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Parks are meant to be for pleasure not business
When does a park become a business premises? The answer is now. The area of Kensington Gardens opposite the Royal Albert Hall, setting for the glorious Albert Memorial, is ornamental landscape as fine as it comes. If you owned it, the Government would not let you touch it. But if the Government owns it, the only question is: how much will you to pay to wreck it?

Digital radio at your fingertips
A 'plug in and play' DAB interface is claimed to be a neat and effective way of upgrading your existing car radio.

Digital radio at your fingertips
A 'plug in and play' DAB interface is claimed to be a neat and effective way of upgrading your existing car radio.

A new voting scandal in Tower Hamlets
THERE is a dispiriting sense of deja vu to our report today of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets. We have found cases of up to a dozen people being improbably registered for a single small flat or bedsit. If eight people are being registered for a single bedroom, to take one instance we report, it should, by rights, trigger concern with the registering authorities. Yet the authorities in question are the Tower Hamlets electoral staff. And this borough has a troubling record.

A new voting scandal in Tower Hamlets
THERE is a dispiriting sense of deja vu to our report today of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets. We have found cases of up to a dozen people being improbably registered for a single small flat or bedsit. If eight people are being registered for a single bedroom, to take one instance we report, it should, by rights, trigger concern with the registering authorities. Yet the authorities in question are the Tower Hamlets electoral staff. And this borough has a troubling record.

New Maserati Quattroporte scooped
Testing of the next-generation Maserati Quattroporte is stepping up ahead of sales starting in the first quarter of 2013.

Fair uni access just creates different losers
The appointment of Professor Les Ebdon to police university access invites some contradictions. His aim to prevent rich people buying themselves the best education sounds laudable, except that universities are substantially funded by rich foreign students.

Mazda plans $2.1bn capital raising
Japanese group, which makes most of its cars at home and is suffering as the yen soars, is believed to need capital to expand its production network overseas

Mercedes-Benz reveals new SL63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz used today’s F1 test session at the Barcelona circuit in Spain as the backdrop for the unveiling of its latest performance car, the Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG.

New Audi RS5 from £58,725
The new Audi RS5 will cost from £58,725 when it goes on sale in the UK in April.

Special edition Aygos revealed
Toyota has revealed its Fire and Ice variants of the new Toyota Aygo.

What we're driving: Kia Picanto 1.25 Halo
Kia's Picanto city car is now available as a three-door, tested here with Kia's 1.25-litre petrol engine.

Geneva motor show preview part 2
More of the star cars set to appear at next month's Geneva motor show, including the BMW 6-series Gran Coupe.

In-car breathalysers become compulsory in France
Breath-test kits will be a necessary part of your travel kit from July

You know you want to: Expeditionised Unimog
When the world ends, you are definitely going to want one of these

Mercedes launches new SL63 AMG in Barcelona
537hp version of Merc's high-end roadster gets F1 test unveil, but we can't tell you all about it just yet

Tell me I'm wrong: BMW M5
Left cold by the M5, Dan drives to Wales and back to prove himself wrong

Time for tea? Desert truck graveyard
Stills, not moving image for a more reflective Monday Time For Tea?

Maserati GranTurismo Sport for Geneva
Revised styling and a touch more power for Maser coupe

PH Blog: Porsche 964 RS
Fear and self-loathing in equal measure as the editor nearly cocks up a dream 911 RS drive

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