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A driver has escaped losing his licence by claiming that without his car he would be unable to walk his dogs because the nearest park was one mile from his home. Howard David McGill, aged 50, was clocked speeding in his Bentley. Points from the conviction would have resulted in disqualification under the totting up procedure reports the...

Plastic carrier bag sales fell by more than 90% following the introduction of charges in 2015. However, recycling rates have fallen during lockdown and sales of 'bags for life', which use more plastic than the throwaway variety, continue to increase. The UK government has decided against robust action on disposable plastic. By contrast,...

Filthy engine oil has been poured over low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) planters in Lambeth. The vandalism is the most recent in a string of attacks on traffic-calming measures erected during the lockdown to promote safer streets. Despite support for many schemes being high among local residents, frequent criminal attacks define a battle for...

If you have a few metres of space and two minutes of sun this summer, you can sling a hammock. And in these days of social distancing and self isolation, what better way of whiling away your leisure time? Snooze, read a book or daydream about better days to come. The word hammock originates from the Taino people of Central America who used...

Revisions to the Highway Code revealed this week introduced the concept of a hierarchy of road users, which ensures that road users who can do the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger or threat they may pose to others. Responsibility of road users based on a hierarchy of risk is little more than common sense....

The Tesla Model 3 became the best-selling car in the UK in June with almost 1,000 more of the popular EVs rolling off forecourts than its nearest rival, the VW Golf. Figures reveal that while sales of petrol and diesel cars are in sharp decline, one in ten cars registered in the UK currently is all-electric. The surge in sales of EVs will...

The preoccupation in Britain with cycling as a sport makes it easy to overlook other aspects of life on two wheels. For example, cycle touring is a pursuit as old as the bicycle itself. Now reinvented as ‘bikepacking’ the business of setting off to ride and camp, taking with you only as much as you can carry, is as pure a cycling experience...

Whenever you hear “we’re not Amsterdam” when imagining a better city, don't forget that half a century ago neither was Amsterdam. David Attenborough’s Blue Planet wasn't the first time a piece of footage helped drive environmental change. Another poignant example of television that galvanised people power was broadcast in the Netherlands in...

More cycles, cargo bikes and e-scooters on our streets are causing a shortage of parking spaces for these ‘micromoblities.’ Parking must double rapidly based on rising cycling levels, the roll-out of e-scooter hire trials and other factors, says new research from the London Cycling Campaign’s Policy Forum. “Decarbonising road transport by...

The ETA has once again scored top marks in the survey of ethical companies carried out each year by The Good Shopping Guide. Beating household-name insurance companies such as John Lewis and the Co-op, the ETA earned an ethical company index score of 100. For the last 20 years, the survey has revealed the good, the bad, and the ugly of the...