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Sunday, 02 August 2015

BBC News

• Two in court over roadside shootingTwo men appear in court charged with attempted murder following a shooting in Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Financial Times

• Uber passes Xiaomi in $50bn funding roundCar-hailing service raises $1bn to help fend off local rivals in India and China

The Guardian

• Mazda MX-5: car review | Martin LoveMazda’s lovable MX-5 is the world’s bestselling sports car. And for one injured soldier it has been a lifeline…Price £18,495MPG 47.1Top speed 127mphIn the footwell of the seat I’m strapped into is a sign that reads: “If the driver’s legs fall off, press here!â€� That must sound ridiculous to you, but then you aren’t being driven hell-for-leather round the historic Goodwood racetrack by a man with no legs… Continue reading...

The Independent

• Calais migrant crisis: Britons having to cross the border weekly are risking their lives Les just wants to get home without being stopped, fined, stabbed or killed. “It is frightening,â€� says this 56-year-old trucker, guiding his huge Scania lorry towards Calais. “I never know what I’ll face there. Am I even going to get home?â€�
• Calais crisis: Operation Stack threatens Folkestone businesses by deterring holidaymakers from passing through Kent Life in the seaside town of Folkestone seemed to be carrying on as normal. The Trawler Race fair was in full swing and the harbour was packed with people enjoying the sunshine.
• Operation Stack: Transport bosses ask PM for £300m to ease gridlock With up to 5,000 lorries queuing on the M20 for 18 hours or more, freight and transport bosses call for urgent action.

Mail Online

• French are to blame for Calais migrant crisis and we can't trust them The French police have for weeks now simply been looking the other way as the migrants mount their nightly assaults on the British freight haulage industry, writes ANDREW ROBERTS.

The Mirror

• Migrants crisis: I found an illegal immigrant asleep in the back of my carA builder opened the door of his car to find a suspected illegal immigrant chilling out with his trainers off

Birmingham Post

• 2015 BMW 3 Series prices announced Prices and specification revealed for the 2015 BMW 3 Series, a refreshed version of the popular German executive car.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Motorists told to buckle up as part of police safety campaign on...MOTORISTS are being encouraged to buckle up and check their tyres following a police operation.Officers monitored parts of the A6 to ensure that drivers, and their vehicles, were both road safe and legal as part of Operation Safedrive.Officers worked in partnership with the Casualty Reduction and Enforcement Support Team (CREST) and staff from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to carry out the targeted day of action.During the checks a total of 49 vehicles were stopped by the team,...

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• More than 5,000 North East drivers are banned from the roads, new figures revealThe DVLA says thousands of motorists across the region have been slapped with driving bans - but which is the North East's banned hotspot?

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Vow to tackle V Festival traffic chaosTransport bosses insist measures are in place to ensure congestion around this year’s V Festival is kept to a minimum.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Three Yorkshire hospitals slap parking charges even on disabled badge holdersDisabled blue badge holders will have to pay to park at the district’s hospitals under new charges being brought in by NHS bosses.

Other Regional Press

• Motorists warned about roadside scammers in West Dorset MOTORISTS have been warned to be on their guard after a possible roadside scam in West Dorset.

Other News Sources

• Road works begin for arterial Hampshire roads ROAD works are set for many central routes throughout the South-East.