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Blaze shuts M1: Delays hit FA Cup fans and holiday travellers

15.04.11
The Easter getaway is thrown into chaos after a fire closes a section of the M1 ... more

Chaos warning as thousands of drivers hit the roads on Christmas getaway

23.12.10
Thousnds of drivers head off on the big Christmas getaway as the country wakes up to another icy morning... more

Price of parking permits soars ‘to plug town hall funding gap’

22.12.10
Councils across the capital are to wage war on drivers in the new year, increasing the cost of residents’ parking by up to 150 per cent and ramping up the cost of on-street parking... more

More snow for London with millions trapped on roads, rail and air

01.12.10
Eight inches of snow forecast for parts of London and the South-East — the heaviest by far of the big freeze which marooned millions on trains, roads and at airports... more

Britain’s most congested street is in south London

01.10.10
South-west London is one of the most congested places in Europe, a new report reveals... more

Petrol price hike may prove false but London prices most expensive

20.08.10
Fears that petrol prices could soar in the run-up to the August bank holiday were unfounded, AA figures show... more

London drivers pay up to £100 to fill their tanks as petrol hits record high

09.04.10
Cost of filling up a car with petrol is breaking through the £100 barrier in London for the first time... more

Oil firms accused of greed as petrol hits high of 120p a litre

08.04.10
Motoring groups describe the price increase to 120p a litre as 'a dark day' for Britain’s drivers... more

London road with 195 potholes 'worst in Britain'

26.03.10
Branksome Road in Brixton has the equivalent of one pothole every 1.6 metres, one of the worst examples in the country... more

More misery on London roads as potholes toll hits 121,000

25.03.10
There is a huge rise in the number of potholes in London’s roads as councils struggle to keep up with road maintenance... more

Met cops it for £280,000 after putting the wrong fuel in their cars

05.01.10
It's hardly detective work to find out whether your car takes leadfree petrol or diesel, yet the Met spent nearly £280,000 repairing vehicles filled with the wrong fuel... more

‘Rain washed away grit’ on gridlock night when even the AA got stuck

22.12.09
Councils insist they were well prepared for the rush-hour snow that brought gridlock to the South-East and even forced AA staff to spend the night in their office... more

Drivers avoid fines in downturn

28.10.09
Recession makes London's drivers more law-abiding with motorists apparently more reluctant to incur fines of up to £120 for parking illegally... more

Pay-as-you-go parking card will charge drivers for car's emissions

08.09.09
An Oyster card-style parking scheme is to hit the drivers of gas guzzlers in west London... more

Automatic C-charge payment to beat fines

31.07.09
Congestion charge fines will soon be a thing of the past for many motorists thanks to an automated payment system being introduced next year... more

Cheats rack up £200m unpaid C-charge fines

01.07.09
Up to £204million congestion charge fines have gone unpaid since the scheme started six years ago... more

£55m unpaid parking fines written off by Westminster

11.05.09
Parking chiefs have been forced to write off more than £55million of fines in central London, it has emerged... more

Call for a UK ‘new car for old’ scheme

26.03.09
Germany is extending its successful “new car for old” scheme, which has spurred record sales... more

Call to toughen law as riders and drivers clash

14.10.08
Tougher policing and "advance" traffic lights for cyclists are needed to defuse tensions between riders and drivers in London, experts say... more

War and weather set to send prices soaring at pumps

13.08.08
Motorists face another huge rise in petrol and diesel prices... more

TfL 'losing its Traffic congestion as bad as it was before C-chargeagainst congestion'

06.08.08
Central London congestion has soared back to levels last seen before the C-charge was introduced, an official report discloses... more

Driven to distraction

16.07.08
Drivers appear to be shrugging off the threat of jail for causing fatal accidents while texting or talking on a mobile phone... more

Western C-zone could be killed off

01.07.08
London's controverisal western extension congestion charging zone could be killed off under new consultation plans... more

'Axe Dartford crossing toll'

25.04.08
Dartford crossing tolls should be scrapped to end "miserable" rush-hour queues, an MP said... more

C-charge has not cut jams, admits TfL chief

18.04.08
Congestion in central London is back at levels last seen before the C-charge came into effect... more

£25 charge will make pollution worse, says 'secret' study for TfL

09.04.08
Plans to hit "gas-guzzlers" with a £25 congestion charge will send carbon emissions soaring, a study claims... more

Wardens 'likely to abuse new power to ticket on sight'

14.02.08
The number of "unfair" parking fines issued to drivers will soar under new rules allowing wardens to ticket on sight, it has been claimed... more


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