An exciting initiative supported by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), called the ‘BLOODHOUND Project’, has been launched by Richard Noble to break the current World Land Speed Record. The former World Land Speed Record holder is aiming to inspire young people into following Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education and career paths.

Conservative Shadow Police Reform Minister, David Ruffley, who condemned speed cameras last week, campaigned for more speed traps in his own constituency, Labour Matters can reveal. Mr Ruffley organised a petition and repeatedly called for speed cameras on the A143 which runs through Great Barton, yet nationally called speed cameras "cash cows" claiming that "the Government needs to rethink ways o...

On a day when Frank Field is complaining that our MPs are underworked (and on which we learn they will have a 12 week holiday this summer), we now see proof that the government has run out of ideas. Reducing the speed limit on all A-roads to 50mph is as ridiculous as reducing the speed limit in all residential areas to 20pmh. Speed alone does not make driving dangerous. It is perfectly safe to dri...

The government today announced plans to increase punishments for drivings who break the speed limits by a considerable margin, and it is hard to argue against the logic behind this decision. However, it does smack of the government wanting to further promote speed cameras at a time when traffic police numbers continue to decline. The AA today claimed that traffic police numbers had fallen by 20% i...

The World Bank's crystal ball is not emitting pleasant forecasts this morning, with the release of the latest Global Economic Prospects Report: "Global GDP is expected to contract by 1.7 percent in 2009, which would be the first decline in world output on record," the report concludes. Developed economies will fall into "deep recession" -- witness Japan's 12.1 percent...

The development of a high-speed rail network across the UK must include Scotland from the outset, according to a report published today by the Scottish Parliament’s Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee.

Ministers hit back at critics over police numbers yesterday by publishing quarterly figures showing record recruitment.

The following graph shows show the amount of speed camera fine revenue that was reclaimed by the partnerships implmenting speed cameras to implement further speed cameras. Quite a spike after the first year huh?

• Brown says services must adopt web-style feedback • Public sector goals for next 12 months set out in report Parents, patients and victims of crime will be able to leave comments on government-sponsored websites about the performance of GP surgeries, local police forces, and individual children's centres, Gordon Brown will say today. Ministers are also proposing new school report ...

FleetM8 inventor Dr. Tann was alleged to have been doing 42mph in a 30mph zone and proved with his pateted technology, that he was doing less than 30mph. BBC Report here The Police dropped the case. If Mrs. Whitmore, in the report below, had had the FleetM8 Solo device fitted to her vehicle then she would have been able to access her own data and show exactly what speed she was doing at the time s...