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Car insurance to soar after compensation shake-up

Car insurance to soar after compensation shake-up

Car insurance premiums are expected to rise after the government cut the discount rate used by courts in England and Wales to calculate...
Published 06 March 2017
Products: Navdy car dashboard display review

Products: Navdy car dashboard display review

Don't call Navdy a head-up display. Oh no, it's an "augmented reality device", according to the UK distributor, who let us get hands-on during an
Published 06 March 2017
Parents risk criminal record over school run

Parents risk criminal record over school run

The harried parents dashing along the pavements of Severn Drive with unruly shoals of children in tow do not look much like criminals...
Published 05 March 2017
Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police chiefs were warned last year that a controversial forensics laboratory used a method for analysing blood samples that could be challenged
Published 05 March 2017
Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim

With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland über alles, and all that...
Published 05 March 2017
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