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Customers can leave electric cars to charge while shopping, under a partnership with Volkswagen.
Sir Terry Morgan is facing the sack as HS2 chairman after four months [Subscription]
The chairman of HS2, the troubled Ł56 billion high-speed railway, faces the sack four months after taking up the job, it emerged last night.
Biggest rail fare rise in six years 'a slap in the face for commuters'
Rail commuters were today hit with the biggest rise in fares in six years despite dire levels of late and cancelled trains.
Millennial railcard nationwide sale delayed to 2 January
Millennial railcards for 26- to 30-year-olds will go on general sale on 2 January after the launch was delayed to coincide with the annual fare rise in the New Year. The railcard is being made available digitally only for all 4.5 million Britons nationwide who fall into the age bracket, giving...
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- Tesco and VW plan free electric car charging pointsCustomers can leave electric cars to charge while shopping, under a partnership with Volkswagen.
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- Deal to save Michelin plant runs out of road [Subscription]Michelin has confirmed that it will close its tyre manufacturing plant in Dundee in 2020 after rejecting offers of public sector support.
- Why delivery of parcels to your workplace is choking city streets [Subscription]Online shoppers have been urged to stop having goods delivered to their workplace in an effort to reduce traffic congestion in London.
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- Tesco, Volkswagen to develop UK electric vehicle charging networkBritain's biggest retailer Tesco and German car maker Volkswagen have teamed up to develop an electric vehicle charging network in the UK, they said on Friday.
Mail Online
- What fuel price war? Supermarkets are overcharging by Ł4 a tank for petrol and diesel amid oil price plunge, says AAMotorists are being overcharged by more than Ł4 a tank on average for petrol and diesel – as successive ‘price wars’ have gone nowhere near far enough, the AA said.
London Evening Standard
- Moped thugs have sustained broken bones from ramming tactic, Met chief Cressida Dick admitsAt least two moped-riding thieves suffered broken bones after they were rammed by police cars, the Metropolitan Police commissioner has admitted.
Manchester Evening News
- Tesco to roll out free electric car charging pointsThe supermarket is working with Volkswagen to develop charging points at its Extra and Superstore branches, including Greater Manchester
Wales Online
- The closure of junction 41 of the M4 in Port Talbot looks to be offA report published this week found that speed restrictions are the only measure that will achieve compliance in this air quality zone as soon as possible
Other Regional Press
- Call for school walking reviewCHILDREN are being forced to walk along unsafe, unlit, narrow roads and cross muddy fields to get to school due to a “rigid” following of national guidelines.
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