The petrol car changed the nature of travel and brought joy, exhilaration and convenience to millions.
But as part of Britain s fight against man-made climate change, cars powered by fossil fuels are being phased out in favour of electric vehicles and other forms of travel.
It means that, from 2030, new petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned.
So in timely fashion, automotive writer Lance Cole has revealed in his new book some of the most iconic classic cars - from a 1905 racer which broke the world speed record, to the much-loved 1990s Volvo 850 R.
Classic Car Gallery - A Journey Through Motoring History, which is published by Pen & Sword, shows off a treasure trove of motoring beauties.
off. a bone dry fuel load that experts say makes these fires more volatile and dangerous, one official says on sunday this fire went from about 400 acres in size to 8400 acres in a couple of hours. the hot shots were working on hills and in canyons. these fires shoot quickly uphill. it was the sudden shifts in wind direction on sunday officials say that caught the hot shot negotiation a deadly trap. what caused the winds to shift so fast. sounds like there was a thunderstorm of down drafts and that changed the direction of the fire and pushed fire in the wrong direction. once they were trapped, officials say the hot shots deployed their shelters individual shells made of fire resistant material and lance cole got into one in about 15 seconds. it took me a little longer. pull it over you. when are you underneath the fire shelter according to shelby and lance you have to seal it like this to trap breathable air
0 let s get to work. the fourth of july, the united states celebrating its 237th independence day and the birth of democracy, the statue of liberty standing as a symbol of freedom. tonight of course fireworks will light up the skies but as this country celebrates another country struggles with a difficult transition to democracy. we are of course talking about egypt, fireworks also lighting up the skies and tonight a democratically elected president is out, a new president is in, the country s future uncertain. hello, everyone, i am fredricka whitfield. and we would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. political uncertainty gripping egypt after the kpreert series of events yesterday. the question in cairo, a day after the military koup, now what. the head of the country s supreme constitutional court was sworn in as the interim president today after the military deposed president mohamed morsi. according to morsi s muslim brotherhood he is
0 i think so. the one important thing that came out today was the absence of his finger pripts or dna on the weapon, which raises the question of whether trayvon martin even knew that george zimmerman had a gun. all right. thank you so much. that s it for the lead. 4 . thank you, jake. the first democratically elected president in that country has just been ousted. we re also taking a much closer look at the critical implications for the united states. plus the prosecution nears the end right now, presenting what s been a very controversial case in the george zimmerman murder trial. our legal team is standing by. we ll break down all the testimony. that s coming up today as well. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. huge breaking news, historic news out of the egypt, a military coup in egypt ousting president morsi, just a year after he became the country s first democratically elected leader. troops are in control of key points in cairo, pandemonium in tahrir sq