26 h. ago A tribute to Jules Bianchi, 10 years on from F1 driver’s passing

In October 2014, Bianchi suffered a horrific crash in Japan. Nine months later, the Frenchman passed away at the age of 25. Last year, Kieran Jackson spoke to Max Chilton about his former F1 teammate

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4 d. ago Amazon delivery driver dead after train 'with dozens of passengers onboard' ploughed into van at level crossing before vehicle 'burst into flames'

The train is understood to have hit 'an obstruction on the track' at Lower Road in Teynham, Kent, at around 12.40pm today, according to Southeastern Railway.

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6 d. ago New driver with five passengers in car lost control and rolled vehicle over tents with baby inside

Jack Hale had only passed his test a matter of weeks before the crash which left three people with significant injuries, but miraculously the baby was unhurt

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6 d. ago Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon shares 'kind' gesture from soap legend before her death

The Maria Windass star took to social media to share what Corrie icon Betty Driver gifted to her before her passing

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8 d. ago Driver, 25, is found guilty of murdering Good Samaritan passerby trying to break up a wedding brawl by ploughing his car into group

Hassan Jhangur, 25, has been convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of murdering Chris Marriott by driving his car into a crowd of people in Sheffield on 27 December 2023.

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1 week ago Teen driver and two pals killed in horrific Audi crash day after passing test

A vehicle driven by Jenson Bridges crashed into a tree and killed three of the four occupants.

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1 week ago Speeding Audi driver, 17, told worried friend 'I know these lanes, mate' before horror crash left him and two friends dead just a day after passing his test

Three teenage friends died in a horror crash after a 'naïve, young and inexperienced' driver lost control of his Audi the day after passing his test, an inquest heard today.

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1 week ago Driver, 17, and two friends killed in crash day after he passed test

Friends said Jenson Bridges had been driving as fast as 95mph

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1 week ago Alarming moment white van driver passes within feet of horse riders without slowing

Alarming footage shows Stefan Soloman, 24, come within feet of the equestrians in a country lane on the evening of September 9 last year.

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2 w. ago Passenger dies after suffering serious injuries when 'driver braked sharply'

Patricia Eastick, 82, was in the passenger seat of a white Mercedes just before 8pm on Wednesday in Hull when the driver slapped the brakes and avoided a collision with a silver Volkswagen - but Patricia was left with fatal injuries

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2 w. ago People with a Blue Badge cannot park in these 11 places at any time of day or night

Full list of Blue Badge parking rules for people travelling in a vehicle as a driver or passenger.

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2 w. ago Taxi driver strangled by passenger as he drove two people home

Kane Wannell was suffering a psychiatric episode when he leant across the passenger seat and put his hands around the taxi driver's throat

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2 w. ago Man arrested after car crashes into lamppost in Welsh village

The male driver and a female passenger were taken to hospital following the crash

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2 w. ago Wimbledon residents ‘not even allowed plumbers’ during tournament

Drivers pass through multiple checkpoints and must give the council notice before visits, a resident said.

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3 w. ago Five dangerous habits people need to stop doing in their cars immediately

A car expert has warned that drivers should ensure they and their passengers are following five crucial rules - or they could face fines of up to £5,000 and even imprisonment

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3 w. ago Second study finds Uber used opaque algorithm to dramatically boost profits

US academics say computer code systematically raised fares at expense of drivers and passengersA second major academic institution has accused Uber of using opaque computer code to dramatically increase its profits at the expense of the ride-hailing app’s drivers and passengers.Research by academics at New York’s Columbia Business School concluded that the Silicon Valley company had implemented “algorithmic price discrimination” that had raised “rider fares and cut driver pay on billions of trips, systematically, selectively, and opaquely”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Woman killed as no calls made to emergency services after car broke down on SMART motorway

153 drivers passed the stricken car Nargis Begum was travelling in before the unthinkable happened

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3 w. ago 153 drivers passed broken down car on motorway minutes before tragedy

Nargis Begum tragically died after a Mercedes ploughed into a car being driven by her husband on the M1 northbound on September, 9 2018.

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3 w. ago Moment delivery driver throws water bottles to passengers trapped on sweltering London train

Passengers were reportedly trapped for up to two hours on hot trains without air conditioning or ventilation

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3 w. ago Just Eat driver tosses water to evacuated London train passengers ‘slowly cooking’ in heatwave

Just Eat driver tosses water to evacuated London train passengers ‘slowly cooking’ in heatwave  Metro.co.uk

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