Steven Joyce scrapped a planned crackdown on professional car thieves despite support from the Justice Ministry and police.

Felipe Massa denied that he had become Ferrari's number two driver and today said he was out to win in Hungary this weekend.

A heroic mother has had a tearful reunion with a woman whom she helped to escape from a hammer-wielding man who pursued them in a car chase.

'Some drivers who said their Toyotas and Lexuses surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator.'