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Sunday, 16 November 2014

BBC News

• Trams cancelled as city market opensSome trams into Manchester city centre have been cancelled because of work on overhead electrical lines on the opening weekend of the popular Christmas markets.
• Police appeal after fatal road crashPolice are appealing for witnesses after a person died in a car crash in Swansea.
• Girl, 11, dies after hit-and-runAn 11-year-old girl dies in hospital after being struck by a car on a pavement in a hit-and-run in Glasgow.

The Observer

• We need better transport systems right across the UK | lettersThis is not a question of investment in the north versus the southImproving transport is not a zero-sum game of investment in the north at the expense of investment elsewhere (Wherever you build new infrastructure... build it in the north, News). Investment is actually needed by cities across the country to drive economic growth.  These economic benefits can only be realised if cities have greater financial flexibility. Investment should be evaluated on the strength of economic payback through the creation of jobs, housing and business growth. For example, improvements to Londons tran...

The Telegraph

• Shares in UK engineer to benefit from road building plansHill & Smith is expected to benefit from the investment in UK road network, says Questor
• Boy, 10, hit by unmarked police carA 10-year-old boy is in hospital after being struck by an unmarked police car.

Mail Online

• Experts predict petrol prices to hit four-year low with the average price for a litre of fuel expected to drop to £1.20 Motorists are likely to get an early Christmas present with petrol prices set to drop to a four-year low this festive season. The average price for a litre of fuel is expected will fall to 120p next month.

This is Money

• Airbus delivers strong profits despite delays to A400M transport aircraft Airbus beat expectations with stronger than-expected third-quarter profits but this was overshadowed by further delays to its A400M transport aircraft.
• Financiers battling to save Formula 1 team Marussia have days left to find at least £5m to keep team in business and save 200 British jobs The team, based in Oxfordshire went into administration after its backer cut funding. Marussia must pay to fly equipment and crew to Abu Dhabi for the last Grand Prix of the season.
• Gatwick boss Stewart Wingate says expansion will not cost penny of public funds Wingate has challenged claims in an independent report that passenger charges would have to more than double to pay for the airport to expand.
• 'I live under Gatwick flight path - and I still want another runway'.Airport boss goes head-to-head with the Heathrow 'hub' Stewart Wingate says the planes fly right over his house from Gatwick Airport and he's perfectly happy for more of them to do so if he wins permission to build a second runway.

Birmingham Mail

• Abandoned Mercedes racks up £14,235 in car parking fees Car left in multi-storey for THREE YEARS set to be towed away after efforts to contact owner draw a blank

London Evening Standard

• Traffic brought to a standstill at Oxford Circus as thousands join road safety protest Oxford street was crowded with protesters today who demanded London's roads were 'made fit for humans once again.'

Sheffield Star

• Police crackdown on speeding motorists in BrantonPolice are continuing to carry out speed camera checks on Whiphill Top Lane after residents complained at a Partners and Communities Together meeting.

This Is Local London Network

• Vintage Kingston: Council plans £7.5m roads overhaul Potholes were still causing problems a decade ago, when a backlog of road maintenance work sparked a political slanging match in Kingston.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Potential strike looming for Jaguar Land RoverJaguar Land Rover could find itself facing strike action - just weeks after its flagship £500 million engine factory in Wolverhampton was opened by The Queen.

Yorkshire Post

• The Yorkshire Post appeal: How you can help Scarborough’s Lifeboat this ChristmasWhether it is rushing to a ship in trouble or to the aid of a coastal casualty, the army of volunteers who man the boats and beaches of Yorkshire are accustomed to racing against time.

Blackpool Gazette

• Chancellor hints at roads good newsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has hinted that there may be good news on the roads front for the Fylde coast.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Public invited to Spalding & Peterborough Transport talkThe Spalding & Peterborough Transport Forum is holding its AGM at 7pm, 20 November, in the South Holland District Council offices, Priory Road, Spalding.

Sunderland Echo

• Car drives over promenade at Sunderland beachEMERGENCY services were called after a car was driven off a promenade at a Sunderland beach.

Other Regional Press

• Devizes cyclists give thumbs up to towpath plan Cyclists in Devizes are pleased that the proposed improvements to the canal towpath have been given support by Devizes Town Council.
• Anti-lorry campaigners for traffic study ALRESFORD county councillor Jackie Porter says she is still waiting for the Hampshire County Council study promised to residents on local traffic issues.
• Traders fury over plan to shut main road RESIDENTS and businesses fear history could repeat itself as they prepare for a major Hampshire road to partially shut for four months – a year after a similar closure caused traffic chaos.
• Rare Jack Taylor racing tricycle to be auctioned for charityThe unusual bicycle was built by Stockton’s cycle manufacturing legend - who died earlier this month - in 1958
• Bus boss warns Cornmarket must reopen to avoid chaos RESIDENTS face a choice between quicker bus journeys across Oxford or an extra pedestrianised street, says a bus company boss.

Other News Sources

• France moves to block fraudulent German car salesThe French Ministry of Finances wants to combat VAT fraud by changing the rules for selling foreign cars in France. Car dealers' profits have been hard hit by a wave of fraud. EurActiv France reports.