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Friday, 02 October 2015

BBC News

• VW takes 4,000 cars off the UK marketVolkswagen is suspending the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK as a result of the emissions scandal.

Financial Times

• Uber rallies customers against TfL plansMore than 118,000 people sign petition backing ride-hailing app after TfL proposes crackdown

The Guardian

• Uber fires back in high court row with TfLTaxi hailing company says regulator and court case aim to protect black cabs rather than give public what they wantUber, the under-fire taxi-hailing app, has hit out at London’s transport regulator, Transport for London (TfL), for taking it to the high court on Monday in the latest threat to its explosive growth in the London taxi market.The high court case, which will determine whether the Uber app breaks the law by effectively acting as a meter, is piling on the pressure for the ride-hailing firm. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Volkswagen crisis: Car giant removes 4,000 new diesel cars from showrooms in BritainThe stock is being returned to a UK factory plant where it will be fitted with

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Osborne Road in Jesmond set to be hit by 20mph zone in bid to create safer cycling environmentOsborne Road, in Jesmond, could see its speed limit lowered from 30mph to 20mph along the mile long stretch to improve safety for cyclists

Yorkshire Post

• VW to suspend sales of 4,000 cars in the UKVOLKSWAGEN HAS suspended the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK in the wake of the diesel emissions scandal.

Bucks Free Press

• Residents 'left in limbo' over village motorway junction plan Residents fighting against a new motorway junction in their back gardens say they have been “left in limboâ€� by the looming development threat –18 months after it was first mooted.

Other Regional Press

• Cambridge's traffic-jammed roads may soon come alive – with smart technology.Traffic lights, parking ticket machines, message signs and other devices could all start talking to each other, to create a complete electronic picture of how the city is moving.

Other News Sources

• Hailo backs black cabs in battle with UberCompany resigns private hire licence and returns to black cab only