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Friday, 24 July 2015

BBC News

• Motorbike crashes at seven-year highThe number of motorcyclists killed or injured on roads in Wales rises for the fourth year in a row and is at a seven-year high, official figures show.
• Car brakes 'can be hacked via radio'A UK-based security company shows the BBC how a digital-radio broadcast can be used to seize control of a car's computer systems.
• Denmark-Germany tunnel gets go-aheadDenmark gets EU approval for a 19km (12-mile) road-rail tunnel that will cut journey times to Germany.

Financial Times

• Carmakers turn to digital prototypesCostly vehicle mock-ups are set to become rarer

Birmingham Mail

• 'We're not bicycle-mad Beijing so give us car park spaces' says councillor Gareth Moore says 112 parking spaces are not enough for a new block of 291 flats in Jewellery Quarter development

The York Press

• York residents compensated over night-time roadworks CITY of York Council has apologised to and compensated people in Poppleton whose lives were turned upside down by roadworks last year.

Blackpool Gazette

• Blackpool bus company faces seven year banA Blackpool bus operator is facing a seven year ban after a transport inspector ruled it did not comply with the terms of its licence.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Businesses invited to bid for autonomous vehicle development fundingThe Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced the launch of a £20 million fund for the development of new products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles. Businesses up and down the country are invited to bid for a share of the finance, which is being delivered as part of the government's wider £100 million investment in research and development of intelligent mobility.  This was initially announced in the March 2015 Budget and will administered by Innovate UK.  Greenwich, Bristol, Milton Keynes and Coventry are already playing host to driverless car trials, whic...