Opposition included the Brecon Beacons National Park and environmental watchdog Natural Resources Wales

A number of tyre blowouts occurred at the British Grand Prix

The events and magazines company Top Right Group ran up a corporation tax bill of just £200,000 despite making a pre-tax profit of £186.2m last year.

Mercedes mounted a robust defence of their position in today's FIA hearing into last month's controversial Barcelona test by insisting that the responsibility for organising and conducting the three-day programme rested solely with tyre supplier Pirelli.

View From The Sofa: Isle of Man TT, ITV4

With new penalties looming Jamie Merrill decides it’s time to check his driving habits

Tom Sykes claimed double victory at Donington Park to move to within four points of the lead in the superbike World Championship.

Ministers want to free up time for more serious cases

Britain's biggest grocer Tesco has announced plans to launch a pension annuity comparison service. The move is seen as an attempt to tap into the lucrative at retirement market, in which more than 400,000 people each year buy annuities to pay an annual income for life.

Protesters seeking to highlight Bahrain’s political problems blocked Manama Street in the capital.

Williams development driver Susie Wolff 'completely disagrees' with 16 time Grand Prix winner

It's hard to watch Paul McGann without thinking of Withnail & I. A four-part history of British motoring evokes images of Richard E. Grant weaving in and out of the motorway traffic in his Mark II Jaguar. "What's going on?" demands "I" when he wakes up in the back seat. "I'm making time," shrieks a wild-eyed Withnail. So it was appropriate that the first part should be about speed – "like a dozen transatlantic flights without ever getting off the plane". Sadly, McGann is not lying in the bath eating saveloy and chips while presenting the programme The Petrol Age (Sky Atlantic, Thursday), but he gets to drive a lot of old bangers rather than eat them.

BBC and Sky share rights to the Formula One season

Former F1 driver, who lost his legs in a crash 11 years ago, won paracycling gold at London 2012 and tells Robin Scott-Elliot his amazing journey is far from over