Tag: London
Labour ministers set to spend £1.6bn on filling-in potholes and roads in victory for the Daily Mail
A record £1.6billion will be spent on fixing potholes next year in a massive boost for the Daily Mail's campaign to end the scourge.
Council plans for parking 'tourist tax' at popular Devon holiday hotspot dubbed 'Chelsea-on-Sea'
Local businesses in Salcombe have warned that the radical proposal to charge tourists more than locals for parking across the district of South Hams could be 'detrimental' to the town's economy.
Families facing travel chaos at Christmas as festive travellers warned of severe delays on roads, rail and at airports
Some 23.7 million drivers are planning to travel on December 20 - the biggest festive getaway since figures were first recorded in 2010, the AA warned yesterday.
The professional gangs running Britain's Beggar Junctions: How 'aggressive' groups 'work in shifts' to hassle drivers out of hundreds every day
Groups of beggars are already operating in Manchester, Walsall and in central London, 'intimidating' motorists, leaving some fearing for their safety.
Fury as Welsh capital plots Paris-style 'Land Rover tax': Owners of VERY popular car brands face extra charges to park in Cardiff in Labour-led SUV clampdown
There has been widespread criticism of Cardiff Council after it was revealed that they are considering the introduction of parking charges based on vehicle size.
TOM UTLEY: For the first time ever, I'm cheering on a Labour council now the People's Republic of Haringey is charging drivers of Chelsea tractors more to park
For once I heartily applaud a Labour council's plan to crack down on motorists. I'm thinking of this week's news of the proposal by Haringey to introduce higher parking charges for larger cars.
Drive a Chelsea tractor? It could cost you more to park: Council wants to hike parking permits for owners of 'large luxury cars' like Range Rovers and Audi R8s in SUV crackdown
Draft proposals by Labour-run Haringey Council, in north London, will see the annual cost of residents' parking permits rise by as much as £87 for the largest vehicles.(file image)
Drivers fined £4.1MILLION by mistake in a single year at Dartford Crossing that connects Essex to Kent
Conduent was handed a £150 million contract by National Highways to manage crossing payments but drivers found they were being fined or charged when they had not crossed
The UK's most haunted roads: Streets where spooks and spirits have haunted drivers across the nation - is one near you?
From young ghost brides to werewolves and an eighteenth-century highwayman, the most haunted roads in Britain have been uncovered.
Attacks on traffic wardens on the rise with staff assaulted with cones, pelted with eggs and even URINATED on
Parking wardens across the country are being attacked by angry motorists with frightening regularity with some unfortunate inspectors being doused in urine and pelted with eggs.
Queen Elizabeth's custom Land Rover with specially designed royal buttons to let her chauffeur know she was ready to drive on is set to sell for £80K
The late Queen used the green 1978 series III model for public engagements as part of the Royal Review convoy of cars and it contains several bespoke features.
Bromley Pageant of Motoring moves 30 miles so attendees don't have to pay ULEZ charges
Bromley Pageant of Motoring, previously held at Norman Park, Bromley, has been moved to the South of England Showground in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
Formula One of the skies! World's first 'vertiport' for FLYING car racing features a 360° Skydeck where spectators can watch the action, and retractable landing pads where the vehicles can refuel
Airspeeder has collaborated with global architecture firm, HOK, to envisage what the event space - or 'vertiport' - for flying car races could look like.
Britain's most stolen cars revealed - so is YOURS one of them?
The Ford Fiesta is the most stolen car in the UK, figures suggest. Almost 10,350 were stolen between January 2018 and July this year, according to data collected by Confused.com.
Test-Driving The Electric Bentley Blower Jnr
Made by The Little Car Company, the Bentley Blower Jnr is an all-electric, street-legal, scaled-down replica of the 1929 Bentley Blower race car.