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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

BBC News

• 50mph lorry speed limit on A9 single carriageway agreedLegislation raising the speed limit for lorries on single carriageway stretches of the A9 between Perth and Inverness has been signed.
• VIDEO: Chinese plant for Jaguar Land RoverCar manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has opened a new £1bn factory in China.
• UK road levy 'threat to Irish firms'A new UK levy on road hauliers from the Republic of Ireland entering Northern Ireland could put small firms out of business, an Irish TD (MP) claims.
• VIDEO: Call for traffic-free Oxford StreetLondon's Oxford Street is

The Guardian

• RAC calls for higher investment in road maintenanceRAC Foundation reports spending on road maintenance has dropped to £7.5bn in 2012 from £9.7bn in 2009
• Rochdale taxi firm admits providing white drivers on requestCar 2000 minicab company, which serves area where Asian grooming gangs have operated, says it is catering to demandCustomers ordering minicabs in the town at the centre of Britains biggest grooming scandal are being offered white drivers on request.Residents in Heywood in the Greater Manchester borough of Rochdale have been offered the service after two local drivers of Pakistani origin were jailed for their part in the rape and trafficking of young white girls. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Drivers paying £42bn a year to TreasuryMotorists are being
• HGV speed limit pilot to begin on A9LEGISLATION to increase the speed limit for lorries to 50mph on the A9 has been signed off a week before it comes into force.