Locals have slammed a ‘crazy’ new Covid road layout intended to encourage more cycling and walking – with floating parking spaces forcing traffic into the middle of the road and a bike lane that people are ‘too scared’ to use. Longstone Road in Edinburgh includes a cycle lanes on either side and parking spaces at … Read more
Staycationers desperate to get away over Easter are telling holiday lets they will pay in cash, hide their cars and arrive at night in bid to avoid getting caught breaking Covid rules Owners of self-catering accommodation criticised would-be holidaymakers Many have asked to book discrete getaways despite ongoing Covid restrictions Self-catered accommodation will be able to … Read more
Boss of ‘rent-a-cop’ private security firm uses company car’s satellite tracker to prove McDonald’s drive-thru ‘parking offence’ never happened and get £100 fine overturned A driver from Sparta Security was handed a £100 fine by UK Parking Control Ltd UKPC claimed his van had been outside a McDonald’s for ten hours straight The security firm proved … Read more
Elon Musk tells China Tesla cars will never be used to spy for the US after Beijing ‘banned them from military bases over fears their cameras could be recording sensitive information’ Musk made the comments on Saturday at the China Development Forum, where he appeared virtually They came one day after Reuters news agency reported … Read more
Grants for electric cars ‘will be slashed by £500 and WON’T apply to the best-selling Tesla vehicle any more’ The government has subsidised 35% of the price of certain models up to £3,000 This is now being cut to £2,500, with the upper limit of eligible cars also reduced As a result Tesla’s popular Model … Read more
Grants for electric cars ‘will be slashed by £500 and WON’T apply to the best-selling Tesla vehicle any more’ The government has subsidised 35% of the price of certain models up to £3,000 This is now being cut to £2,500, with the upper limit of eligible cars also reduced As a result Tesla’s popular Model … Read more
Mini will sell only battery-powered cars within a decade as it reveals plan to go all-electric by 2030 BMW has announced it intends to only sell electrically-powered Mini from 2030 Oxford car-maker will launch last internal combustion engine vehicles in 2025 Move from BMW follows similar choice to go electric by Ford, Jaguar and Volvo … Read more
Mini will switch to battery-only cars within a decade as parent company aims to go all-electric by 2030 BMW has announced it intends to only sell electrically-powered Mini from 2030 Oxford car-maker will launch last internal combustion engine vehicles in 2025 Move from BMW follows similar choice to go electric by Ford, Jaguar and Volvo … Read more
Driving into trouble! Mechanics reveal the bizare things they’ve seen in cars – from a creepy doll to a glove compartment filled with green slime Car mechanics have revealed the unusual things they have seen while working One vehicle was impaled on a branch, while one car claimed it was a ‘biohazard’ While some mishaps … Read more
Gangs are grooming six-year-old children to steal from cars in similar tactics to county lines drug runners Children as young as six are caught stealing from cars by organised crime gangs Vehicle crime study in the UK showed 39,635 offences committed by children Around 40 per cent of those were carried out by children aged … Read more