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Major motorway junction used by thousands of drivers every day to close NEXT WEEK – check if your journey is affected

MOTORISTS can expect their commutes to be heavily disrupted by a major road closure.

A key section of the M4 will be closed overnight between 8pm on October 29 and 6am on October 30.

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Motorists are being told to allow additional journey time[/caption]
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Road works will begin between Junctions 5 and 8[/caption]

The section will be between junction 28 for Tredegar Park and junction 24 for the Coldra.

Traffic Wales South announced the planned closure which is due to roadworks being required in the area.

There will be a diversion for drivers to follow during the closure.

Motorists are being told to allow additional journey time or find alternative routes during the closure.

This comes after a huge section of the M27 is closed until October 27.

National Highways revealed that the road works will begin between Junctions 5 and 8.

The essential works promise to “benefit both communities living near to the motorway and those traveling on it for many years to come”.

A National Highways spokesperson said: “The main focus of work will involve the closure of Junction 7 of the M27 eastbound exit for an extended period.

“This is to allow us to install new low-noise asphalt and raise the gradient of the slip road by 180mm to ensure it matches the new motorway surface.”

It comes after a road used by thousands of drivers will be completely shut down for six weeks within days, with locals slamming the plans.

Motorists, bus services and even pedestrians will be affected are set to be affected by the lengthy closure.

The closures will be in force 24 hours a day including weekends to keep workers safe.

No traffic will be allowed on the A387 Polperro Road in Looe between the junction with Quay Road and North Road.

North Road will also be closed between the junction with the A387 and West Road in order to complete emergency repairs on a roadside wall.

The closures will also partially include Looe Bridge, which will have two-way traffic lights set up to manage the traffic in the town.

Meanwhile, car owners heading to the southeast of England may have to divert their course as another set of road closures pop up.

Drivers are urged to carefully follow diversions so not to accidentally the greater London ULEZ zone which is a daily charge of £12.50.

Those travelling through Surrey region face closures around the at the M25/A3 junction, preventing drivers from joining or leaving either road at junction 10.

These measures will be in place 10pm on Thursday until 5.0am on Friday, and again from 9pm on Friday until 6am on Monday.

This isn’t the first time that Surrey commuters will have to re-think their route.

The planned closures have taken place for two of three weekends as the work to expand the junction rumbles on.

This comes after motorists were blocked from using the M4 from October 19 to 6am on October 21.

The disruption is planned due to maintenance work on the A432 Badminton Road Bridge.

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No one could ever pronounce my name so I changed it when I was 12 – I was sick of being called ‘Chive’ or ‘Chicken’

PICKING the perfect name for your little one isn’t always easy – you could go the classic and traditional route or mix things up with a more unique name.

Some parents even try and get the best of both works by taking a traditional name and switching up the spelling to make it stand out.

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The Facebook user revealed she changed her name when she was just 12-years-old[/caption]
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The name left people scratching their heads due to the unusual spelling[/caption]

That’s exactly what happened to this woman, but she ended up hating it so much she changed it to something totally different at just 12-years-old.

She recently took to a popular Facebook group to rage about it, and it’s left people stunned.

“My legal name is Chivon. Pronounced like Shuh-Von,” she explained.

But the different spelling of the Irish name Siobhan, left people scratching their heads when trying to pronounce it for years.

“I have been called Chive, Chivin, Chicken, Shavonda and lots of other things,” she added.

In fact, she got so sick of no one ever being able to pronounce her name that she changed it to something she knew people would have no problem with,

“I changed my name to Hannah when I was 12 years old,” she admitted.

After sharing her name in the Facebook group people couldn’t understand why her parents changed the spelling.

“So your parents took a perfectly lovely Irish name and butchered the spelling…nice work,” one commented on the post.

“Why would your parents do that to Siobhan it’s such a lovely name! I hate anglicised versions of names,” a second agreed.

And someone else revealed they used to work with someone with the same name: “I used to work with someone named Chivon, he was also called chive all the time,” they said.

“Chivon is a pretty way of spelling Siobhan. But you’d really have to pick up on clues and be aware that Siobhan exists,” another mused.

But others thought the original spelling of the name isn’t so straight forward either.

“My name was Siobhan before I changed it to just Shiv. I was sick of correcting the spelling. One school newsletter I featured in even misspelled it as SHOEHORN?! I almost wish it was just spelled Shivon,” one said.

And another agreed: “It’s a nice name but I don’t like any version of it’s spelling. The original is obviously best, but not helpful phonetically for those who aren’t fluent in Irish names.

“Irish names outside of Ireland are always going to be problematic cause they’re pronounced completely different to what you’d think.”

But the name isn’t the only one that’s caused confusion on social media recently, one mum came under fire after her cousin revealed she named her twins after a character from Disney’s Tangled.

“My cousin has twin sons named Flynn and Ryder,” she wrote in the viral post.

At first, she confessed she thought it was simply a “funny coincidence” that her cousin had picked two names that are the same the lead from the 2011 Disney flick.

“She looked at me kind of ashamed and whispered ‘I just really like Tangled'”, the post continued.

In the film, Flynn Ryder is a good-hearted thief who goes on to capture the heart of Rapunzel.

After the post was shared on Facebook, many people had different opinions on the matter, with many stating that the mum went too far with the Disney-inspired names.

“She’s like a five-year-old playing dolls,” when commented.

And another had an even more harsh response: “She should have her tubes tied for this.”

Banned Names in the UK

The UK has no law restricting names, but names that contain obscenities, numerals, misleading titles, or are impossible to pronounce are likely to be rejected when registering a child.

  • Hitler
  • Monkey
  • Cyanide
  • Martian
  • Akuma
  • Chow Tow
  • Rogue

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Trump NYC rally crowd pissed about lack of toilets for supporters outside MSG: ‘Like a third-world country!’

"We're peeing in bags and little cups, and we had to put up a little portable privacy shower so people didn't have to look at each other when they did that," said Dorothea Ohlandt, 59, who got in line for the Madison Square Garden rally at 10 a.m. Friday.

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