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That’s precisely what US President Joe Biden did this week, with a new 100% tariff on Chinese EV imports[1].The IEA still projects a sales rise in 2024, which would keep us more or less on track for net zero. Optimists hope more people will buy EVs whe…
National Highways said it has invested £9m in safety improvements for the A1 in the last year.Programme Development Manager Ian Doust said they are also planning to invest “£10m on upgraded signage, high friction surfacing at junctions, solar powered L…
One of them is expected to cause delays of between 10 and 30 minutes.
National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and major A-roads, so closures of smaller roads will not be included in their schedule.
• A2, from 8pm May 15 to 6am May 17…
Young drivers are being faced with sky-high insurance premiums. Rising prices mean that 17-year-olds are now being quoted, on average, as much as £3,500 per year for car insurance[1].
That’s a 77 per cent rise year-on-year for the youngest cohort of ne…
Video summaryCoal and steam are easy factors to identify in the Industrial Revolution but brains were another key factor. Eminent scientists like Sir Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle had made important discoveries about gravity, and the behaviour of gases…
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An incident on the M27 led to lanes being blocked.
A stalled vehicle between junction 7 and 5 westbound led to delays for drivers during rush hour. But the motorw…
PROFESSOR JEREMY BLACK:
‘The industrial revolution in the 18th Century had seen unprecedented improvements to Britain’s transport network.’ But it was next great advance in transport technologyPROFESSOR JEREMY BLACK:
that truly enabled Wedgewood and hi…
Derbyshire Live readers have been debating the ongoing legal battle over the controversial £250 million A38 expansion[1] in Derby. The ambitious scheme, which plans to transform the A38 from four to six lanes and introduce a range of infrastructure imp…
In these straitened financial times[1], the prospect of splashing out on a family theme park holiday can be daunting, but there are several lesser-known European alternatives that your bank manager would be interested in.
Among them is Parc Asterix, 45…
French investigators fear escaped prisoner Mohamed Amra “will try to cross borders” as the hunt for the suspected drug boss and his armed gang enters its third day.
Around 450 police officers are involved in a nationwide search for the 30-year-old fugi…