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Thursday, 21 December 2017

BBC News

• UK car production driven down by fall in domestic demandCar manufacturing output for the UK market drops by 28%, while production for export rises.

Financial Times

• New Uber COO wants more strategy and less controversyGroup's second-ranking executive to reduce dependence on subsidies to generate growth

The Scotsman

• Uber ruled a taxi firm by European justice courtUber is officially a transport company and not a digital service, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

Times Online

• Uber must be regulated like other taxi operators, rules European Court of Justice [Subscription]Uber suffered a blow yesterday when the European Court of Justice ruled that the ride-hailing app was a transport company and not “an information society service” as it claimed.

City AM

• Uber appoints Barney Harford as its first ever chief operating officer - a Brit and former Orbitz chief executiveUber has appointed its first ever operating chief - a British executive from the travel world who previously worked with the startup's newly installed chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi.
• Balfour Beatty nets mammoth profit after selling big slice of the M25 – and it could soon double its returnsConstruction giant Balfour Beatty today struck a £103m deal to sell a big stake in the company that operates the M25.

London Evening Standard

• Fresh blow to Uber as EU court rules it should face tighter regulationUber has been dealt a fresh blow after the European Union's top court ruled it should face tighter regulation.

Wales Online

• Major £136m plans revealed to transform Newport's docks as part of the M4 relief roadThe work will take the total bill to £1.3bn and mean the road won't open until 2023 at the earliest

East Anglian Daily Times

• ‘Wacky’ proposal for Hadleigh Railway Walk tunnel withdrawn after petition gains 400 signatures in 24 hoursA proposal to dig a tunnel under the Railway Walk in Hadleigh has been scrapped after a petition opposing the idea gained more than 400 signatures in just 24 hours.

Other Regional Press

• After dramatic crashes on county roads - beware 'Frantic Friday' and the great Christmas getawayRESCUERS have urged drivers to stay safe after a busy morning for emergency crews with a lorry off the road and a car overturned.