Welsh residents and councillors want bridge named after Aneurin Bevan

What’s in a name? Those disputing whether the Severn Bridge connecting England and Wales should be named after Aneurin Bevan or the Queen would argue – a great deal.

A row has broken out between Welsh residents and politicians and councillors in South Gloucestershire after the latter voted to rename the mile-long steel bridge across the Severn to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee in 2022, after she opened the bridge in 1966.

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