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Friday, 03 November 2017

BBC News

• Welsh ambulance staffing gaps left vehicles off the roadWelsh Ambulance Service has since
• Fake breath tests report prompts Garda watchdog callThe call is for more power for the Irish Policing Authority, as it identifies 400,000 more false breath tests.
• Call for council rethink on Glasgow street plansIt follows a row over

Financial Times

• Volkswagen explores obtaining UK banking licenceCarmaker wants to carry on lending to motorists after Brexit

The Guardian

• Ferrari on course for €1bn annual profit as supercar demand risesWorldwide sales of Ferraris, Bentleys, Lamborghinis, McLarens and Rolls-Royces have risen 51% over the past five yearsFerrari is on course to rake in a record €1bn (£766m) profit this year as the world’s wealthy buy more supercars than ever before. Sergio Marchionne, the company’s chief executive, said on Thursday that Ferrari’s adjusted profits for the first nine months of 2017 were up 24% and that the firm was on track to meet its target of €1bn annual profit two years ahead of target. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Road tax non-payment doubles after abolition of paper disc [Subscription]The number of cars clamped since the abolition of the paper tax disc has doubled as drivers remain confused over the reform. Almost 106,000 vehicles were immobilised or impounded for non-payment of road tax last year.
• Recalled cars banned from the road if not repaired [Subscription]Cars subjected to safety recalls could be effectively banned from the road under plans outlined after the Vauxhall Zafira fire scandal.

Mail Online

• Cars will fail their MOT if maker hasn't fixed known probs A database for garages will identify vehicles with a hidden manufacturer’s fault and these will automatically fail an MoT test. Cars will be held if known defects haven't been repaired.
• Concrete barriers being installed along West Side Highway The eight people killed in a truck driver's NYC rampage were honored by friends and strangers Thursday with a nighttime walk down the riverfront esplanade where the victims died.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• 'What The Truck?' Calls for bridge heights to be properly displayed to stop HGVs smashing into them“We need HGV drivers and their employers to get on board with our initiative and make bridge strikes a thing of the past”

The York Press

• Major roadworks at York roundabout to improve cyclist and pedestrian safety MAJOR roadworks are planned at one of York's key roundabouts in a bid to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

Bucks Free Press

• Drivers complain of 'nightmare' traffic jams caused by roadworksDrivers have complained of “nightmareâ€� traffic delays near a High Wycombe business park caused by roadworks dotted across the town. 

East Anglian Daily Times

• No fine for gas work company despite seven-week overrun in Ipswich’s Woodbridge RoadA key Ipswich route which has been plagued by roadworks for nearly four months is finally set to reopen on Monday – but the contractors still won’t be fined, despite them overunning by almost seven weeks.

North Wales Live

• Watch ECHO confront staff at "rogue "flyparking" car park in city centreDrivers are being offered cheap rates - but the operation has no permission to be there

Other Regional Press

• Cheaper evening parking for Falmouth residents Cornwall Council has reduced the price of evening parking for Falmouth residents in several of its town centre car parks.
• BMW boss says Brexit is not a risk to the Cowley PlantBREXIT does not pose a threat to the Mini plant in Cowley, a director of BMW has said.
• One of Southampton's busiest bridges to close this weekendWORK will begin this weekend on a multi-million scheme to save one of the city’s busiest road bridges.
• Controversial parking fines divide opinionNEW parking rules at a row of shops in Newport have left unaware drivers seething - after some were hit by fines as high as £100.
• Oxford to ban petrol and diesels - but county council doesn't have a single electric vehicle yetOXFORDSHIRE County Council owns no electric vehicles – despite being at the forefront of a zero-emissions zone that could start in as little as three years.
• No room on the road for residents paying for parking permitsHundreds of fed-up residents are urging the council to put the brakes on the “unfair” parking permit scheme in Bedford’s zones A and B.

Other News Sources

• Campaigners launch new battle to fight off road closureCAMPAIGNERS battling to save a major Winchester road have launched a renewed bid following the start of a major transport consultation.
• Taxi industry critical over council's Uber decisionUBER has been granted permission to operate in Brighton and Hove for a further six months.

EIN News Subscription

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