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Wednesday, 03 August 2022

Financial Times

• Uber: maiden free cash flow gives hope to business modelUpbeat message from group comes three months after CEO declared days of free spending were unsupportable

The Guardian

• UK petrol prices not falling in line with wholesale cost – RACDrivers are paying nearly £9 more for a tank of fuel than they should be, data showsPetrol prices at the pumps are not falling fast enough and in line with wholesale price drops, according to the RAC.Over the last eight weeks, the average price paid for unleaded by drivers across the UK has only dropped by 9p a litre– all of which came off in July – despite wholesale petrol prices falling by 20p in the same time period. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Monmouthshire council reverses new 20mph speed limitA Welsh council is backtracking on a 20mph speed limit, just months before the Welsh Labour government is due to introduce it as a blanket measure.

Daily Express

• Oil price slump: Fuel crashes to £77 a barrel sparking joy for UK motoristsOIL PRICES fell by around one percent early on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of OPEC+ producing countries.

Sky News

• 'Big four' supermarkets failing to reduce petrol prices in line with falling wholesale costs, RAC warnsThe "big four" supermarkets and several other retailers are failing to reduce petrol prices in line with falling wholesale costs, the RAC has warned.

Bristol Live

• Bristol Clean Air Zone: Council workers door-knocking to prepare for start dateThe local authority is visiting residents in Lawrence Weston and Filwood

Other Regional Press

• Hundreds of new parking spaces as £20m transport hub approved, despite objectionsA telecommunications firm said mobile phone coverage would be temporarily lost until a replacement mast was intalled
• 'You think traffic's bad now - you just wait!'Industry figures fear even worse travel disruption next year when new biometric border rules are due to come into force at the cross-Channel ports.

New Civil Engineer

• Hydrogen device by backed Skanska to slash emissionsSkanska bosses believe a hydrogen-powered device the contractor has trialled could create “big savings in carbon and cost”.