ROADTEST: BMW 330e M Sport Touring Auto
After all, electric cars have come a long way in recent times but they still have some way to go before they can be considered the default position for many drivers.
New car insurance rules to end ‘loyalty tax’ overcharging
New rules will stop car insurers from charging existing customers more for cover than new clients.Millions of drivers are thought to be paying more than necessary for their insurance because they allow their policy to auto renew without shopping around. In many cases, the renewal quote is more expensive than the price than they paid previously and more than they would be charged as a new customer.
Families left disappointed by Flamingo Land after half-term trips are affected by ride closures, overcrowding and insufficient information
One family managed to get on just three rides in seven hours and another mother estimated there were around 4,000 people in the theme park near Pickering on the day she visited, with no obvious signs of a cap on numbers.
Former Keighley Cougars rugby player buys The Turkey Inn at Goose Eye and saves traditional pub from being turned into housing
Former Keighley Cougars rugby league player Steve Mortimer and his partner Fay Howell are the new owners of The Turkey Inn near Oakworth – a traditional hostelry which was run by the Mortimer family until the 1930s.
9 best family tents UK 2021: our expert’s favourite spacious, multiroom tents from Decathlon, Berghaus, Vango
Our top-rated family tents are weather-proof, easy to pitch and designed with space for everyone to sleep in comfort.
AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds 2021: Road closures, Roundhay Park events, routes and tickets
Since Leeds became the host of the British leg of the World Series in 2016, fans have flocked to the city to either compete in the open-age events or watch the likes of the Brownlee brothers swim in Roundhay Park, cycle towards the city centre and run through Millennium Square.
The US chef planning to create a centre of chocolate excellence in the North
Everyone knows that York is the historic home of chocolate having been the famous home of Terrys.Now Yorkshireman Andrew Thwaite is planning on re-establishing that tradition by creating a centre of chocolate excellence in the North.
Why Conservative MP Matthew Offord was wrong to try and stop the BBC airing Alexei Sayle on Desert Island Discs – Anthony Clavane
Or, perhaps, the long-awaited arrival of Friends: The Reunion. Whatever the reason, I have found it particularly hard to listen to Desert Island Discs without a box of tissues by my side.
RAC adds emergency EV chargers to hundreds of breakdown vans
The RAC is to add emergency EV charging facilities to more than 300 of its vans as part of a new partnership.
Alfie Boe on big breaks, nerves and working with everyone from Eddie Vedder to Dame Vera Lynn
“It’s been a long road to getting back to performing in front of an audience. I think the last time I did was in March last year when I played in Newcastle and then we went into lockdown the following day,” he says.
