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Monday, 27 July 2015

Financial Times

• Fiat Chrysler hit with $105m record finePenalty comes after carmaker criticised for handling of 23 recalls affecting 11m vehicles

The Guardian

• Cross-Channel delays: small businesses call for alternative to M20 queue systemFederation of Small Businesses says Operation Stack, which sees lorries parked for miles along Kent motorway, is badly disrupting the economy Small-business leaders have called for an alternative to Operation Stack – the system for letting lorries queue on the M20 in Kent when cross-Channel traffic is disrupted – saying it is hurting the economy.The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) appealed to the government as Kent police kept the coastbound M20 closed between junctions 8 and 9 to accommodate lorries delayed by disruption caused by migrants trying to enter the Channel tunnel from France....

London Evening Standard

• 'No revving or rapid acceleration': Kensington and Chelsea launches crackdown on supercars after arrival of Middle Eastern mega-rich Petrolheads who roar through the streets of Kensington and Chelsea in 'supercars' face a crackdown after a barrage of opposition to them.

Other News Sources

• AT LAST! ‘Incompetent’ decision on flow of one-way Blackburn town centre road set to be reversed COUNCIL bosses want to change the direction of a key one-way Blackburn road – reversing a controversial decision made four years ago.