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There's plenty more fish in the sea! Hapless romantic's first date goes horribly wrong when his car gets STUCK on beach
As Alex Koutine tried in vain to rev his Jeep Cherokee free from the sand on the Bournemouth beach, the young lady left.
Tesla searches for new CEO to replace Elon Musk amid stock turmoil and forces White House exit
Tesla began a search to replace CEO Elon Musk amid stock turmoil and negative press from the 'First Buddy' serving as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Low traffic neighbourhoods are 'a failed experiment' admits local Tory leader after traffic calming scheme so infuriated Florence Pugh's father that he sold his cafe
The first of the controversial LTNs were then first installed in Oxford in May 2022 - with the Oxfordshire County Council facing rabid opposition ever since.
Trump's car tariffs take another drastic turn ahead of rally in 'Motor City'
The move is designed to ease the financial strain on companies hit by Trump's 25 percent auto tariffs.
I bought a Fisker Ocean EV for £42,000...but have now got a 2.5-tonne garden ornament stuck on my drive after the company went bust and it stopped working
Karin Simonsen, a marketing manager from Southampton, has been left with a useless electric car after it was 'bricked' and the firm went out of business.
Don't charge your phone in a Chinese electric car, UK defence firms warn amid 'security data fears'
Bosses at two of Britain's top defence companies have said the sector is taking a 'cautious' and 'belt and braces' approach to the possibility that the Chinese state could be spying on cars.
Motorist buys back his OWN £20,000 stolen car from dealership 70 miles away
Motorist Ewan Valentine, 36, spent more than £20,000 on a replacement for a cherished car which was taken from his driveway - then discovered he had accidentally bought back his own stolen car.
'Greedy' firm tried to fine me £200 for not paying for parking within FIVE minutes… I fought them for two years and finally won - here's how
Angela Haley, 64, had decided against stopping in her usual Derby car park and instead chose to station her car elsewhere after entering from a different route. She quickly realised her mistake.
Government target to clear driving tests backlog will be missed by up to eight months, minister admits
Kayla Van Dorsten, from Surrey, made a 400-mile round trip to take her driving test in Cornwall while Emily Doyle made a week-long 1,000-mile round trip to Scotland to take hers.
The little-known rule that has seen British travellers fined £25MILLION in just one year with thousands punished for trying to do the right thing
Travellers have been fined thousands of pounds under a little known and increasingly controversial scheme designed to crackdown on the floods of migrants sneaking into Britain.
Fury as posh Londoners wake up to find their council has replaced their parking spaces with e-bike bays - only for cyclists to IGNORE them while drivers have nowhere to stop
Wimbledon residents are up in arms after the local council's decision to replace precious street parking with 350 dedicated e-bike bays as part of a wider scheme promoted by the London mayor.
Beleaguered Hammersmith Bridge reopens for cyclists after £2.9million refurb - but still no decision on when drivers can use it
The 138-year-old bridge in west London, which links Hammersmith to Barnes, has been closed off to cars since April 2019 after engineers discovered issues in its construction.
Motorists left bemused as FAKE speed bumps are painted onto road as part of bizarre traffic calming scheme
Highland Council chiefs are facing ridicule after painting fake speed bumps on a road in a cut-price bid to slow down traffic in Culloden, Inverness-shire.
Electric vehicles with Chinese parts are 'BANNED from UK military sites amid spying fears'
There are concerns that EVs kitted out with cameras, sensors, radar and internet connectivity could be used for surveillance purposes.
Learners' fury over six-month wait for driving test with exams 'harder to book than Oasis tickets'
Those with a provisional licence in the UK are facing six-month waiting lists in order to secure one driving test - if they are successful in bagging a slot at all.