News about Rob Stewart

The end of hated 20mph speed limit in Wales: Roads revert to 30mph as transport minister reveals even his own family have signed 500,000-strong petition against the scheme

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 20, 2024
Transport minister Ken Skates said the decision to change some routes back to the its 30mph speed limits will address concerns that 'a lot of people' have raised 'on a consistent basis'. It comes after more than half a million signatures were added to a Senedd petition opposing the divisive policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

As avalanche strikes a popular Swiss ski resort, a US child, 15, and two others are killed

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 2, 2024
According to police, three people, including an American teenager, were killed in a major avalanche in Switzerland on Easter Monday. Three people were discovered after the group went missing near Zermatt, home to a famous ski resort in Valais' southern canton. After a dramatic hunt around Riffelberg, which involved four helicopters, a fourth individual was discovered with injuries and flown to a nearby hospital.

Europe's ski slopes 'missing one crucial detail - SNOW': Warm temperatures hit resorts in France, Italy and Switzerland, with entire mountains snowless - and it's even too hot for artificial snow cannons

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 5, 2024
After a mild winter, European ski slopes have been entirely snowless, with locals and companies blaming climate change for spring-like temperatures. On the grass of the 7,274-ft Mount Terminillo, Italy's Apennine Mountains, ski-lifts have been turned off and snow cannons have been abandoned after it became 'too hot' to use artificial snow cannons, a lifeline for many resorts facing a shortage. For a ski resort: snow,' Vincenzo Regnini, president of the company that operates the local transport and ski-lift facilities, complained.

a young boy, three years old, and his father, 51, were killed in a terror house fire, as shown by the pictures

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 3, 2023
On Saturday, three-year-old Muhammed Esmael died at the site of the fire that engulfed a house (inset) in West Cross, Swansea. According to South Wales Police, Naemat Lawa Esmael, 51, died in hospital where he had been admitted in a critical condition on Monday morning. Following the fire, mum Sharmeen Ahmed, 39, and a 13-year-old girl were all treated in hospital for smoke inhalation. At the time, the family's other son was not at home.

Where is Soccer AM GONE, after 30 years on air?

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 27, 2023
After being kicked off by Sky Sports after almost 30 years on the air, Soccer AM hung up its boots on Saturday morning. Boss decided in March not to continue the popular Saturday morning show on, although ten episodes are still to run. As of Saturday, the countdown came to an end. 'Soccer AM has been instrumental in our coverage of football for the past three decades, and we continue to adapt to our clients' changing tastes,' a Sky spokesperson told The Mirror in March.'

In Swansea, a new Zealand company will build a £34 million cable car

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 11, 2023
Skyline Enterprises wants to build a £34 million skyline chair lift system, luge runs, a sky swing, walking trails, and a zipline. In the hopes of attracting tens of thousands of visitors, the 633ft-tall Kilvey Hill above the Welsh city will be brought down to the coast. However, news of the initiative comes just days after it was revealed that a similar £2.3 million cable car 40 miles away was discontinued after just eight years, sparking fears that Swansea's was doomed to fail. The Welsh government has agreed to pump £4 million into the scheme, with Dawn Bowden, Deputy Minister of Arts and Sport, insisting that the initiative is important in Swansea's continued growth as a burgeoning city destination.'