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Labour step up call to safeguard free bus pass
SNP ministers have been urged not to narrow the criteria for free bus passes to save cash.
Business organisation says move to use bi-mode trains will continue regional 'imbalance'
THE Government must think again over rail travel if it is serious about helping North-East companies grow, a business organisation has warned.
Trains to replace scrapped Sheffield to London electrification scheme will be slower, Government admits
Trains chosen to replace a scrapped £500m electrification scheme between Yorkshire and London are slower than their electric counterparts, the Department for Transport has admitted.
Wednesday, 09 August 2017
BBC News
- Drivers avoid pay-by-phone parking bays, says the AADrivers are avoiding parking spots that require payment by phone as cash remains a more popular way to pay, according to the AA.
- M42 Solihull junction works costing £282m announcedHighways England says the
- New car sales in Wales dip sharply compared to UKMotor traders say economic uncertainty is behind a sharp drop in car sales in Wales so far this year.
- Luton Airport holidaymakers' cars vandalised on side streetsLuton Council says it is consulting with residents about introducing parking permits.
- 'Fairy curse' behind dips in Irish road - Danny Healy-RaeAn Irish member of parliament says road damage was caused by bad luck from disturbed fairy forts.
- VW offers German customers discounts to trade in old dieselsCustomers in Germany are being offered up to 10,000 euros as an incentive to trade in old diesel cars.
Financial Times
- Carmakers face threat from new drivers of profitAs vehicle ownership declines, industry leaders risk becoming low-margin businesses but their suppliers are in ever greater demand
- China strives to bring order to unruly car-sharing sectorBeijing wants more structure to sector with thousands of vendors and millions of riders
The Guardian
- Mazda boosts petrol engine efficiency in fresh blow to dieselJapanese carmaker says from 2019 it will sell cars fitted with engines that largely eliminate need for spark plugs, improving fuel consumption by 30%One of the world’s largest automotive firms has hailed a technological breakthrough for the petrol engine, in an engineering twist for an industry racing to embrace the electric car. Japanese car manufacturer Mazda claims to have designed a vehicle that will largely eliminate the need for spark plugs in petrol engines, increasing fuel efficiency by as much as 30%. The development also increases the existential threat facing diesel engines because ...
Reuters News
- Police search for jogger who knocked woman into roadLONDON (Reuters) - British police appealed on Tuesday for help in tracing a jogger who appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus on a busy west London street.
Daily Record
- The wrong and winding road as squiggly Dundee street markings leave locals squinting The white paint went skew-whiff on Perth Road in the city to the bemusement of passing Dundonians.
Northern Echo
- Action needed now to stop deaths after elderly motorist becomes 11th fatality THE death of an elderly motorist has led to fresh calls for a bypass to be built round a bottleneck village which has been campaigning for a relief road for 80 years.
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- Plan ahead to cope with urban charges and lorry bans across the UKCities across the UK will start levying prohibitively high charges on older HGVs and vans, for air quality reasons, between early 2019 and the ...
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