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Friday, 06 December 2019

BBC News

• Lotus Evija: The £2.2m electric hypercarThe Lotus Evija goes into production next year and Click gets a look at what drivers can expect.

Financial Times

• Uber discloses almost 6,000 sexual assaults in USCar-booking service releases safety report covering trips between 2017 and 2018

The Guardian

• Eddie Stobart transport firm teeters on brink of collapseUp to 6,500 jobs at risk as shareholders prepare to vote on company’s future The Eddie Stobart transport business, famed for its red and green lorries, is teetering on the brink of collapse with its future due to be decided at a key shareholder vote in London on Friday.The vote will pit William Stobart, the third son of the company’s founder, against his childhood friend and former brother-in-law, Andrew Tinkler. Continue reading...

City AM

• Uber pushes back against Khan criticismsSadiq Khan has lashed out at Uber by criticising the firm’s response to its London ban, while also shaming the app for allowing a driver to operate after it was found he possessed “obscene photos of a child”.

Cambridge News

• Huge new section of A14 is ready to open - and it has three lanesThe existing A14, which is currently used by thousands of commuters every day, will be permanently closed between Godmanchester, J24, and Spittals, J23, once the new 12-mile bypass opens to traffic.

Other Regional Press

• Stratton petition will not stop Nythe Road junction widening plansCampaigners who live on a major route into the centre of Swindon are not happy at the borough council’s response to their pleas.
• Electric vehicle charging point to be requested with car park alterationsAn electric vehicle charge point will be requested when changes are made to the car park outside Dorchester’s Vespasian House.