Sources said 270,000 of the petrolelectric hybrids worldwide may have to be checked.
Toyota has not confirmed a recall but has admitted the newest Prius models had a software problem affecting the brakes.
Official investigations have been ordered in the U.S. and Japan although British ministers have not so far followed suit.
The world's biggest car firm [...]
What's the problem?
The accelerator pedal sticks on some Toyotas, keeping the car speeding even when the driver takes their foot off. The world's biggest car-maker says the problem can be traced back to parts from a US supplier.
The firm has recalled more than eight million vehicles worldwide and says it knows of 26 [...]
A third of staff who have had salary reviews in the last three months have been told there will be no extra money for them, according to research. Although the majority of bosses who froze pay last year are awarding rises in 2010, there are many employees whose [...]
What's the problem?
The accelerator pedal sticks on some Toyotas, keeping the car speeding even when the driver takes their foot off. The world's biggest car-maker says the problem can be traced back to parts from a US supplier.
The firm has recalled more than eight million vehicles worldwide and says it knows of 26 [...]
Eco-driving
According to the RAC, a change in driving habits motorists could save an average of 8% on fuel bills, which equates to £50 to £100 per year on average.
Manufacturers have long claimed that driving more slowly, between 50mph to 60mph, is most efficient - 55mph is industry-wide test speed for [...]
It will offer £400 off a new boiler when it replaces one that is over 10 years' old - matching the Government's offer to create a potential £800 discount. Although the Government has yet to release the conditions surrounding its boiler scrappage scheme, which comes into force next April, npower has launched [...]
India's economy grew by 7.9% in the quarter to the end of September compared with a year earlier, shattering forecasts of 6.3%. Economists said it was largely down to stimulus measures that had boosted demand and bolstered manufacturing activity. It will add pressure on the central bank to raise [...]
The Bank's monetary policy committee extended its quantitative easing programme to a total of £200bn - or 14% of UK GDP - at its monthly meeting after shock data last week showed the UK economy shrank 0.4% in the third quarter. The £25bn will be dripped into asset-purchases over the next three [...]
'If you want to do your Tax Return on paper, you must do it by 31 October,' the advert says.
That is this Saturday, but Stuart makes no reference to one major obstacle confronting anyone trying to follow her advice - the postal strike.
Eight million people must file tax returns each year to declare untaxed [...]
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said growth turned positive in the three months to August, rising 0.2%, compared with a 0.3% fall in the previous period.
This was the first increase in UK output since May 2008. Coupled with a rebound in industrial production, the report fuelled hopes that the aftershocks of [...]
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