Ten dogs died after being left locked inside two vans at a motorway service station on a sweltering day.

BBC: Newfoundland

The most startling example I've seen was in adverts placed above each urinal in the toilets at a motorway service station.

BBC: Retail gimmicks or the future of shopping?

Chancellor George Osborne did not realise a car he was travelling in was parked in a disabled bay at a motorway service station, the BBC understands.

BBC: George Osborne 'unaware' his car was parked in disabled bay

Where better, Mr de Botton asks, to feel that pang of desire than spotting a potential love interest across the food hall of a motorway service station - isolated, vulnerable and even unhappy.

BBC: View of M1 from Newport Pagnall service station