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Check if you're eligible for a Blue Badge and apply or renew

Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia

• Overview

  There are restrictions on what items you can take in your hand luggage and…

• Baby food and baby milk

  When travelling with a baby you’re allowed to take enough baby food, baby…

• Personal items

  Musical instruments Contact your airline before you book if you want to…

• Medicines, medical equipment and dietary requirements

  You’re allowed to carry the following in your hand luggage: essential…

• Electronic devices and electrical items

  You can only take certain electronic devices and electrical items on…

• Sports equipment

  Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Sports parachute Yes Yes…

• Work tools

  Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Tool with a blade or shaft…

• Chemicals and toxic substances

  You cannot take any of these items as hand luggage or in the hold:…

• Ammunition

  You cannot take any guns or firearms (including air rifles and starting…

The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi

• Using a child car seat or booster seat

  Children must normally use a child car seat until they’re 12 years old or…

• When a child can travel without a car seat

  A child aged 3 or older can travel in a back seat without a child car seat…

Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass

Rules on what motor insurance you need, what to do if you're in an accident, insurance for driving abroad, penalties for uninsured vehicles and drivers.

Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief

A limit of 30 miles per hour or 48 kilometres per hour usually applies to all traffic on all roads with street lighting

Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test

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How to pay or challenge a penalty charge notice (PCN) or parking ticket - fixed penalty notice (FPN), standard or excess charge notice

When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences

Contact your local council to find out who issues disabled bus passes in your area as part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme

Find out how to pay a local council for a parking fine or parking ticket - if it’s a penalty charge notice (PCN)

What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT

Check fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and vehicle tax bands by make model and registration

Blue Badge parking permits let disabled drivers and passengers park nearer to where they're going - find out more about Blue Badges from your council

Electric bikes meeting the EAPC regulations can be ridden on the road without being taxed, licensed or insured

Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.

Book a National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme course

You could be imprisoned, banned from driving and face a fine if you're found guilty of drink-driving

Driving licence renewals - find out when and how to renew your lorry, bus, minibus or coach licence.