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Thursday, 23 April 2015

BBC News

• Wire breaks spark bridge inspectionA special inspection of one of the Forth Road Bridge's main cables is ordered after an increase in wire breaks.

Financial Times

• China fines Mercedes $56m for price-fixingPenalty closes a major probe into pricing practices at foreign carmakers

Mail Online

• Only one in 50 cars live up to miles per gallon boasts: Overstating performance means drivers are spending £133 a year more on fuel that they expect  Consumer group Which? tested 200 new cars including the Mitsubishi Outlander (pictured) and found that 197 didn't have the fuel efficiency that their manufacturers advertised.

The Mirror

• Nearly one in three speeding drivers re-offends says studyPolice figures show more motorists are caught breaking the limit on motorways than any other roads

Birmingham Post

• Hundreds of Jaguar agency workers face axeCull at Castle Bromwich factory affecting lines producing XK and XJ models despite £320m investment in new aluminium body shop

Other Regional Press

• END OF THE ROAD: No hope for Western Route bypass as planners recommend approval for Ferrybridge Inn redevelopment at Wyke Regis IT’S the end of the road for a long-awaited relief route to bypass Wyke Regis and help boost Weymouth and Portland’s economy.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Yodel Selects Teradata For Faster Data DeliveryYodel, the UK parcel carrier, has significantly simplified and improved its reporting processes around parcels arriving at its service centres. The change is part of a wide-ranging overhaul of its data management strategy achieved with Teradata Corporation(NYSE: TDC), the big data analytics and marketing applications company.   The independent UK carrier, which handles 155 million items each year, is driving efficiency across its operations, having deployed a cost-effective, best-of-breed Teradata solution comprising two appliances.  Using the new solution, reporting now takes mere ...

Green Miscellany

• Driving in Europe? Stay hydratedMotorists heading to continental Europe this summer are being warned to drink plenty of water during the trip. The effect of dehydration has been shown to be equivalent to drinking and driving – a problem exacerbated by long motorway journeys in a hot country. Researchers found that ‘mild hypohydration increases driver errors during a prolonged, monotonous driving task’. The effect on the… The post Driving in Europe? Stay hydrated appeared first on ETA.