With Ulez looming, we went car free 12 months ago and the sky didn't fall in. Granted, we live in London, but we've saved £2k and 1.5 tonnes of carbon emissions and it's barely affected our lives. Here's how we did it https://t.co/i4L0fkcAIF

REVEALED: The King and Prince William are funding their private lifestyles by secretly levying millions of pounds a year of charges from the armed forces, the NHS, state schools, charities, mining companies and the general public. https://t.co/iqcfnCqPru

‘She could have become a female Philby’. A blog at https://t.co/vdLBLn7wsS on my research with @f2first about Jenifer Hart which is the basis of the Sunday Times story.

I’ve written a blog about the research I did with @f2first which led to this article by @NicholasHellen. It’s at

Yes, yes, yes to changing the rules on teenage driver’s licences, like many other countries. A teenager in the driver’s seat with several young friends in the car…..terrifies me. ⁦@NicholasHellen⁩ https://t.co/Jz8ucMdWbM

Breaking: Rosie Duffield quits Labour with blast at Starmer’s “staggering hypocrisy” over freebies row. https://t.co/tXm96kYin5

Great article in @thetimes by @NicholasHellen on @Stanthe_app. Free AI road surveying app for a mobile the public can use. To highlight the awful condition of our roads. Data so far, estimates there's 11.5m potholes/defects on UK roads

British housing at its finest - setting, scale, landscape, proportion, details, and finesse all completely absent! Via @upthebrewers

IT outage: airlines won’t need to pay compensation for flight disruption says ⁦@UK_CAA⁩, the watchdog tasked with protecting passenger rights (airlines will have to reimburse food, hotel, transport expenses) ⁦@ThePCAgency⁩ ⁦@LouHaigh⁩ https://t.co/OIYVAeGU30

This dreamy photo of Evenepoel, Pogacar and Vingegaard on the gravel yesterday by @therussellellis is a thing of beauty 🚴‍♂️🌤️🚴‍♂️☁️🚴‍♂️😍 #TDF2024 https://t.co/U05Krteg3i

A £1.2bn upgrade of East Coast Main Line was supposed to slash journey times from London to Edinburgh to 4 hours to woo air passengers. More than two years on, the rail industry has still not agreed a new timetable. We'll have to wait until June or Dec '25 https://t.co/2MRVinqHNS

"Smile and the world smiles with you"- that's why we have emoji-style signs on the road, to "nudge" motorists into observing the speed limit. But some signs no longer display speed of worst offenders because some are deliberately speeding up instead https://t.co/QIBFGIoTpE

For this weekend only, the paywall is lifted on the Times and Sunday Times website to show you what you're missing. A trove of brilliant journalism from @thetimes archive is free. Take a look right now

Working for The Sunday Times is my dream job. But the real privilege is working with the best journalists on Fleet Street. But how many do you follow and read? With @thetimes paywall down this weekend let me introduce you to the best of the best 🧵 1/n

The pockmarked, potholed roads of Britain have become a metaphor for the state of the country, so how come Blackpool,until recently ranked most deprived, has led the way in fixing them? Clue: Resurface the worst roads, stop firefighting, intervene early https://t.co/eJROk3nBW4

From 6 July, 90% of new cars on sale in Britain will cajole drivers breaking the speed limit to slow down The government chose not to follow the EU in making #ISA mandatory- but few car brands will find it worthwhile to strip out the software for GB https://t.co/k663rNiyES

A tremendous example of how snow can build up to such exceptional depths on the Ben. I’ve seen 15m drifts in August near this location.

Almost 1,800 @ADLbus electric buses recalled by operators in London, Leeds Manchester because of fire risk warning from @DVSAgovuk After a series of intense blazes in January this is a serious setback to plans to electrify our bus fleets @LeighDay_Law https://t.co/clqaf1xVUY

Carmakers have been pushing touchscreens which force motorists to take eyes off road for basic driving tasks Now new safety rules from @EuroNCAP require trad controls for indicators, hazard lights, horn, windscreen wipers, eCall SOS @AAPresident @SMMT https://t.co/9QUHASpqsQ

The first black woman to be ordained by C of E fights to keep her job after church tried to bring in mainly white leadership to replace her and parish council Yvonne Clarke spoke to me about the racist abuse she has suffered in 7 year saga @LeighDay_Law https://t.co/esQOqBRKeW

The airspace above 20 of our busiest airports is being changed to create 25 mile "motorways of the sky". It should save time, fuel and reduce noise under some flight paths but risks blight under new routes @CAGNE_GATWICK @HACAN1 @UK_CAA @The_AEF https://t.co/l4NwTdHRBv