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Rooney banned from driving after drink-drive guilty plea

Stockport, United Kingdom | AFP |  Former England captain Wayne Rooney was Monday banned from driving for two years and ordered to perform 100 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to drink driving. Rooney was charged after being stopped by police while driving a black Volkswagen Beetle at 2:00 …

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Car-sharing means fewer cars, busier roads in 2030: study

Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | A boom in car-sharing could slash the number of vehicles on European roads by 80 million by 2030, a study published Monday predicts. But roads could become busier even as Europe’s fleet of cars falls from 280 to 200 million, consultancy PwC forecasts, as …

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World gears up for electric cars despite bumps in road

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Technological advances mean fossil fuel in cars could be phased out within decades but switching to electric carries its own environmental and economic concerns as more and more countries announce radical plans. Britain on Wednesday said it would “end the sale of all conventional petrol …

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MINISTER: There is no SGS vehicle inspection deadline

KADAGA: Stop the caution phase, stop the adverts on radio and TV as we wait for the committee to report Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| Minister  of  Works Monica Azuba Ntege has clarified that there will be no deadline for the ongoing countrywide motor vehicle inspection. Azuba told Uganda’s parliament today that …

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Minister dragged to court over mandatory vehicle inspections

Four concerned citizens have petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking orders to have Works and Transport Minister Eng. Monica Azuba Ntege prosecuted over planned nationwide mandatory motor -vehicle inspection. The citizens led by  Aaron Izimba also want orders permanently blocking the vehicle inspection, and  the  immediate cancellation of a contract signed on …

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