December’s crackdown on drink and drug drivers resulted in over 7,200 arrests. The AA said it was disappointed by the figures which were up on the past couple of years. However, the organisation conceded that better weather last month meant that more people were choosing to get behind the wheel. Last year the poor weather [...]
British Airways has said that it will be celebrating the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics by repainting some of its planes with a dove design. The airline also said it will be repainting 747 and A319 planes with a colour representing the Olympics. The dove is the creation of Pascal Anson, a Kingston University design tutor [...]
Recently published research shows that cost-conscious Brits intending to go on holiday this summer are looking for ways in which to save money, with many choosing the option of staying in the UK. The survey, conducted by Sainsbury’s Travel Insurance, showed that 78 per cent of people intending to take a holiday would be looking [...]
Passengers using Euston Station in central London are facing years of disruption after work starts on the HS2 project which will link the capital to Birmingham. The evidence has been uncovered in a report which was sent by HS2 Ltd to the Transport Select Committee as it was deciding whether to give the scheme the [...]
The captain of a cruise liner which has capsized in the Mediterranean has been accused of sailing too close to the shore and not obeying safety protocols. The company which operates the Costa Concordia, which slammed into rocks just off the shores of Giglio on Friday, Costa Crociere, said it was investigating the matter, but [...]
London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, has announced that the Hammersmith flyover in west London is to be reopened to light traffic. The road has been closed since before Christmas after it was found that some of the steel cables supporting the concrete had been damaged by the gradual seepage of salt water. The route-way was originally [...]
Parliament is asking for tighter controls on personal injury claims as a way to keep the price of car insurance down. According to the Transport Select Committee, insurers should be prohibited from selling third parties any information on claimants, and those who say that they have suffered a whiplash injury during an accident should be [...]
A warning that it is unlikely to achieve revenue targets this year has sent shares in Flybe plummeting by 20 per cent. The Exeter-based airline has blamed a slump in demand from passengers in the UK. The carrier said that sales in December had been particularly slow and that the last three months of 2011 [...]
Following the suspension of services last November, SeaFrance has now been told by a French court that it is to be liquidated. The decision by the Tribunal de Commerce is likely to result in hundreds of French workers losing their jobs and will mean the loss of 127 positions in Dover. The cessation of activity [...]
Rolls-Royce has said that 2011 was a record year for sales reporting that it managed to sell 3,538 units, an increase of 31 per cent. The figures, which build on last year’s 150 per cent increase, are mainly due to the success of the Ghost model. The car is cheaper than the more ostentations Phantom [...]
