Department for Transport

Steve Frazer, managing director of City of Derry Airport, welcomed the opening of the tender process by Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien, following years of calls from local travellers for the return of the service

'Opportunity': Airline tender opens for new NI airport to Dublin air service

DUP leader Gavin Robinson speaking during the party's annual conference at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Government should 'get on' with laws to protect NI car industry

Belfast's percentage of battery electric vehicles is at least 70% higher than any other council area in Northern Ireland.

Map reveals where electric vehicles are most popular in Northern Ireland

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Generous new EV grants offer drivers up to £3,750 off electric cars

Could your 'normal' car be a classic? Expert reveals how to check

Heathrow airport

Londonderry to Heathrow flight route secured for two more years

A new report by Anyline has revealed the alarming lack of tyre safety knowledge among UK drivers.

New study reveals alarming lack of tyre safety knowledge among Belfast drivers

Department for Transport (DfT) figures show a fifth of drivers crash within one year of passing their test

Young drivers filming themselves behind the wheel for social media – survey

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Over 70,000 rail passengers could receive refunds after court ruling

Northern Ireland businesses are missing out on additional revenue by failing to install EV charging points, according to a new report

New report says Northern Ireland's EV charging blackhole is 'shocking'

File photo dated 31/03/23 of passengers wait in line to at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, London. A planned relaxation of rules around airline passengers carrying liquids in hand luggage has been delayed by a year.

Easing of airport security rules relating to liquids delayed by 12 months

Cycling helps keep us healthy and helps towards the impact on climate change. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Cycling is great for our health and our climate goals

How to clear your path, pavement or driveway safely.

Should you clear snow off the pavement yourself? What you need to know

Sales of new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have hit a record high in Northern Ireland with over 6,000 sold in the last 12 months – up by 77%

Sales of new battery electric vehicles have hit a record high in NI

The green man at pedestrian crossings is set to light up for longer - as Brits walk slower than they did before.

Green man at UK pedestrian crossings to undergo major change

Most dangerous driving hotspots in the UK unveiled - is your area on the list?

Breaking Most dangerous driving hotspots in the UK unveiled
New data reveals just under 2.7million drivers have penalty points on their licence in Great Britain today
Will Millar

Breaking Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain’s roads under new laws

Under 25’s could be banned from giving lifts under new plans

Drivers under age of 25 could be banned from giving lifts to friends

Drivers are being warned by the DVLA to pay their car tax

DVLA £1,000 fine warning - how to renew car tax & when to do it

Government ‘will miss EV charger target by 20 years’, Labour says

MOTs could be required every two years under proposed change

(Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Self-driving cars could cause congestion to nearly double

A report has shown that a third of local roads in England are in need of repairs

Third of local roads in England need urgent repair, report says

The scene in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, where a 12-year-old schoolboy riding an e-scooter has died after being involved in a horror crash with a bus.

Schoolboy, 12, dies in horror crash involving bus and e-scooter

Security queues at departures

Limits on liquids taken on board flights in cabin luggage could be axed

Wrightbus STREETDECK HYDROLINER FCEV

Parliament told UK government should pursue mantra 'buy British' for buses

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?
Grant Shapps has taken up his first government role since leaving the Department for Transport earlier this year
Patrick Hollis

‘Noise Camera’ that can detect rowdy drivers trial across UK

Artemis Technologies, has received a £3.4 million boost from the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the Department for Transport in partnership with Innovate UK.. Pictured is Artemis Technologies Pioneer

Belfast's Artemis Technologies secures seven figure clean maritime funding

Wrightbus secures £81m contract, largest ever UK EV bus order outside of London

Motorists could drive lorries without a formal test under licence plan

Government scraps plug-in car grant with immediate effect

Car tax dodgers warned ‘you can’t hide’ as penalty hot spots revealed

New number plates: where can I charge my new EV?

Covid passenger locator forms are expected to be axed before Easter (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Complicated’ Covid travel requirement set to change ahead of Easter

Drink-drive deaths fall but can’t keep up with lockdown accident drop

Drivers report sharp rise in crashes and near misses with e-scooters

A plane landing Heathrow Airport.

New plans for delayed flights compensation

New Highway Code rules: 2022 changes and how cyclists are impacted

A view from Torr Head on the north Antrim coast looking over the Straits of Moyle towards the tip of the Mull of Kintyre in southwest Scotland which is a distance of 12 miles at its closest.

Nearly £900k spent on ‘Boris bridge’ proposal to link NI and Scotland

New smart motorways roll-out halted amid safety concerns

New changes to The Highway Code will establish a “hierarchy of road users” (Shutterstock)

The Dutch Reach and other new 2022 Highway Code rules drivers need to know

(Photo: Nissan)

Plug-in car grant for EVs slashed by 40%

(Image: Mark Hall/JPI Media)

New driving laws 2022: the changes that will affect every driver

Calls for car tax crackdown as number of untaxed vehicles rises

New motoring law to close dangerous mobile phone loophole

Government reveals plan for national road crash investigation unit

Smart motorway roll-out ‘must be paused over lack of safety evidence’

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped

Tesco rated top of the shops for EV charging

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons with Katy Best, commercial director, George Best Belfast Airport

UK Government must scrap air passenger duty

Fully-vaccinated US and EU travellers ‘to be allowed into England without quaran...

Compliance is less than 50 per cent in 30mph zones and even worse in 20mph areas

More than half of drivers speed in 30mph zones

Councils will soon be able to fine drivers for blocking yellow box junctions

Drivers to face new £70 traffic fines as councils handed new powers

The UK's most accident-prone cars

The UK’s most accident-prone cars revealed

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