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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

BBC News

• Child car smoking ban bill launchedSouth of Scotland Lib Dem MSP Jim Hume is formally launching a bill at Holyrood to prevent smoking in cars when children are in them.
• Most car-dependent places revealedPeterborough is the most difficult place in England to get around without a car, according to a transport survey which says other place can learn from London.

This is Money

• Don't get stung at the car hire desk: How to beat the sneaky fees Car hire excess insurance is the bugbear of many holidaymakers, who are often forced into buying the policy at the rental desk through fear of facing a high bill following an accident.

Bolton News

• Disruption warning as £276,000 resurfacing work starts on major town centre route RESURFACING work that will cost the council £276,000 has started on a major route into Bolton town centre.

Northern Echo

• 'Better way' to monitor traffic fumes TRADITIONAL methods of modelling traffic pollution could be under-estimating emissions by as much as 60 per cent, according to North-East scientists.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post published Nottingham City Council reveal where £27 million of cuts...DRIVERS will only be allowed five minutes grace when parking without a ticket in Nottingham to increase income – as part of budget plans which will see 240 job losses. The city council will cut the standard leeway given to motorists from 10 minutes as it seeks to tackle a budget gap of £27 million.in some cases more grace will be given, in others less. Other proposals to save money include increasing council tax by 1.95 per cent, increasing charges for school means and day care, as...

Sheffield Telegraph

• Fears ‘someone will die’ without Sheffield gritting cut U-turnPressure is growing on Sheffield Council to reverse its controversial gritting cuts after scores of smashes on icy roads caused ‘carnage’.

This Is Local London Network

• A lorry the latest casualty of notorious low bridge A lorry has become wedged under the railway bridge today

The Shields Gazette

• Motorists warned about new restrictions in South TynesideDRIVERS in South Tyneside are being warned about bus lane restrictions which could see them fined £60.

Other Regional Press

• Pupils' letters add weight to campaign for road safety improvements YOUNGSTERS have added their voice to hundreds calling for action to improve safety on a road that they will soon have to cross to get to school.
• 20 weeks of roadworks to begin on Southampton bridge ONE OF Southampton's main bridges is to see five months of road works begin in the next few weeks.
• Probe launched into safety of fatal crash road TRANSPORT chiefs will launch a full investigation into safety on a stretch of road where two teenagers were killed in a horror crash, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Other News Sources

• Near £50m staked on new river crossing for Hereford Report says river crossing route is
• UK opens upgrade to A11 dual carriageway UK Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has opened the upgraded A11 dual carriageway.