Welsh Government has grounded the £2.9M a year daily flights between Cardiff and Anglesey, which had stopped over the last two years due to Covid-19. It said air pollution and passenger numbers did not make a case for the service with more home working and now funds will be given to develop better broadband provision in North Wales and invest in rail and bus links between the centres. European … [Read more...]
Road trips and evs taking the strain
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of UK adults are planning a long road trip this summer with six per cent planning to make the trip in an electric vehicle and nine per cent in a hybrid, a study by insurer Aviva has found,. Previous Aviva research, released in April 2022, found more UK drivers were planning to buy an EV or hybrid as their next car (58%) than either a petrol or diesel model (43%), but … [Read more...]
Newslines 22 July
Four million Ford Fiestas have been sold in the UK in 40 years of production. There have been seven generations of the car and its consistently Britain’s best seller. More than four-fifths of UK drivers (83%) admit to ‘switching off’ and not concentrating when making routine car journeys, says Aviva. A further two in five (41%) admit they sometimes can’t remember the details of these … [Read more...]
New plan proposed to finance Circuit of Wales
Developers of the £357m Circuit of Wales say they have a proposed new deal and hope to start construction within six to eight weeks to save the race track plans. The revised investment package has been put together with private investors Aviva but needs support from two local councils who have previously declined to be involved. The Welsh Government on Wednesday said it would not underwrite … [Read more...]