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Saturday, 16 December 2017

BBC News

• Car theft 'relay' devices seized in BirminghamWest Midlands Police say it is thought to be the first time the equipment has been recovered.
• Disabled school transport cuts prompt safety fearsParents of disabled children raise safety fears over potential cuts to specialist school transport.
• Disabled travelParents talk of their concerns about taxi and bus services which take disabled children to school.
• 'Stay at home' warning over ice on roadsMultiple collisions are reported, there is a sharp increase in injuries involving broken bones, and the Met Office issues a yellow ice warning.
• Tulse Hill hit-and-run: Police release CCTV imagesThe 29-year-old victim died after being struck by four vehicles on a pedestrian crossing in London.

Financial Times

• Uber faces fresh claims over global spy tacticsCompany alleged to have used network of CIA-trained operatives to gather intelligence

The Guardian

• Motoring myths: what ‘black boxes’ reveal about our driving habitsAre 17-year-olds really the worst drivers? ‘Telematics’ boxes installed to cut insurance costs can show us how we driveBillions of miles have been driven on Britain’s roads this decade in cars fitted with “telematicsâ€� boxes recording every detail of a driver’s behaviour – whether they are speeding on a 30mph urban road, how they are cornering on a country road, and how they are braking or accelerating on a motorway.Installed in about 1m cars by insurance companies, they offer drivers – usually 17 to 25-year-olds – less costly insurance if they drive more carefully. But the telematics black box...
• Uber stole trade secrets, bribed foreign officials and spied on rivals, filing saysDocument by former Uber security manager details company’s alleged ‘unethical, unlawful’ practices amid legal battle with self-driving car company WaymoUber allegedly engaged in a range of “unethical and unlawful intelligence collectionsâ€�, including the theft of competitive trade secrets, bribery of foreign officials and spying on competitors and politicians, according to an explosive legal document published on Friday.It’s the latest chapter in the discovery process for the company’s messy legal squabble with Waymo, Google’s driverless car spin-off, which has accused Uber of stealing trade se...

Times Online

• New motorway signs to help muddled motorists [Subscription]Motorway junctions will be improved with new signs and traffic islands to prevent motorists from driving the wrong way down busy roads.

Mail Online

• Fraudster swindled £2.5million from car dealership Allan Curry, 24, devised a sophisticated scheme to siphon off the money over more than two years from the Evans Halshaw Vauxhall garage where he worked in Middlesbrough.
• Police seize first 'gone in 60 seconds' relay key device West Midlands Police officers seized the gadget, which looks like a TV set top box, and receives signals from a key fob which are then bounced to the car enabling thieves to open the doors.
• Consumer group slams fabric 'killer' car seats Which? discovered the fabric car seats, which offer no protection, are available for purchase on eBay for as little as £8.99.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Two years of A55 roadworks to speed up journeys ... eventually Government looking at getting rid of roundabouts at Junction 15 and 16 in order to ensure better movement of traffic

London Evening Standard

• Motorists now face £160 fine for driving in bus lanes, committing parking offences and failing to pay C-charge in the capitalDrivers in London face a higher £160 fine for being caught driving in bus lanes, parking offences and failing to pay the congestion charge.

Northern Echo

• Mountain rescue's £77,000 vehicle launched after 14 years of fundraising A MOUNTAIN rescue team has officially launched its new incident control vehicle – 14 years after members began fundraising for it.

Wales Online

• 28 acres of land still needed to finish a key £5m link road in CarmarthenThe Carmarthen West link road is supposed to be open in time to serve the new S4C headquarters

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Council invest £1m in new Winter fleetA new fleet of grit lorries and snow ploughs costing taxpayers £1million will be hired by a Black Country council on the back of the unprecedented weather.

Other Regional Press

• Newport school's worries over pupils' safety due to parking A NEWPORT school is worried about their pupils and families’ safety because of parking around the school.

Other News Sources

• Potholes in Surrey: Government pledges more than £800,000 to shore up county's crumbling roads Some 15,800 potholes across the county will be filled as part of the scheme