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Car becomes trapped in soft
Car becomes trapped in soft sand at Welsh beach after driver ignores warning signs
The stretch of shoreline is infamous for vast stretches of soft sand that can trick visitors
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/car-becomes-trapped-soft-sand-33143094
Google Maps stayed on the road when I asked it for directions to Barmouth beach. I am curious as to whose idea to venture onto the sands was it – “come on, Mark it’ll be fun” vs “I’m not paying £1.55 to park”.
Julian’s had enough. Sent
Julian’s had enough. Sent out for some last-minute items just before Christmas, what should have been a half hour trip turned out to be more than an hour. He encountered a diversion, and would you believe it traffic lights on the diversion route. He was so cross he phoned Hampshire Highways, who failed to give satisfaction. Grateful as she was for the cranberry sauce, brandy cream and Buck’s Fizz Mrs T expressed disappointment about the Baileys. That really was it for Julian. They’d sold out of Baileys original, he had phoned (twice, actually) to ask if either of the other variants would be ok, but she didn’t answer. As this was fast developing into a row, she gave up trying to dissuade him from writing to the paper.
Readers’ letters: Anarchy of road closures in New ForestIt appears to be open season on road closures in our district.
Unannounced road closures with no pre-warning, temporary three-way traffic lights set up everywhere. Some of these hold-ups like tree/hedge cutting must be known to authorities in advance. Repeat visits to the same sites, eg Gore Road, lack of diversion signs, works which appear to have no benefit to drivers.
Who is approving all this? Don’t try contacting Hampshire Highways, they don’t want to know. Utilities are a law unto themselves.
What are all these delays costing the local economy in missed appointments? Never mind increased pollution. It’s a wholesale mess – anarchy and chaos. Who is responsible and how do we vote them out?
Julian Tominey
Address supplied
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/people/readers-letters-anarchy-of-road-closures-9447762/
TBH it sounds to me that the hooded men running from the car were probably on their way to the nearest police station to report the incident. One of them probably took the number plate to help remember his registration numberYou are a traffic officer with Lancashire Constabulary and ICMFP
was thinking, Lancs Police Traffic Officer sounds like he would be worth trying as a regular spot on an existing crime themed show. He would be given a set of pretty incriminating facts and would frame as entirely innocent and normal, as you’ve just done.
Funny how there’s always the
Funny how there’s always the vulnerable entourage who rely exclusively on Mr Whoopsie here.
Quite pleased with first day
Quite pleased with first day of the 2026 calendar
Sadiq Khan accused of using London NYE fireworks to ‘spew political propaganda’ after ‘trolling’ Rishi Sunak
One displeased spectator hit out at Sadiq Khan on Twitter, saying: “London Fireworks were an absolute disgrace. F**k you @MayorOfLondon using Paddington Bear & NYE to spew propaganda.
“London is no longer a ‘city of hope’, you killed that, and it is not ‘for everyone’, you filthy cockroach. A total outrage.”
(first time for me with GB News btl comments as well. they don’t disappoint if only I could work what the beef is)
Oxford’s high street booming,
Oxford’s high street booming, bucking national trend
No, Mr property analyst the correct line is that Oxford is a retail desert, teachers don’t want to teach, traders don’t want to trade and so on.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25732270.oxfords-high-street-booming-bucking-national-trend/
Breezy piece here on how it works and if they are managing to hold all this together in the face of criticism, evasion, and even sabotage that’s quite an achievement:
https://oxfordclarion.uk/twelve-easy-hacks-to-beat-oxfords-congestion-charge-2/
Boom!
Happy new year all. This one
Happy new year all. This one is for the “great timesaver you’ve got there” file:
End of park and ride to hospital that’s ‘impossible to park at’ will cause ‘chaos’
NHS staff say plans to end the park and ride at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff will cause chaos
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/end-park-ride-hospital-thats-33145283
Car flipped upside down after
Car flipped upside down after crashing in New Forest
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25731496.car-flipped-upside-crashing-new-forest/
Well, it’s national news
Well, it’s national news (Daily Telegraph) that a driver has been inconvenienced as the seven car parks at Cragside with its tallest ever Christmas tree have filled up this week.
North East world record attraction forced to turn visitors away as crowds flock to site
Struggles for visitor favourite which became a world record-holder just before Christmas
One person responded to the news on Facebook saying: “Here we go again. That’s the end of today’s holiday plan.”
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/north-east-world-record-attraction-33129296
https://bustimes.org/services/x14-newcastle-to-morpeth?date=2025-12-31
Funeral procession nearly cut
Funeral procession nearly cut up at Worcester roundabout
Following the incident, the funeral directors shared a post on its Facebook page, urging people to respect the deceased.
It read: “When we leave our building for a Funeral we always ‘paige’ from the building as a sign of respect for the deceased.
“As we cross a busy road island it is becoming increasingly more worrying that few people want to slow down to let us do this. See today’s car? it did not want to stop. Our deceased deserved the respect and we kept walking.”
In a further message to drivers, Mrs Clayton told Worcester News that people should put themselves in the position of the bereaved family.
“Just think carefully and imagine it was one of your family members that was being taken to their funeral service,” she said.
“You would want them to be treated with dignity and respect.”
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25726812.funeral-procession-nearly-cut-worcester-roundabout/
pic: “it’s my right of way”
Why create this ambiguity and
Why create this ambiguity and this precedent, guys? Next up: “police are ‘suddenly’ enforcing 60 mph limits on A38″,”Devon man accumulates 27 speeding fines in a fortnight” and “I saw the signs, but I didn’t realise they were being enforced”
Police issue A38 Plymouth warning amid ‘adjustment period’
Officers have reminded drivers about the new 60mph limit between Marsh Mills and the Tamar Bridge
The A38 Parkway speed reduction scheme followed a safety review which revealed the collision rate is double the national average on that length of road.
The latest validated collision data identified a total of 157 collisions on the A38 Parkway, resulting in 226 injuries between 2020 and 2024.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-issue-a38-plymouth-warning-10727280
what we need here is an even
what we need here is an even-handed enquiry between the person with zero protection and the person with two tonnes of motorised metal – we just don’t know whose fault this could have been and what happened here – was the cyclist under the influence, was the driver?
Review held at coroner’s court into Ludham cyclist fatal
Aaand we’ve just got time for
Aaand we’ve just got time for this late item – it’s wretched, the pub just cancelled them on the day, but it’s this one BTL comment that lifts it
The Golden Fleece in Wells cancels family Christmas dinner
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25725913.golden-fleece-wells-cancels-family-christmas-dinner/
Grouchy Norfolk18 HRS AGO
The family should speak to a human rights lawyer, and launch litigation against the pub. Breach of contract leading to denial of a family life. It doesn’t matter how spurious it may sound, there will be precedence somewhere.
‘It wasn’t the greatest
‘It wasn’t the greatest Christmas’ says pub owners after car crashes into building
Pub staff have been working to board up the damaged wall
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/it-wasnt-greatest-christmas-says-10724408
