelines 1 February: Isuzu awards Welsh dealer
North Wales dealer Pentraeth Isuzu has won the importers UK award for its marketing and social media performance in 2022. It was one of 15 national award winners led by Roger Young of Saltash, Plymouth which collected dealer of the year, parts champion and regional winner. In Peterborough, the Land Rover Owner International Show ranks as the best-loved motor event in the UK, according to … [Read more...]
Evans secures fourth season with Toyota Gazoo WRC team
Wales’ hottest rally driver Elfyn Evans has kept his seat in the Toyota Gazoo WRC team for 2023. The Dolgellau driver will use the latest updated Yaris Rally1 car campaigned with Scott Martin and is the team’s second driver behind World Champion Kalle Rovanperä. WRC Team Founder and President Akio Toyodasaid, “Though Elfyn and Scott had a difficult year in 2022, we will do our utmost to support … [Read more...]
Book review: Through the lanes and into the forests
You didn’t really need expensive equipment to produce good images, just common sense, and enthusiasm, combined with a discerning sense of pictorial composition. This adage is proved by Richard Jones who as a teenager captured many pivotal rallying images on his Ilford Super Sporty camera, a Christmas present from an aunt 1963. This modest £5 camera – not including leather case – loaded with … [Read more...]
Welsh Government wasted £1.7 Million on abandoned road
Nearly £1.7 million of taxpayer cash has been wasted on a road project which has now been axed by the Labour Government. Labour ministers announced they wouldn’t be pressing ahead with plans to build the much-needed Llanbedr access road – a move which has caused uproar in the area, although some villagers did not want the road. Now it has been revealed the Labour administration had already spent … [Read more...]
