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Monday, 09 June 2014

BBC News

• Air pollution needs more monitoring, says GMB unionCouncils must work to improve the monitoring of urban air quality after research suggested some UK workers were being exposed to "dangerous" pollution levels, the GMB union has said.
• Uber versus black cabs: Battle lines drawnA clash is about to take place on the capital's streets that sees the old pitted against the new. The livelihoods of London's iconic cabbies are at stake. But could they be stifling opportunities for a new breed of driver - that could even include you?
• Repairs 'more urgent' than new roads, survey suggestsMotorists in Scotland would prefer existing roads were repaired rather new ones being built, a survey by a transport campaign group suggests.
• First phase of cashless buses startsThe first phase of London's buses going cashless comes into effect with the

The Herald

• Demand for road repairsTHE vast majority of Scots believe money should be spent on repairing roads instead of building new ones, research has suggested.

The Telegraph

• Virgin’s Little Red flies 60pc emptyOfficial figures confirm suspicions that Virgin Atlantic's domestic airline suffered from poor ticket sales in the first year of its launch
• easyJet joins Heathrow group in hint on furtherLow cost giant wants to know about Heathrow's development plans even though it doesn't currently operate flights from the west London hub

Mail Online

• New laws set to allow driverless cars on Britain's roads in race to develop transport of the future EXCLUSIVE: Ministers admit the current Highway Code and rules of the road are inadequate for the new generation of vehicles which pilot themselves.
• Tory-voting middle aged men most likely to get involved in road rage rows, study finds Cyclists, drivers and pedestrians who come to blows are likely to be in their 40s or 50s, well-off and Tory voters, a study found.
• Wristbands developed by Barclays to allow users to purchase a coffee or train ticket with the swish of an arm Barclays are creating a wristband that will allow the wearer to go about their everyday tasks without carrying cash or credit/debit cards.

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham bus firm slashes fares on city route West Midlands Special Needs Transport offering adults child fares on 10H service on Saturdays throughout June

Sheffield Star

• Sheffield group calls for more congestion actionA key Sheffield business group has responded to research which showed the city is the eighth worst in the country for congestion.
• Streets are ready to rideSheffield’s roads are ready to be ridden for the Tour de France after a resurfacing project.
• YOU PAID £4M FOR PARKINGMotorists paid more than £4 million to park their cars in Sheffield in just one year, The Star can reveal.

Other Regional Press

• Maidstone bus driver has finger broken by man with faulty pass at stop in King StreetA passenger fled after breaking a bus driver's finger in a scuffle over a faulty pass.
• Jaguar Land Rover boost for women engineers Range Rover Evoque WISE – Women In Science and Engineering – Scholarship went live this week
• Tories’ call to open up Bedford’s road networkCONSERVATIVE councillors are calling for old plans to create another bridge over the River Great Ouse in Bedford to be pursued.