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Recent research, reported in the European Journal of Epidemiology, suggests that as many as one in five cases of legionnaires' disease may be caused by the use of plain water in windscreen washer systems. Legionnaires' disease is caused by a bug that is found in warm, stagnant, water and transmitted when droplets of such water are inhaled. Badly Read More

Drive It Day provided the perfect opportunity to meet up with like minded enthusiasts, and what a day it was! We have reported the event mostly in pictures within these pages but there are many, many more on our website. Thank you to everyone who took part and also to everyone who sent in photos and reports. It Read More

DVLA has announced that new versions of forms V55/4 and V55/5 will be available from DVLA Local Offices from 21 June 2010. The forms have been revised to include four new data fields to enable DVLA to comply with EU Directive 2007/46/EC (relating to Type Approval). The old forms will cease to be valid on 28 June 2010. Read More

The Federation has for some time been keen to link historic vehicles with the well established heritage world that concentrates so much on historic houses and gardens. This arrangement has been very successful in other countries, particularly France, where it is seen to be of benefit in promoting both the vehicle movement and heritage properties. An historic vehicle Read More

A number of our member clubs have expressed concern that the nearest Sunday to 23 April in 2011 is Easter Sunday, and the following weekend is a bank holiday. To avoid a clash with Easter and inevitably heavy holiday traffic a decision has been made to alter the date of Drive It Day to Sunday 17 April 2011. Read More