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Sunday, 19 February 2017

Financial Times

• British PM to discuss Vauxhall with Peugeot CEOUnions seeks guarantees over jobs at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port and Luton plants

The Guardian

• 20ft sinkhole swallows car in LA amid California ‘weather bomb’ – videoA minivan collapses into a 20ft sinkhole in the Studio City suburb of Los Angeles, California as the state continues to experience its heaviest rainfall in six years. Another car had previously fallen into the hole but firefighters were able to rescue an injured woman before the second vehicle droppedCalifornia ‘weather bomb’: at least two dead as torrential rain hits state Continue reading...
• Theresa May to meet boss of French carmaker hoping to buy VauxhallPM to meet PSA chief executive Carlos Tavares to discuss proposal that could affect thousands of British workersTheresa May is set to meet the chief executive of the PSA Group to discuss Peugeot’s proposals to buy General Motors’ European operation, including Vauxhall.The prime minister has received a request for a meeting with Carlos Tavares to discuss the proposal, which could affect thousands of British workers. Continue reading...
• London to introduce £10 vehicle pollution charge, says Sadiq KhanMayor says owners of more polluting cars will have to pay extra levy from October to drive within congestion charge zoneOlder, more polluting cars will have to pay a £10 charge to drive in central London from 23 October, the city’s mayor has said.Confirming he would press ahead with the fee, known as the T-charge, Sadiq Khan said: “It’s staggering that we live in a city where the air is so toxic that many of our children are growing up with lung problems. If we don’t make drastic changes now we won’t be protecting the health of our families in the future. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Huge LA sinkhole swallows two cars

Times Online

• Dirty diesel ‘doubles risk of dementia’ [Subscription]New evidence has emerged to show that diesel pollution can double the risk of getting dementia and may be responsible for as many as a fifth of cases worldwide.
• Rail grant cut to put 190,000 trucks on road [Subscription]British roads could be hit by up to 190,000 extra lorry journeys a year after “penny-pinching” ministers cut £4m of subsidy for rail freight, according to industry research.

Daily Record

• Horror smash kills 23-year-old woman and leaves 13-month old baby injured after day of tragedy on Scotland's roadsSeparate incidents leave two people dead and a baby injured in tragic road smashes across the country.

Mail Online

• Living near a busy road as bad as passive smoking 10 a day Dutch scientists compared the effects of smoking with those of living near a busy road, looking at increased risks of heart disease, premature birth, breathing problems, and lung cancer.
• Can you guess the nation's favourite used cars? More used cars were bought by drivers in the UK in 2016 than any other year, new figures have shown. A massive 8.2 million second-hand vehicles found new homes last year.
• Michael Watson is dragged along the street in his car EXCLUSIVE: The former boxer was driving in Chingford, east London, on Thursday when men in a white Mercedes tried to steal their Volkswagen. Carer Lennard Ballack said it was 'like a Western'.

This is Money

• Expert says efficient UK car maker sites will survive Pundits rushed to declare Britain’s Vauxhall factories doomed last week after it emerged that PSA was looking to buy the European business of US giant General Motors.

Bolton News

• Motoring misery on way as �500,000 resurfacing work begins MOTORISTS face more misery from Monday when resurfacing work on Manchester Road gets underway.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• M6 Toll talks to scrap fee on motorway after major accidents to ease queuesThe West Midlands Combined Authority has confirmed it is in talks with the Government to give the region powers over the M6 Toll.

North Wales Live

• EIGHT taxis taken off the road as police and council crackdown on illegal cabs A cordon, directing drivers to 'stop if requested', was set up on Scotland Road and police say they will be operating throughout Liverpool tonight

Other Regional Press

• Cheapest places to buy fuel in Gwent revealed WITH fuel prices at a two year high, the South Wales Argus has put together a list of the cheapest forecourts in Gwent.
• Coroner calls for speed limit to be lowered on Pilgrims Way in Aylesford after Luke Mumford's deathA coroner has called for the speed limit to be lowered on a 'peculiar' stretch of road where a driver who had only just passed his test was killed.
• New �3.5bn Oxford-Cambridge Expressway route could pass through protected Green Belt HIGHWAY bosses are set to recommend a new �3.5bn expressway passes south of Oxford through protected Green Belt land, it has been claimed.

Other News Sources

• Traders furious over the parking informer AN INFORMER is flagging up illegal parking to the council and landing drivers with fines.