Inssecure #Scaffold pole on truck came loose on #M4 #motorway in #Gwent #Wales due to heavy braking by truck #driver - the pole took off and speared the vehicle in front.

Luckily there were no injuries, the driver has been reported by #heddlu for insecure load and is likely to end up in #Court

#Police #Roadsafety

A serial #car #thief has been sent to #jail and banned from #driving after stealing and crashing an #EV converted #VW #Kombi ( Typ2) in #Powys #Wales worth £65 000 as he couldn't handle the vehicles acceleration and skidded on manure on a country road (alas, the vehicle was written off)

(incidentally this seems to be a *really* quick turnaround for a Crown #Court case, from #arrest (and #remand) to jail barely within a month?)

#crime #police #heddlu

https://archive.ph/AaJnv

A 52 year old #Welshman has been #arrested for racially aggratvated public disorder for flying a #Nazi #swastika flag in a village in #Rhondda valley #Wales

Someone the same age as myself who harbours such views has very likely been doing so since a teenager, and probably felt emboldened to do this in the current climate...

#crime #police #heddlu

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2025-03-14/man-arrested-after-nazi-flag-seen-flying-in-a-rhondda-valley-village

Bright LEDs, not too bright an idea - the modified #car also had 50% tints (this would be like wearing dark glasses when driving at night) - #heddlu ( #Police in #Wales ) took a dim view of the lot - driver got a ticket and ordered to remove these mods (they would maybe have got away with the fairy lights alone, but its pushing boundaries as those can be distracting at night) #RoadSafety
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