Staycationers desperate to get away tell holiday lets they will pay in cash and hide their cars

Staycationers desperate to get away over Easter are telling holiday lets they will pay in cash, hide their cars and arrive at night in bid to avoid getting caught breaking Covid rules Owners of self-catering accommodation criticised would-be holidaymakers  Many have asked to book discrete getaways despite ongoing Covid restrictions Self-catered accommodation will be able to … Read more

Google and Fiat unveil three cars featuring integrated virtual assistants

While Apple still irons out details of its rumored branded vehicle, Google has unveiled its own through at partnership with Fiat. The team unveiled the Fiat 500 Family Hey Google that includes three models: 500 city car, 500X crossover and 500L MPV. Each vehicle sports a Google badges and is integrated with Google Assistant that … Read more

Stunning footage shows huge line of cop cars guiding hero Boulder cop, 51, to hospital

Officer Eric Talley, 51, was a father to seven children and among the 10 people killed in the shooting Dozens of police cars and emergency vehicles were involved in a flashing light procession last night as they helped escort the body of the slain Boulder police officer away from the scene of the grocery store … Read more

European Public Health Alliance calls for cities to BAN polluting cars

Cities across the UK ‘should restrict traffic’ and impose bans for the most emitting vehicles to most effectively tackle their high air pollution levels, a European health organisation has said today. In a new report it says the most effective way of reducing pollution is to restrict older models from cities, and charging drivers of … Read more

Musk says Tesla cars will never be used for spying after Beijing ‘banned them from military bases’

Elon Musk tells China Tesla cars will never be used to spy for the US after Beijing ‘banned them from military bases over fears their cameras could be recording sensitive information’ Musk made the comments on Saturday at the China Development Forum, where he appeared virtually They came one day after Reuters news agency reported … Read more

Website where neighbours rail against everything from badly parked cars to mysterious smells

Sylvia is rather concerned about a suspicious character she has seen lurking in our neighbourhood. ‘He is wearing a high-vis jacket and carrying one of those litter pickers,’ she reports. ‘I approached him and he told me to mind my own business. Something’s just not right.’ Unless there’s a new type of conscientious criminal who … Read more

Mini will switch to battery-only cars by 2030

Mini will switch to battery-only cars within a decade as parent company aims to go all-electric by 2030 BMW has announced it intends to only sell electrically-powered Mini from 2030 Oxford car-maker will launch last internal combustion engine vehicles in 2025 Move from BMW follows similar choice to go electric by Ford, Jaguar and Volvo  … Read more

Car mechanics reveal bizarre things they have seen – including animals in cars

Driving into trouble! Mechanics reveal the bizare things they’ve seen in cars – from a creepy doll to a glove compartment filled with green slime Car mechanics have revealed the unusual things they have seen while working One vehicle was impaled on a branch, while one car claimed it was a ‘biohazard’  While some mishaps … Read more