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Councils make £100m extra from parking 'through industrial use of CCTV spy-cars'
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Revealed, true scale of petrol price lottery: Mail probe highlights startling cost differences
The Daily Mail carried out a snapshot survey of prices in key areas of the UK and found price differences in the same area of up to 19p a litre, with those of up to 5p a litre almost routine.
M4 worse affected motorway with 34 scheduled repairs over Christmas week
Families planning car journeys face added misery this year – with a staggering 403 roadworks projects going on during Christmas week, and the M4 will be the worst affected motorway.
Diane Abbott: Freeze London fares for four years
Labour MP Diane Abbott today called for a four-year freeze in Tube, rail and bus fares for Londoners.
Friday, 12 December 2014
The Telegraph
- The councils who are making the most from parkingSearch our table to find out how much your council make on parking
- Councils make £100m extra from parking 'through industrial use of CCTV spy-cars'Communities secretary Eric Pickles attacks town halls for
- Uber: where does the online taxi service operate - and where has it been banned?Despite Uber's recent Spain and Thailand bans, the San Francisco-based taxi company continues to spread to cities around the world
- 'Spy' cars blamed as motorists stung for extra £90mCouncils in England made £549?million parking
Mail Online
- Revealed, true scale of petrol price lottery: Mail probe highlights startling cost differences The Daily Mail carried out a snapshot survey of prices in key areas of the UK and found price differences in the same area of up to 19p a litre, with those of up to 5p a litre almost routine.
- M4 worse affected motorway with 34 scheduled repairs over Christmas week Families planning car journeys face added misery this year – with a staggering 403 roadworks projects going on during Christmas week, and the M4 will be the worst affected motorway.
The Mirror
- Prosecutions for motorway rubber-neckers who photographed lorry fire and brought M6 to standstill Cops captured the offending drivers on CCTV between junctions 4 and 4a in June and then traced them from their number plates
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Bradford Council's parking charges income halves, survey shows THE 'profit' made by Bradford Council from parking charges more than halved last year, a survey revealed today.
The York Press
- MP committed to A64 dualling as part of upgrade THE MP promising improvements to the A64 has stood by his comments that a section of the road east of York will become dualled as part of a £250 million investment in Hopgrove Roundabout.
Wales Online
- Cardiff 'garden city' plan of 7,000 homes blasted by councillors warning of transport chaos if 900-acre development goes aheadThere has been cross-party criticism of a planned £2bn project to build thousands of new homes in the northwest of the capital over the next two decades
Yorkshire Post
- Coining it in from Leeds council car parksLEEDS CITY Council raked in £6.8m in ‘profit’ from parking charges in 2013/14 - ten per cent more than the previous year.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Businesses, commuters and families will be celebrating today as the completed A11 dual carriageway near Thetford is officially openedThe A11 is open for business.
Other Regional Press
- Snow update: Be aware of 'hazardous driving conditions' say Met OfficePotential for icy roads this evening say forecasters :: Sub zero temperatures predicted tomorrow evening
- New Huddersfield M62 junction, Cooper Bridge and Calderdale Way improvements and more in £1.4bn West Yorkshire plan set out todayCouncil leaders from across West Yorkshire expected to back the major transport fund
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- Cambridge helps put driverless cars into overdriveCambridge University is a partner in a three-year, multi-million pound project designed to integrate driverless cars into everyday use. Read more...
- Sixt teams up with BMW to launch Drive Now in LondonPay-by-the-minute cars available in certain London boroughs
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