BEE IN THEIR BONNETS

We’ve just heard that an ex-Renault UK employee will go on TV tonight as a whistleblower in the latest instalment of the Clio bonnet saga. The program airs at 7.30pm on BBC1.

The row is centred on the bonnet catch sticking open in the unlocked position due to corrosion and grime getting into the mechanism over time. Without the lock, the bonnet is free to flap open at speed with predictable results. It affects the Clio II model built since 1998.

This will be the fourth time the BBC’s Watchdog program has featured the issue, and it reckons it’s heard of over 1,000 incidents, some of them serious. It first brought the issue to light last April.