In a landmark hearing, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has seen a record-breaking fine imposed on a company with repeated overloading offences, following a hearing at Bristol Magistrates’ Court.
Starling Distribution Services Limited was ordered to pay £759,000 after being convicted of overloading and defective vehicle offences for the fourth time. involving their refrigerated 3500 tonnes milk van which was unsuitable for the work which should have been done by a more tightly controlled HGV.
JAECOO UK confirm the JAECOO 5 (above) UK public debut will take place at this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the First Glance paddock and be part of the related dynamic hill climb runs.
Following JAECOO UK’s official brand launch in January 2025 and seeing the first JAECOO model – JAECOO 7 – climb the Hill last year in the hands of former Formula 1 driver Richard Attwood, the UK team has now secured the JAECOO 5 for the Goodwood event.
The UK’s transition to electric vehicles shifted up a gear in June, with new data from New AutoMotive showing that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) captured a record 24.9% of the new car market in June.
A total of 46,700 new electric cars were registered across the UK, marking a substantial 45.5% increase on the same month last year. The year-to-date figures reinforce this trend, with 223,729 electric cars registered so far in 2025 and the electric van market also demonstrated exceptional growth, with year-to-date registrations up by a remarkable 50% compared to 2024.
Chris Alexandrou from Portsmouth, Hampshire, has been named the RAC’s ‘Patrol of the Year’ at the motoring company’s prestigious annual awards.
Having rescued drivers at the roadside for six years, Chris was selected from more than 1,600 patrols for the title and gets to drive a new RAC Ford Transit van with a coveted ‘P1 RAC’ number plate.
Some 120,000 Citroen C3 and D2 models sole since 2009 are unsafe to drive due to a potential airbag problem which resulted in one French owner being killed.
UK owners were last month told not to drive their affected cars until a fix was carried out by their local dealer and now retailers are clogged with calls from concerned drivers who claim they have been told it might be 2026 before they get around to replacement airbags.
