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Quiz: How well do you know your road signs?
Traffic and Travel
Not obeying a road sign is among the top ten most common reasons for failing a driving test. So how well do you know your road signs?
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DVLA issues new rules affecting all drivers and those wanting to learn
Motoring
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has announced new plans that will affect all drivers and those wanting to learn
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Easter travel chaos as Essex drivers warned popular routes could take twice as long
Easter
The RAC said journeys on some popular routes could take twice as long as normal as the bank holiday weekend coincides with the start of a two-week holiday for many schools
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Third of drivers don't know CAZ rules with changes coming soon
Motoring
One in five drivers are not sure if their car is CAZ-compliant
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The major road used by Essex commuters where 762 people were fined for using layby as toilet
Essex
762 fixed penalty notices were issued for people urinating in the lay-by on the A41 near Kings Langley last year
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M25 diversion route as motorway to completely shut for the first time ever this week
M25
A huge diversion route is set to be put in place
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Parking warning to drivers as simple scam costs people thousands
Motoring
There are fears Easter will be a ket target date for scammers
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Honda CRV review: Piling on the practicality in a bigger, better version of the classic formula
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Motoring Editor Gareth Butterfield's family members are long-term CR-V fans - can the new version match up to the familiar favourites?
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Range Rover Sport review 2024: Why I think this might be peak Range Rover
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Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield falls for the charms of the latest version of the Range Rover Sport
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Honda Civic Type R review: I go off in search of the perfect road trip - in the perfect car
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Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield heads off to stunning Snowdonia in search of the UK's best driving road
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MG4 EV X Power review: Straight-line silliness from one of the best EVs on the market
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Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield spends a week in MG's bonkers hatchback - but is more power really such a good thing?
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Honda ZR-V review: A practical performer, but pretty pricey
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Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield spends a week in Honda's latest mid-sized SUV
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I test an electric car that doesn't have to be plugged in
Reach Review
Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield has spent a week in Nissan's clever new Qashqai e-Power
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Vauxhall Mokka Electric review: A world apart from its uninspiring predecessor
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Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield tests the stylish new all-electric Vauxhall Mokka
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People 'minds blown' after finding out what the little button on your seatbelt is for
Motoring
A TikTok user has shown viewers why the button is there and what it is used for
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Almost 90% of drivers think this annoying trend is getting worse on the roads
Motoring
The RAC said it was alarming and represented not just a minor inconvenience, but a critical safety hazard
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Kia EV6 GT review: Supercar speed for a performance car price
Reach Review
Motoring editor Gareth Butterfield spends tests Kia's most powerful car to date - the 577bhp EV6 GT
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Honda HR-V review: A comfy crossover with plenty of panache
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Mirror Motoring's Gareth Butterfield spends a week in Honda's stylish small SUV
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Honda Civic eHEV review: Why don't all hybrid cars work as well as this?
Motoring
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in the new version of Honda's long-running Civic and finds there's much to like
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I try living with a brand new car I could drive away for just £166 per month
Reach Review
Gareth Butterfield spends a week in the Dacia Sandero, one of the cheapest cars on sale in the UK, to see if it's cheap and cheerful, or cheap and nasty
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Skoda Enyaq iV Coupe review: A big and bold break from the norm
Reach Review
Gareth Butterfield tests Skoda's all-electric SUV coupe and finds good things can often come in big packages
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The hardest place in Essex to pass your driving test in 2023
Traffic and Travel
The pass rate in the town is just 43 percent, with only 870 passes in 2026 tests
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Owners say £50,000 electric vehicles 'easy to nick' as video shows thieves stealing in 5 seconds
Motoring
Concerns have been raised at a serious flaw in the Hyundai Ioniq5's security after series of thefts highlighted
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Drivers protest against ULEZ by blocking cameras wearing dinosaur costumes and say it's better than cutting cameras down
ULEZ
The ULEZ now stretches across Greater London and includes areas of 'historic Essex' such as Walthamstow, Ilford and Romford
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Live Southend traffic updates as two-car crash blocks Eastern Avenue with long delays
Traffic is being held in both directions
Serious crash in Ongar leaves two people fighting for their lives as police appeal for witnesses
Traffic and Travel
The road was shut for hours after an air ambulance was rushed to the scene
Trains between Liverpool Street and Chingford to be cancelled for 16 full days in the summer as crews replace 150-year-old bridge
Transport
Greater Anglia, London Overground and Victoria Line services will be severely disrupted
Murder probe launched in Waltham Forest after 'fight' leaves man dead and another arrested
Crime
One man remains in custody while police try to find the victim's next of kin
Essex Sainsbury's worker sacked after 20 years for clicking 'zero bags used' on self-service checkout
Sainsbury's
Mr Doffou, giving evidence, accepted Sainsbury's zero tolerance approach to theft but insisted he was 'tied' and "unaware of what he was doing" when he took them without paying
Stansted Airport
Plane used by King Charles and Rishi Sunak emergency landed at Stansted Airport after windows fell out
Three windows fell out and the plane had to be diverted back to Stansted in Essex
The Essex commuter town's street dubbed 'millionaires row' where home prices cost among the most in the UK
Billericay
Some of the houses are elegant and stylish beyond even the imagination, and almost all of them are separated from the main road by metal gates, towering trees and brick walls
Vile child rapist sexually assaulted young boy multiple times in Southend
Crime
He has been given nearly two decades behind bars
Two people rushed to hospital after four-vehicle crash on Royal Artillery Way in Southend
Southend
The road remains shut while accident investigation work takes place
The Essex towns The Inbetweeners and Gossip Girl actors graced to film BBC and Netflix comedy White Gold
BBC
The BBC comedy White Gold is set in 1980s Essex and was actually filmed in the county too - with multiple locations used across the area
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Traffic and Travel
Live Southend traffic updates as two-car crash blocks Eastern Avenue with long delays
Traffic is being held in both directions
Serious crash in Ongar leaves two people fighting for their lives as police appeal for witnesses
Traffic and Travel
The road was shut for hours after an air ambulance was rushed to the scene
Trains between Liverpool Street and Chingford to be cancelled for 16 full days in the summer as crews replace 150-year-old bridge
Transport
Greater Anglia, London Overground and Victoria Line services will be severely disrupted
Murder probe launched in Waltham Forest after 'fight' leaves man dead and another arrested
Crime
One man remains in custody while police try to find the victim's next of kin
Essex Sainsbury's worker sacked after 20 years for clicking 'zero bags used' on self-service checkout
Sainsbury's
Mr Doffou, giving evidence, accepted Sainsbury's zero tolerance approach to theft but insisted he was 'tied' and "unaware of what he was doing" when he took them without paying
Billericay
The Essex commuter town's street dubbed 'millionaires row' where home prices cost among the most in the UK
Some of the houses are elegant and stylish beyond even the imagination, and almost all of them are separated from the main road by metal gates, towering trees and brick walls
Vile child rapist sexually assaulted young boy multiple times in Southend
Crime
He has been given nearly two decades behind bars
Two people rushed to hospital after four-vehicle crash on Royal Artillery Way in Southend
Southend
The road remains shut while accident investigation work takes place
The Essex towns The Inbetweeners and Gossip Girl actors graced to film BBC and Netflix comedy White Gold
BBC
The BBC comedy White Gold is set in 1980s Essex and was actually filmed in the county too - with multiple locations used across the area
Armed men demand man, 20s, hand over his iPhone in Chelmsford city centre robbery
Crime
One of the men was in possession of a knife and demanded the victim hand over his red iPhone.