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Saturday, 26 November 2016

Financial Times

• JLR aims for 10,000 UK jobs in electric car pushGovernment investment key to carmaker’s expansion plans

The Guardian

• Car insurance premiums to rise to £600 after tax hikeAA warns of soaring costs from June following autumn statement announcementCar insurance premiums are set to break through the £600 barrier for the first time next year as insurers pass on higher costs and this week’s premium tax hike, experts are warning. On Wednesday the chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced he is to increase insurance premium tax (IPT) from 10% to 12% from June.This means drivers, now typically paying around £50 a year to the Treasury when they insure their car, will see it rise to above £60. Some young drivers could have to pay more than £250 just in the IPT part of their ...

The Scotsman

• Labour peer dies following road accident outside WestminsterA Labour peer who was injured in a road accident ­outside the Houses of Parliament has died, a party spokesman said.

The Telegraph

• World’s worst traffic jam? Cars stuck in Thanksgiving getaway 'gridlock' 

The Mirror

• Woman fined �100 and gets car clamped - because she didn't tax her TAX-FREE car Despite being a zero tax vehicle, Margaret Hicket still had to renew her disc and has warned others to get it done before this happens to them
• Contractors moved car to paint double yellow lines then dragged it back onto them and ticketed driver Garage owner David Buckland said the workers also caused damage to his vehicle by dragging it while the handbrake was on

This is Money

• Jaguar Land Rover wants to build electric cars in Britain The nation's biggest car builder has revealed plans to build electric models in Britain during an industry meeting this week. According to reports, it could mean an extra 10,000 UK jobs.

Birmingham Post

• First drive: Ford Ka+ Zetec What additions does the Ka+ bring?

The York Press

• Tiredness causes most crashes MORE than 185,010 people were injured or killed on the road in the first six months of 2016 and�nearly 139,000 could have been prevented if motorists were less distracted when driving.

Wales Online

• Cars could be back in Bridgend town centre – but it would cost more than £500,000Vehicles are set to get 24-hour access to streets that are currently pedestrianised
• Dashcam footage shows a 44-tonne truck nearly flatten a small car The car had been on the wrong side of the road
• Contractors painted double yellow lines around a car – which was then dragged on to them and ticketedCardiff council says it was 'unacceptable' if the car had been dragged down the road
• Work is due to begin on installing more than 13,000 street lights on Cardiff's roads More than 24,000 energy-efficient street lights will be installed

Yorkshire Evening Post

• New homes near Leeds motorway put on hold after pollution fearsA housing development near the M621 motorway in Leeds has been put on hold after claims that it would put local families at higher risk from air pollution.

Bucks Free Press

• MOMENTS FROM DISASTER: Overweight truck attempts to cross Marlow Bridge again - minutes after reopening An overweight van tried to cross Marlow Bridge just five minutes after it was officially reopened after two months this morning.�

Peterborough Telegraph

• DRIVE FOR JUSTICE CAMPAIGN: Number of driving bans handed out by courts falls by 62%One of the aims of the Drive For Justice campaign is to lobby for greater use of driving bans given out when sentencing and longer bans for those who kill or seriously injure on the roads.

Other Regional Press

• Safety campaigners call for road improvements after pedestrian killed in crash SAFETY campaigners are calling for improvements to a stretch of road where a pedestrian died.
• "Driving distracted" survey finds quarter of all motorists admit to driving when tired IN Great Britain alone, there were more than 185,010 road traffic injuries and fatalities last year, yet nearly 139,000 could have been prevented if motorists were less distracted when driving.
• New 'superhighway' could help solve A34 problems THE �27m�committed to develop plans for an Oxford to Cambridge Expressway road by Chancellor Philip Hammond could also help to deliver a solution to congestion on the A34.
• DRIVE FOR JUSTICE CAMPAIGN: Number of driving bans handed out by courts falls by 62%One of the aims of the Drive For Justice campaign is to lobby for greater use of driving bans given out when sentencing and longer bans for those who kill or seriously injure on the roads.
• DRIVE FOR JUSTICE CAMPAIGN: Number of driving bans handed out by courts falls by 62%One of the aims of the Drive For Justice campaign is to lobby for greater use of driving bans given out when sentencing and longer bans for those who kill or seriously injure on the roads.

Green Miscellany

• Dangerous and illegal parking outside schoolsThere is little doubt that parking near school entrances is dangerous. Unfortunately, messy traffic regulations make it unclear�whether drivers are permitted to stop on zig zag lines or not. Parking outside schools: Is it legal to stop on yellow zig zag signs? You would assume so, but the law is far from clear. Yellow zig zag lines outside schools that… The post Dangerous and illegal parking outside schools appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• First Northern Ireland operator awarded FTA Van ExcellenceHenry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd has become the first organisation in Northern Ireland to receive Van Excellence Operator Accreditation from the ...