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Health experts lambast ‘deceitful’ carmakers as data suggests 97% of vehicles fail to meet NOx emissions standards in real-world conditionsNinety-seven percent of all modern diesel cars emit more toxic nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution on the road than the official limit, according to the most comprehensive set of data yet published, with a quarter producing at least six times more than the limit. Related: Diesel cars' emissions far higher on road than in lab, tests show Continue reading...
Urgent repairs repairs ordered on Boeing 787 Dreamliner engines
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Drivers beware: slaves working at car washes [Subscription]
Britain’s anti-slavery commissioner says that motorists should boycott some cheap carwashes as they have become hubs of modern exploitation.
London Marathon 2016: Planned Tube strike called off, union confirms
A Tube strike planned to coincide with the London Marathon has been called off, it has been confirmed.
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The Guardian
- Revealed: nearly all new diesel cars exceed official pollution limitsHealth experts lambast ‘deceitful’ carmakers as data suggests 97% of vehicles fail to meet NOx emissions standards in real-world conditionsNinety-seven percent of all modern diesel cars emit more toxic nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution on the road than the official limit, according to the most comprehensive set of data yet published, with a quarter producing at least six times more than the limit. Related: Diesel cars' emissions far higher on road than in lab, tests show Continue reading...
- It was once Britain’s motor city. Now Coventry’s wheels are turning againMillions in investment – and the promise of a new car plant – has transformed an industry and could reinvigorate a regionThe first ever British car was built in Coventry nearly 120 years ago. Now there are ambitious plans to re-establish the city as the heart of the country’s recovering automotive industry. Carmakers, suppliers, universities, the local authority and the government have united in an attempt to turn Coventry into Britain’s “motor city” again, with hundreds of millions of pounds being invested.After the first British car was built by Daimler in 1897, Coventry’s manufactu...
Times Online
- Drivers beware: slaves working at car washes [Subscription]Britain’s anti-slavery commissioner says that motorists should boycott some cheap carwashes as they have become hubs of modern exploitation.
- Bumper year for Clark’s cars [Subscription]The Scottish entrepreneur Sir Arnold Clark has become Britain’s first billionaire car dealer after a bumper year drove sales to record levels.
Daily Record
- Cancer patients hit with unfair fines thanks to Scotland’s worst bus lane camera MARY Rodger, 69, was being driven by her son and daughter-in-law when they were caught in a notorious bus gate right outside Glasgow’s breast screening clinic.
This is Money
- Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Opel all forced to recall around 630,000 cars The brands were caught out by a �1million test programme in Germany created to check if any other vehicle manufacturers were cheating official emissions tests.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- M62 roadworks and closures planned at Chain Bar MOTORISTS using the M62 near Bradford face disruption due to closures and roadworks scheduled for next�week.
Northern Echo
- 19-year-old driving Porsche Cayman "had average speed of 133mph on A19" POLICE say a young driver stopped in a Porsche Cayman on the A19 was travelling at an average speed of 133mph.
Wales Online
- What you said as you tried Uber on its first day in CardiffUber launched in Cardiff on Friday. So what did people think?
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Planned Roadworks in Yorkshire and the HumberThe Highways Agency has published its latest summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements.
Burnley Express
- Residents’ fury over big hike in permit chargesBurnley residents are fuming after a decision to introduce a blanket £25 charge for annual car parking permits will see some paying 225% more.
The Shields Gazette
- Victory for road safety campaigners after horror hit-and-runPeople power has prompted council chiefs to improve safety on a road in South Tyneside where a couple were knocked down in a hit-and-run crash.
Other Regional Press
- Planned roadworks in Southern England: Monday 25 April to Sunday 1 May 2016The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of 22 April but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our improvement work is carried out with the aim of causing as little disruption as possible.
- Classic cars on show for members of the community at Cowley Mini Plant HUNDREDS of classic cars will descend on Cowley's Mini Plant tomorrow as part of a event to celebrate motors of years gone by.
- Rough sleepers set up camp in four of Swindon's multi-storey car parks ROUGH sleepers have set up camp in four of Swindon's biggest multi-storey car parks, with evidence that Class A drugs are being used there.
- Classic cars on show for members of the community at Cowley Mini Plant HUNDREDS of classic cars will descend on Cowley's Mini Plant tomorrow as part of a event to celebrate motors of years gone by.
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- Pothole-ridden road is 'putting drivers at risk of collision' as motorists swerve to avoid 'disintegrated' surface Surrey County Council said they will inspect Seven Hills Road to "ensure it is safe for public use" while they look at roads which could be overhauled as part of a highways improvement scheme
- It’s not just beans & toilet roll – freight delivers EVERYTHING!It takes 400 vans to deliver all the toilet roll used by Londoners every day, and 23 articulated lorries to transport all the baked beans – just ...
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