A 25-year-old woman has died and two others have been seriously injured after a car hit pedestrians outside a leisure park. The pedestrians were struck by a grey BMW 3 Series in London Road, outside Crawley Leisure Park, at about 20:35 BST on Saturday, police said. The woman’s 12-year-old sister and their cousin, a 19-year-old...
The family of one of the three teenagers killed in a crash involving a car and a bus near Heathrow Airport on 31 March, have said they are “completely devastated” at their loss. They have been named by police as 17-year-old Star Tomkins, 18-year-old Harley Woods and 17-year-old Jimmy Savory. Metropolitan Police officers found both...
Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo has had his Audi RS Q8 car seized by police after he was suspected of driving without a valid licence. The Ecuador international, 23, was stopped in the car, which costs a minimum of £125,000 if bought new, on Friday near the club’s training ground in Cobham, Surrey. “A man in...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West Google Six car parks are included in the consultation including Regent Street multi-storey A council has launched a consultation into tackling anti-social behaviour in six city centre car parks. Plymouth City Council wants to introduce a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to stop incidents related to alcohol and drug...
Jessica Ure BBC Investigations BBC Eathan Cooper received the first of many fines last summer for a bus lane violation in Essex while he was on a trip to Madrid A 24-year-old car cloning victim has told how he ended up dreading the morning post after fines demanding thousands of pounds started to pour through...
A woman has been arrested after a man in his 70s was hit by a car in Paignton suffering serious injuries. Devon and Cornwall Police said the collision between a green Citroen C1 saloon and the pedestrian happened on Great Western Road at about 15:55 BST on Monday. The local man in his 70s was...
BBC Mark Lucas’ furniture business has not been able to retrieve his van for more than two years The owners of a small family-run business say they have been left £40,000 out of pocket after their van became trapped in a mechanical stacked car park in central London more than two years ago. Mark Lucas,...
US President Donald Trump’s officials show no sign of halting the “bruising tariffs” on imports from around the world and are rejecting “fears of a looming recession,” the Financial Times reports. The i Paper leads with the easing of a ban on manufacturing petrol cars, described as an effort to “shield” the UK from a...
The government has said it is stepping in to help the British car industry by making the rules on manufacturers going all-electric more flexible. A ban on producing new petrol and diesel cars will come into effect in 2030, after ministers reinstated a deadline that had been pushed back by ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. However,...
PA Media Ms Giuffre ‘remains in serious condition’ in hospital in Australia, her family said Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser, has expressed gratitude for the “outpouring of love and support” she has received after being hospitalised following a car accident. In a statement shared with the BBC, her family said: “She is overwhelmed...
Ten carmakers and two industry groups have been fined a combined total of nearly £78m for withholding information about vehicle recycling. BMW, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen, and two trade bodies were fined by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The carmakers and trade groups were found...
Donald Trump has said he “couldn’t care less” if carmakers raise prices after his 25% tariffs on foreign-made vehicles comes into effect. Some analysts have warned that Trump’s charges on businesses importing vehicles could lead to the temporary shutdown of significant car production in the US, increase prices, and strain relations with allies. But speaking...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent BBC Marcus Johnson bought his first car on finance A case to determine whether millions of motorists are in line for compensation will be heard by the UK’s most senior judges this week. A Court of Appeal judgement last year sent shockwaves through the car finance sector, when it...
Ana Faguy & Brandon Drennon BBC News, Washington DC Watch: US drivers react to Trump’s new auto tariff For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car...
Germany has said it “will not give in” and that Europe must “respond firmly” as US President Donald Trump targets imported cars and car parts with a 25% tax in his latest tariffs. Other major world economies have vowed to retaliate, with France branding the move “very bad news”, Canada calling it a “direct attack”,...