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SIR – Letters concerning the failure of the Church of England to provide replacement vicars (December 21)[1] quite rightly bemoan the loss of someone to lead them in worship. Yet this is not the only loss.Until recently nearly everyone in this vil…
Buying a car was once a made-to-measure process akin to ordering a bespoke suit. A wealthy driver would select a carmaker for the chassis, engine and moving parts of the vehicle, and a separate coachbuilder for the body.Now a surge of spending fro…
Once again it’s been another year packed full of new cars, with 2023 welcoming everything from superminis to super-SUVs. Electric car sales hit a record high, with most major manufacturers now offering at least one EV in their range. More importantly…
This month I have been looking at the different ways in which various transport modes approach their environmental responsibilities. As COP28 comes to a close this year in Dubai it has been interesting to see, once more, how climate change takes the ce…
Highways editor Dominic Browne looks back at the biggest stories of 2023.
The year started as it meant to go on with a collection of stories in the January/February edition of Highways that set the tone. The Department for Transport (DfT) permanent sec…