Private plates are increasingly being seen as an investment, often never even being used on a car, say experts.

The DVLA has released its annual list of number plates which will be prohibited on cars when the new '25 plate arrives in ...

According to the DVLA's guidelines on personalised number plates, if a registration number displayed on a vehicle is found to be potentially offensive, the agency considers whether it should be ...

Drivers must renew a personalised design every 10 ... in time will permanently lose the right to use the number plate in a major blow. The DVLA have previously stressed they will not accept ...

Personalised number plate sales have surged, more than doubling in a decade. discover how drivers and collectors are turning ...

The DVLA also stipulates that personalised plates cannot make a vehicle appear newer than it actually is. For instance, an '07 registration number cannot be placed on a 2003 registered vehicle.

The DVLA has issued a statement after it withdrew a personalised number plate which had been owned by Bristol Rovers fans for almost 30 years. Married couple Jackie and John Cooke, from Frampton ...