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Sunday, 15 February 2015

BBC News

• VIDEO: Hairdresser cleared of car deathsTaylor McDonnell is cleared of causing death by dangerous driving after knocking down and killing an elderly couple as she used her mobile phone.

The Guardian

• Coach driver arrested after M1 crash leaves three dead, with separate fatal pile-up on M40Four reported dead in separate incidents on two motorways, with scores injured and long delays on roadsA coach driver has been arrested after a crash on the M1 early on Saturday morning left three men dead.Bedfordshire police said the three men, who were travelling in an Audi A3 that had stopped on the hard shoulder, were pronounced dead at the scene near Flitwick in Bedfordshire. Awful crash on #M1 in Bedfordshire involving a coach and a car - several people very seriously injured. pic.twitter.com/kWUBFg0RCEMajor delays #M40 between J9-J10 northbound due to multi-vehicle accident. Please avoi...

The Telegraph

• 30-car pile-up on M40 leaves at least one person deadSeparate crashes on the M40 in Oxfordshire and M1 in Bedfordshire leave at least four people dead
• Three dead in coach crash with car on the M1 near FlitwickThree people have been killed in a crash involving a coach and a car on the M1 in Bedfordshire

Mail Online

• M40 and M1 crashes leave four dead and nearly 50 injured As families hit the roads for the half-term holidays two horror crashes left four people dead and nearly 50 injured in separate incidents on the M40 in Oxfordshire and the M1 in Bedfordshire.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Gwynedd council to scrap free parking in drive to bring in cashBid to change 68 free car parks to pay-and-display as authority tries to balance books

London Evening Standard

• Four people killed in separate motorway horror crashes during half-term getaway Four people have died in separate horror crashes on major motorways during the half-term getaway.

Northern Echo

• Motorists warned of Durham bridge disruption COUNCIL chiefs are warning of “lots of disruptionâ€� when a bridge that carries 48,000 vehicles a day shrinks from four lanes to two during a major refurbishment this summer.

The York Press

• Four people survive this crash on A64 - 'incredible', says police officer: Update 8.20pm FOUR people in this car survived after it came off the A64 near York and crashed into a ditch.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Parking fines lined up for beauty spot in bid to make £20kParking charges could be brought in at a beauty spot which attracts 150,0000 visitors each year, it has emerged.

Carlisle News & Star

• Residents fear planned new flats will cause car parking chaos Parking chaos will be created if a block of flats is built in a Cumbrian town centre, nearby residents claim.
• Fears Lake District road closure will hit half-term business Tourism businesses in Cumbria say they are furious at non-essential roadworks which they claim will drive away visitors during half-term.

Reading Evening Post

• Forty vehicles involved in fatal M40 collisionThe M40 northbound in Oxfordshire is closed after one person died and around 50 were injured following a collision involving around 40 cars

Sleaford Standard

• Concerns over speed 
of vehicles 
in villageThe results of a speed survey have caused concern among villagers.

Other Regional Press

• Crawley News published Gatwick bosses explain why Hackney Carriage taxi drivers can't...GATWICK bosses have given their reasons why Hackney Carriage drivers cannot pick passengers up from the airport.The issue was raised by Amin Mirza, chairman of the Crawley Hackney Carriage Association, at a Crawley Borough Council licensing committee meeting last November.Mr Mirza asked why the 122 Hackney Carriage drivers in Crawley could drop passengers off at the airport, but not pick anyone up.He put a request to the council to ask for a five or six-vehicle rank to be set up at Gatwick for...
• Temporary car park eyed in Osney Lane for Frideswide Square work A PLAN has been submitted for a works compound for the major scheme to revamp Oxford’s Frideswide Square.

Other News Sources

• Driver caught at 128mph in 30mph A DRIVER caught speeding at 128 mph in a 30mph-limit in West Sussex was one of the worst examples in the UK.