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Eco-campaigners' fury over 4x4 drivers 'ripping up' protected chalk stream by using it as a 'fun splash route'
Protesters say the waterway in Hampshire is being 'ripped up' and used as a 'fun splash route' by drivers who take their off-road vehicles for a spin.
Driverless car slams on brakes after mistaking bus advert for real people
The worrying news comes as a trial of self-driving taxis looms in London in April, and tests have already been conducted in British locations including York.
Cabbies see red over bike hire company's calls to turn lights green for cyclists
But drivers are likely to literally see red - after a bike hire company called for traffic lights to automatically turn green for those on two wheels.
Moment van ploughed into back of broken down car in fast lane of 'dangerously defective' M4 smart motorway in 'high velocity' crash that killed grandmother
Pulvinder Dhillon, 68, was a passenger in her daughter's Nissan Micra when it stopped in a live lane of traffic on a section of the M4 with no hard shoulder.
Council bemuses villagers by installing £7,000 road sign warning drivers that ducks may be crossing... but there are no ponds nearby
Residents living in a quiet village have been left bemused after their local council splashed out £7,000 on a sign warning that ducks could be crossing the road.
Grandmother killed in crash could still be alive if safety technology on smart motorway she broke down on hadn't been 'dangerously defective', court hears
Pulvinder Dhillon, 68, was a passenger in her daughter's Nissan Micra when it stopped in a live lane of traffic on a section of the M4 with no hard shoulder.
Driverless taxi that jumped red light... but did it actually do the correct thing and prevent a busy junction snarl-up?
Dashcam footage shows one of London's first driverless taxis running a red light as it drove the tech firm's boss to Buckingham Palace to receive a gong for services to artificial intelligence.
King Charles and Queen Camilla seen for the first time in their new electric £160,000 Lotus Eletre sportscar that he jokes is 'silent but deadly'
The 77-year-old monarch and Camilla were driven in the Royal Claret motor for the Sunday Church service in Sandringham this morning.
Road is so full of craters that residents rename it Potholesville... yet 'no authority will fix it'
Residents say the 'undriveable' road has been allowed to fall into a state of permanent disrepair because no authority will fix it.
Moment ULEZ 'blade runner' destroys roadside camera with homemade bomb that damaged child's bedroom 28 metres away - as he is convicted and faces jail
Kevin Rees, 63, is facing jail after his 'low-sophistication' device exploded in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup on December 6, 2023.
Fury over 'cash cow' yellow box junctions that raked in £450,000 in fines in just eight months as Lib Dem council insists they are 'legally compliant'
Fury has erupted among motorists after yellow box junctions branded 'cash cows' brought in £450,000 in fines over eight months, despite the Lib Dem council maintaining they comply with the law.
Zipcar ends UK operations leaving 650,000 members without access to vehicles - as Sadiq Khan is condemned for ignoring warnings the car-share service would leave London
Those watching the firm's decline had called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to do more to support car clubs. It had also begged for relief from the Congestion Charge.
Furious homeowner vows to fight council after being fined for parking outside his house
David Miller, 49, was furious after finding a parking ticket on his Jaguar F-Type, which he had left on the six metre long tarmac outside the gate of his home in Chester, Cheshire.
We were nearly killed when our electric VW ID.5 lost control and swerved across motorway TWICE in three months - we're too terrified to drive an EV again
Ken Hadley, 51, claims his life was at the mercy of his VW ID.5 as it veered across a three-lane road into the left-hand reservation before swerving back again and into the right-hand side.
Driver with 'James Bond' style revolving number plate is jailed after trying to smuggle £2.7million of cigarettes into Britain
Andreu Silivaniuk, 34, attempted to sneak an estimated £2.7million worth of cigarettes into Britain, hidden inside Bentley car parts.