Motoring News

10 October 2013 at 11:23

Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed the Sentencing Council has been told to reassess recommendations on how serious driving offences are dealt with.Conservative MP Chris Skidmore brought up the deaths of Ross and Clare Simons in his Kingswood constituency at Prime Minister's Questions. They were hit on their tandem bike by a serial motoring offender.Nicky Lovell, 38, who already had 11 co...

10 October 2013 at 11:23

Land Rover has announced that it will cease production of the famed Defender model from December 2015.Based on the original Land Rover, which was launched in 1948, the Defender name did not appear until 1990 after the launch of the Discovery the previous year.Land Rover has since added the Freelander to its range as well as maintaining the Range Rover.Head of Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) individua...

10 October 2013 at 09:25

Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan was left red faced as she appeared at a talent show on MondayThe actress was a judge on a new pilot show Is This Talent but turned up in her white Audi R8 with an expired road tax disc.To make matters worse, the 23-year-old then parked her car in a Permit Holders Only bay.Flanagan, who has appeared on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and has plans ...

10 October 2013 at 09:25

Improved roadworks co-ordination is to be pursued by the Government after peers including The Apprentice's Lord Sugar called for action.Labour peer Lord Sugar led the call at Lords question time, urging "common sense co-ordination" by utility firms - gas, electricity, water and telecoms.He complained of long traffic delays, saying he regularly sees roads being dug up, sealed off and dug up once...

10 October 2013 at 09:25

Local councillors are proposing that residents living close to the UK's first provisional new toll road in a decade should be exempt from payments.A new stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire could be funded by drivers being charged between £1 and £1.50 for passing, according to a consultation document published by the Highways Agency in September. The proposal follows George Osborne's Autumn Sta...

09 October 2013 at 11:55

Police have raided the homes of people they suspect of selling fake car insurance policies.Officers from the City of London Police insurance fraud enforcement department said 27 people have been arrested in different regions of England, with two of them detained over other charges.Twenty-five people were charged with offences relating to false representation. Warrants were used by police in Lei...

09 October 2013 at 11:55

Up to 60% of whiplash claims made each year in Britain could be bogus, according to insurance experts.The figures, relating to 550,000 claims, were released after footage emerged of a false claim incident in which a driver deliberately collided with a lorry on a motorway.The video shows a Ford Galaxy swerve across three lanes of the M25 into the side of the lorry.The occupants of the car all bl...

09 October 2013 at 09:09

Former Rugby World Cup winning captain Martin Johnson has been banned from driving for speeding at over 100mph.Police caught Johnson travelling at 103mph between junction 23 and 22 of the M5 at Puriton in Somerset on August 13.Johnson, 43, of Mowsley, near Lutterworth in Leicestershire, pleaded guilty to the offence at Taunton Magistrates Court.He was disqualified from driving for 49 days, fine...

09 October 2013 at 09:09

The national awards ceremony which celebrates the country's unsung heroes has honoured a lollipop lady, who dived in front of an out-of-control car to push a group of children to safety.The Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards recognised Karin Williams this week, but the mother-of-one from Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan played down the act in typical fashion.Actor and comedian James Cordon awa...

09 October 2013 at 09:09

A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO racer has become the most expensive car in the world, after being sold to an unknown buyer for a cool $52 million (£32m), according to Bloomberg.The legendary car cost just £6,000 when new, and the 533,233.33% increase in value is down to the fact that just 36 models were ever produced, between 1962 and 1964. Not only does this make it the most sought-after car in the wor...