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Friday, 21 January 2011

BBC News

• Mersey Gateway Project critical report rejected A report that claims the Mersey Gateway Project will be more expensive than its estimated £600m cost has been rejected by its planners.
• UK car production rises sharplyUK car production rose sharply in 2010, with carmakers making 1.27 million cars, up 27.1% on the previous year, figures show.

Daily Record

• New campaign to upgrade Scotland's 'deadliest road' FRESH calls have been made to upgrade a long stretch of a notorious trunk road, branded Scotland's

Mail Online

• Petrol prices hit more than 128p a litreThe AA said the monthly fuel bill for an average two-car family had rocketed by £34 in just a year. AA president Edmund King said many drivers 'cannot afford to fill up'.

The Sun

• Brits driven off the road by prices SURVEY reveals millions have had to change their lives due to soaring fuel costs

Derby Telegraph

• Street lights could be switched off after plans were supported CONTROVERSIAL plans to switch of some Derbyshire street lights between midnight and 5.30am have taken a step forward after a committee scrutinising the plans supported them

Liverpool Post

• Report claims cash problems with second Mersey crossing CAMPAIGNERS for a second Mersey crossing have rejected a report which claims the finances for the £600m bridge do not stack up.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Nissan celebrate most successful year at plant CAR giant Nissan’s North East plant is today celebrating a record-breaking year.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds and Kirklees: United effort to tackle road worksLeeds and Kirklees are among six Yorkshire councils considering tougher measures to control work on the region's roads.

Yorkshire Post

• Spiralling rail fares boost for chauffeur business A FORMER Royal Marine, who helped guard the home of Britain's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines, hopes to win more work for his new chauffeur business as rising rail fares force travellers to use the road.

Blackpool Gazette

• Blackpool™s roads ˜worst in Britain™TOWN hall bosses have hit out at a survey which has labelled Blackpool’s pot hole nightmare the worst in Britain.

Carlisle News & Star

• Flood-damaged Cumbrian road bridge set to reopen Low Lorton Bridge near Cockermouth will finally reopen to traffic on Monday “ more than a year after being destroyed by flood waters.

Reading Evening Post

• Five-step plan for Shinfield Road lights Five steps will be taken by Reading Borough Council at a cost of £25,000 to try to make the notorious Shinfield Road traffic lights work better.

Other Regional Press

• Motorists will be tracked by number-plate camerasHertfordshire motorists will be tracked by number-plate recognition cameras due to be introduced on main roads across the county.

Campaign for Better Transport

• Public being misled about Mersey Gateway private finance deal20 January: Halton Borough Council wants to build a new bridge over the Mersey, funded by private finance. But our report shows that the tolls are going to be much higher than they're letting on. read more

Other News Sources

• A8 upgrade starts parliamentary process A multi million scheme to upgrade the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh took a significant step forward today with the laying of Affirmative Orders in the Scottish Parliament. read more
• Car production up by a quarterCar production accelerated ahead last year, making a big recovery after a slump in 2009
• A9 safety: MSPs debate ways to improve deadly roadThe future of the deadliest stretch of the A9, where 13 people lost their lives last year, will be discussed at Holyrood.
• Hybrid sales reach all-time high in 2010