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Sunday, 19 October 2014

The Telegraph

• Taxi driver's secret online passenger reviews investigatedWelsh taxi driver rates his customers according to their generosity in his own

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Dual The A1: A timeline of broken promisesPoliticians from all the major parties have promised action on the North's major road - but when will we see action?

Northern Echo

• Dual the A1 campaigners united in call for Chancellor to upgrade single carriageway roadPoliticians join forces to urge George Osborne to announce the cash needed to upgrade the vital A1 road in his Autumn Statement
• Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson clocked speeding after filming in North Yorkshire TOP Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is to receive points on his driving licence after being caught speeding after filming in North Yorkshire, he has admitted.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Concerns raised as more roadworks beginThey've endured months of roadworks already - now residents face even more road signs, barriers temporary traffic lights in Willenhall as another project gets under way.

The Shields Gazette

• Speed campaigner recruits business help in riverside traffic campaignA SPEED campaigner is calling on local industry to support her fight to slow down traffic at Hebburn riverside.

Other Regional Press

• Classic cars the main attraction at charity event A VINTAGE car and classic car rally raised more than £1,000 to help the air ambulance.
• Northamptonshire drivers avoid ban despite having up to 23 pointsCaught but still on the road...
• Almost half name their car‘The shed of dread’, ‘The Crudmobile’, ‘Brian’ and ‘Cactus Jack’ are just some of the weird and wonderful names drivers have given to their beloved cars, according to a survey.

Other News Sources

• Fresh 'rat run' fears for Alresford residents ALRESFORD residents fear their roads could become rat runs after draft traffic plans were circulated around the town.