North Wales Police officer caught at 98mph in 50 limit

A POLICEMAN yesterday claimed a 50mph speed limit wasn’t enforceable when he did 98mph in a police car – because signs were unlit.

Sgt Craig Nicholas Jones, 40, an organised crime officer, had been taking a prisoner from Colwyn Bay to Caernarfon along the A55 when he was caught late at night, a court at Llandudno heard. But he denied speeding.

His barrister Simon Gurney claimed the 50mph signs on the stretch of road at Colwyn Bay should have been illuminated “and fall foul of the regulations.”

Christmas messages from our North Wales troops in Afghanistan

Corporal Luke Wilson, WO2 Lance Martin and Captain Steve Richardson

OUR brave soldiers in Afghanistan have sent heartfelt Christmas messages to their loved ones back home in North Wales.

They are among the thousands of servicemen and women who continue to risk their lives in order to make the world a safer place.

The 500-strong reinforcements ordered to the war-torn country by Prime Minister Gordon Brown have this month been deploying to Task Force Helmand which operates mainly in Helmand Province.

Thousands of foreign drivers escape speed fines in North Wales

Speed camera

THOUSANDS of foreign drivers have escaped punishment after being caught speeding on North Wales roads this year.

A total of 2,360 vehicles with non-UK plates were caught hurtling past fixed speed cameras and Arrive Alive vans in the 12 months up to November 2009.

 But no tickets were issued as a result, figures obtained by the Daily Post under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.