|
How to woo your girl the Prince William way
It's the sort of courting ritual befitting of a future king - land a £10m Chinook helicopter in your girlfriend's garden. But are women really impressed by such a stunt, and if so, how can those of more modest means seek to recreate it?
|
|
Car plant expands wind farm site
Nissan's Sunderland plant is to increase the size of its wind farm to eight, with the addition of two more turbines.
|
|
Illuminated cars parade in resort
A motorcade kitted out with electric light bulbs and special effects is to drive along Blackpool promenade.
|
|
Blast fear as house struck by car
A gas explosion is narrowly averted when a car smashes into a council house in Newcastle.
|
|
Brown helps launch the new Mini
Chancellor Gordon Brown visits BMW's Cowley factory in Oxford to see the start of production of the Mini cars.
|
|
Humble beginnings of car factory
A car factory celebrates its 20th anniversary and remembers the production technology of the 80s.
|
|
Triple crash deaths 'accidental'
A coroner records verdicts of accidental death after a crash that killed three students in Sussex.
|
|
Shopping trips in a Green Goddess
A military fire engine hardly used in 50 years is to go on the supermarket run in south Wales with its new owner.
|
|
The Magazine Monitor
The Monitor is the home for some of our most popular features, including your letters, Punorama, the caption competition, and 10 Things.
|
|
M6 reopens after fatal collision
A lorry collides with two cars on the M6 motorway in Lancashire, killing two drivers.
|
|
Could your airline fend off a missile?
Some airlines want it, some may already have it - the equipment to defeat a heat-seeking missile As terrorists up the stakes, it could be a life-saver.
|
|
Investment threat to Nissan plant
The boss of car maker Nissan warns investment will be pulled out of its Sunderland plant if the UK does not join the euro.
|
|
Legal threat over job losses
Nissan say claims that 60 jobs are to go at their Wearside plant after disappointing Micra sales are "inaccurate".
|
|
'Suicide' drive ends in fatal fireball
An inquest hears how a pensioner drove four-miles the wrong way along the M4 killing himself and a 19-year-old driver.
|
|
Foreign investors turn away from UK
Inward investment in Europe took a knock during 2001, and the UK was one of the biggest losers, say accountants Ernst & Young.
|
|
What's left of the UK car industry
The closure of Ford's Dagenham plant marks a milestone in the history of the British car industry, BBC News Online takes a look at what's left.
|
|
Picture gallery: Tokyo Motor Show
The car industry struts its stuff in Tokyo, and BBC News Online presents a gallery of the weird and wonderful models on offer.
|
|
Motorists get duty cuts
Unleaded fuel duty is cut by 2p per litre and road tax bills slashed for lorries and many cars, but some motorists say it is not enough.
|
|
Ford investment boosts job hopes
Ford UK invests £240m in its south Wales plant to build a new generation of Jaguar engines, creating 500 new jobs.
|
|
Vauxhall, Ford boost UK car industry
Vauxhall and Ford provide a £440m double boost for the UK car industry, creating 500 jobs and safeguarding thousands more.
|