Ministers have said that drivers taking illicit drugs and then driving aren’t likely to be caught and convicted. The news comes after the transport select committee examined figures that reveal that only 168 drug-driving suspects had been prosecuted in the United Kingdom over the course of 2008. The figures came in spite of the fact [...]

Newly published research has shown that up to three quarters of motorists in the United Kingdom are unaware if they’re driving a low carbon car. The news comes from a study by Com Res for Peugeot, which also showed that a quarter of drivers don’t understand Vehicle Excise Duty weighted emissions system (aka VED). Peugeot [...]

New research has shown that motorists in the United Kingdom are in favour of increasing fines for uninsured drivers by 350%. The findings come from a recent study by Direct Line, which has shown that most drivers support the proposal to raise the fine for driving without insurance from £200 to £900. Conversely, there is [...]

Panic struck an airport in Norway’s second biggest city yesterday when a military training bomb was left on a luggage belt. The dummy device somehow made its way onto the carousel at Flesland Airport in Bergen, but neither the owner nor airport officials could explain how it got there. Staff members were alarmed when scanning [...]

Brits are to enjoy an extra bank holiday bonanza next spring when Prince William and Kate Middleton wed. The happy couple, who revealed their plans to marry to the press last week, have announced that they will tie the knot at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. Falling on a Friday, the day will be [...]

Car rental giant Hertz and telecom firm BT announced on Monday that they would boost their fleets with the addition of electric vehicles. The announcement revealed that Hertz has enacted an agreement with CODA Automotive so as to bring the all-electric CODA sedan to its California fleet in the coming year. The addition of CODA [...]

Saturday the 30th of October was the last day on the job for British Airways’ three remaining Boeing 757 aircraft. In commemoration, the last 757, G-CPET, took a tour around the United Kingdom after being repainted to reflect the classic 1983 British Airways branding. The tour included stops in Glasgow, Manchester and Edinburgh after departing [...]

Brussels will soon fine British Airways up to £70 million for fixing cargo route prices with rival airlines. Alongside BA, Air-France-KLM and other carriers will also be fined for flying cargo amidst the fixed price agreements. The group of airlines were called out by the European Commission after Germany’s Lufthansa had notified EU authorities. The [...]

A website dedicated to Australian travel has published a list of what it calls the funniest holiday complaints from tourists worldwide. Among them was the complaint that the city of Sydney doesn’t have enough kangaroos hopping about. Another favourite was the complaint that not enough people speak English in Europe and that European destinations are [...]

Song, dance and Champagne were all flowing freely when the last of the 33 Chilean miners was safely rescued after more than two months trapped underground. The men’s’ supervisor Luis Urzua was the last man to be brought to the surface. He was greeted by his family and the country’s president, Sebastian Pinera.   After [...]