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Driverless cars could dominate British roads in just five years. If there are no accidents, will we even need car insurance? Driverless cars are expected to be introduced to Britain's roads as early as 2018 to 2020   By  Kate Palmer 8:30AM BST 23 May 2015 86 Comments Car insurance premiums could be just a fraction of current levels in five years’ time as driverless vehicles are expected to “eliminate bad driving” by 2020. Deaths and injuries caused by accidents are expected to virtually disappear and whiplash claims and car park disputes, which together account for 94pc of all insurance claims and cost insurers almost £3bn a year, could become a thing of the past as driverless technology will park our cars, brake automatically and swerve to avoid pedestrians and cyclists. •  Driverless cars will shave '£265' off insurance premiums in five years The hi-tech cars that will bring about these dramatic improvements are...

Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler is teaming up with mobile chip maker Qualcomm to develop in-car technology Daimler hopes to bolster its status as high-tech carmaker   Photo: ALAMY Carmaker Daimler on Saturday announced a partnership with mobile technologies company Qualcomm to explore wireless recharging of mobile phones in cars as well as recharging of electric cars without cables. The move forms part of a broader push by Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, as well as rival German carmakers BMW and Audi to  build their expertise in software  and telecommunications to bolster their status as high-tech carmakers in an era when tightening emission rules force them to downsize engines, once a mainstay of profit. In a joint statement, Daimler and Qualcomm said they were assessing the application of wireless technology to charge their electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid EVs without ever having to plug them in. The compan...

HOME » MOTORING » CAR MANUFACTURERS » PORSCHE When repairs go wrong: say hello to the 'Porshce 911' Mechanic's blunder transforms £100,000 Porsche into a laughing stock Something is not quite right here...   Photo: Ollie Martin/Twitter By  Arthur Kirby , Social Media Content Editor 10:24AM BST 25 May 2015 13 Comments Is this the next big thing in the world of sports cars? Will we soon be introduced to a new breed: the ‘Porshce 911’? No, we’re afraid not. What the picture purports to show is a comical blunder by mechanics in Dubai. @OllieDjMartin  recently sent a tweet to Jeremy Clarkson telling him of a friend who had taken his £100,000 Porsche to the garage to fix a dent. Upon its return, though, something clearly was not quite right. The dent may have been fixed but at the same time the ‘Porshce 911’ was born. Although some struggled to spot the mistake on Ollie's tweet, those ...

A young woman's family has claimed she died after taking the contraceptive pill. Radhika Sanghani speaks to experts about the risks - and what women need to know about avoiding potentially dangerous blood clots Fallan Kurek pictured with her mother, Julia   Photo: BPM Fallan Kurek collapsed at home. The 21-year-old woman turned blue as she struggled to breathe and died in hospital, three days later. The cause of death was recorded as a pulmonary embolism on her lung. Her  parents, Julia and Brian Kurek, are now claiming that the doctors told them it was caused because of her contraceptive pill. Kurek, a teaching assistant in Tamworth, had been taking combined pill Rigevidon for 25 days to regulate her periods. But she began suffering from breathlessness, and pains in her legs and ribs. It eventually came out that she had a large blood clot on her lung, which could have been caused by the pill. Her mother, Julia, said: “[The para...

This is the moment that a shocked factory worker discovered he had scooped the £8 million jackpot and simple replies with just: 'lovely'.  Dismayed Philip Dunning struggled to find the words to comprehend how he was feeling after learning he had become a millionaire.  As the news slowly started to sink in the 44-year-old food processing worker managed to thank the National Lottery call handler who broke the good news.   Scroll down for video  +4 Lovely: Philip Dunning, 44, was left almost speechless after learning he had scooped the jackpot 'It's er...surreal': Underwhelmed Scottish man wins jackpot Mr Dunning was told he had hit the jackpot when he phoned the National Lottery to check his winning ticket.  A recording of the call has been released by the National Lottery in which he appears to take the news incredibly calmly. The father-of-two starts by saying: 'Erm, I believe I have the winning jackpot ticke...

Kendall Jenner has been pictured on board a yacht in Monaco with racing champ Lewis Hamilton, as romance rumours heat up. The 19-year-old model and reality star sizzled as she topped up her tan in a skimpy cream and black snakeskin bikini. The reality TV superstar was joined by Gigi Hadid, 19, her sister Bella and Hailey Baldwin, both 18, who were also sporting bikinis for the day out on the luxury vessel.  Scroll down for video  +37 Something to tell us? Kendall Jenner, 19, showed off her supermodel body on a mega yacht in Monaco on Monday The girls were joined by a shirtless Lewis Hamilton, 30, who sported a pair of red board shorts as he displayed the giant intricate cross tattoo on his back as well as a host of other inking Previous 1 Next The group have spent the last few days hanging out together following the Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. Lewis has just signed a £100m new three year deal with Mercedes but failed to make it to vict...