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The £3.7million 'green bridge' to help snakes and toads cross busy A-road to heathland
The 68-metre Cockcrow Bridge spans the A3 near Cobham and is covered in heather and shrubs to provide a safe route for wildlife.
Widow, 86, who was prosecuted by the DVLA for a one-letter typo on her car insurance opens up about weeks of sleepless nights over fears of being branded a criminal
Edna Nightingale endured weeks of anguish after discovering she was being taken to court because her registration number had been entered incorrectly when she renewed her cover over the phone.
Seaside town locals rebel against 'vandalism' caused by new 20mph speed limit scheme signs
Dozens of the signs have been painted on roads in Lyme Regis, Dorset, as the council implements its speed limit scheme in a bid to improve road safety.
Scots Motorists CAN sue Arnold Clark over dark web data leak
A judge has given permission for 15,000 drivers to pursue a US style class action compensation claim against Arnold Clark over a dark web data breach.
Lamborghini is seized because driver didn't have insurance - as figures show 160,000 cars were towed away last year
It is estimated that 300,000 motorists a day are driving without insurance costing the UK economy an eye-watering £1billion a year.
Rachel Reeves rakes in extra £215million from drivers in little over six weeks thanks to higher pump prices sparked by Iran war, analysis shows, sparking fresh calls to follow other countries and cut petrol taxes
Analysis today shows the cost of the conflict to drivers will hit an eye-watering £1.3billion by tonight because of rocketing prices since 28 February, when the war started.
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.
WFH to save fuel! Labour should encourage workers to stay at home amid looming shortages, says former BP boss, as average diesel and petrol prices stop climbing for first time in more than 40 days
Professor Nick Butler, a former adviser to Gordon Brown and ex-VP of BP, said he believed Britain would be hit with shortages within weeks as the Strait of Hormuz has still not fully re-opened.
Rachel Reeves is warned fuel tax raid will push thousands of businesses 'to the brink', ramp up food costs for households and stoke inflation
Amid mounting calls for the Chancellor to ditch her planned fuel duty hike, nearly 500 haulage bosses told her now is the 'wrong time' amid rocketing pump prices.
Fuel protests 'being planned across Britain' as pump prices carry on soaring because of Iran war
Farming organisations were reportedly discussing how to carry out similar protests that have brought roads to a standstill in Ireland over the past week.
Relief for drivers at the pumps may not be far away as rocketing petrol and diesel prices sparked by Iran war 'almost ground to a halt', says RAC
The RAC said average pump prices for petrol and diesel rose by less than half a penny between Thursday and today.
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.
This new machine fixes potholes in a quarter of the usual time, at half the cost... so are Left-wing councils refusing to use it just because its owner is a Tory peer?
GUY ADAMS: The pothole that killed Andrew Freakley was slap-bang in the middle of the A5272 on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent.
Drivers 'bleed cash' as diesel shortages loom and Starmer admits Government can't help 'on its own' amid warnings energy shock will be WORSE than 1970s
The Prime Minister hosted a roundtable meeting in No10 with top bosses from the insurance, oil, gas and shipping sectors as the Middle East crisis entered a fifth week.
Labour cabinet ministers lambasted as 'hypocrites' after claiming nearly £60,000 to subsidise their fuel
Eleven of Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet have relied on taxpayer-funded subsidies to help run their vehicles in recent years, analysis of expenses receipts reveals.
