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20 tips to help you save £500 in fuel
9:53am Tuesday 5th April 2011 MOTORISTS are still feeling the pain of petrol and diesel costs and last week’s 1p fuel duty cut has done little to quell record prices at the pump. Swapping four wheels for two
5:11pm Wednesday 30th March 2011 THEY have been hailed as a solution to the UK’s traffic problems, and with 20 million already sold in China, electric bike sales are now stepping up a gear in Britain. JON REEVE swapped his car for one for a week to find out whether they really are a viable alternative. We’ve saved thousands by getting on our bikes
11:33am Tuesday 22nd March 2011 For most people with young children, the idea of living without a car is almost inconceivable. Cyclists want council to open up missing links
10:56am Friday 18th March 2011 A group of Southampton cyclists is taking steps to make the city safer for bikes. Commuters take on cross city challenge
2:34pm Wednesday 16th March 2011 A cyclist, bus user, motorist and pedestrian go head to head in the great rush hour commuter race-across-the-city challenge. Emergency services hit by rocketing fuel prices
3:16pm Tuesday 15th March 2011 WITH the price of petrol reaching £6 a gallon, our emergency services are counting the cost of rocketing fuel prices. Bike helps save a fortune
2:50pm Monday 14th March 2011 WITH the chance of saving more than £300 a year on fuel and £700 on parking, it was a simple decision to ditch the car on the daily commute for this Hampshire cyclist. Businesses feel petrol pressure
1:50pm Friday 11th March 2011 AS the Daily Echo launches the Don’t Be a Fuel Fool campaign, small businesses in the region such as florists have revealed the true impact of the petrol price hike. Fuel prices hitting charities and volunteers hard
9:49am Thursday 10th March 2011 SPIRALLING fuel costs are driving many motorists into the ground, but cash-strapped charities in particular are feeling the squeeze. Coping with the fuel price hike
10:51am Wednesday 9th March 2011 PETROL rocketed to 141.9p per litre in Hampshire yesterday – and with oil prices rising because of unrest in the Middle East, there’s no end in sight to the fuel hike. Share lifts and save cash
10:40am Wednesday 9th March 2011 THE BEST way to cut down on the amount of cash you spend on fuel is to drive less - but while you can't make your journeys shorter, you can slash your annual mileage. Top tips for using less fuel when driving
11:01am Wednesday 9th March 2011 A two-car family could save as much as £1,000 a year by following this advice: How the fuel hike hits families
10:57am Wednesday 9th March 2011 MUM-OF-THREE Karen Aksoy-Weeks says she spends around a quarter of her income just on the school run. What it's like to car share
10:50am Wednesday 9th March 2011 COLLEAGUES Rob Gove r and Phil Wy ndham live within yards of each other in Romsey and have been sharing lifts to Southampton-based Ordnance Survey for more than 25 years. |
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