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.

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.

Allan Leighton (pictured), chairman of the supermarket chain, took aim at Chancellor Rachel Reeves as relations between the two sides deteriorated.

As the conflict between Tehran and the US and Israel entered its second month on Saturday, consumers and businesses are feeling the pinch of spiralling fuel prices.

Nick Butler said limiting drivers to alternate days based on their vehicle's registration number would be one measure.

The sudden closure of National Car Parks, which is the biggest operator of car parks in the country, saw the business abruptly become insolvent earlier this month. Pictured: File photo

Experts believe the heightened death rate could be down to the combination of petrol engines, batteries and electric motors, making them more prone to fires.

Krystyna Allen, 81, (pictured) left her vehicle in the car park in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, for 11 minutes before moving it because the pay machines did not work.

The RAC said the average pump price for diesel was now 173.83p a litre, up 3p on yesterday and 31.5p since Donald Trump launched the war on Iran.

Thousands of motorists each year get caught out by the bus gate with many claiming to have missed circular signs and red road markings warning them the area permits only buses to travel through.

A SUNNY June day on a riverside road in central London, and an electric moped - driven by the actor Idris Elba - is caught on camera doing 28mph.

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.

The 95-year-old company operates around 340 car parks nationwide, but after crashing into £305million of debt, it collapsed into administration this week.

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.

Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson said the government is 'monitoring' the situation 'carefully', with global supplies under huge pressure.