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Thursday, 14 May 2015

BBC News

• Japan firms recall 6.5 million carsJapanese car giants Toyota and Nissan are recalling a total of 6.5 million cars around the world to replace potentially faulty airbag inflators made by Takata.

Financial Times

• Uber poaches Whetstone from GoogleFormer communications chief David Plouffe joins car hailing group’s board

The Herald

• Civilian speed watch working well on Black IsleA ground-breaking initiative involving local civilian volunteers in a Highland village reporting speeding cars to the police, seems to be working, with the rate of offending reducing by 90 per cent.
• Four in ten Scots motorists back zero drink drive limit for young and novice driversNEARLY half of Scots motorists believe that the drink drive limit for young and novice drivers should be zero, according to a new survey.

Mail Online

• Toyota and Nissan recall 6.5MILLION more cars over airbag faults The companies said they have found a problem which can cause airbags to 'depoly abnormally' or rip during an accident, while Honda says it is preparing its own recall, but refused to give details.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Toyota and Nissan recall millions of cars over airbag concernsToyota and Nissan are recalling more than five million cars worldwide to investigate potentially faulty airbags. Approximately 160,000 Toyotas are affected in the UK, as well as 100,263 Nissans. In the UK, Toyotas being recalled are the Corolla, Yaris, Picnic and Avensis Verso, built between March 2003 and March 2007. All of these cars are being investigated for faults in the passenger's airbag. Other models involved in the recall for faults in the driver's airbag are the Toyota RAV4, Yaris...

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post published Drivers who use their mobile phones are an 'accident waiting to...Nearly 5,000 Notts drivers have been branded "accidents waiting to happen" after being caught using their phones behind the wheel last year.Police figures show that 4,692 drivers – an average of 13 a day – were fined last year for texting or making a call.The number has almost doubled since 2011, when 2,346 were caught.The Post was at Canal Street near the Broadmarsh Centre yesterday afternoon and spotted nine drivers in 30 minutes using a phone, ...

Doncaster Free Press

• Toyota and Nissan recall 6.5 million cars due to potentially faulty airbagsToyota and Nissan are recalling 6.5m cars globally due to potentially faulty airbag inflators made by Takata, it has been announced today.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Recall for millions of Toyota and Nissan carsJapanese car giants Toyota and Nissan are recalling a total of 6.5 million cars to replace potentially faulty airbag inflators made by Takata.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• DPD marks Chancellor’s visit with new £150m jobs pledgeThe Chancellor George Osborne has visited DPD to hear about plans for a new £150m investment which will create over 750 new jobs. On the final day of campaigning ahead of the 2015 general election the Chancellor called in on DPD's state-of-the-art depot in Raunds as part of a 24 hour tour of businesses across the country. The Chancellor set out the Conservatives' plans to carry on backing businesses and help them to create 140,000 new jobs across the East Midlands. In turn, DPD announced that, as a result of its £250 million investment in its UK business over the last 5 years, i...