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'400,000 children in smoky cars'

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of children travel in smoke-filled cars every week, a charity has warned. The British Lung Foundation (BLF) estimates that in England more than 430,000 children aged 11 to 15 are exposed to second hand smoke in cars each week. The charity, which conducted analysis on official NHS data, said that 185,000 children of the same age are exposed to smoke while in the family car on "most days", if not every day.

Monaco Grand Prix (2012) RESULT

Mark Webber starts on pole for Red Bull with Rosberg’s Mercedes alongside. It should stay much the same at the Monaco Grand Prix, but did it? It may have taken a mistake in Barcelona by Schumacher to see Mark Webber on pole at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, but with a tight street circuit like Monaco that gives the Australian decent odds of taking the win and becoming the sixth different winner in the first six races of a topsy turvy 2012 season.

NHTSA unveils new safety ratings; BMW and Hyundai first to get five stars

The 2011 BMW 5-series and the Hyundai Sonata were the first two cars to achieve five-star ratings under NHTSA's revised safety ratings announced on Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will rate a total of 24 cars, 20 SUVs, nine pickups and two vans for the 2011 model year. The federal agency has significantly modified its rating process and will now grade side-pole testing and crash-prevention technologies such as lane-departure warning and electronic stability control.