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Saturday, 10 February 2024

BBC News

• A5: Minister has power to upgrade dangerous road, says mumMore than 50 people have been killed on the A5 since 2006, including Kate Corrigan's son, Nathan.

The Guardian

• Car cloning: innocent UK motorists get fines as scams accelerateIf a criminal breaks the law in a car with the same number plates as yours, you could be treated as liableOn Wednesday, Bouchaib Moussaid's £8,000 Kia Sportage car was all set to be sold at auction by bailiffs. The care worker, who lives in St Albans in Hertfordshire, and his extended family have spent the last few weeks trying to stop the sale.Moussaid is one of a growing number of people who have had their car cloned. Continue reading...

Daily Express

• New £460m dual carriageway should end chaos on short-cut between two major UK motorwaysThe A417, a new dual carriageway in Gloucestershire, is being built to reduce chaos between the M4 and M5.

The Mirror

• Petrol and diesel car owners told 'time to reconsider' as tax rates to rise from AprilThe new fees are likely to put a big strain on people already struggling amid the cost-of-living crisis

This is Money

• Jaguar Land Rover to spend £15m to boost older cars' security - and fund policing at ports to spot stolen motorsJLR CEO Adrian Mardell last week said the brand will increase its total spending to £15million to 'improve physical and digital theft prevention of its cars dating back to 2016'.
• Councils call for ban on pavement parking across EnglandThe demand for enforcement powers comes more than three years after the Department for Transport wrapped up a consultation into pavement parking, which has seen no action taken as a result.

Birmingham Mail

• Little-known rules about when speed cameras can catch you every driver needs to knowThe Department of Transport issues guidelines about the usage of speed cameras and certain conditions which should be met before they go live

Birmingham Post

• Uber bids to start operations in Hull with around 250 driversTaxi app Uber has lodged a bid to start operating in Hull and plans to have around 250 drivers.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales road labelled one of the most dangerous to driveThe A496 which weaves it's way through Gwynedd and the Eryri national park is one of the riskiest in the UK

Manchester Evening News

• Pavement parking ban powers 'should be extended'The LGA said wheelchairs users among others are at risk due to cars parking on kerbs

Wales Online

• The M4 and main road closures hitting drivers in Wales this week One of the main M4 closures will affect rugby fans traveling to Twickenham for Wales Vs England in the Six Nations

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Driver training scheme which starts teaching youngsters at four launches its first site in regionA driver training scheme which starts teaching youngsters from the age of four is launching its first site in Stafford.

Cambridge News

• Five mile diversion in place as Cambridgeshire A14 Bar Hill bridge closed after embankment 'movement'Work will be done to install temporary surface patches after concerns were raised about settlement of the bridge embankment

Other Regional Press

• Council earmarks £3m to buy 'disgusting' multi-storey car parkA council could be set to splash £3 million of taxpayers' cash on a 'disgusting' town centre multi-storey car park scrawled in graffiti.

Other News Sources

• National Highways update on closed A40 after landslideA ROAD closure update has been issued for the busy A40, which links Herefordshire and Wales, after a landslide on the road.