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Motorists have faced renewed warnings to comply with Highway Code changes introduced nearly four years ago, after reports found widespread confusion and poor adherence to the updated rules.Despite the regulations taking effect in January 2022, research indicated that many drivers have remained unaware of crucial modifications designed to protect vulnerable road users. Studies have shown that only 42 per cent of motorists consistently give way to pedestrians at junctions, while an AA survey found that 61 per cent of drivers had not read the revised guidance months after implementation. The changes continue to confuse many road users who struggle to…
Paul GlynnCulture reporterBrian Hayes is namechecked in the lyrics of 1990 track Hello by British electronic outfit The BelovedTributes have been paid to influential former LBC and radio presenter Brian Hayes following his death at the age of 87.The Australian helped to transform radio phone-ins from the 1970s onwards with his conversational and at-times confrontational interview style, during a career that spanned five decades.He said callers should be treated as “real people with something to say” and that the phone-in should be treated “like a conversation that matters”.LBC presenter James O’Brien paid tribute on air on Monday, telling listeners: “If…
Former Swansea midfielder Owain Tudur Jones, speaking on Radio Wales before the West Brom defeat, said: “Anybody who’s looking at that table and thinking Swansea aren’t in trouble is fooling themself. It’s been a really bad run, a really poor few weeks which has led to the Swans being in this position.”Three weeks ago, you were talking about them being only three points off play-offs, so things need to change and change fast.On whether Matos’ appointment offers hope: “It’s a difficult question to answer because he is obviously a good coach. His credentials as a coach…no problem at all there.…
Winter – meteorologically speaking – has started on a very wet note with rain across much of the UK.That trend is likely to continue for most of Monday and turn particularly heavy at times.Rainfall totals will build quite widely but with very saturated ground there are numerous yellow Met Office warnings in force.A more severe amber Met Office warning is in force for south Wales until 21:00 GMT.Between 20 and 40mm (0.8 and 1.6in) of rain is expected to fall widely here, with some south-western facing hills seeing nearer to 120mm (4.7in).The average rainfall for south Wales and south-west England…
An elderly Oxfordshire resident suffering from cancer has secured a £45,000 payment following the resolution of a neighbourhood conflict spanning four decades.Kenneth Hill, aged 89 and currently undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, reached the settlement with his neighbours Stephen and Sandra Bishop.The pensioner, who previously worked as a hospital engineer and suffered a stroke in 2004, launched a court battle with his neighbours after a campaign that he claimed “amounts to harassment”.The long-running disagreement commenced when Mr Hill relocated to Oxlease in Whitney, Oxfordshire in 1986.In court documents filed in June 2024, Mr Hill alleged his neighbours had engaged in…
Kemi Badenoch has dismissed fears of a defection deluge to Reform UK after three former Tory MPs crossed the floor to join Nigel Farage’s party.Jonathan Gullis, Lia Nicki and Chris Green announced this morning that they had defected to Reform UK, taking the total number of ex-Tory in Mr Farage’s ranks to 18.Despite the Tories looking at a potentially torrid set of elections next year, Mrs Badenoch suggested defections to Reform could dry up ahead of the next general election.Speaking to GB News, the Tory leader said: “I don’t think so. Actually, there are a lot of people who jump…
Homeowners are finally seeing mortgage rates ease, but most are still paying far more each month. The Bank of England has revealed the state of the mortgage market ahead of this month’s interest rate decision in its latest Money and Credit report.The October 2025 update offers a glimmer of relief for those taking out new mortgages, with the average rate on newly drawn home loans slipping to 4.17 percent. That is down from 4.19 percent in September and marks the lowest level since January 2023, when new mortgage rates sat at 3.88 percent.The figures show that rates on new deals…
Channel 5 viewers and Brexit voters were left up in arms on Monday morning after one guest on daytime talk show Jeremy Vine shared her thoughts on the calls for Rachel Reeves to resign.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has spearheaded the backlash against the Chancellor following last week’s Budget, in which she claimed the government had implemented tax rises specifically to fund welfare spending and misled the Cabinet over the size of the fiscal “repair job” in front of them. Ms Reeves has rejected the claims that she misled the public about the state of Britain’s finances.”(The £4.2 billion surplus) would…
Millions of motorists across the UK could be left behind in the transition to electric cars as stark new data exposes the EV charger postcode lottery. Fresh research shows that one London borough has more electric car chargers than all of the North of England’s largest cities, amid fears drivers could be left behind in the switch to cleaner vehicles.Westminster has more electric vehicle chargers installed than Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle combined.The combined population of the five largest northern cities equals 2.7 million, despite there being just 2,385 chargers between them.In comparison, there are 2,746 chargers in Westminster…
Angus Cochrane Scotland News Getty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves has denied misleading the public First Minister John Swinney has called for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to resign, accusing her of misleading the public and financial markets.The SNP leader said that Reeves must “face the consequences” of her actions, telling Scotland News that she had “no alternative” but to quit.Reeves has denied misleading the public in the lead-up to last week’s Budget announcement by suggesting that the UK’s finances were in a worse state than they actually were.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has also insisted that the chancellor did not make misleading statements.…