Traffic officers to tee off in festive outfits

Four East Midlands-based traffic officers who normally spend their time assisting car hire drivers on the region’s roads are to don some special outfits to raise money for charity at the end of this month. The team will participate in a Nottingham golf tournament in aid of When You Wish Upon A Star on December [...]

Share the Road

In 2009, two north Wales counties will be sharing a chief officer, who will be responsible for running the highways departments of Conwy and Denbighshire. Stuart Davies will be paid £70,000 to perform this delicate juggling act from 1 January next year, and will be responsible for 270 staff members between the two county councils. [...]

Historic setting for some top family fun

Ice skaters young and old from all over the country will flock to the Tower of London this year as it opens its annual ice rink. The rink will open on November 22nd and run right through the festive season until January 11th, open every day except Christmas Day itself. Keen skaters looking to secure [...]

Cascada to hit Carling Academy

Sheffield’s Carling Academy is set to have its roof raised on November 1st with a performance by Cascada. The Eurodance singer Natalie Horler will be taking to the stage welcomed by car hire and coach-loads of energetic fans prepared to be entertained by the international star. Horler, better known as Cascada, is renowned for her [...]

Older People Festival in Bedfordshire

The Bedfordshire Festival for Older People is due to take place tomorrow, October 30th. Baby boomers will be making their way on buses and in car hire vehicles to the Weatherley Centre in Biggleswade for the event. The free festival will be held between 10:00 and 14:30 GMT and will be used to highlight the [...]

New Environmentally Friendly Vehicles

Environmentally friendly and sustainable fuels are the future which almost all vehicle manufacturers are trying to work towards, especially now when everyone’s financial future is so unstable, it is those manufacturers who can hold their place for the long haul which will survive. Holden are pushing the production of their ethanol fuelled car particularly hard, [...]

Winter driving roadshow in Leicestershire

An event aimed at promoting safe driving during the winter months has arrived in Leicestershire. The Highways Agency roadshow will be at the Leicester Forest East Services on the M1 on Wednesday December 10th between 10:00 and 16:00. Car hire drivers will be able to speak to agency officers in person and gain valuable advice [...]

Long Wheelbase Luxury in a Subaru

The wagon has come a long way since it was a scorned model in a manufacturer’s line up – once upon a time the boring one, the one which meant you had bought a car for purpose rather than looks or style. Well Subaru are about to give the wagon world another shake up with [...]

Street Action Art giveaway hits London

Street artist Adam Neate has announced that he will be leaving 1,000 pieces of his work around the capital today, November 14th. The urban artist has even invited passers-by to take the artwork from the Street Action Art event home with them. He told the Independent: “It has always been a dream of mine to [...]

Elton John bring his Red Piano to Birmingham

One of the biggest names in music is heading for the Midlands as Elton John’s Red Piano tour gears up to play its latest date. The tour, which brings the singer’s famed Las Vegas production to venues around the world, takes place on November 19th and will feature all the trademark glitz and glamour which [...]

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