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Digital number plates gain popularity in USA but DVLA says no plans to bring them to UK

Published 15 June 2022
By David Mullen
The Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency says there are no plans to permit digital number plates for cars in the UK, despite US popularity.
VAN 1TY: five-fold rise in personalised numberplates

How to add a private plate

There can be a lot of reasons why you might want to add a private plate to your car. Here we explain how you go about it.
Published 12 November 2021
EU flag removed from driving licences a year on from Brexit

EU flag removed from driving licences

The EU flag has been removed from new British driving licences and number plates to mark the first anniversary of Brexit.
Published 03 February 2021
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

I have an unusual private registration plate - how...

Q. I recently transferred an unusual private registration to my car: 1386 R. How can I find out what cars this number has been registered to? The...
Published 28 April 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

News: 2 RUDE - blushing officials slap ban on risqué...

Staff at the DVLA have banned registration plates that spell out modern risqué terms
Published 30 June 2014