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700 medics call for car smoking ban

AROUND 700 medics and health experts are calling on the Government to ban smoking in cars carrying children ahead of a Commons vote on Monday. In a letter to the British Medical Journal (BMJ), respiratory experts said secondhand smoke was a "major cause of ill health in children", damaging the developing lungs, causing sudden infant death and leading to thousands of hospital trips every year. Signatories to the letter are being co-ordinated by Dr Nicholas Hopkinson from Imperial College London and chairman of the British Thoracic Society's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease specialist advisory group.

Ford Focus facelift revealed ahead of 2014 Geneva Motor Show debut

Ahead of its official unveiling at next month’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Ford has released details and photos of the new 2014 Ford Focus. And while it’s an evolution of the current third-generation Focus, such is the popularity of Ford’s five-door hatchback, it won’t be long before you’re seeing this parked at a supermarket car park near you. Read on for the low-down on the world’s best-selling car.

Ford supercars

By 29 July 2008 09:00 The Blue Oval might be more at home building Escorts and Mondeos, but it too has dabbled in the superecar arena in the past four decades. And considering the company's main engineering focus, the two supercars it has built both qualify for CAR's landmark supercar status. The original GT40 was a rude shock to Maranello and took a string of racing victories home as proof; the newer GT was equally adept and more than one magazine placed it ahead of its Italianate contemporaries.