Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains after the minimum age was lowered from 20 in a bid to tackle driver shortages. UK rail services are frequently disrupted due to a lack of drivers being available, and the problem is set to get worse with companies struggling to replace a growing number of people retiring...
Antonelli’s previous highest grid position this season was third in the last race in Saudi Arabia, although his qualifying result position has improved in every session so far this season. His impressive 0.309secs margin over Russell came despite the Briton joining Verstappen in being the only driver to use two sets of tyres over two...
Footage filmed by a driver, and verified by the BBC, shows the moment a massive blast shook the Shahid Rajaee port on Saturday morning, near the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. At least four people have been killed and 500 more injured in the explosion, according to state media. The explosion blew out the...
A van driver who took “at least 20 lines of cocaine” in the hours before he hit a tram and then a three-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. Louisa Palmisano, known as Lulu, died in hospital after she was struck while walking holding hands with her parents on Mosely Street...
Cameron Weldon BBC News, South West BBC Clive Angior said he used to carry his late wife’s bus pass in his pocket for sentimental reasons A man from Devon said a “total mistake” left him upset as he lost a treasured item that belonged to his late wife. Clive Angior, 81, from Plympton, said he...
Officers are continuing to search for a driver after a woman was hit by a van on a golf course following a police chase. West Midlands Police said officers were using CCTV and information from witnesses to locate the driver and two passengers after the crash left the woman, aged in her 60s, with serious...
Top Gear’s anonymous racing driver The Stig has broken a 20-year-old record for the fastest lap around the BBC motoring show’s test track in Surrey. The Stig completed the 1.75-mile (2.8km) figure of eight circuit at Dunsfold Aerodrome in 55.9 seconds in a McMurtry Speirling Pure VP1 electric track car, beating the previous record by...
Ben Mellor & Emily Anderson BBC News, Nottingham BBC Mr Knight said he thought there would have been some “compassion” A driver who was hit with a £100 parking charge when he needed to stop after being sick has joined others to warn against accidentally entering privately-owned land. Dave Knight is one of many people...
Lawson’s demotion means he will be racing for Red Bull’s junior team Racing Bulls this weekend. The 23-year-old New Zealander is certainly not the first to have experienced this at Red Bull, with the team having developed a reputation for being great for giving young talent a chance, but ruthless with a driver if they...
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...
BBC Stuart Youens Lucy Adams Education correspondent, BBC Scotland Stuart Youens says that when he became a secondary school teacher 20 years ago he loved the job. But gradually the effect of budget cuts, the reduction in classroom assistants, the increase in additional support needs, and a rise in bureaucracy took its toll. Two years...
