Driving on the M96? I don’t think so
The shortest motorway in the UK is in the Cotswolds but you have got special permission to drive on it and it’s only 500 yards long! Not many people have heard of the M96 which is a four lane motorway and which has more crashes on it than all the other motorways put...
WOMEN ON THE MOVE AGAINST CANCER SINCE 1979
Women On The Move Against Cancer – better known as WOMAC – is an organisation founded with one aim in mind, to donate to charities that support people who are suffering with the big C – cancer – one of the scariest words in the English language. Since 1979, WOMAC has...
Goodbye to the Honda Civic, your home grown car
Looking back four years Honda was enjoying a purple patch, building cars in Swindon and employing 4,000 people. Who would have thought that come 2022 the factory would have been shut and all the jobs would have gone. So say goodbye to the Honda Civic, your home...
Bamby’s Days out in West Country
Ilfracombe Round Table and Prostate Cancer UK to benefit from unusual charity drive –
RAC to the rescue
The RAC tower at Bristol is a national landmark, and Western Group landmark David Miles has been looking at the organisation after our last meeting courtesy of the breakdown organisation –
Welsh colleagues change roles
There is a new committee looking after the affairs of Welsh Motoring Writers –
Newspress Awards deadline nears
Over two-dozen categories for journalists and PRs to qualify –
Guild of Motoring Writers establishes new guild legal helpline
Guild Legal Helpline complements comprehensive Guild legal advice packs –
RIP Paul Williams
It is with great sadness that the death of Paul Williams has been announced by his family. Paul, 57, fell ill suddenly and died on Sunday in a hospice where he had been for just a few days. Paul had been involved in the motor industry since 1982 and worked for a...
Newspress Awards have it covered by MotorEasy
MotorEasy is again endorsing the prestigious Newspress Awards as headline sponsor of the 2019 event –
Cheers to Andrew!
Jeremy Townsend appointed as Director of Communications for Groupe PSA in the UK as Andrew Didlick retires this month –
Holmes downhill ambition as Gardiner heads up slippery slope
Significant change at the top within Ford of Britain –
West Country opens up Morgan motoring experience
Classic sports car sits with country hotel in Cornwall –
Western Group member saves virgin
There was an enforced split between saints and sinners when DD2018 clashed with the Guild Classic –
Gary strikes gold – Again!
Fifty PRs and 40 cars gathered at Castle Combe Circuit for DD2018 – supported by Suzuki, Vauxhall, Newspress and Volkswagen –
Our Social Wall from Members
The number of vehicles on our roads reached a record 41.4 million in 2023, according to the latest SMMT figures
https://automotiveblog.co.uk/2024/04/record-number-of-vehicles-on-uk-roads/
Awesome classics on display at the Drive It Day event (Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs) at my local pub, in aid of the NSPCC’s Childline
Ferrari 412GT sells at auction
My official souvenir picture from this week's Mazda Epic Drive in Morocco, courtesy of photographer Dave Smith
My official souvenir picture from this week's Mazda Epic Drive in Morocco, courtesy of photographer Dave Smith
Hispano Suiza teases design of new Carmen Sagrera #hypercar https://tinyurl.com/yrfek7cn #Spain #supercar #luxury @HispanoSuizaCar
The new CX-80 - the biggest ever #Mazda to be brought to the UK by the company - will arrive in the autumn https://tinyurl.com/yrfek7cn
#Hyundai reveals pricing & specs of new Santa Fe https://tinyurl.com/yrfek7cn @Hyundai_UK
