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Analysis of figures by the Department of Transport has revealed the areas of the UK which are the most dangerous places to drive around for motorists avoiding collisions

A couple from Cheshire say they are 'heartbroken' after selling their home to HS2 - just months before the project was scrapped north of Birmingham.

The Prime Minister trumpeted a string of transport schemes that could be funded instead of completing the high-speed railway to Manchester. We examine his claims and promises

Last month, the Department for Transport (DfT) rejected a petition which called for the pensioner's free bus pass to be extended and cover free train travel too

Members of RMT and ASLEF unions are striking this week amid a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, with walkouts coinciding with the Conservative Party annual conference

The entirely invented scare story is based on a relatively uncontroversial urban planning concept which has been the case for British towns and cities for decades anyway - but a group of online cranks claim it's a nefarious plot by the New World Order to trap us in dystopian ghettoes.

A raft of new motoring laws and rules have been introduced this year, some under the radar, and drivers should be aware of the changes being introduced now we're into the autumn

Labour criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for trying to portray himself as a friend of drivers as he prepares to block English councils from imposing 20mph speed limits

The cost of accidents to the public purse on the stretch of road is £1.8million. The figure covers collisions between 2017-2021 and is based on calculations from the Department for Transport

Hopes are growing that railway firms will abandon controversial, Government-backed proposals to shut hundreds of ticket office counters across the network, after a huge backlash

Demonstrators held placards outside the Department for Transport as they demanded Government-backed plans to close nearly 1,000 station ticket offices across England are scrapped

The wriggly lines, installed in Clevedon, Somerset, have turned the town into a "laughing stock" and now transpires to have been over budget as locals call for its removal

Our revelations today strengthen the case for keeping open facilities that are used and valued instead of axing what is clearly a vital cog in the public transport service

More than 460,000 people have responded to a consultation into planned closures, which will hit the elderly, vulnerable and disabled - and put more than 2,300 station jobs at risk

Bexhill in East Sussex where Huw Merriman is the MP is one of 974 railway stations across England where the ticket office is set for the chop under the controversial plans

Labour warned that communities are being left stranded as it vowed to reverse the decline by allowing communities to take back control of local bus services

'Refusing to ban the dangerous XL Bully dog breed is unforgivable after their savage attacks - once again the Tory government is on the wrong side of public opinion'

Blue Badge holders should keep up to date on the regulations and guidance on renewing or misusing their card - or they may face being slapped with a £1,000 fine.

It will sit alongside the National Disability Strategy and work on short-term solutions to the pressing issues disabled people face in everyday life

It’s great that the consultation has been extended - however, the law requires consultation processes to be twelve weeks and this will take it to just eight

Passengers have been given an extra five weeks to have their say on devastating plans to close ticket offices at 974 railway stations across England as the consultation is extended until September 1

Ministers and train companies have been spooked over legal challenges to how the process has been conducted, amid claims that the 21 day consultation was too short and unlawful

Passengers only have until Wednesday to have their say on the devastating proposals put forward by train operators to close ticket offices at 974 stations across England

An increasing number of overweight Brits mean a rising number of people are too unfit to cross the road before the green man fades – risking serious accidents at junctions across the country

The Labour mayors for Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are preparing to go court unless train operators halt closures of 1,000 ticket offices across England