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Friday, 29 July 2016

BBC News

• M74 to close at J3A Daldowie for four weekendsA busy junction of the M74 which sits on the boundary between Glasgow and South Lanarkshire is to close for four weekends to allow for upgrade work.
• Ford profits fall as it warns on US economic risksCarmaker giant Ford has reported weaker-than-expected second quarter profits, in the face of stagnant US sales and a tougher market in China.

Financial Times

• China legalises car-hailing appsOnline services will no longer be operating in grey area

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Watch as progress continues on new �30m Morpeth Northern Bypass schemeDrone footage shows contractors carrying out work on the new 2.4 mile stretch of road, which will cut congestion in Morpeth

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Highways Agency called to ducks on M54The Highways Agency was called to reports of ducks on the M54 today.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Tesco sticking with Eddie Stobart for distribution contractEddie Stobart has successfully extended a contract to manage UK distribution centre transport operations for Tesco. The renewal followed a long and tough tender process and will see Eddie Stobart continue to run transport from seven UK distribution centres for the supermarket giant as well as two centres in the Republic of Ireland. The relationship between the two goes back more than a decade and it’s not all been plain sailing. In 2012, there was a four-month dispute after Tesco transferred the running of its Doncaster distribution centre to Eddie Stobart, resulting in the redundancies of 184...

Railway Gazette

• Vossloh focuses on whole-life infrastructure savings VOSSLOH: With Vossloh’s portfolio more weighted towards infrastructure following the sale of its...

Green Miscellany

• Morgan reboot for EV3 electric carMorgan has�unveiled a special edition of the�striking EV3 electric car . Only 19 examples of the 1909 Edition will be built. The ash-framed three-wheeler might at first glance look like an automotive anachronism, but beneath composite carbon panels lurks a tubular space frame chassis and a liquid cooled 46 kW motor driving the rear wheel. Weighing less than 500 kg,… The post Morgan reboot for EV3 electric car appeared first on ETA.