The record for visiting all 270 London Underground stations in the quickest possible time has been broken by eight minutes. Geoff Marshall, 41, from Ealing, west London, and Anthony Smith, 28, completed the record in 16 hours, 20 minutes and 27 seconds. It is the second time Mr Marshall has held the record, after a total of 25 attempts. The ... Read More »
Edinburgh’s Trams will be running by May 2014, the city council announced. According to the council statement, the capital’s streets would be clear of roadworks by 19 October after six years of construction. Tram testing process between the airport and Edinburgh Park will begin earlier in the month. Test trams will be running along the entire route to the city centre ... Read More »
BMW’s revolution in public transportation made its arrival today at the 2013 edition of the LCV show in Britain. UK Transport Minister Norman Baker visited the show and checked out the electric vehicle. He announced that the BMW i3 is eligible for the UK Government’s Plug-in Car Grant, helping to make the first zero-emission vehicle in the premium segment more ... Read More »
The Largest Consumer-Voted Travel Awards in the UK HAVE you had a perfect package holiday, been on a fabulous flight or enjoyed cracking customer care when booking a break? Here’s your chance to reward superb service. British Travel Awards is the largest consumer-voted programme in the UK. Last year, the coveted awards attracted more than one million public votes to ... Read More »
Your chance to enter the UK’s biggest competition for amateur travel photographers and Win a Trip to Jordan Travel Photo of the Year competition is the UK’s biggest amateur travel photo competition; last year it attracted more than 9,000 entries. The winning photos, plus a selection of shortlisted shots, will be printed in The Independent and Wanderlust, as well as being ... Read More »
All new cars will be ultra low emission from 2040 Every new car bought after 2040 will be an ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV), according to government plans set out yesterday to decarbonise UK road transport entirely by the middle of the century. The new package will be worth over £1bn through to 2020 in the form of investment, incentives, and ... Read More »
DRIVERS may be forced to have their cars fitted with technology which keeps them within the speed limit under new road safety rules being considered by the EU. New cars would have to feature systems capable of detecting limits through cameras or satellites and automatically applying the brakes. Existing cars could be forced back to the garage to be fitted ... Read More »
New (EU) European Union road safety rules could see vehicles fitted with a speed restriction system that would automatically keep drivers to the speed limit. Under the plans, vehicle manufacturers would be required to fit systems to detect limits through cameras or satellites, while older motorists would be required to have the system fitted retrospectively. However, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, has ... Read More »
Tiny lines have been painted on Caxton Street in Westminster, London Westminster City Council are ‘not happy’ with botched job done by contractors Motorists are often caught out for parking where they shouldn’t. But drivers would be hard pushed to squeeze themselves on to these double yellow lines which measure just over nine inches. The shortest double lines in the ... Read More »
Every country or district has their own landmark, symbol or sign. So as England has many famous landmarks. One of them is now known as Elizabeth Tower. But it was called by another name since it made. Initially! It was known as Clock Tower that is not enough because it has also a nickname, which isBig Ben. Because of having famous historic public heritage property, ... Read More »
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