MPs debated new protections for horse riders, including stricter passing rules, improved driver education, inclusion of equestrian safety in driving tests and legal recognition for horse owners’ losses. Lauren Williamson reports

“The death knell of British railways” is commonly held to have been rung by Dr Beeching in 1963 but, surprisingly, at least one writer heard it as early as 1912, claiming that “motor cars must supplan

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MPs say they weren’t told third-party funding was crucial after 19 stations are dropped from the programme

You never have to look very far in this country of ours to find examples of both good and bad parking, but would you be prepared to get a bit moralistic about it, I wonder, and be prepared to call the

HOWARD JOHNSTON revisits the disaster, and considers how it may be impossible to prevent it happening again