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Sunday, 12 February 2012

BBC News

• Arrest following M4 crash delaysA man is arrested after a two-car collision which briefly closed part of the M4 in south Wales and led to a woman being taken to hospital.

The Scotsman

• Transport minister Keith Brown shuns rail for chaffeur-driven carHE URGES drivers to leave their car behind and use public transport – but prefers the ministerial limo himself.Official figures show transport minister Keith Brown has travelled by train just four times since being appointed a year ago, while making 226 journeys by chauffeur-driven government car.

Daily Express

• Vauxhall fears rise as GM sees redTHE scale of losses at Vauxhall and Opel will be revealed when parent company General Motors reports fourth-quarter results on Thursday.

Daily Record

• Police officer guilty of careless driving after clipping car at 121mph on motorwayA TRAFFIC cop who knocked off a driver’s wing mirror while doing 121mph in a terrifying incident on a motorway has been convicted of careless driving.

Mail Online

• Corporate Olympic ticket packages costing £20,000 will let fans use VIP lanes in violation of rulesRich businessmen are being offered the chance to 'buy' access to VIP road lanes during the London Olympics for £20,000 a head, an undercover investigation has revealed.

This is Money

• Revealed: The claims staff who use 'dodgy' whiplash cases to get £100 bonusesThe revelation is the latest to highlight the true extent of the whiplash merry-go-round that has been pinpointed as a cause of spiralling car insurance costs.

Sheffield Star

• Fixing borough™s roads would cost £135 millionDONCASTER would need £135 million to bring its crumbling roads into an ‘acceptable’ state, say officials.

Carlisle News & Star

• Tread carefully when choosing tyres to stay safe, warn Cumbria police Cumbria police warned mixing winter tyres with ordinary ones on cars could be lethal after more than 100 crashes reported in freezing conditions this week.

Other Regional Press

• Police car crash closes roadA crash involving a police car closed a road for more than three hours this afternoon.

Other News Sources

• Car fire shuts major Winchester road ONE of the main roads into Winchester was closed for nearly an hour after a car burst into flames.