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Digital repreive for drivers as FM switch-off postponed

MILLIONS OF CAR OWNERS have been saved from missing out on listening to the radio in their cars as the Government has delayed switching off FM transmitters in favour of digital radio. The move comes as the Government admits that more needs to be done to convince radio users to switch to DAB digital radio instead of sticking with FM. Ed Vaizey, the communications minister, said: ‘We have to support digital radio, but we also respect people’s passion for radio and not being made to do something they don’t want to.’ At present, digital radio accounts for about a third (36.5%) of all radio listening, but take up has been lower among car drivers who are used to FM.

BMW unveils its 2012 Olympic Games pavilion

BMW has unveiled its new pavilion for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The winning design came from British architects Serie after bids from six companies. As the sole automotive sponsor, BMW is allowed to build a pavilion at the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games and it expects to draw 8000 visitors a day.

Voxan Wattman is world's most powerful electric motorcycle

It would be fair to say that we're a little bit in love with the Voxan Wattman electric motorbike. There's just something wonderfully cutting-edge about the design, and that's before you start peering beneath its chiselled skin. If we were looking for a motorcycle to make an escape silently across the border and into Switzerland, this is surely the bike to do it on.