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63 women motoring journalists from 43 countries across five continents choose their BEST CAR OF THE WORLD 2023 The journalists judging the Women’s World Car of the Year have chosen the Kia Niro as the World’s Best Car for 2023. The announcement of the winner coincides with International Women’s Day, […]
ROAD SAFETY and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging motorists to take extra care, with temperatures forecast to plummet and the possibility of snow in days to come. Forecasters are predicting freezing temperatures during next week. As a result, road journeys are likely to be more difficult and treacherous, […]
Planned Aramco investment would support development of synthetic fuel solutions, and next-gen hydrogen technologies New company aims to have an annual production capability of more than five million internal combustion, hybrid and plug-in hybrid engines and transmissions per year Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Hangzhou, Hong Kong SAR, China, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, March […]
ROAD SAFETY and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist has welcomed the announcement of a 30 per cent reduction in speeding in 2022, compared with 2021. This, says GEM, is not only a key part of reducing collisions and casualties on our roads, but it’s also an effective way of reducing […]
New HPM-400 electric motor has peak power of 400kW, peak torque of 250Nm yet weighs just 40kg overall with an integrated silicon carbide (SiC) inverter High power, short duration motor originally designed as a high-performance fuel pump for Gilmour Space Technologies’ Eris rocket programme HPM-400 can operate at atmospheric pressure […]
National recognition has been earned for the city council’s Mobile Household Recycling Centre (MHRC) service – in the form of a prestigious Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) Award. At the organisation’s 2022 awards ceremony, staged on Wednesday (October 5), the MHRC initiative, which launched in the summer of 2021, […]
Parents and carers are being asked to prepare to submit their applications for a year 7 school place for their child when the application process opens on 12 September. The national application deadline is on 31 October 2022. Children born between 1 September 2011 and 31 August 2012 are due to transfer […]
Cllr Majid Mahmood, Cabinet Member for Environment at Birmingham City Council, writes on the proposed roll out of car parking charging at five park sites… “It is entirely understandable why some people may be concerned when they hear that there are plans to make people pay to park at five […]
Edgbaston Stadium celebrated the return of the Ramadan Midnight Cricket League by staging an Iftar that brought together local cricketers, coaches and Club staff to enjoy the community spirit of Ramadan before the cricket got underway. The Ramadan Midnight Cricket League was developed through the Warwickshire Cricket Board’s (WCB) Chance […]
Fitness fanatics across the region have pledged to cover in excess of 4,000 miles in support of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s Airbase Challenge. The virtual event launched in 2021 as part of the charity’s 30th anniversary celebrations. More than 400 people participated in the inaugural Airbase Challenge which raised more […]
