Europe’s struggling car industry ended a dire 18-month run of declining sales in April thanks to booming sales in the UK, figures showed yesterday.

A canister of radioactive material has been stolen from the back of a van in Lancashire.

A 13-year-old girl has died in a crash involving a vehicle which was being pursued by police.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving after two men were killed in a car crash.

Two people were killed and another was injured after a car left the road and hit a tree.

A man has been arrested by police investigating the hit and run death of a 16-year-old boy.

Heiress Tamara Ecclestone seems to be inheriting her Formula One dad's interest in wheels as she recreates the spirit of the Greased Lightning scene from Grease.

Police are urging motorists to be vigilant after three cars were hit by airgun pellets while travelling at speed on a busy motorway.

An elderly woman has died after her car hit another vehicle as she drove on the wrong side of the road, according to police.

Ford warned yesterday that it faced $1bn (£645.9m) in losses in its European division this year after the car industry slipped deeper into crisis.

Ford, the American car maker, warned it faces $1bn (£646m) in losses in its European division this year, as the Continent's car industry slipped deeper into crisis.

The struggling French car maker Peugeot Citroën yesterday launched a drastic cost-cutting plan to slash 8,000 jobs in France and close a factory north of Paris, as it faces diving sales in crisis-hit southern Europe.

Residents of central China’s largest city have been advised to stay indoors after a thick orange haze blanketed the city.

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