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Sunday, 04 September 2016

BBC News

• Boycie's Jaguar from Only Fools and Horses sells for �115,800A vintage Jaguar sports car made famous when it featured in Only Fools and Horses sells for more than �115,000 at auction.
• Cardiff Monster Jam event travel trial to avert queuesPlans to avert big event travel chaos in Cardiff are trialled as 30,000 people head to the city for Saturday's Monster Jam event.

Financial Times

• Is urban cycling worth the risk?How do the benefits of exercise compare to the harm from pollution?

The Guardian

• British warship sent to Libya to target people-smugglersDeployment of HMS Diamond part of EU crackdown as number of migrants trying to cross Mediterranean reaches record levelA British warship will arrive off the Libyan coast in the next few days in a dramatic attempt to intercept and arrest people smugglers as the flow of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy reaches record levels. Related: Libyan navy admits confrontation with charity's rescue boat Continue reading...

The Herald

• Revealed: millions in public cash paid to private train companies for delays caused by suicidesNETWORK Rail uses millions of pounds of public money a year to pay compensation to private train firms for delays caused by suicides on the tracks, the Sunday Herald has uncovered.

The Telegraph

• M4 hard shoulder scheme gets Government go ahead
• World's first driverless bus service begins carrying passengers in French city of Lyon
• UK warship HMS Diamond to target people smugglers in Libya mission
• We'll keep blocking Calais unless Britain stops fining us over migrants, say French truckers

Daily Record

• Flight engineer was more than twice the drink limit when he tried to board plane with Celtic's European opponents on board Roman Maximov was responsible for the Gazproma Avia plane’s engines and fuel systems – and for signing the aircraft off as safe to fly.

Mail Online

• The best discounts on a new car Last year, some 462,500 new models were registered in September, up 485% on the month before. But that doesn't mean you can't get a good deal. Data provided by CarWow proves this.
• New Mercedes will be able to tell you where there's a free parking space that's already been spotted by other cars in its fleet� Mercedes Benz drivers will be able to find each other car parking spaces in a new piece of technology being developed in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Traffic chaos as M20 is closed in both directions all weekend for cranes to remove collapsed bridge� The collapsed M20 bridge is being demolished this weekend after last week's traffic chaos. One man was injured when the pedestrian bridge over the road in Kent was hit by a lorry carrying a crane.
• MoS man chillingly tells how he narrowly avoided death when a tree trunk was hurled at his car by migrant gangs in Calais� The tree trunk hurled at our car which caused the near-fatal swerve could have been thrown at any family travelling back to the UK, writes reporter Ben Ellery.
• France must tackle this anarchy before it's fatal: Dover MP says it is only a matter of time before someone is killed� Drivers already have to face masked men lurking by the roadside, their faces lit by flames as they grip revving chainsaws and hurl burning trees across the carriageway, writes Charlie Elphicke MP.
• Tourists returning home to Britain face huge delays French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve met British and French truckers and business leaders on Friday in negotiations which saw the protest downgraded from a full blockade.
• Horrific crash as jungle migrant gangs target tourists in cars Home Secretary Amber Rudd has spoken out after a team of Mail on Sunday journalists narrowly escaped death last week�when three migrants threw a log at their car.

This is Money

• Renault Scenic and Subaru Lavorg get top marks in crash safety tests With AEB, a car is fitted with sensors to detect objects ahead and how far away they are, then applies the brakes accordingly.
• Average petrol and diesel prices across the UK inched up in August as the world oil price �recovered The report suggested that while they were small rises, they cancelled out the fall in the average price of both fuels that took place in July.

Bolton News

• REVEALED: 'Skylink' bridge will span railway to new £48 million transport interchange WORK is about to start on a stunning new skylink bridge which will link Bolton’s new £48 million transport interchange to the town’s railway station.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Conwy faces two weeks of roadwork misery Traffic lights to be erected as old gas pipes are dug up and replaced

London Evening Standard

• M20 bridge being demolished after collapse on vehiclesWork started today to demolish a footbridge that caused traffic chaos when it collapsed on top of vehicles travelling along the M20.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Key routes across the North East brought to a standstill on day of carnage A series of crashes across the region resulted in one death and a dozen taken to hospital for treatment as rain drenched roads

The York Press

• �65m roadworks scheme is welcomed by businesses A ROAD surfacing programme in North Yorkshire where more than �65m a year is being spent on keeping traffic moving has been welcomed as a major bonus for rural businesses.

Wales Online

• Almost 1,800 people have signed a petition to stop this chef from being deported Faruk Yavuzel is the chef and co-owner of award winning restauraunt Oz Urfa in Cardiff's City Road
• Trial of new queueing system for major events in Cardiff city centre appears to be a success The new system saw Valleys Lines passengers having to walk to Queen Street Station
• Train operators trial new queuing method as thousands head to Cardiff for Monster Jam Valley Lines passengers are going to leave from Queen Street instead of Central as rail bosses try out new queuing system
• Flooding causes train and traffic delays as torrential rain and high winds hit Wales Services in the Rhondda are being delayed and cancelled and sporting fixtures have been hit by bad weather

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Parking rules lapse at Leeds marketLeeds City Council has lapsed on enforcing the disabled parking allocation at the City Market because of a shortage of space caused by the current building works.

Burnley Express

• Transport firm announces new East Lancashire business hub EAST Lancashire road haulage giant Fagan and Whalley is to expand with a multi-million pound development on Burnley Bridge business park creating at least 25 new jobs.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Top 10 cars most likely to have been written off revealedCar history site Mycarcheck.com has released data revealing the 10 cars most likely to have been written off.

Reading Evening Post

• Reading Buses defends price hike in face of passenger criticismReading Buses' chief executive has sought to justify the price increases by reminding customers travel in London is heavily subsidised
• A33 roadworks likely to cause delays for 12 weeks Roadworks on the A33 for the new South Reading Mass Rapid Transit scheme are about to begin

Other Regional Press

• IT'S NOT FARE: Commuters hit out as hundreds of trains cancelled between Dorchester and Weymouth COMMUTERS have hit out at 'shoddy' rail services after the number of cancelled Weymouth trains were revealed.
• Go-ahead boss: Troubled train division 'doesn't make any money' The boss of Go-Ahead Group, which operates the troubled Southern rail franchise, has insisted the firm is not profiting from passengers' misery - despite the firm booking annual profits of almost �100 million.
• Dial-A-Ride petition is biggest ever at almost 4,000 signatures THE fight to save the Dial-A-Ride disability bus service is not over despite a deal being agreed with the council earlier this week.
• One of Trowbridge's busiest roads set to close ONE of Trowbridge’s busiest roads will soon be closed for nearly two weeks with many businesses fearing that the closure may force them to shut for its duration.
• New rail link between central Oxford and London Marylebone 'complete in 100 days' A NEW rail link between central Oxford and London Marylebone will finally be complete in 100 days, rail bosses have said.
• Transport cash bid for Bicester to keep up with town growth MORE than �35m could be ploughed into Bicester's roads to cope with increasing traffic levels.
• Cycling group urge youngsters to get involved in biking A CYCLING organisation which is hoping to get more people out on Romsey’s roads has been given a helping hand by a veteran cyclist.
• Navy ship sets sail from Hampshire to take on Islamic State A Royal Navy destroyer is heading to the Persian Gulf to support the military campaign against Islamic State (IS) terrorists, Michael Fallon has announced.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• North-South Cycle Superhighway to King’s Cross given the green light Mayor and TfL to press ahead with new cycling route after majority support in public consultation North-South Cycle Superhighway will run 5km between Elephant and Castle and King’s Cross Construction to begin in spring 2017 Route will provide major benefits for pedestrians as well as cyclists The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Transport for London have confirmed their intent to proceed with the North-South Cycle Superhighway to King’s Cross as TfL published its response to the recent consultation.  The plans, which will also benefit pedestrians with wider p...

Other News Sources

• 'We’ll be trying to keep disruption to a minimum' - major roadworks set for busy junction MAJOR road works are set to ‘really improve access’ at a problem East Lancashire junction.
• Passenger planes at Gatwick Airport in near miss 'when air traffic controller forgot to check his radar screen' An investigation found the planes came within 700ft of each other because an air traffic controller did not scan his radar display
• Reduced timetable to stay as commuters react with fury over �100m profits COMMUTERS will have to endure Southern's reduced timetable until at least November, train bosses have announced.