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Cycling helps keep us healthy and helps towards the impact on climate change. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Cycling is great for our health and our climate goals

Economy Minister Conor Murphy and Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd with Steve Frazer, Managing Director, City of Derry Airport, at the announcement of funding to protect the continuation of flights from the airport to London Heathrow. (Picture: Lorcan Doherty)

Derry to London Heathrow route secured - Murphy

How to clear your path, pavement or driveway safely.

Should you clear snow off the pavement yourself? What you need to know

Christine Lynn has been campaigning to make new safety devices on quad bikes mandatory since death of her husband, the food entrepreneur Denis Lynn, in 2021

NI campaigner Christine Lynn claims victory

The green man at pedestrian crossings is set to light up for longer - as Brits walk slower than they did before.

Green man at UK pedestrian crossings to undergo major change

Most dangerous driving hotspots in the UK unveiled - is your area on the list?

Most dangerous driving hotspots in the UK unveiled

Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain’s roads under new laws

Under 25’s could be banned from giving lifts under new plans

Drivers under age of 25 could be banned from giving lifts to friends

Drivers are being warned by the DVLA to pay their car tax

DVLA £1,000 fine warning - how to renew car tax & when to do it

MOTs could be required every two years under proposed change

A report has shown that a third of local roads in England are in need of repairs

Third of local roads in England need urgent repair, report says

The scene in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, where a 12-year-old schoolboy riding an e-scooter has died after being involved in a horror crash with a bus.

Schoolboy, 12, dies in horror crash involving bus and e-scooter

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

‘Noise Camera’ that can detect rowdy drivers trial across UK

Motorists could drive lorries without a formal test under licence plan

Yellow box junction changes to see drivers fined over ‘incorrect’ use. Hiyah Zaidi

New number plates: where can I charge my new EV?

Covid passenger locator forms are expected to be axed before Easter (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Complicated’ Covid travel requirement set to change ahead of Easter

New changes to The Highway Code will establish a “hierarchy of road users” (Shutterstock)

The Dutch Reach and other new 2022 Highway Code rules drivers need to know

Motorists urged to slow down

More than half of drivers still speeding on 30mph roads

Fully-vaccinated US and EU travellers ‘to be allowed into England without quaran...

Government confirms E10 petrol will become standard despite risks to older cars:...

Travel to the UK from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde has been banned - h...

All arrivals to the UK could soon need a negative Covid test - what we know so f...

No changes will be made to the UK’s travel corridor list this year - apart from ...

Green number plate scheme for EVs to begin in December

Lockdown brings ‘shocking’ increase in speeding Matt Allan

Thousands of cyclists were injured or killed on UK roads last year - here's what...

Cyprus and Lithuania have been removed from the UK travel corridor list - what i...

Another island in Greece has been removed from the UK quarantine list - but will...

You must now quarantine on return from Italy - plus the other countries removed ...

Zakynthos (also known as Zante) is among the Greek islands added to England's quarantine list (Photo: Shutterstock)

Seven Greek islands added to England's quarantine list - what you need to know

Covid-19 cases in the country are now at a level that is considered dangerous (Photo: Shutterstock)

Portugal is at risk of being put back on the quarantine list as coronavirus case...

Czech Republic, Switzerland and Jamaica have been removed from the government’s travel corridor list, meaning travellers returning to the UK from these countries will have to self-isolate for 14 days (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why Czech Republic, Switzerland and Jamaica have been added to the UK’s q...

Government examines plans for ‘hands-free’ driving on British roads by next year

Coronavirus case numbers have begun to creep up in various countries (Photo: Shutterstock)

France, the Netherlands, Malta and more have been added to the UK quarantine lis...

‘Appalling’ lack of progress as British road deaths flatline for 10th year

Highway Code changes to give cyclists and pedestrians priority

MOT delay warning as garages predict surge in demand

The FCO has advised against cruise ship travel (Photo: Shutterstock)

The Foreign Office says UK residents should avoid cruises - here’s what it means...

Airline Jet2 is getting ready to restart its summer trips, with flights due to begin from 15 July.

But there will be certain rules in place that travellers will need to follow, in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the new rules Jet2 passengers will now have to follow

Will you be going abroad this summer? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s where you can go on holiday this summer - in the UK and abroad

Travelling abroad is to be allowed again from 4 July (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s the full list of 59 countries Brits can travel to without quarantine on r...

(Photo: Shuttestock)

New tyre technology could warn drivers of dangerous damage on the move

Hundreds of thousands of cars at risk of damage from new petrol

Fears of surge in dangerous cars on the road as 4m admit to never carrying out s...

Electric cars to get green number plates

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These are the rules on wearing face masks in taxis and Ubers as public transport...

MOT extension could mean 1 million unsafe cars returning to the roads

Councils told to step up road repairs as pothole-related breakdowns jump by two-...

1 in 10 drivers has given up on their car as lockdown bites

Drivers urged to tread carefully over tyre condition during MOT extension period

Drink-drive warning to lockdown motorists

Drivers given six-month MOT exemption due to coronavirus crisis

MOT extension - everything we know about the new exemption for drivers

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