A plastic bridge capable...

A plastic bridge capable of carrying 40 tonnes is to be built across a UK motorway for the first time. The structure, reinforced with fibres, will span all six lanes of the M6 near Claughton, Lancs. The technique has been used by Lotus to make body panels, but only two bridges have been constructed in this way in the UK, and neither crosses a motorway.

Police believe a number...

Police believe a number of accidents where a motorcyclist deliberately drives into the back of a car could be linked. As the motorist gets out, the biker feigns injury, then the latter"s accomplice climbs into the car and steals it. Drivers are being told not to leave keys in the ignition after the Merseyside attacks.