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Saturday, 18 April 2015

BBC News

• Record £6bn order for Rolls-RoyceRolls-Royce receives its largest order to date, worth £6.1bn ($9.2bn), to supply engines for Emirates airline A380 planes.

The Guardian

• Uber claims new taxi-sharing service saves 120 tonnes of CO2 a monthStatistics from San Francisco suggest carpooling is a new frontier for public transport. But is everyone ready to jump in a car with a total stranger?“Millionsâ€� of trips have been made using a new carpooling service from taxi app Uber, according to statistics released by the firm, which claims that in just one month enough people shared rides in San Francisco alone to save 120 tonnes of carbon dioxide when compared to taking Uber cabs alone..Initially introduced in San Francisco in 2014, before spreading to other US cites and Paris, UberPool attempts to match riders travelling in the same dire...

Birmingham Post

• Transport Minister: We'd look at opening up the M6 TollGovernment Transport Minister John Hayes said he'd listen to pleas to use the M6 Toll road to ease jams

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Driver's miracle escape after car plunges on to rail track POLICE and rail accident investigators are probing how a minicab ended up on its roof on the rail track in Shipley.

Liverpool Echo

• Wirral tunnel tolls could be axed and four other things we learned today on the campaign trail5 things we learned as the Conservatives gaves local candidates a boost

Carlisle News & Star

• Airport road delays could last up to 18 months Long delays hitting motorists between Brampton and Carlisle could last for up to 18 months.

Other News Sources

• Jaguar Land Rover wants to give one female student £1000 a yearYoung women planning a career in engineering should seriously consider applying for the 2015 Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship.
• Calls for improved road signage ahead of new temporary junction on busy Hereford road CALLS for additional warning signs to be installed ahead of a new temporary junction on a busy Hereford road have been answered.