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Saturday, 02 August 2014

BBC News

• 'N' plates for Ireland's new driversAn 'N' plate law for novice Irish drivers come into operation in a bid to cut road casualties.
• Road works to close airport roadA key section of motorway near Manchester Airport is to close for most of the weekend while a bridge is demolished.

Financial Times

• Congress passes infrastructure spending billFinance for 6,000 road and bridge construction projects has been running out partly because revenues from a national petrol tax have been not high enough

The Guardian

• Train tickets: the best bargains and the worst ripoffsYou can buy a train ticket for £3 from Birmingham to Edinburgh – or £107 arriving slightly later. We highlight some of the extraordinary anomalies of Britain's bewildering rail fare system

The Telegraph

• Diesel drivers should be fumingPlans to charge diesel cars extra in London is proof that the petrol alternative is flawed, says Geoffrey Lean
• Diesel car drivers 'betrayed' as EU cracks down on Britain over air pollutionAs Britain is sued by the European Commission for breaching pollution limits, drivers of diesel motor vehicles are warned that they face higher costs

London Evening Standard

• Senior MP accuses taxi app Uber of 'opting out of UK tax' A senior Tory MP has accused cab-hailing smartphone app Uber of “opting out of the UK tax regimeâ€�.

Yorkshire Post

• Drivers of foreign cars get away with millions in parking finesMillions of pounds worth of unpaid parking fines have to be written off each year by councils unable to trace drivers of foreign vehicles, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

Bucks Free Press

• M40 Junction 4A would be "a win" for Wycombe, says Cllr CONGESTION at Handy Cross would be reduced and the west of Wycombe opened up for development if a motorway junction was built near Booker, according to a councillor.