4 h. ago Fury as posh Londoners wake up to find their council has replaced their parking spaces with e

Wimbledon residents are up in arms after the local council's decision to replace precious street parking with 350 dedicated e-bike bays as part of a wider scheme promoted by the London mayor.

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1 week ago ‘Space junk’: huge astronaut statue coming to Perth park is one giant leap too far for many

Council criticised over plan to replace beloved public artwork with 7-metre tall effigy of spaceman created by a former Wall Street traderGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe City of Perth is under increasing pressure to drop its plans to replace one of the city’s most beloved public artworks with a 7-metre tall effigy of an astronaut, which as been derided as a piece of “factory-produced space junk”.Until four years ago, Ore Obelisk, affectionately known as The Kebab by the people of Perth, stood in the heritage-listed Stirling Gardens in the heart of the city. The 15-metre work made from local geological minerals, created by the architect, artist and Perth’s first city planner, Paul Ritter, was erected in 1971 to celebrate Western Australia’s population reaching one million, and was one of the city’s first public artworks.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

Technology

1 week ago Jeremy Clarkson could face ANOTHER council showdown over bid to improve car park at his Cotswolds pub The Farmer's Dog

The presenter wants to increase parking spaces and plant trees at his two car parks at the Farmer's Dog with visitor numbers greatly increasing since he took over the pub in August.

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1 week ago Travellers take over Tesco car park after being removed from local park five minutes down the road

A large group of travellers have pitched up at the Tesco superstore in West Sussex and aerial pictures show 19 caravans parked across several spaces in the car park.

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1 week ago Family's £100 penalty for parking over this white line into unusable space

Maureen Roberts can't get around without her walker so needed the extra space for when the disabled bays were full but it almost probed very costly

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1 week ago Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars | Arwa Mahdawi

Why would anyone want a car that’s too big for parking spaces, or that’s a menace to other road users? I have a theoryExcuse me for a moment while I clamber on top of my high horse to deliver an important public safety announcement: stop buying enormous cars! Please, for the love of God, pedestrians and my tiny chihuahua that is just trying to cross the road, stop this cycle of car-brained insanity.I write this from the US, where everything (including the presidential ego) is supersized and where going for a walk means having to constantly peer around one enormous truck to make sure you’re not going to get hit by another enormous truck. Still, at least in the US the big cars have big roads to drive down. The trend for bloated vehicles is spreading to places where they’re even more unsuitable. New research has found that more than 1m cars that are too big to fit in parking spaces are being sold in the UK each year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Accountant who sued because her £1.5m flat in 'Versace Tower' had a bathroom with no bath LOSES £700,000 court battle

Mi Suk Park said she was promised the 'the ultimate in luxury' when she paid a £381,000 deposit on a two-bed apartment and parking space in the 50-storey Thames-side Aykon London One tower.

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2 w. ago The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay

If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays moreBritain is facing an unusual crisis: carspreading. Our road vehicles are getting bigger as people buy more and more SUVs of increasing dimensions and weight. At the same time, our streets and parking places remain the same size.The consequences of this uncontrolled vehicular expansion have become profound. Potholes are being created in greater numbers as our roads are pounded by heavier vehicles; multiple parking spaces are being taken over by single, giant cars; and road accidents are now producing more severe injuries to drivers and passengers of other vehicles. This last issue is of particular concern. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'My neighbour won't stop using my driveway – I think she's taking advantage'

A woman has taken to social media to ask for advice after her neighbour continued to use her driveway as a parking space, long after their agreement was supposed to have ended

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2 w. ago A million cars sold in UK each year are too big for normal parking spaces

Increasing number of large cars also concerning as they are more deadly in crashes and worse for roads and the environment

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2 w. ago Motorists warned not to 'drive forward' into parking spaces for one good reason

Experts advise reversing into spaces, rather than going in headfirst.

Events

2 w. ago Buying a house was too expensive so THIS is what I bought instead. There's no stamp duty and I've made thousands... and this is how you can do it too

While it's unlikely you'll start a trillion-dollar company from one, you might be able to kick-start your property investment portfolio from this unusual source.

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2 w. ago Driver who left angry note to defend parking over two spaces branded 'entitled idiot'

There's nothing that causes an online stir quite like a parking row.

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3 w. ago Businessman at war with neighbours after ripping down fence outside £600k Georgian townhouse to build parking space for electric car he doesn't yet own

Tony Knox, 62, took down a fence at his Georgian townhouse so he could build a car port for an electric motor that he is yet to buy. He is parking his £200,000 Aston Martin there in the meantime.

Economics

3 w. ago Businessman at war with neighbours after ripping down fence outside £600k Georgian townhouse to build parking space for his electric Aston Martin

Tony Knox, 62, sparked a dispute with his neighbours after he took down a fence at his Georgian townhouse so he could charge the sports car overnight .

Economics

3 w. ago Scrapping St Paul's gyratory "race track" will deliver City's biggest ever new open space

Work starts on April 28 and the first phase will take up to two years to complete.

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4 w. ago Firm reveals plan to turn Scottish car parks into solar farms to power 60,000 homes

Solar panels could be arrayed over more than 93,000 car parking spaces across Scotland, new research claims.

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4 w. ago Where have all the small petrol cars gone? Just three are now on sale as drivers get pushed to EVs

Drivers wanting small petrol cars ideal for nipping around town and parking in tight spaces now have extremely limited options in showrooms.

Transport

4 w. ago Where have all the small petrol cars gone? Just three options now available as drivers pushed to buy EVs

Drivers wanting small petrol cars ideal for nipping around town and parking in tight spaces now have extremely limited options in showrooms.

Transport

4 w. ago Track and feud: Queensland to announce third 2032 Olympic stadium plan in four years. Will this one stick?

The widely expected construction of a new 60,000-seat venue at Victoria Park will take a chunk of the largest green space near the inner cityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Patching led the construction of the largest-ever Olympic stadium. It took 30 months to finish the designs for Sydney’s 110,000-seat Stadium Australia, build it, and hold its first major event.“That’s not going to happen [in Brisbane],” Patching said. “The climate’s changed, the building environment has changed, [and] goodness knows how we’re going for resources.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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