The internal-combustion engine will still be king of the road in the early 2020s, when only a fifth of cars sold in Europe will be hybrid or electric.

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The company's boxy, no-frills 800-cc model has been king of the road for more than a decade - even though there have been precious few changes in its interior, exterior or the engine.

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"The information regarding the presence of two vehicles in King's Road prior to the disturbance in Kerr Road has only just emerged and we are following up on this particular line of inquiry through house-to-house visits taking place today, " Det Insp Boyd said.

BBC: Steven Brown

The Bluebird Club on the King's Road is believed to have housed one of the cars in which Sir Malcolm Campbell set one of his nine land speed records.

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It has since been suggested that a crowd of people entered nearby King's Road before the disturbance, which happened at about midnight.

BBC: Steven Brown

Bank of England governor Mervyn King said on Wednesday that the UK had "only just started on the road to recovery" as he presented the Bank's latest quarterly inflation report.

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