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Thursday, 12 April 2018

Financial Times

• Uber to expand transport options with new dealsCompany adds public transit tickets, rental cars and bike sharing to its app

Times Online

• Young drivers face limit on passengers [subscription]Young drivers could be made to undergo six months of training before taking to the road alone under plans for probationary driving licences.

This is Money

• Pothole riddled roads are the second biggest concern for voters in England Residents in the North West, West Midland, East Midlands, Eastern and South East all said that maintenance of roads in their area is their most important policy area above all others.

Wales Online

• Plans to be revealed for new M4 link road to the A48 in the Vale of Glamorgan There is also expected to be a new parkway railway station

Other Regional Press

• Thirty new electric vehicle charging points installed in SouthamptonSOUTHAMPTON has taken another step towards a carbon-free future with the installation of 30 new electric vehicle charging points in council-owned car parks. These are available to any car park customer and will be free for an ‘introductory period’, although the council has not specified how long this will be. These new chargers come as part of Southampton City Council’s Clean Air Strategy, which made a commitment to encourage the uptake of low emission technologies and vehicles. The counci