The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet has successfully completed its first commercial flight.Passengers were transported from Tokyo to Hong Kong on the All Nippon Airlines (ANA) service
Staff at Nissan Sunderland capped the plant’s 25th anniversary year with a string of new UK car industry records. In 2011, the plant made a total of 480,485 vehicles, besting the 423,262 cars produced in 2010, which was the first time any UK car plant made more than 400,000 cars in one year
Labour has called on the Government to ban train operating companies from raising rail fares above strict limits
Motorists' insurance premiums can rise by almost a quarter if they have a single, three-point penalty for speeding, according to RoadPilot
The government must heed the advice of its own MPs and overhaul its fuel duty policy to avoid doing further damage to the industry and the economy, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA)
A CBI call for a new ‘Plan A Plus’ that urges the government to build new roads as a way to ‘kick start’ economic growth has been criticised by charity Sustrans
A full-size helicopter, models of the world’s latest passenger aircraft, an experimental unmanned aircraft, and a hybrid airship have been attracting attention and showcasing the very best of the British aerospace industry for the last two weeks in the heart of Westminster, just yards from the Houses of Parliament.
Tough new measures to crack down on drivers who abuse the disabled parking system - including a new Blue Badge design which is harder to forge - have come into force on 1st January, Transport Minister Norman Baker said today
Responding to the ORR consultation on the role of the regulator, Michael Roberts, Chief Executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies said:
Women drivers are being bombarded with criticism by male back seat drivers. Nearly two thirds (58%) of women drivers say men in their families nag them about their driving
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