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Thursday, 01 December 2016

BBC News

• Car firms to build electric charge networkBMW, Daimler, Ford and VW Group agree to create the highest-powered charging network in Europe.
• A6 upgrade: Legal challenge to 'road through Heaney country'An environmental campaigner has got permission to challenge a proposed new road through landscape made famous by poet Seamus Heaney.
• China introduces 10% extra tax on 'super cars'China introduces an additional 10% tax on

Department for Transport

• THINK! drink drive campaign targets young men digitally this ChristmasYoung men targeted in THINK! drink drive campaign this Christmas as they account for nearly two-thirds of fatalities.

Financial Times

• Opec agreement: the winners and the losersDeal will help ease supply glut but comes at a price for some cartel members

The Guardian

• UK health body proposes removal of speed bumps to cut air pollutionVariable speed limits, removal of speed bumps and ‘no idling’ zones near schools among Nice recommendations
• Oil price surges as Opec agrees first cut in output since 2008Saudi Arabia to bear brunt of curbs as 14-nation cartel of producers secures deal to stabilise world marketThe price of oil has surged by 8% after the 14-nation cartel Opec agreed to its first cut in production in eight years.Confounding critics who said the club of oil-producing nations was too riven with political infighting to agree a deal, Opec announced it was trimming output by 1.2m barrels per day (bpd) from 1 January. Continue reading...

Mail Online

• Ford to test driverless cars in the UK from early next year as survey by the company finds motorists expect vehicles to be life-changing� Car giant Ford is to start testing driverless cars on UK roads next year. Ford said testing of autonomous cars will start in early 2017. People have said driverless cars will have the biggest benefit when commuting.
• Average fuel price set to rise by another 6p as the cost of a barrel continues to rise  The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said drivers should brace for prices to rise by another 6p a litre or more to around 120p – adding more than £3 to the price of a tank of fuel.

London Evening Standard

• 'Motorway limit should be 50mph... and speed bumps could be banned'Speed limits should be reduced to 50mph on some sections of motorways to cut down on air pollution, a health watchdog has said.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• YEP Says: The roads to nowhere costing Yorkshire £90bn Leeds is a commuter city; its burgeoning economy dependent on the tens of thousands who make their way into the city every morning and home again every night. Read more at: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/yep-says/yep-says-the-roads-to-nowhere-costing-yorkshire-90bn-1-8265943

Reading Evening Post

• Reading drivers spend around 15 days a year sat in traffic The TomTom Traffic Index says Reading-based businesses lose out on around £5 million a year because of heavy congestion 

Other Regional Press

• Major A34 upgrades and at least 22 miles of new road in expressway plans THE A34 could be upgraded to an 'expressway' and connected to at least 22 miles of new road as part of plans to connect Oxford and Cambridge.