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Hero bus driver narrowly avoids car in snow as The Beast from the East and Storm Emma cause chaos on British roads

Near miss for bus as The Beast from the East hits

A bus driver was caught on camera pulling off a demon bit of driving to avoid a car that had drifted into their path yesterday afternoon.
Published 01 March 2018
UK weather: Drivers warned not to travel as snow brings chaos to roads across Britain

UK weather: Drivers warned not to travel in snow

Drivers in parts of Britain are being warned not to travel, as the ‘Beast from the East’ brings chaos to the roads.
Published 27 February 2018
2018 Volkswagen Polo review road test by Richard Porter (Sniff Petrol and The Grand Tour)

The Richard Porter Review: 2018 Volkswagen Polo

What if you fancy a Golf but don’t need a car that size? That’s where the Polo comes in. It’s the Golf you can drive between meals without...
Published 26 February 2018
Chemmy Alcott, Olympic Skier and Ski Sunday presenter, interview about her cars and career for Sunday Times Driving

Me and My Motor: Chemmy Alcott, Olympic skier

As a teenager, Chemmy Alcott, the champion Alpine skier and four-time Olympian, was used to fitting school work around her ski practice and...
Published 26 February 2018
Pigeons "the perfect tool" for monitoring air pollution

Pigeons "the perfect tool" to monitor pollution

They have been maligned as “rats of the sky”, a filthy menace blighting our cities. Could it be, though, that far from spreading illness from...
Published 22 February 2018
Tesla led an automotive revolution but being first doesn’t always mean winning

Tesla led an automotive revolution but . . .

In 1910 a south London company not long since known as the Vauxhall Iron Works produced a vehicle that changed the world of motoring.
Published 19 February 2018
Melanie Reid in praise of white-van man

Melanie Reid in praise of white-van man

There is fellowship, and then there is white-van-man fellowship. One of my happiest alter egos is out driving my Mercedes Sprinter, alone...
Published 17 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
Me and My Motor: The cars and career of David Seaman, former Arsenal and England goalkeeper. Sunday Times interview

Me and My Motor: David Seaman

David Seaman, the former Arsenal and England goalkeeper, may have earned himself the nickname “Safe Hands” but the cars he has owned....
Published 09 February 2018
2018 Audi A8 Jeremy Clarkson review

The Clarkson Review: Audi A8

Is there anything on God’s green earth quite so drool-inducingly dreary as leasing? James May recently visited an exhibition on plywood...
Published 08 February 2018

Elon Musk blasts Tesla Roadster to Mars

Elon Musk, the techpreneur founder of PayPal and Tesla, declared himself “giddy and happy” last night as he prepared to launch his new Falcon...
Published 07 February 2018