As if Her Maj hadn’t got enough to contend with at the moment, the Government has just announced that it is selling off the Queen’s Flight. Her entire fleet of planes is going under the hammer to save money. For the first time in her 69-year reign, she will have to fly commercial or borrow … Read more
The iconic Haynes Workshop Manuals will no longer be physically printed and published for new cars, its publisher has confirmed following the death of its founder. More than 200 million manuals on 300 models of cars and 130 motorbike models were sold to DIY enthusiasts who wanted to maintain and repair vehicles themselves for more … Read more
Manual labourers — such as brick layers, road diggers and factory workers — have a 55 per cent higher risk of developing dementia than office works, a study found. Researchers from Denmark found that physical work wears down the brain — as well as the heart, muscles and joints — because it’s the ‘wrong sort’ … Read more
The days of the mechanical handbrake are numbered as three in four new cars sold in Britain now have electronic parking brakes, market research has revealed. Not only will this spell the end for the boy racer’s favourite handbrake turn but also signals manufacturers’ increasing reliance on electronic parking devices in their latest vehicles, which … Read more
Leaked iPad Air 4 manual reveals Apple’s next tablet will have a full-screen display and no home button – with TouchID built into the power key Leaks claiming to be of the iPad Air 4 manual have been shared on social media The images show a tablet with a full screen display and suggest a … Read more
Drivers of automatic cars pay nearly £100 a year more on average for their insurance than owners of models with manual gearboxes, research shows. The typical cost of a yearly insurance premium for a motor with a manual transmission is £466 compared to £560 for automatic cars, according to data from MoneySupermarket – or a … Read more