Guillaume Canet, Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, and James Caan attend the 'Blood Ties' Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2013 in Cannes

The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own rubbish to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language film Blood Ties.

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One award was for Hyundai's i-oniq concept car displayed at the Geneva Motor Show

Hyundai wins three German design awards

Hyundai has won three awards from the German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung). Two of the awards were for the interior and exterior design of the new second-generation Golf-sized i30, while the third was for the company's i-oniq concept car displayed at the Geneva Motor Show.

The Pedelec ought to appeal to a market of well-off geeks

Wheels etc: BMW i Pedelec Concept

Park, ride, then slip a disc carrying it up the stairs

Carrera Virago may lack cycling-club kudos but it represents excellent value

Wheels etc: Carrera Virago

Less than a grand gets you in the carbon-fibre club

One in every three BMWs sold worldwide is a 3 Series

BMW 3 Series

The car that goes from ZiL to 60 for two weeks

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Bieber says of his new-found wealth: 'When we'd go to restaurants, I couldn't order drinks as they were too expensive. Me and my mom would split a meal because we couldn't afford two. That really helps me today - I see the value of money'

Paparazzo may face charges in Justin Bieber car chase

Prosecutors are weighing whether to charge a paparazzo with driving recklessly on a Los Angeles freeway to photograph pop star Justin Bieber in what could be the first use of a new anti-paparazzi law, an official said on Tuesday.

Conservator Richard Horton cleans the Bersey Cab, London's first electric taxi

Will Dean's Ideas Factory: The electric taxi of the future… from 1897

It might take a brave passenger to ask a cabbie their thoughts on driverless taxi cars. Can a robot ever compete with a black-cab driver's knowledge of The Knowledge? Perhaps. But the idea of futuristic taxis is something that precedes not just the 21st century, but the 20th too, as a new exhibition at London's Science Museum called Climate Changing Stories explains.

Lexus CT 200h F Sport

A hot hatch for the green generation? I'm not convinced.

There is real innovation in the Mazda CX-5 SUV but its design makes it look a bit of a frump

Mazda CX-5 SUV

How Mazda slimmed down to come up with a hybrid-beating SUV.

30-year-old Roger Federer enjoys a rest during his opening match on Monday

SW19 Diary: Roger Federer fights for thirtysomethings

Roger Federer continues his bid to prove he is not past it since turning 30 when he takes on Fabio Fognini today in the second round. The Swiss has not won a Grand Slam title since January 2010, when he was a kid of 28.

Nissan chief executive defends pay deal

Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn highlighted the quick recovery of the carmaker from a year of disasters as shareholders questioned low dividends and a lagging stock price.

Opting for a Chevrolet Volt is an economic calculation potential buyers should take some time over

Chevrolet Volt

An electric car that (with a little help) goes the extra mile

Sport In Brief: Rising Welsh star of rallying dies after crashing during Sicily event

Gareth Roberts, who had been tipped for great things in the world of rallying, died after the car in which he was co-driver crashed during the Targo Florio rally in Sicily.

New BMW engine to be built in UK

A new generation of engines for the future BMW plug-in hybrid sports car will be built at a UK factory, it was announced today.

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Newly unearthed papers reveal a shocking extra dimension to the constitutional crisis over monarch’s abdication
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Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
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Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
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Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
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Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option to ward off sleazy men

Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

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Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
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Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
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How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
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Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death