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Tuesday, 29 September 2015

BBC News

• Motorists 'tricked' in car test abuseMotorists are being
• Audi and Skoda report 3.3m 'cheat' carsAudi and Skoda say they have a total of 3.3 million cars fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emission tests.

Birmingham Post

• New Jaguar driving experience aims to emulate Land Rover's success Land Rover Experience centres that are now dotted around the world but this will be the first dedicated Jaguar facility

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Calls grow for more 20mph zones across Bradford PRESSURE is growing for more 20mph zones across Bradford.

Newcastle Journal

• Nitrogen oxides in car exhaust kill tens of thousands in UKEvidence is mounting that NOx emissions don't just make us ill by boosting the production of ozone and tiny particles – they directly damage our health too

Sunderland Echo

• North East Automotive Expo shows off our car manufacturing assetsThe North East’s first Automotive Expo demonstrated the strength of the region’s automotive industry when it works together.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Roads Minister sees plans for investment in the northRoads minister visits north of England to discuss proposals for better roads. Roads Minister Andrew Jones will visit Carlisle and Newcastle upon Tyne today, Monday 28 September 2015, to discuss proposals to create a new dual carriageway to link Cumbria to the north east. Last week Highways England appointed a joint venture led by WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff to undertake a study which will examine the case for turning the A66 or A69, or both roads, into dual carriageways, as well as making other improvements. As part of the day the minister is also meeting transport bosses in the region. The wor...
• UPS opens new contract logistics centre in the UKAdditional facility will meet increasing customer demand from retail and high-tech sectors UPS has officially opened a new contract logistics facility in North Warwickshire, in the UK Midlands, to meet growing demand from retail and high-tech customers. The move adds nearly 13,000 m2 of warehousing space to UPS’s global supply chain network.  The new facility is in close proximity to the existing package sorting hub at Birch Coppice Business Park, and provides access to the company’s global network via the UPS hub at East Midlands Airport. The site was opened in the presence ...

Green Miscellany

• Roadside mobile phone detector targets driversA new generation of roadside mobile phone detector that targets drivers using hand-held devices behind the wheel is to be trialled in Sussex. Funded by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, the pioneering equipment will be able to detect the use of mobile phones within vehicles whenever they drive past the sign. The post Roadside mobile phone detector targets drivers appeared first on ETA.