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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

The Telegraph

• England to get first solar powered ambulancesSolar panels fitted to roofs of ambulances in Yorkshire will remove need for paramedics to leave engine idling

Mail Online

• Three MILLIONTH new Mini rolls off production line - but German owner BMW says success means more will have to be made outside Britain  First manufactured in 1959, the Mini has sold more than 5.3 million cars worldwide between 1959 and 2000. It is so successful that its new production plant must be opened in Holland.

Birmingham Post

• David Bailey: Jaguar Land Rover needs the XE to sell well Will Jaguar succeed with the new XE saloon and finally challenge a sector dominated by German manufacturers?

London Evening Standard

• London cabbies protest at Mayor’s scheme to scrap ‘cleaner’ old taxis London cabbies were today due to hit out at one of Boris Johnson’s flagship anti-pollution policies with a go-slow protest in the capital.

Carlisle News & Star

• 15-tonne steelworks 'sculpture' set for busy roundabout A tribute to west Cumbria’s steel heritage could become a reality – two years after it was first proposed.