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Sunday, 09 January 2011

BBC News

• Firms demand action on fuel priceThe Federation of Small Businesses calls on the prime minister to fulfil a Conservative manifesto pledge to introduce a fuel duty stabiliser.
• Renault plays down spying damageRenault says the impact of spying on the carmaker could have been much worse, as a minister refuses to speculate about Chinese involvement.

The Independent

• Ministers clamp down on Britain's uninsured drivers A million uninsured drivers on Britain's roads face having their cars impounded under new laws which ministers hope will mean lower premiums for law-abiding motorists.

Birmingham Mail

• Potholes blight Birmingham roads after snow MOTORISTS are facing a record number of potholes after snow, ice and meltwater left roads badly damaged following the big freeze.

Liverpool Post

• Local councils assess damage caused to roads by weather MERSEYSIDE councils were today assessing the road damage caused by the winter weather.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Bridge work caught on time-lapse filmTHE Highways Agency has released time-lapse video footage showing how a new railway bridge was built over the A46 at Bingham. Contractors worked around the clock over the Christmas holidays to install the bridge, part of the A46 Newark-to-Widmerpool improvement scheme. The work was followed by around 300 people over Christmas Day and Boxing Day, who watched from a special public viewing area. The new A46 needs to go under the existing railway line at Bingham, so the bridge has been put in place to take trains over the road. The 1,300-tonne bridge was jacked on to two hydraulic platforms &...

Peterborough Telegraph

• £500k road scheme to get underwayWORK is set to start on a £500,000 road improvement scheme at an accident blackspot – despite opinion being divided on its worth.