An Australian driver who chose to buckle up his beer rather than his child escaped with just a fine this week.
Police in Alice Springs were said to be “shocked and appalled” when they pulled over the car in Australia’s Northern Territory.
They reported that a 30-can pack of beer was strapped down between two adults in the […]
Every spring US car hire companies offer super savings on one-way car rentals as a way of repositioning their fleets from scorching winter favourites such as Florida to cities in other US states.
Search for car hire Orlando one-way rentals at any other time of year and you’ll find rates to be notoriously high. If you’ve […]
What do you call a new look Lada? No joke-Lada, the butt of many a cheap car gag is poised for a revival backed by a partnership agreement between its owner Avtovaz and French carmaker Renault.
On Friday, the two companies signed a $1 billion (€659.414538) deal, with Renault acquiring a 25% stake in the company.
The deal […]
They say good things come in small packages and that’s definitely the case for MINI. They’ve just unveiled their John Cooper Works model, the most powerful car in its range and it’s due to go on sale in July.
Named after the famous racing driver and MINI tuner, the JWC models’ turbocharged 1.6 litre engine has […]
One of the largest labour groups in Britain is calling on travellers to boycott the Lonely Planet series of books and is demanding the travel publisher to withdraw its guide to Burma.
The Trades Union Congress, which represents 6 million people said that the Lonely Planet guide promotes the southeast Asian country’s autocratic regime by marketing […]
British Airways pilots have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over the airline’s plans to staff BA Open Skies with crews from inferior terms to those of existing staff.
BALPA, which represents 3,000 BA pilots, said that 86% of pilots voted to strike and overall there was a 90% turnout for the strike […]
A 70-year old Italian man who had hoodwinked the government into thinking he was blind has been arrested after a random car check.
The ‘particularly anxious man’ could not provide police with a driving licence when he found himself stopped during a routine road check in the northern Italian city of Spezia.
Police said: “Then we checked his […]
No evidence of mechanical fault has been found in the engine of the British Airways 777 that skidded off the runway of Heathrow Airport on January 17th last.
According to the latest interim report, “The autopilot and the auto-throttle systems behaved correctly and the engine control systems were providing the correct commands prior to, during and […]
Argus Car Hire customers travelling to Kenya are advised to heed the following travel advise from the Foreign Office. The Foreign Office has relaxed its advice on travel to Kenya but is still warning travellers to stay away from certain danger zones around the city.
On Friday, the Foreign Office said it no longer advised against […]
Anyone travelling to Barcelona during the last two weeks of September should note that an invasion of swarming papier-mâché giants, wriggling human castell pyramids and twirling ‘sardana’ dancers has been forecast.
From September 22nd-25th, locals of the Catalonian capital are planning to spill out onto Las Ramblas and El Barri Gótic to celebrate Feste de La […]