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Tuesday, 11 January 2022

BBC News

• Petrol prices: Are we paying too much at the pump?Fuel retailers face calls to reduce prices, as the cost of living rises
• Tesla adds chill and assertive self-driving modesAn update to Tesla cars adds a mode to follow other cars more closely and to slow rather than stop.

Mail Online

• Transport for London hikes fines for breaking rules on London's busiest roads by nearly a quarter to £160Fines for drivers who break rules along London's no-stopping 'red routes' will rise by nearly a quarter to £160 next week, it has been announced. 

Birmingham Mail

• E-scooter rider to be prosecuted after being injured in crash with car in KidderminsterAccident occurred after dark in Prospect Hill at the junction with Worcester Street in town

Bolton News

• Taxi drivers protest Clean Air Zone changes with protest in Le Mans CrescentTAXI drivers staged a ‘go-slow’ protest in Bolton town centre in opposition to the Clean Air Zone proposals as town hall chiefs met to discuss whether cabbies would need to drive vehicles no older than five years to avoid the controversial charges.