DOZENS of truckers took to the M4 at the weekend as part of an annual event raising money for a children’s charity.The Truck Run organised by Porthcawl Truck Gathering, now in its seventh year, set off from Pont Abraham Services, near Llanelli, on Sund…
The drivers behind the Porthcawl Truck Gathering have organised a Truck Run on Sunday 13th June in aid of Action for Children. The run will start at Pont Abraham Services on the western end of the M4 at 12.30pm with trucks and lorries driving the motor…
A lorry has been spotted crossing a very narrow bridge with a weight limit in Bath.
The juggernaut was seen making its way across the Batheaston toll bridge, which has a four-tonne restriction, on Friday (May 28).
There are signs on both the Bathampton…
Police are continuing to crack down on drivers who use roads with weight and speed restrictions in Bath.
They were at the bottom of Lansdown Lane again today (Friday, May 28) for the second time this week, to check the speeds and weights of vehicles us…
Police have cracked down on drivers in Bath after concerns were raised about heavy goods traffic on a “dangerous” hill.
Lansdown Lane, in the north of the city, was the scene of a tipper truck tragedy in 2015 which shocked people across the country.
A …
Drivers were delayed after a lorry and trailer got stuck on a steep hill outside Bath yesterday (Monday, May 24).
The articulated vehicle got into difficulties on Pennyquick Hill, near Newton St Loe, around 9am.
Neil Barber, 60, of Englishcombe, was tr…
A family of four has saved their local post office near Bath and seen it thrive ever since.
When the Godwin-Brown family took on the Marshfield branch in 2020, they stopped it from disappearing forever.
Angela Godwin-Brown, 57, said: “Until last year, …
A mum has expressed concern about the number of HGVs using Lansdown Lane to avoid the Bath Clean Air Zone.
The Weston woman (who did not want to be identified) has children at the All Saints Primary School and said the road had become “dangerous” to cr…
A giant HGV knocked over a lamp post on Sydney Place trying to turn away from Cleveland Bridge traffic in Bath yesterday (Monday, May 10).
Structurally weak Cleveland Bridge currently has one lane of traffic closed while scaffolding is being erected be…
Staff at Whatley Manor, a luxury manor house hotel near Malmesbury, are thrilled to receive the South West Tourism ‘Small Hotel of the Year Award 2020/21’, announced via an online ceremony this week.The awards took account of business entries, digital …