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Oxford Street in London is one of England’s worst roads revealed: are any near you?

England’s worst roads revealed: are any near you?

The worst roads in England have been revealed, with just under 7,000 receiving complaints in 2017.
Published 23 February 2018
Fine mess: new £2500 penalty reduces roadwork delays

Fine mess: £2,500 penalty reduces roadwork delays

Plans to make utility companies and council contractors pay up to £2,500 a day to dig up roads at peak times are hoped to reduce congestion.
Published 16 February 2018
Killer driver had never passed a test

Killer driver had never passed a test

A motorist who drove for decades even though he had never passed a test and had no licence has been found guilty of killing a woman...
Published 15 February 2018
Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Ministers are under pressure to cut the drink-drive limit after figures showed that the number of people killed or injured in alcohol-related...
Published 15 February 2018
New drivers face night ban, second test after probationary period

New drivers face night ban

Young motorists could be banned from the road at night if plans for probationary driving licences are approved.
Published 15 February 2018

Britain among world’s worst for traffic jams

Britain has been named among the ten most gridlocked countries in the world with motorists spending 31 hours a year stuck in peak-time traffic.
Published 13 February 2018
Private parking firms are paying public to catch out motorists

Public offered cash to report illegal parking

Rewards of up to £30 are being given to members of the public to administer their own parking tickets under a “shop a motorist” scheme.
Published 13 February 2018
Driver escapes £130 parking penalty for answering call of nature

Driver escapes fine for answering call of nature

A motorist in his eighties had a parking penalty ripped up after arguing that he had the right to park illegally to answer the call of nature.
Published 12 February 2018
Two cars a minute break speed limit outside West Mercia police chief Anthony Bangham’s HQ

Two cars a minute break speed limit

A top officer wants fines for going even 1mph too fast. So what happened when we set up a radar trap on his doorstep?
Published 12 February 2018
Dodgy parking operators who fine the dead face ban

Dodgy parking operators who fine the dead face ban

New rules will be introduced to ban cowboy parking companies after operators tried to fine a dead person and a woman too short to read parking si
Published 09 February 2018
Anger at police chief Anthony Bangham’s plan to fine 1mph speeders

Anger at police chief's plan to fine 1mph speeders

A police chief has been called “public enemy No 1” by motorists incensed at proposals that they should be punished if they exceed the speed limit
Published 07 February 2018
Rising traffic leaves people more scared of getting on their bike

Rising traffic means fewer cyclists

The number of people taking to the road by bicycle has dropped amid mounting concern over traffic levels. Figures published by the Department fo
Published 26 January 2018