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Saturday, 28 March 2015

BBC News

• Coach plunge passengers tell of fearPassengers on a tour coach which came off the A83 in Argyll at the Rest and Be Thankful have recalled their terror as the bus overturned towards water.
• VIDEO: Revamping Uganda's motorcycle taxisEntrepreneurs in Uganda are helping to improve safety for passengers riding on boda boda motorcycle taxis.

The Herald

• Survivors of A83 coach crash are 'lucky to be alive'HOLIDAYMAKERS who survived the A83 crash have described how a freak gust of wind 'punched' their coach into a barrel roll, sending it careering down an embankment.

The Telegraph

• 'Pay less for parking in the rain' plan for seaside townCouncillors in Brighton and Hove hope to attract visitors on rainy summer days with cheaper parking charges

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Mansfield Road in Derby now reopened following six day closureA MAIN road in Derby that closed for six days after a water main burst has now reopened. Mansfield Road, Chester Green, reopened at 6pm tonight. Work to fix the 30-inch-wide pipe under the street has been ongoing since it burst on Sunday morning, flooding the area. The resulting problems affected thousands of people's water supplies and Severn Trent Water has had to bring in more than 20 large tankers to deliver water to homes in the area.

London Evening Standard

• London motorcyclists are offered £1,500 grants to go electric Londoners are to be offered grants of up to £1,500 to buy electric rather than petrol motorbikes.
• Motorist escapes parking fine after leaving hilarious begging letter A lucky motorist escaped a parking fine after leaving a hilarious letter on their car pleading with traffic wardens not to give them a ticket.

Burnley Express

• Drivers slam Burnley M65 approach ‘chicane’Highways bosses have been slammed for creating a dangerous “S” bend chicane on one of the busiest dual carriageways in Burnley.

Other News Sources

• Road repairs backlog stretches to 13 years‘Alarm’ survey finds councils still forced into costly patching-up work
• Body worn cameras issued to traffic wardens to make motorists "think twice" before attacking them TRAFFIC wardens are being fitted with cameras to catch those who give them a torrent of abuse while they are issuing parking tickets.