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Sunday, 16 November 2014

BBC News

• Police appeal after fatal road crashPolice are appealing for witnesses after a person died in a car crash in Swansea.
• Girl, 11, dies after hit-and-runAn 11-year-old girl dies in hospital after being struck by a car on a pavement in a hit-and-run in Glasgow.

The Telegraph

• Shares in UK engineer to benefit from road building plansHill & Smith is expected to benefit from the investment in UK road network, says Questor
• Boy, 10, hit by unmarked police carA 10-year-old boy is in hospital after being struck by an unmarked police car.

Mail Online

• Experts predict petrol prices to hit four-year low with the average price for a litre of fuel expected to drop to £1.20 Motorists are likely to get an early Christmas present with petrol prices set to drop to a four-year low this festive season. The average price for a litre of fuel is expected will fall to 120p next month.

This is Money

• Financiers battling to save Formula 1 team Marussia have days left to find at least £5m to keep team in business and save 200 British jobs The team, based in Oxfordshire went into administration after its backer cut funding. Marussia must pay to fly equipment and crew to Abu Dhabi for the last Grand Prix of the season.

Birmingham Mail

• Abandoned Mercedes racks up £14,235 in car parking fees Car left in multi-storey for THREE YEARS set to be towed away after efforts to contact owner draw a blank

London Evening Standard

• Traffic brought to a standstill at Oxford Circus as thousands join road safety protest Oxford street was crowded with protesters today who demanded London's roads were 'made fit for humans once again.'

Sheffield Star

• Police crackdown on speeding motorists in BrantonPolice are continuing to carry out speed camera checks on Whiphill Top Lane after residents complained at a Partners and Communities Together meeting.

This Is Local London Network

• Vintage Kingston: Council plans £7.5m roads overhaul Potholes were still causing problems a decade ago, when a backlog of road maintenance work sparked a political slanging match in Kingston.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Potential strike looming for Jaguar Land RoverJaguar Land Rover could find itself facing strike action - just weeks after its flagship £500 million engine factory in Wolverhampton was opened by The Queen.

Blackpool Gazette

• Chancellor hints at roads good newsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has hinted that there may be good news on the roads front for the Fylde coast.

Sunderland Echo

• Car drives over promenade at Sunderland beachEMERGENCY services were called after a car was driven off a promenade at a Sunderland beach.

Other Regional Press

• Anti-lorry campaigners for traffic study ALRESFORD county councillor Jackie Porter says she is still waiting for the Hampshire County Council study promised to residents on local traffic issues.
• Traders fury over plan to shut main road RESIDENTS and businesses fear history could repeat itself as they prepare for a major Hampshire road to partially shut for four months – a year after a similar closure caused traffic chaos.

Other News Sources

• France moves to block fraudulent German car salesThe French Ministry of Finances wants to combat VAT fraud by changing the rules for selling foreign cars in France. Car dealers' profits have been hard hit by a wave of fraud. EurActiv France reports.