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Sunday, 26 October 2014

BBC News

• Cockermouth's Main Street reopens to trafficA Cumbrian town's high street has fully reopened to traffic for the first time in seven months as a £1.7m roadworks scheme nears completion.
• Cost of driving licence to be cut by up to 32%The cost of getting a driving licence is being cut following a recent public consultation, the government says.
• Delays warning over junction closureOne of the busiest motorway junctions in the West Midlands is partially closed as part of a £2.5m redevelopment.

The Guardian

• UK driving licence fees fallYoung drivers facing the mounting costs of taking to the road might well breathe a little easier after the government announced it was slashing the cost of obtaining a licence.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Cabbies fear insurance cost of tram crashesA COLLISION between a taxi and a tram in the city centre has sparked fears that repeated accidents could push up insurance costs for cabbies.
• Plan to tarmac Edinburgh’s historic streetsHistoric cobbled streets in the Capital face being smothered in tarmac under cost-cutting measures aiming at boosting the city’s flagging bank balance.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Hundreds sign petition to take Stonehaven road train the scenic routeHundreds of people have signed a petition calling for a tourist road train to be able to use a scenic route into Stonehaven.

Wales Online

• M4 relief road: Anger as consultants' fees top £6m - before any work is done on £1bn projectAn FOI response reveals London-based engineering consultancy Arup has been paid more than £6.3m from 2010-2011 to advise on controversial project

Yorkshire Evening Post

• A fare cop as cabs are ordered off Leeds streetsSix taxis were ordered off the road because of concerns about faults in a crackdown on dodgy drivers in east Leeds.

Other Regional Press

• A1 closures at Black Cat delayed for a weekMotorists are being warned that carriageway closures on the A1 at Black Cat roundabout will now begin next weekend, Friday, October 31, as work on the scheme to reduce congestion continues.