New insights into the UK's shift towards electric vehicles reveal not just a steady growth in registrations and charging stations but a surprising shift in where this growth is happening. Far from the bustling city centres, it's the quieter, often overlooked areas that are setting the pace, challenging preconceptions about the UK's readiness for a green revolution, according to a new study by … [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 has the second quickest waiting time to … [Read more...]
Seb tastes success again
Wales' Seb Morris produced a flawless performance at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit over the weekend to celebrate three race victories with team-mate Gustavo Xavier during the second event of the GT Cup Championship season. Super-sub Xavier joined Marford, Wrexham racer Morris as a stand-in for his regular RAM Racing team-mate Charles Dawson, who is recovering from a broken back, and the pair … [Read more...]
Leading Welsh racer is back on track
Professional racing driver Seb Morris will make a very welcome return to endurance action just a few days from now having been confirmed as team-mate to GT4 driver Charles Dawson in the GT Cup Championship with RAM Racing. Welshman 26-year-old Morris, from Marford near Wrexham, is thrilled to be back in GT action for 2023 after being drafted in as Dawson’s team-mate for selected rounds of the … [Read more...]
Wales’s busiest roads facing tolls
The Labour-led Welsh Government wants to further clamp down on drivers. It has published a long awaited anti-air pollution proposal which would see heavily polluting vehicles paying to use some of Wales' busiest roads under a new law. The Welsh government said it would only happen if 50mph zones fail to reduce emissions. Sections of the M4 near Newport and the A470 at Pontypridd have been … [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...]
Over £3M spent on 50mph Welsh speed cameras
Over £3m of taxpayer money has been spent by the Welsh Government installing speed cameras on five stretches of major Welsh roads. A written question from the Welsh Conservatives has shown £3.34m was spent on installing speed cameras on the M4 in Newport and Port Talbot as well the A470 in Pontypridd, A483 in Wrexham, and A494 in Deeside. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Transport Minister … [Read more...]
Speed and mobile-phone clampdown on Welsh roads
Drivers who break the 50mph limits on parts of A470 and other main roads in Wales will be warned and prosecuted from monday. Cameras have been monitoring the A470 near Pontypridd, A483 south of Wrexham and on the A55 and A494 Deeside since the middle of 2018 but from monday 4 October, the warnings and prosecutions will begin. The new speed limits were introduced in a bid to cut air … [Read more...]
Welshman shrugs off Spa disappointment
Bentley Continental GT3 Welsh racer Seb Morris showcased his customary determination, tenacity and speed at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium over the weekend, after mounting an impressive recovery with the CMR team during the rain-impacted Total 24 Hours of Spa. With Pierre-Alexandre Jean and Nelson Panciatici in the CMR-run No.107 Bentley, the Wrexham driver Morris battled back impressively from a … [Read more...]
Welshman is latest Bentley Boy team member
Welsh motor racing star Seb Morris today realised his dream of becoming a fully-fledged ‘Bentley Boy’ after the renowned British manufacturer confirmed the 24-year-old in its official factory line-up for the full 2020 season. Marking by far the biggest moment in his professional sports career to date, Morris will race with Bentley’s full ‘works’ team in the worldwide … [Read more...]
