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Tuesday, 25 April 2017

BBC News

• Can plastic roads help save the planet?Engineer Toby McCartney explains how his Scottish start-up MacRebur is persuading councils to use local waste plastic to build roads. Two English councils have already started building roads this way.
• Driverless cars trial set for UK motorways in 2019The project will include a journey between London and Oxford in 2019.
• General Motors loses Supreme Court appeal over car faultsThe decision exposes the firm to more customer lawsuits over a defect that led to recalls in 2014.
• Peugeot Citroen investigated over diesel emissionsFrench prosecutors have started an investigation into diesel emissions by Peugeot and Citroen cars.
• Diesel vehicles important for UK economy, says industryCommercial vehicles - which are mainly diesel - are important for UK economy, says SMMT trade body.

This is Money

• Three quarters of drivers want the speed limit raised Three-quarters of drivers say that the motorway speed limit should be raised to 80mph, as new speeding fines come into force.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bradford Labour MP calls on Tories to reiterate support for HS2 amid reports of 'pause' planA BRADFORD MP has demanded the Prime Minister give her unequivocal support to high-speed rail project HS2.

London Evening Standard

• Black taxis could be banned under plans to pedestrianise Oxford StreetBlack taxis could be banned from Oxford Street under plans to pedestrianise the capital's busiest shopping street, it emerged today.

Other Regional Press

• 'Illegal parkers are threatening to drive businesses out of town'ILLEGAL parking problems are threatening to drive businesses out of town, business leaders have warned.