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Female Uber passenger charged £119 for eight-mile journey after 43-mile round trip while she slept

Uber lobbied UK politicians with £75m fund

A trove of leaked documents has revealed that the US ride-sharing company Uber spent around £75m per year lobbying politicians.
Published 12 July 2022
Bernie Ecclestone to become a father again to first son at the age of 89

Ecclestone to be charged with fraud

Former Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone is to face charges of fraud by false representation after discovery undeclared assets.
Published 12 July 2022
Jeremy Clarkson opens up about plans to be a farmer, reveals love of birds and conservation

Clarkson opens restaurant thanks to loophole

Jeremy Clarkson has opened a 40-seat restaurant on his farm in rural Oxfordshire.
Published 11 July 2022
Iron Dames in Ferrari 488 GTE Pro Evo at Monza 2022 WEC

All-female team takes podium in WEC

Iron Dames has become the first all-female racing team to take a class podium position in a World Endurance Championship (WEC) event.
Published 11 July 2022
A selection of EVs - by the Octopus Energy Group

Customers stick with stop-gap models

Badge snobs may be a dying breed if data from a leading electric car leasing firm is anything to go by.
Published 08 July 2022
Shell oil refinery

Shell profits as motorists shell out

The petroleum company Shell has announced that it expects profits from its refining business to jump by as much as $1.2bn.
Published 08 July 2022
Tesla creates Model 3 emergency response car for police trials

Police EVs 'running out of puff'

Police officers driving electric vehicles are struggling to fulfil their duties and respond to incidents because their cars “run out of puff”...
Published 06 July 2022
Experts worry of inflated petrol prices over lockdown

Petrol price rises explained

Fuel prices in the UK are higher than they’ve ever been before, with the average price for a litre of petrol hitting 191.5p over the weekend.
Published 05 July 2022
What is F1 Halo, when it was introduced and how does it save lives?

F1 Halo explained

The Halo prevents large objects and debris from entering the cockpit of a single-seat racing car. Here’s how it works.
Published 05 July 2022
Petrol price protest UK

Fuel protesters target motorways

Police have warned of “serious disruption” and “significant delays” as demonstrators this morning took to motorways up and down Britain.
Published 04 July 2022
Sebastian Vettel will drive eco-friendly ex-Mansell Williams F1 car ahead of British GP

Vettel will drive eco-friendly ex-Mansell F1

F1 driver Sebastian Vettel will take to the Silverstone circuit on Sunday in the car with which Nigel Mansell won the British Grand Prix.
Published 01 July 2022
Bloodhound LSR project still alive and now aiming for first carbon zero land seed record

Bloodhound SSC project is alive, and going green

A cat may have nine lives but one dog is proving just as resistant to death: the Bloodhound project is still "very much alive", and going green.
Published 01 July 2022