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Bus firm wins New Zealand order
The Falkirk bus maker Alexander Dennis wins a £25m order to supply 120 buses to New Zealand.
Insurers could get access to DVLA database
Motor insurers could be given access to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency records, Mike Penning, the road safety minister, has told MPs.
Pay-as-you-dig repairs set to end ‘ghost’ roadworks
Abandoned 'ghost' roadworks that blight London’s streets are expected to disappear within months as a pay-as-you-dig scheme becomes one step closer to law today
Stagecoach Orders 520 New Vehicles for UK
* Transport group to buy 360 buses and coaches for UK regions * Fleet of 160 vehicles to be leased for London operations * Passengers across UK benefit from investment in greener buses * Orders bring UK spend on new vehicles in past four years to nearly £290m
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
BBC News
- Toyota expands Prius car brandThe Japanese carmaker Toyota is adding new models under its Prius petrol-electric hybrid label.
Financial Times
- Fiat chief confident of Mirafiori voteSergio Marchionne has expressed confidence that he would succeed in pushing through changes to Fiat™s car production system in Italy
The Herald
- The £1m bill to rid capital™s roads of potholesScotland™s capital city is facing an estimated £1 million bill to repair 40,000 potholes “ twice the average number “ following this winter™s freeze.
The Telegraph
- Insurers could get access to DVLA database Motor insurers could be given access to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency records, Mike Penning, the road safety minister, has told MPs.
- Petrol prices forcing parents to share school run Nearly half of parents are thinking of sharing the school run in an attempt to cut down on the cost of running their cars, after petrol prices hit a fresh record.
Birmingham Mail
- Jaguar Land Rover chief at Downing Street DAVID Cameron pledged to help businesses get Britain working again as he met the boss of Jaguar Land Rover at Downing Street.
London Evening Standard
- Pay-as-you-dig repairs set to end ‘ghost’ roadworksAbandoned 'ghost' roadworks that blight London’s streets are expected to disappear within months as a pay-as-you-dig scheme becomes one step closer to law today
Manchester Evening News
- M62 hard shoulder to be converted into extra lane at Eccles interchange Thousands of drivers will benefit from an extra lane leading to one of the north west's busiest motorway junctions. Every day some 60,000 motorists use the exit slip road at Junction 12 of the M62 at Eccles “ either to get onto the M60 or to travel into Manchester city centre.
This Is Local London Network
- Safety plans for Gary Mason death junction were 'shelved' Safety improvements to the danger junction where boxing champ Gary Mason was killed were shelved, despite residents warning a serious accident or fatality there was inevitable.
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