Bike route on Euston Road will be removed – prompting calls for OTHER lanes to be axed

A cycle lane brought in as lockdown measures eased to try and reduce car numbers in London is being removed after causing traffic chaos.  Less than six months after Transport for London announced a series of measures to cut traffic in the Capital, the Euston Road bike lane is set to be removed. Changes to … Read more

Alexa gets behind the wheel! Amazon’s custom electric delivery van will hit the road in 2022

Alexa gets behind the wheel! Amazon’s custom electric delivery van will hit the road in 2022 with sensor detection and the virtual assistant to navigate Amazon has unveiled one of the electric delivery vans it is set to use  The firm expects the customized vehicle will hit the road in 2022 It has sensor detection, 360-view … Read more

ICU nurse, 36, is banned from the road for drink-driving

ICU nurse, 36, is banned from the road for drink-driving after being caught on way home following her first night out with friends since lockdown ended Justine McMinn, 36, was stopped by traffic police after she was seen swerving  She was driving on M6 near Knutsford in Cheshire following a ‘post Covid’ party Officers found … Read more

Road runner! Ostrich joins in with cyclists’ race in South Africa 

Road runner! Ostrich joins in with cyclists’ race in South Africa Daniel Sass, who captured the video, said: ‘As we rolled through the hills and took in all the beauty we noticed a strange bird running with the peloton’ The ostrich ran after the lead cyclist of their group and was able to keep pace … Read more

An Inspector reviews The Mitre hotel in Surrey located across the road from Hampton Court Palace

There can be few lovelier spots to enjoy breakfast on a sunny Sunday than at The Mitre on the banks of the Thames across the road from Hampton Court Palace. Scullers, skiffs, narrowboats, swans and even a few brave swimmers float by gracefully in a passing parade like no other.  But, then, by the time … Read more

Newly-qualified teacher, 22, fears for her job as she’s banned from the road

Newly-qualified teacher, 22, is banned from the road for drink-driving at 4am – five hours after having two glasses of wine during meal with friends Phoebe Atkinson, 22, had thought she was safe to make ten-mile journey home  Netball captain had drunk two glasses of wine with her meal five hours earlier But tests showed … Read more

Nearly every car on the road ‘will have to be electric by 2050 to meet UN climate targets’

Almost all cars on the road will have to be electric by 2050 if the world is going to meet UN climate change targets, experts claim. Engineers from the University of Toronto created a computer model to estimate how many electric vehicles would be required in a heavily car dependent country. The team focused on … Read more

WWE’s Road Warrior Animal dies aged 60 as Hulk Hogan pays tribute to his ‘brother’

Joseph Laurinaitis, known by his ring name Road Warrior Animal, has died aged 60.  The WWE star was one half of legendary wrestling tag-team the Legion of Doom along with his partner Hawk in the 1980s and 90s. Fellow wrestler Hulk Hogan was among those who took to social media to pay their respects to … Read more

Italy at full throttle: Roaring through Tuscany in a Lamborghini and a Ferrari on a road trip 

This is the life!’ I yelled as I floored the accelerator of my Lamborghini Aventador, catapulting through the lush Tuscan countryside. Of course, I now realise that this was a ridiculous thing to say. The car wasn’t mine, and ‘life’ was exactly what it wasn’t, not for me at any rate. Yet in my defence, … Read more

Man’s body is found ‘on FIRE’ on south London road in ‘unexplained’ death

Man’s body is found ‘on FIRE’ on south London road in ‘unexplained’ death By Katie Feehan For Mailonline Published: 14:39 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 15:23 BST, 17 September 2020 A man’s body has been found ‘alight’ in a road in Mitcham just after 6am this morning. The Metropolitan Police are investigating the man’s … Read more