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Video: Parking attendant filmed "ghost ticketing"

Video: Parking attendant filmed "ghost ticketing"

A parking attendant has been filmed photographing a car that has been issued with a ticket before appearing to remove the invoice from the windsc
Published 03 March 2017
Drivers of polluting cars could be paid £1,000 to go green

Scrappage for drivers of polluting cars

Drivers of highly polluting cars should be given a £1,000 voucher to help them to switch to cleaner cars, bicycles or public transport for their...
Published 03 March 2017
Soaring fuel prices prompt drivers to park their cars

Soaring fuel prices prompt drivers to park car

Motorists are cutting back on car journeys after fuel prices hit their highest level in more than two years, new research has found.
Published 03 March 2017
First pictures and performance figures and price of McLaren 720S

Is the new McLaren 720S the worst-kept secret?

Is the new McLaren 720S the worst-kept secret of the supercar world? The new British performance car is due to be revealed at next week's Geneva
Published 02 March 2017
British Caparo T1 supercar to ride again as T1 Evo

Caparo T1 supercar to ride again as T1 Evo

It is the British supercar with the sad history. The Caparo T1 was lionised by the motoring press as the high-performance vehicle closest to...
Published 02 March 2017
Land Rover reveals new £45,000 Range Rover Velar

Land Rover reveals £45,000 Range Rover Velar

As long as there’s room on the roads, there’s room for another SUV. So goes the thinking at Land Rover, as it reveals the new Range Rover Velar...
Published 01 March 2017
Six points and £200 fine for using mobile phones behind the wheel from today

Six points for using mobile phones illegally

Penalties and fines for those using their mobile phone illegally when driving will be doubled to six points and £200 respectively from today...
Published 01 March 2017
Police call for witnesses after West Midlands hit and run

Police call for witnesses after hit and run

Police have released security camera footage of the moment that a BMW swerved on to the pavement and hit a girl aged 17...
Published 01 March 2017
Peugeot rules out job losses at Vauxhall

Peugeot rules out job losses at Vauxhall

PSA Peugeot Citroën has promised to safeguard all existing job guarantees in its €2bn takeover of Opel Vauxhall.
Published 01 March 2017
Plastic from car tyres pours into ocean

Plastic from car tyres pours into ocean

Clothes washing and driving are a much bigger problem in polluting the world’s oceans than the microbeads that the government plans to ban...
Published 01 March 2017
British roads are worse than Oman’s

British roads are worse than Oman’s and Namibia's

Roads in the UK are in a worse condition than in many other developed nations, even though Britons pay the world’s highest tax on fuel ...
Published 01 March 2017
China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

China tells motorists: no GPS tracker, no petrol

Drivers in the troubled northwestern province of Xinjiang are to be forced to install GPS tracking devices on their vehicles to allow...
Published 01 March 2017