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What's changed in the Highway Code?

BBC Transport Correspondent Katy Austin gets behind the wheel to explain some important changes to the UK's Highway Code affecting junctions.

28 January 2022

Driving and mobile phones

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'Rural road crash changed my life'

Northern Ireland

A man was filmed hanging on to the bonnet of the A48 dual carriageway in Cardiff

Watch man cling to bonnet of car driving down road

A green HGV with a driver, whose face has been blurred, sitting behind the wheel

Lorry driver caught eating with a spoon at the wheel

Gloucestershire

Passenger sitting behind wheel in driver's seat

Moment passenger steers bus to safety after driver's collapse

A young woman with brown hair in Cardiff city centre. She is looking to the right of the camera

Should there be extra restrictions on young drivers?

The Ferry

Strangford ferry to be suspended for five weeks

Northern Ireland

Learner motorbike rider uses phone while overtaking

Watch: Dangerous driving caught on camera

A red car is seen on dashcam footage driving in the middle of the road towards another car

Police share dashcam videos of dangerous driving

Gloucestershire

A circle around the vehicle moments before a freight train crashes into it

US freight train crashes into military vehicle

The old-style trains were introduced to passenger service on 16 April 1980

Subway carriages retire after 44 years of service

Glasgow & West Scotland

Crowd stuck in darkness at airport

'It's utter chaos': Video shows huge crowds stuck in darkness at terminal

Highway collapsed in Wyoming

Drone video shows highway collapsed in Wyoming

Defendant and judge

Suspended driver joins court hearing while driving

Gareth Lewis

What has 25 years of devolution given us?

Car being drive wrong way around roundabout

Banned driver jailed after dangerous police chase

Car crash on smart motorway

Smart motorways: How safe are they?

A near miss caught on dashcam.

Video captures "reckless" driver's near miss

Cranes putting bridge in place

Railway station bridge lowered into place

TfL Enforcement officers intercepting fare-dodgers

Watch: Catching London’s Tube fare evaders

Cyclist and tractor

Video: Dashcam footage show driving offences

Rachel Reeves

Watch: Reeves 'deeply proud' to be first female chancellor

The Chancellor has presented her first Budget in the Commons.

Twins James and John Makanjuola,

The twins cleaning London's unloved spaces

Entrepreneurs James and John run a cleaning firm, but take it to the next level in their spare time.

Paula Vennells at the Post Office inquiry

Key moments from former Post Office chief's three-day testimony

Paula Vennells faced three days of questions about her role in the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters.

Paula Vennells reaching for a tissue in the Post Office inqiuiry

Ex-Post Office boss cries while giving evidence

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells is speaking about the incident for the first time in ten years.

Santiago Paredes

Whistleblower claims Boeing supplier sent faulty parts

Spirit AeroSystems supplied Boeing with faulty parts, a former quality inspector has told the BBC.

Tatti Lashes

Tatti Lashes: The school friends who built a beauty empire

Charlotte Tiplady and Elliot Barton explain how together they built up their Tatti Lashes beauty empire from Liverpool.

Ocado has added robotic arms to its newest warehouse near Luton.

Watch Ocado robots in action

Ocado has added robotic arms to its newest warehouse near Luton.

Business Headlines

BBC World News business headlines

The latest international business headlines from BBC World News.

Jo Hamilton

'I feel survivor's guilt' says Post Office victim

Former sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton told BBC Breakfast she feels "guilt" after settling with the government over the Horizon IT scandal.

Woman in sunglasses smiling while answering questions related to the Budget

Watch: 'My biggest financial regret is...'

People in Kent share their finance stories ahead of Wednesday's Budget. Would you share yours?

Mohsin Issa

Issa brother to step back after 'fixing' Asda

Mohsin Issa, one half of the so-called "billionaire brothers" who own Asda, says he plans to hand over the running of the UK's third biggest supermarket.

Robots

'We had to adapt our robots to the AI revolution'

Sandy Enoch of Robotical explains why he had to pivot his educational robot company due to AI.

Picsart

'AI won't steal your job, but people using it may'

Hovhannes Avoyan, founder of picture and video editing app Picsart, shares his advice for our CEO Secrets series.

Picture of The Body Shop storefront in the 80s

'They thought it was a sex shop' - The Body Shop in the '80s

Archive footage shows Dame Anita Roddick talking about her company's success, in an 1984 interview.

Raid on Co-op store

CCTV shows violent raid on Co-op store

The retailer gave the footage to the BBC as it warned of a rise in attacks on retail staff.

Sir Howard Davies

Not that difficult to buy a home, says NatWest chair

Sir Howard Davies says he believes it is not currently "that difficult" for people to get on the housing ladder.

Joanna Jensen

'A viral Facebook post nearly blew up our business'

Joanna Jensen, founder of skincare brand Childs Farm, shares advice for start-ups for our CEO Secrets series.

Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes

Broadband rises must be 'clearer', says Ofcom boss

The regulator has plans to make mobile and broadband firms more upfront about mid-contract price rises.

Earring

'This earring helped me build my £4bn business'

Richard Harpin, co-founder of Homeserve, explains how an earring taught him an early business lesson.

Olivia DeRamus and BBC reporter Lora Jones

'Taking control of my abuse story'

Olivia DeRamus set up an app in the wake of her sexual assault. Now she's ready to take on Big Tech.