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Saturday, 13 February 2016

BBC News

• UK's first toll motorway for saleThe loss-making M6 Toll road is put up for sale for nearly �2bn, the BBC understands.
• Eight girls hurt in crash near schoolEight girls aged between 11 and 16 are injured in a collision with a car near a Liverpool school.
• MP takes up motorway sausage offerLiz Truss takes up

Financial Times

• Uber to pay $28m over ‘safe rides’ suitPlaintiffs had argued company misled passengers about safety practices

The Guardian

• War on wheels: an Uber driver and a black-cab driver debate London’s taxi tradeThis week saw another mass protest by London black-cab drivers against Uber – so we brought two drivers from opposite sides of the road together to discuss the pros and cons of this ongoing disruption to the traditional cab industry Related: Black-cab drivers' Uber protest brings London traffic to a standstill This week, 8,000 London taxi drivers brought central London to a standstill in protest at the rise of Uber, the industry-disrupting ride-hailing app, and the light-touch regulation they say allows it to threaten their livelihoods. There are around 100,000 private hire or minicab drivers ...
• Car hits six children outside Liverpool schoolEight people injured after car mounts kerb and hits schoolgirls waiting for a bus near Belvedere AcademySix children are being treated for their injuries after they were hit by a car outside a school in Liverpool.Merseyside police confirmed on Friday afternoon that police officers, firefighters and paramedics had attended the scene of a road traffic collision on Belvidere Road near Princes Park. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• New 20mph limits lead to 50pc boom in speed bumpsGrowth of 20 mph speed limits has driven up spending on speed bumps by 50pc despite police refusing to prosecute speeding drivers

Daily Record

• Scotland's worst traffic lights? Temporary lights cause mayhem on busy street with only 10 paces between them THE lights surround a metre-wide manhole and have been branded a “bloody mess” for causing grief for drivers and residents.

Mail Online

• Liverpool car smashes into group of Belvedere Academy pupils leaving 8 injured Seven girls aged between 11 and 16 have been taken to hospital after a car, driven by a woman in her 80s, hit a group of schoolchildren near the Belvedere Academy in Liverpool.

The Mirror

• Flop M6 Toll up for sale for whopping �2billion amid calls to bring it under state ownership The road near Birmingham, condemned for low traffic levels and its failure to ease the burden on the main M6, is owned by a group of banks

This is Money

• One in five new cars is white - but could they be worth less in future? Of the 2.6 million new cars bought in 2015, more than half a million were white. But according to car valuations experts, white models could become less desirable in the future.
• Drivers complain of damage caused by UK's traffic-calming boom Almost half of motorists believe the influx of speed humps, mini roundabouts and chicanes is causing unnecessary damage to cars, a study claims.
• Britain's motorists use cheaper petrol to drive extra 3.8bn miles Kwik Fit claims we are driving more thanks to cheaper fuel and a small percentage of drivers even bought less efficient cars, while others admitted to driving faster
• She’s electric! Is Volvo’s new hybrid XC90 the king of the SUVs? RAY MASSEY puts it to the test Volvo’s revised seven-seater XC90 off-roader made a big splash when it was launched last year and now it comes in hybrid form. We test it out.

Birmingham Post

• Taxi drivers claim victory after New Street charges are dropped The RMT union had been campaigning against what it claims were increased costs for taxi drivers at the newly-redeveloped station

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Customers to hear recorded warning message before they book controversial Rossendale taxis CUSTOMERS will hear a recorded warning message before they book a taxi with a non-Bradford licence, under planned new rules.

London Evening Standard

• Seven girls in hospital after being hit by car outside school in Liverpool horror crashSeven girls have been hit by a car outside a school in Liverpool, leaving some of them with serious injuries.

The York Press

• ROADWORKS: List of major works in Yorkshire for next week Highways England has issued its weekly information of major planned roadworks.
• Government's refusal to cut drink-drive limit will cost lives, says senior policeman THE Government is missing an opportunity to save lives by refusing to review the drink drive limit, one of North Yorkshire's most senior officers has said.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Lane closures confirmed for M1Highways England has confirmed a series of lane closures, temporary speed limits and diversions on the M1 for the next week.

Blackpool Gazette

• End to A585 works in sightWork on the A585 at Fleetwood could be completed in a fortnight’s time.

Burnley Express

• Year of M65 misery on cards as roadworks due to startMotorists could be facing a year of traffic misery as roadworks to improve junction 13 of the M65 are to begin later this month.

Daventry Express

• Decision not to lower drink-drive limit “astonishing” say alcohol safety expertsFollowing the Department for Transport’s announcement that they have no immediate plans to lower the drink-drive limit in England and Wales to the same as Scotland’s, alcohol safety experts have responded to the news as “astonishing” and stated that the Department for Transport is ignoring the facts.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Car park prices look set to rise in Bury St EdmundsCommuters and shoppers in Bury St Edmunds face a likely increase in parking prices from April 1.

Sunderland Echo

• More lane closures on A1231 as work continues on new Sunderland bridgeCommuters in Sunderland are being reminded that roadworks relating to the New Wear Crossing will step up on the north bank of the river from this Monday.

West Sussex Gazette

• Green councillor injured in crash names projects to make Chichester’s roads saferA councillor seriously injured while riding her bike has reiterated her determination to make the city’s roads safer.
• Sussex roadworks planned for next weekPlanned roadworks in Sussex from Monday February 15 to Sunday February 21 are:

Other Regional Press

• Plan to solve Bridport parking woes - by making more spaces available THE TOWN council hopes to help improve Bridport's parking problems by making more spaces available to motorists.
• £1.1 traffic calming scheme in Tiverton gets the greenlight A TRAFFIC calming scheme near a Tiverton school, which includes 20mph zones in Blundell’s Road and Blundell’s Avenue, has today been backed by the county council’s ruling cabinet.
• Neighbours braced for more misery as roadworks begin NEIGHBOURS are bracing themselves for yet more misery just months after work causing traffic chaos in a Hampshire town centre was completed.
• VIDEO: Shocking footage shows celebrating friends being 'mowed down like skittles' SHOCKING footage shows a group of celebrating friends being mown down by a driver who lost his temper and ploughed his car into them.
• Decision not to lower drink-drive limit “astonishing” say alcohol safety expertsFollowing the Department for Transport’s announcement that they have no immediate plans to lower the drink-drive limit in England and Wales to the same as Scotland’s, alcohol safety experts have responded to the news as “astonishing” and stated that the Department for Transport is ignoring the facts.
• Parkside Hall car park gets go-ahead for resurfacingA four-week project to resurface a car park in Ampthill has been given the go-ahead.