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Petrol and diesel prices throughout Formby

Click here to find out where to get the cheapest petrol and diesel in Formby. Read

Road Test: Nissan Qashqai+2 - a mystery of inner space

IN times of adversity the human animal is inclined to look towards the stars. During a particularly bad outbreak of cat flu, for instance, the Egyptians discovered that by building a large pyramid and leaving a slit in one wall they could line up the sun and Venus to produce the world’s first ophthalmic laser. Read

Road Test: Lexus ISF - green shoots of driving pleasure

Proof positive, if proof were needed, that politicians live in a world with a different gas atmosphere than the real one, comes in the use of the cliche ‘green shoots of recovery.’ Read

Road test: Kia Sportage Diesel Titan, bargain of roading

Some say life will never be the same again, others that your best investment is a shotgun and a two-man tent. But one thing is certain, nothing is certain. Read

Road Test: Suzuki Vitara 2.4 - not one for hairdressers

Apparently reality TV shows can turn you insane. Mad as surgical stockings. However, not half as swivel eyed as Strictly Come Dancing. Read

Road test: Renault Koleos - close encounter of the crossover kind

Despite the release of secret UFO files showing how Earthlings have been fooled over the years by a collection of fireworks, magic lanterns and casually discarded hub caps, there is theory that over the last few weeks we are supposed to have had a close encounter of the third kind to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the film of the same name. Read

Road test: Mazda TS2 a car fro the real world

IN these limp-wristed days of man bags and outreach country dancing officers, chaps like Richard Noble and Andy Green are like a breath of fresh exhaust gas, Boys Own heroes gallantly thrashing the yanks to rocket to the land speed record, screaming to 763.053mph in the face of government advice that Utah contains more than the recommended daily intake of salt. Read

Road test: In your face Daihatsu Materia is cool, fo’ sho’ dude

Recently, legends of rugby gathered to raise £1.1 million for British service personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Help for Heroes match. Read

Road test - Citroen Berlingo. Get lost in space

As I write it is, apparently, snowing on Mars. This is remarkable news because last night, much closer to home, a TV weather woman was unable to differentiate between ‘quite windy’ and force 8 on the Beaufort scale. Read

Honda S2000 the key to enthusiasm - road test

If you have woken today to find the world has not been blown to bits by Mr Putin, please consider the design of your house keys. Yes, there they are, in the Mysterious Bowl Of Everything, by the phone, in the hall with the13 amp fuses and one stray earring. Read

Saab 9-3 Aero TDCI road test - it’s space flight

There can be no other car maker that has stuck with a single marketing concept as long as Saab; it has wheels, it has seats therefore is clearly an aeroplane. Read

First drive - Volkswagen Scirocco

IF VOLKSWAGEN’S marketing people had done their job they should have signed up Dr Who to promote its latest offering. Read

Iconic 911 - faster, greener and just a tad dearer

CITIUS, Altius, Fortius, or faster, higher, stronger, are the Latin and English words to describe the noble tradition of the Olympic Games. Read

Small is the new big- Hyundai i30 estate road test

Size, you have probably been assured, does not matter. Read

Citroen's 'German' C5 road tested

THE National Archives Office has opened its files on reported UFO sightings from the 1980s. From memory everyone you met in the 80s looked like an alien or talked like one. Read

This week's road test: The Toyota Land Cruiser Invincible

Ever since Ben-Hur rolled out his concept fast attack chariot, armies have been striving for the ultimate battlefield light vehicle. Read

New V8 engine for Vauxhall VXR8: fight for your right to party

On the radio this morning, a tape measure professional from a chartered surveyors organisation was lamenting a reduction in the number of houses sold last month. Read