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Driving you mad? Unofficial and irreverent takes on car stickers
Sunday 04 August 2013
Car stickers that represent your household are a huge hit in Australia, and are on sale here. But a slew of spoofs reveal that not everyone’s a family guy, says Gillian Orr
‘London Marathon on wheels’ marks unprecedented national celebration of cycling
Sunday 04 August 2013
Olympians and politicians alike get in the saddle – and the spirit
Kirobo the talking Japanese robot lifts off into space
Sunday 04 August 2013
The small robot is designed to provide companionship for a Japanese astronaut at the International Space Station
Kirobo the talking Japanese robot lifts off into space
Sunday 04 August 2013
The small robot is designed to provide companionship for a Japanese astronaut at the International Space Station
Nine killed in suicide bomb attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan
Saturday 03 August 2013
Many of those killed were children during a botched attack on the Indian consulate in an eastern Afghan city
Rent out your driveways, Eric Pickles tells homeowners as he vows to clamp down on 'parking tax'
Saturday 03 August 2013
Communities Secretary argues renting out spaces can help households increase their income
Travel agenda
Saturday 03 August 2013
From coffee in Nicaragua and upmarket Asia to Andy Murray's hotel
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Friday 02 August 2013
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Five Questions About: Holiday car hire
Friday 02 August 2013
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Would you download a car? Man 3D prints life-size Aston Martin DB4
Friday 02 August 2013
The bodywork is being 3D printed in 4-inch squared segments before it'll be fitted over the innards of a Nissan.
Man repays $500,000 in insurance awarded for death of son with four tonnes of quarters
Friday 02 August 2013
The quarters were in 150 separate bags each weighing 50 pounds and containing $1,000 worth of quarters
Mercedes chief Ross Brawn bullish about F1 title chances following Lewis Hamilton victory
Thursday 01 August 2013
Ross Brawn is convinced Mercedes can carry their momentum into the second half of the season in their pursuit of this year's Formula One world titles.
UK will preemptively ban the use of Google Glass when driving
Thursday 01 August 2013
The wearable tech connects to the internet and answers users' queries via voice commands
What's in a name? How our lives are influenced by what we are called
Thursday 01 August 2013
If your name is Gary or Deborah chances are you live in a house, drive a Citroen Picasso and are in the 45 to 54 age group
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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