Jeremy Clarkson – driven to rehab to escape himself
The disgraced star has revealed that he spent a month in a treatment centre. But wasn’t it actually more of a hideaway?
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When car shows collide: Chris Evans v Jeremy Clarkson
The motormouth DJ is taking over Top Gear. Its former star is firing up a new programme. But can either beat David Cronenberg’s Crash for powerful social comment?
Read MoreThe Jeremy Clarkson crisis: how David Cameron was overtaken by events
Let the Top Gear presenter run the Isle of Man. If this test drive works, the whole country could be renamed Clarksonia
Read MoreVolkswagen announces £750m spending cuts to fund product revamp
VW division head promises to focus on electric and hybrid vehicles and revamp diesel cars and vans following emissions scandal
Read MoreVW deserves to suffer substantial damage, UK minister says
Head of Volkswagen’s UK operation apologises for the scandal, saying a third of vehicles to be recalled in Britain need significant repairs
Read MoreNico Rosberg takes Russian F1 GP pole to keep pressure on Lewis Hamilton
• Rosberg outperforms his Mercedes team-mate for second pole in succession
• Toro Rosso’s Sainz in ‘positive’ condition after major accident in practice
VW sold new cars with defeat devices in UK even after scandal broke in US
Carmaker says it has now halted sale of 4,000 diesel-fuelled VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT vehicles because they contain emissions-cheating software
Read MoreView to a bill: £24m of cars written off in making of James Bond movie Spectre
Stunt coordinator for forthcoming Bond movie declares new record for mass car destruction during shoot in Mexico City, Rome and the Austrian Alps
Read MoreVW emissions crisis: UK to retest vehicles as owners call in lawyers – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the Volkswagen emissions scandal
- UK government launches inquiry into emissions tests
- Lawyers deluged by calls
- Minister: VW sold manipulated cars in Europe too
- BMW shares hit by press reports
- Analyst: Bigger threat than Greece
RAC highlights teenage driver death toll
Total of 234 teenage car passengers were killed or injured when the young driver they were travelling with was involved in a crash
Read MoreHold drivers automatically accountable for collisions with cyclists, say campaigners
Presuming drivers’ liability for accidents involving cyclists or pedestrians would save lives and encourage more people to take up active transport according to a cycling campaign group.
Read MoreFeminism doesn’t mean a battle of the sexes, but a common goal for all
Those who worry that the advances for women’s rights mean disempowering men have it all wrong. Feminism is for all of us, because the inequalities we face are all related
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