Motorbikes 'put kids' lives at risk'

Residents in Greater Leys say motorbikes being ridden on pavements have become a big danger to children on the estate.

Taliban flex muscles over motorbikes ban

Taliban shuts down or partially shut about 50 schools in south-eastern Afghanistan, a bold display of their power in a part of the country at the centre of the American war effort.

Bill would open wilderness areas to motorized vehicles

Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is an effort underway to allow all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorbikes, motorboats and other motorized vehicles into wilderness areas, which would overturn a long-standing ban. What's behind this?

Britain is mobility scooter capital of Europe: 300,000 on our roads

Just five years ago there were just 70,000 mobility scooters being used in the UK, but that has scaled with concerns that the second hand market for scooters, are available for sale on websites for as little as £100.

Attack on Christians in Nigeria kills at least 15: witness

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 15 people and wounded many more on Sunday in an attack on a university theatre being used by Christian worshippers in Kano, a northern Nigerian city where hundreds have died in Islamist attacks this year. Security sources said gunmen arrived on motorbikes and threw small homemade bombs into the theatre before shooting fleeing worshippers. There ...