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Grieving fiancée releases footage of partner's fatal motorcycle crash

Fiancée releases footage of fatal bike crash

The fiancée of a man who died after his motorcycle collided with a car has released the accident footage in an effort to prevent similar...
Published 26 May 2017
Cyclists stopped by UK police for riding two abreast

Video: cyclists riding abreast stopped by police

A cyclist filmed an encounter with the police after being stopped for riding two abreast, and the footage has led to intense debate over...
Published 23 May 2017
Me and My Motor: Ellie Goulding, singer-songwriter

Me and My Motor: Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding has enjoyed a string of hit songs but still prefers the anonymity of an Uber cab to driving something showy.
Published 22 May 2017
Yeti vanishes into thin air as Skoda launches new Karoq SUV

Yeti melts away as Skoda launches Karoq SUV

Its name sounded like a joke but the Yeti was no laughing matter for Skoda. The distinctive SUV proved a smash hit with drivers, selling over 600
Published 19 May 2017
The best cars to avoid paying road tax (VED)

The best cars for avoiding road tax (VED)

Every driver knows how expensive it can be to run a car, even before paying costly annual road tax. And since April’s changes to car tax,
Published 17 May 2017
Watch Nio EP9 electric supercar break Nürburgring lap record

Watch electric supercar break Nürburgring record

The Nio EP9 electric supercar has set a new lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with a time of 6 minutes, 45.90 seconds
Published 16 May 2017
Me and My Motor: Patrick Bergel, great-grandson of Sir Ernest Shackleton

Me and My Motor: Patrick Bergel

Patrick Bergel remembers the haunting black-and-white photographs of a three-masted ship sinking into the Antarctic ice that hung...
Published 15 May 2017
Video: Children saved from overturned car caught in flood water "back home and well"

Watch desperate motorists rescue two children

It plays out like a nail-biting scene from a Hollywood disaster movie, but the footage of an overturned car trapped in flood water...
Published 12 May 2017
You can now buy a Nissan X-Trail with its own drone

The Nissan X-Trail now comes with a drone

Nissan has launched an option pack for the X-Trail SUV that includes a drone, allowing customers to capture aerial footage...
Published 10 May 2017
Cyclist Chris Froome rammed by hit-and-run driver

Cyclist Chris Froome "rammed" in hit-and-run

Chris Froome, the three-time Tour de France winner, has been knocked off his bicycle by a hit-and-run driver in the south of France.
Published 09 May 2017
Substandard driving instructors to be exposed in Ofsted-style league table

Substandard driving instructors to be exposed

Ofsted-style ratings for driving instructors will be published amid concerns that too many learners are being forced to sit their test...
Published 09 May 2017
What you need to know about government diesel scrappage and nitrogen dioxide reduction

Proposed diesel scrappage and NO2 reduction plans

The Department for Environment & Rural Affairs has published a consultation document outlining the government's proposals for reducing...
Published 08 May 2017