Stolen cars are then rapidly driven to Dover, where ferries to continental Europe run every 30 minutes, and then loaded up before victims can even react.

Police are investigating after the device on the A64 in Sherburn, North Yorkshire, was destroyed overnight - just hours after it was due to be switched on.

A 'coffin'-shaped roundabout was removed within days of its installation following reports of near misses.

George Farquhar claimed he knew nothing about the contentious plans which are in response to visitors parking across driveways, on pavements, grass verges and even roundabouts.

The £300,000 1920 Silver Ghost was taken in the early hours of Thursday morning from the Orsett Hall Hotel in Essex.

This is the terrifying moment a suspected faulty battery caused an electric car to spontaneously burst into flames and explode.

EXCLUSIVE: Like many farms, Baldwins in south Essex is reached by winding lanes and surrounded by green fields.

Andrew Griffith, the shadow business secretary, will warn against the danger of 'state intervention' in the automotive sector in a speech to an industry conference today.

Eight fire engines, three 4×4 brigade response vehicles and a hydraulic aerial platform were sent to Jaguar Land Rover's Castle Bromwich base in the Castle Vale area of Birmingham this morning.

Growing numbers of motorists are being fined for driving into Scotland's city-centres - according to new figures which call into question the value of the country's controversial low emission zones.

Under changes to the Crime and Policing Bill, a cyclist who kills someone by riding dangerously could face life in prison.

Police have been accused of 'going after the good guy' after a motorist who pursued a hit-and-run driver ended up in court instead.

Nathan Cole later admitted he had been checking social media while driving a Volkswagen van at high speeds down the A27 in West Sussex, police said.

Neil Cotton, 57, has spent the last two years brightening up the school run in the East Yorkshire town of Howden with his cheerful attitude and signature high fives.

Philip Carr was hit with the penalty notice while renting an apartment in Altrincham, Trafford, but the car parking operator sent the fine to his old address.