And so another year draws to a close, and it's been an eventful year for us. 'May you live in interesting times', says the old curse. No matter which origin story, if any, you choose to believe, the 'interesting' is clearly a euphemism for 'troubling'. We, like many other people, find ourselves living in those interesting times: much of the last year has been challenging, some of it has been sad, but a lot of it has been happy and optimistic.
Fuel prices aren't currently at their highest point in recent years but they're still high, and they seem to be climbing back up. So, just how do prices compare to those we paid a few years ago? Why are prices so high? What determines how much we pay when we fill up our tanks?
We've compiled a few Christmas gift ideas for the driver in your life. Researching it helped us with the problem and we hope it will help you too.
The cost of insurance, and the perceived shadiness of many insurers, have been a favourite grumbling topic for years. Companies seem quick to increase premiums but slow to reward loyalty and careful driving. We look at the reasons our premiums are so high.
Former Met Police chief Lord Hogan-Howe contributed to a debate in the House of Lords about plans to introduce regulation for London's pedicabs. Lord Hogan-Howe took a step beyond the discussion's focus when he suggested that measures adopted for pedicabs could also be applied to bicycles. Predictably, his thoughts included number plates.