Tag: England
Transport Secretary's car has to be towed 'after hitting a POTHOLE'
The Labour minister had been driving home from her Swindon South constituency when her green Mini Cooper struck a hole on the B4437 outside Burford in Oxfordshire.
Rollout of 20mph zones blamed for number of drivers getting points on their licences surging to almost a million
Last year's total for the number of drivers getting points on their licences is nearly a third higher than the 678,367 who received points for speeding in 2022.
One in TWENTY drivers now have disability blue badge as councils urged to crack down on misuse
A record high of 5.2 per cent of people in England had a blue badge as of March 31 last year, analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) data found.
Town halls face losing record sums for fixing roads under new rules aimed at ending the 'pothole plague'
The 'carrot and stick' strategy will see ministers withhold a quarter of the cash earmarked for councils unless they share more performance data with the Government on repairs.
Attacks on workmen by motorists surge as anger grows over Britain's record £19billion pothole backlog, report finds, with road maintenance workers being sworn at, spat on and even punched on 'daily' basis
The disclosure came as a report found the repair bill to fix Britain's pock-marked local roads has jumped to £18.6billion - up from £17billion last year.
Wet weather causes surge in crashes across Britain as drivers hit hidden potholes
The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) said the number of damage reports it received this February was three-and-a-half times more than in the same month last year
The village taken over by learner drivers: Residents in 'easiest place to get a licence' accuse novice motorists of making their lives hell
Learner drivers have flocked to the village of Miskin, Glamorgan, from far and wide after word spread of its relatively straightforward test route.
Government seeks to impose sweeping restrictions on parking spaces 'to promote sustainable transport'
Documents seen by the Daily Mail show that the Prime Minister is mulling over the plans, which will see councils be required to impose a limit on the number of spaces on new housing developments.
Drivers wrongly fined in speed camera scandal: Tens of thousands have tickets scrapped after it's revealed 40% of cameras on motorways and A-roads had fault
In a scandal which could cost the Government millions in compensation, a glitch has existed within the camera system on all smart motorways and some A-roads for four years.
Premier League surgeon sues Mayfair car dealer after the £78k Bentley they sold him was stolen from his driveway
Fares Haddad, a world-acclaimed orthopaedic surgeon who is credited with 'fixing' Harry Kane's hamstring, has launched a legal battle against Jack Barclay Ltd
Go out and grit your own roads, taxpayers told: Homeowners given salt, hi-vis jackets, and gloves by councils after tax hike
A growing number of councils are handing out free salt, hi-vis vests and snow shovels to householders, encouraging them to help clear pavements.
The Motability map of Britain: Areas with the highest number of benefit claimants entitled to brand new car under the controversial £3BILLION scheme
Motability was set up to help Brits with serious physical disabilities get around. But the bloated scheme is now being used by people with a wide variety of ailments.
Where your stolen car ends up: A shipping container 'needle' found hidden in a vast 'haystack' of cargo - with £230,000 worth of stolen vehicles inside due to be shipped across the world
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of vehicles are snatched from streets and driveways across the UK every day, with many smuggled abroad to cities from Dubai and Moscow to Kinshasa.
Driving us potty! Breakdowns caused by Britain's pothole menace up by a quarter in just 12 months
The number of pothole-related breakdowns has risen by a quarter this summer compared with last year, new figures from RAC's Pothole Index show.
Is this Britain's most dangerous road junction? Residents living near 'death trap' crossroads say they fear for their lives after spate of serious car crashes
The series of clips at the Llynclys crossroads, on the England and Wales border, show a car being spun after being hit by a lorry, and another flipped on its roof.
