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Saturday, 25 June 2016

BBC News

• EU referendum: Drivers 'could face rising petrol prices'Drivers could face higher petrol and diesel prices as a result of the vote to leave the EU, retailers suggest.

Mail Online

• Shocking dashcam footage captures frustrated lorry driver illegally motoring down the hard shoulder to escape traffic jam� The clip shows the vehicle, emblazoned with the logo of Lancashire-based Archbold Logistics, speeding past the large tailback of cars as it drives on the hard shoulder of the M9 in Scotland.

Birmingham Post

• Nissan prepares for electric Qashqai launch All-electric Juke and Qashqai may be joined by smaller EVs as Leaf grows from a model to a family

Northern Echo

• A case of 'swan way' traffic in Darlington IT was a case of swan way traffic in Darlington on Friday morning.

Sheffield Telegraph

• South Yorkshire road scheme revised following business and residents’ concernsThurcroft residents are being advised of traffic disruption when a major road through the village is reconstructed from the end of June.

The York Press

• Three months of roadworks causing frustration in Selby DISGRUNTLED drivers and business owners have vented their frustration over roadworks taking place on the Selby bypass.

Bucks Free Press

• Hundreds of extra homes will add to road chaos, councillor fears A parish councillor fears traffic will worsen and doctor’s surgeries will suffer if hundreds of houses are built in Hazlemere.

North Wales Live

• Scotland Road roadworks will end before Great Howard Street diversions begin Motorists face 30-weeks of roadworks on key commuter route

The Shields Gazette

• Fuel price rise could be on its way as Britain votes to leave the EUMotorists could be in for a bumpy ride over the price of fuel and future travel as Britain prepares its departure from the EU - according to a leading motorist group.

Other Regional Press

• Fuel price rise could be on its way as Britain votes to leave the EUMotorists could be in for a bumpy ride over the price of fuel and future travel as Britain prepares its departure from the EU - according to a leading motorist group.
• How will fuel prices and driving in Europe be affected by Brexit?Following the momentous decision taken today by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union, a British motoring association has warned fuel prices, driving in Europe and motor insurance could all be affected.
• VIDEO: Station Road in Taunton reopened following big building fire STATION road in Taunton has reopened following a building fire.
• Dedicated father and daughter deliver new car to remote Romanian village A TIVERTON man and his daughter have been working with a charity to provide an emergency services vehicle to people in Romania.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Menzies drivers vote to strike over “pitiful pay”Drivers at Menzies Distribution could strike in the next two weeks, causing severe disruption to the delivery of newspapers to UK newsagents and railway stations nationwide. A pay change, which took effect in April, means that drivers, packers and pickers now receive £7.25 a hour - just 5p more than the recently revised minimum wage for over-25s. Additionally, workers now receive basic pay for bank holidays, while double-time pay and time off in lieu for seven of the eight bank holidays have been done away too. As a result, 86 per cent of 300 Unite members have voted in favour of strike action...