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  • Airbus worker is flying high after online car win

    A Liverpool man has won a brand new car worth over £10,000 after renewing his vehicle tax online.

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  • Auto sector driving growth

    Business Secretary Vince Cable test drives Aston Martin and Jaguar cars as part of tour of West Midlands.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Aston Martin dream becomes reality for Business Secretary

    Dr Cable will also test drive Jaguar’s green car - the electric and petrol hybrid known as the Limo Green. This innovative prototype project…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RMP soldier takes policing skills to Afghanistan

    As the 1st Battalion Scots Guards work to keep traffic flowing on the strategically important Route 601 in Helmand, Lance Corporal Matthew Ellis of 150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (RMP), is providing policing expe…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Upgraded surveillance aircraft arrive in Afghanistan

    Upgraded Desert Hawks - hand-launched, remote-controlled surveillance aircraft which can record video footage day and night, sending it directly to troops on the ground - arrived in Afghanistan this weekend.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • OCRS risk score changes take effect

    Changes to Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system will help improve targetting of offenders.

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  • Jackal keeps proving its worth in Afghanistan

    The number of Jackal vehicles procured for UK forces has passed the 500 mark.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Major exercise sees UK and NATO forces refine land-air coordination for Afghanistan

    The role of the Forward Air Controller (FAC) in coordinating such precise integration between air and land forces is vital and requires intensive…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Acid rain: 20 years on…

    Chances are that back in the 1980s, acid rain would have been high on everyone’s list of environmental concerns. But what exactly is acid rain…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British and Afghan troops keep Helmand highway open

    The key access road Route 601 is an important communications route that connects Lashkar Gah in Helmand with the city of Kandahar to the east…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Road hazards - hiring motorbikes and scooters abroad

    Many Britons are injured each year in road accidents involving hired motorbikes and scooters. Make sure you’re not one of them.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • End of the road for cowboy car clampers

    Rogue wheel clampers will be stopped once and for all, under a new ban on wheel clamping on private land.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government announces ban on wheel clamping

    Wheel clamping on private land will be banned in England and Wales, the Government announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • All roads point south

    The Stabilisation Unit’s Adrian Garside explains why getting stuck in mud and running into lions is all in a day’s work as a Stabilisation Advisor in Juba, Southern Sudan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ANA lead Operation OMID SEY to clear roads in Gereshk

    Following the success of Operation TOR SHEZADA in southern Nad 'Ali, where ISAF forces cleared numerous IEDs from key routes and installed new checkpoints, the Afghan National Security Forces have led an almost identical…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF motorbike safety plan to cut road deaths

    In 2009 the Royal Air Force lost more people to motorcycle accidents than it did on front line operations in Afghanistan - the worst casualty level in the Armed Forces. Now the Service has launched a road safety drive to mak…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MSSG: Building bridges in Afghanistan

    Key to success in Afghanistan is improving security through stabilisation and reducing the influence of insurgents, and at the hard end of this strategy is the Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG) and its personnel on…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Albion arrives back after major US exercise

    The ship’s crew and Royal Marines from 42 Commando, based at Bickleigh Barracks in Plymouth, have been away from the UK since early June, taking…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Dog thwarts motorbike smuggling attempt

    Stowaways trying to smuggle themselves into the UK in a lorry load of motorbikes have been discovered by a UK Border Agency detection dog.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New depot smoothes the way to Afghanistan

    A new storage depot has been completed at Royal Marines Barracks (RMB) Chivenor, which will allow military vehicles to be despatched quickly and efficiently to the front line.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government