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Father charged over quadbike death
By Visordown News on 23/07/2008 22:43:39
Grays Magistrates charge father with daughter's manslaughter in quadbike probe
THE FATHER of a seven-year-old girl who died after the quad bike she was riding collided with a Range Rover in Essex has been charged with manslaughter. Elizabeth Cooke died in hospital after the crash on Boxing Day in the village of Blackmore near
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Motorists to face £250 parking charge?
By Visordown News on 26/08/2010 09:55:50
Westminster brought you the Bike Parking Charge - now councils across the UK are set to target cars
MOTORISTS across the UK could face a £250 charge to park their cars at work after local councils were ordered by the Government to find new ways of raising money, following the recent spending cutbacks. The Daily Telegraph has unearthed plans which
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Survey: Increased support for road charging
By Visordown News on 27/08/2010 12:29:15
Department for Transport study shows growing support for IT-based charging system
A SURVEY commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) has found more than 50 per cent of the UK's motorists believe road charging should be based on usage.The results from the survey, released yesterday, showed more than eighty per cent
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Westminster Council introduce bike parking charge
By Visordown News on 22/07/2008 12:22:15
Westminster's Motorcyclists to be hit by outrageous £150 per year bike parking charge
BAD NEWS for London commuters - from 4th August 2008, Westminster Council will begin the implementation of motorcycle charging throughout the borough.The charge will be carried out zone by zone over a four week period and will include provision
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Charge your bike by sunshine
By Visordown News on 19/08/2010 15:24:25
New portable solar panel acts as trickle charger for your motorcycle
A MOTORCYCLE enthusiast has come up with a ‘green’ way of keeping his bike's battery charged up.Peter Bladen, of alternative energy specialists BSolar, uses a mobile solar panel which plugs into the bike’s battery keeping it charged when the vehicle
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Westminster parking charge scam unearthed
By Visordown News on 21/01/2010 11:19:57
The BBC discovers Council's plans to plug £22 million deficit
THE BBC has unearthed evidence that shows Westminster Council's planned car parking charge increase is part of a scheme to plug a £22million gap in the council's finances.Alongside the controversial bike parking charge, Westminster Council also have
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Bike parking charges threat for Camden
By Visordown News on 28/06/2012 11:11:44
Council believed that free parking 'effectively encourages a shift to motorcycle use'
A CAMDEN council document from October 2011 showed that the borough had plans to introduce the Westminster model for bike parking charges.Submitted to the Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee, the council members decided not to follow
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New: Optimate battery charge indicator
By Visordown on 09/05/2013 12:06:00
Simple indicator device could save you from starting failures or breakdowns
OPTIMATE has launched a simple device to warn riders if their bike's battery has less than half its charge left. With the RAC attending some half a million battery-related call-outs annually, the unsubtly-named 'CHARGE NOW!' indicator device looks
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Mexican bikers face terrorism charges
By Visordown News on 13/04/2012 09:09:04
Backfiring motorcycles cause crowd stampede in Mexico
TWO motorcyclists from Mexico are facing terrorism charges after their backfiring exhausts caused a crowd to panic and stampede, fearing that there were gunshots nearby.The suspects' backfiring motorcycles caused hundreds of people to panic at a
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London halted by bike parking charge demo
By Visordown News on 05/02/2010 15:18:59
Bikers vow to fight on over money-grabbing parking charge
TRAFALGAR SQUARE and surrounding streets were brought to a standstill yesterday after hundreds of motorcyclists staged an organised protest against Westminster Council's controversial Bike Parking Charge. Despite receiving the largest number
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