36 h. ago Is this what your dad drove? Ten family car favourites from the 1970s to the 1990s and what they're worth today

Everyone remembers the cars their parents had when they were kids. On Father's Day, we celebrate the motors dads across Britain were driving in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

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36 h. ago Is this what your dad drove? Ten family car favourites from the 1970s

Everyone remembers the cars their parents had when they were kids. On Father's Day, we celebrate the motors dads across Britain were driving in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

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5 d. ago Grandmother left to die after getting trapped under a car in a hospital parking garage, family alleges

Theresa M Phillips, 79, was driving her husband, Walter, to a doctor’s appointment in a Pittsburgh hospital when the tragic accident occurred

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6 d. ago Family 'utterly heartbroken' after man killed in horror three

The three-car crashed happened in Aberdeenshire and has left a man dead, with his family ‘utterly heart-broken’.

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1 week ago Boy, 4, killed after car 'deliberately rammed' by his own family members

Patrick Maughan, 53, and Owen Maughan, 27, are accused of causing a fatal car accident in Dartford, Kent that killed four-year-old Peter Maughan and injured his family members

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1 week ago Conversations with strangers: inviting people to join my daily walk has made my life fuller | Jacqueline Asiimwe

From Kampala to Bangkok, I’ve walked with young and old, students and politicians, artists and ambassadors. Everyone has a story to tellIn the Uganda of the 1980s, my family lived in Kampala. We did not own a car, so walking was part of daily life: to school, to church, to the market, to the hospital and to visit relatives.As the eldest child, I often accompanied my mother to Owino market. We would walk there from our neighbourhood, Namirembe, and I’d trail behind her with a basket balanced on my head, collecting the week’s groceries. Those early walks were not just about errands – they were quiet rituals of bonding, observation and endurance. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Beloved’ Race Across The World star Sam Gardiner dies after car crash as family pays emotional tribute

Sam Gardiner, former star of 'Race Across The World', has died at the age of 24 following a car crash. His family remembers him as a beloved son, brother, and adventurer.

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2 w. ago Race Across The World contestant tragically dies in a car crash aged 24 as family shares emotional tribute

The reality TV contestant had been driving on the A34 near Manchester on Monday when his car left the road, rolling before it eventually landed on its side, according to Greater Manchester Police.

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2 w. ago Car ploughs into crowd celebrating PSG Champions League win in French city of Grenoble leaving four members of the same family injured as young woman fights for life

A young woman was said to be the worst injured and 'fighting for her life' after being hit first.

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2 w. ago Harrowing final moments of mum who died from agonising 'heat stress' in desert

Mum-of-two Melissa Gallia, 50, was found dead in a Las Vegas car park after suffering from heatstroke - her family say she was discharged by a hospital despite being checked into a rehab facility

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2 w. ago Family of seven including three kids found dead inside car by horrified locals

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Police believe Praveen Mittal, 42, his parents, wife, and three children, were heavily in debt, which prompted them to enter into a tragic suspected suicide pact

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2 w. ago My sister was found dead. Then I discovered her search history – and the online world that had gripped her

Adele Zeynep Walton’s sibling Aimee was a talented artist who loved music. It was only after her death that Walton realised Aimee had been lured into a dangerous community – and that others may also be victims of it Adele Zeynep Walton knew something was wrong when she stumbled out of her caravan in the New Forest at 8am – she was camping with her boyfriend – and, through her sleepy fog, saw her parents’ car driving towards her. Initially annoyed by the idea of a family walk so early in the day, she then noticed that the car was veering off the track and, as it drew closer, her mother looked “hysterical”. “Straight away,” she says. “I was like, ‘It’s Aimee.’”Aimee, Walton’s younger sister, was 21 and had suffered from poor mental health for some months. She loved music technology and art – her accomplished self-portraits dot the walls of the family’s home in Southampton, where her bedroom has been left exactly as it was before her death. She was such a big fan of the singer Pharrell...

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2 w. ago BBC reporter's terror as car ploughing into Liverpool parade just misses his family

A car was filmed ploughing into crowds at Liverpool's title parade, with witnesses describing the chaos as the vehicle veered into pedestrians as the parade was taking place

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2 w. ago BBC reporter's horror as car driving into Liverpool parade crowd narrowly misses his family

BBC reporter Matt Porter said the car 'missed myself and my family by literally inches' at the Liverpool title parade yesterday - while a child is now confirmed to be among the two seriously injured

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2 w. ago Natasha Hamilton 'horrified' after family at Liverpool parade moments before car drove into fans

Fans were celebrating Liverpool's Premier League victory on Monday when a 53-year-old British man drove his car into fans, injuring dozens of people

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3 w. ago Traveller family WIN right to stay at car park after it is ruled their human rights were breached when council turfed them out

In a historical decision, a judge has ruled that the authority wrongly interfered with the group's human rights by attempting to turf them out, having heard that no steps were taken to sell the site.

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3 w. ago Sing when you’re winning: how karaoke in cars heralds the triumph of Chinese firms

European manufacturers of electric vehicles are scrambling to match the technology of their Chinese rivalsIf Chinese carmakers are to be believed, a lot of people really love karaoke. Those people love karaoke so much that they want it in their family car.This was not something the European mind could comprehend a few years ago, according to Volkswagen’s chief financial officer, Arno Antlitz. Yet the technology, included in electric cars sold by China’s BYD and Xpeng, is just one example of the lessons that Volkswagen and its European counterparts have had to learn as they scramble to keep up with Chinese rivals on track to dominate the global electric car market. Continue reading...

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last month 'I heard the moment dad was killed in Nottingham rampage and it is not like in movies'

James, the 39-year-old son of Ian Coates, listened to a Ring doorbell recording of the moment his dad was killed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane as he drove to work in June 2023

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