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Thursday, 27 October 2016

BBC News

• M4 relief road: Impact of projects on Pontypool questionedA major study of a valleys town says big infrastructure projects like the M4 relief road offer
• M4 relief road 'would offer little' to valleys townsMajor projects like the M4 relief road and Metro offer
• Repair work on the Forth Road Bridge wins engineering awardRepair work on a structural defect in the Forth Road Bridge wins an engineering award.
• Tesla reports first quarterly profit for three yearsElectric car maker Tesla reports net income of $21.9m (�17.9m) for the third quarter after 13 consecutive quarterly losses.
• Drivers 'face rising insurance bills'Motorists are facing higher car insurance premiums than a year ago, a report from the AA suggests.

Financial Times

• ‘Milestone’ for Tesla as it posts surprise profitShares race ahead after electric car maker posts first quarterly profit since 2013
• Google’s self-driving cars on the road to autonomyAs standalone unit of Alphabet, auto business could be candidate for spinout

The Guardian

• AA reports rise in car insurance premiumsAverage annual policy costs rise 16% year-on-year, with expensive technology on cars and whiplash claims cited as reasonsDrivers are paying almost �82 more for car insurance than a year ago and are likely to see premiums rise further, according to the latest figures from the Automobile Association (AA).The average annual cost of a new policy rose to �586 in the three months to the end of September, a 16.3% increase on the same period in 2015, the motoring group said. Continue reading...

The Mirror

• Drivers to be hit by massive rise in car insurance - and worse is to come Recent hike in insurance premium tax also to blame for pushing up the cost of driving

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• A96 dualling option through rural Moray countryside ‘unlikely’ to go aheadA controversial route to dual Moray’s busiest road by cutting through the rural countryside is “unlikely” to go ahead.