An emissions odyssey in a 1993 Golf (BBC News online)
What do cars actually emit in the real world? It's not easy to find out. What started close to home - will my old banger's petrol engine be better or worse than my father's 2009 diesel - led to an emissions investigation with a troubling discovery about recent models.
Would it be realistic to renationalise the railways? (BBC News online)
A rare experiment in public ownership has come to an end. Supporters say that Directly Operated Railways, a state-run body, rescued the East Coast main line after the collapse in 2009 of National Express's franchise.
How do you say Hyundai? (BBC News online)
Korean car giant Hyundai is to sponsor the gallery's Turbine Hall from 2015 for the next 11 years, exposing modern art fans to one of the most mispronounced company names in the world.
The liner that helped launch monster cruise ships (BBC News online)
Four days - that was how long it took. When the Queen Mary launched on the River Clyde in Scotland in 1934, an ocean liner was the only way for most people to get across the Atlantic.
HS2: 12 arguments for and against (BBC News online)
Labour has cast doubt on the future of HS2 but just what are the arguments for and against a new high-speed rail link between London and the north of England?
Missing airliner MH370: 10 theories examined (BBC News online)
As the search for Malaysia Airlines' missing Boeing 777 moves into its 11th day, a multitude of theories about the plane's fate are circulating on forums and social media. Here, former pilots and aviation experts look at some of those theories.
How stealthy are the new speed cameras (BBC News online)
Hadecs 3 differs radically from older systems. A single camera and radar gun are attached to the gantry or a pole at the side of the road.
Voulez-vous couchette avec moi ce soir? (Sunday Times)
The sleek, cramped Eurostar glides out of St Pancras at lunchtime; a couple of hours, a nip across Paris and we’re at Bercy, boarding the Palatino. The name conjures up in my mind an age of glamorous European sleepers but the train doesn’t live up to its heritage.