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Tuesday, 18 April 2017

BBC News

• Flying car prepares for launchAnna Holligan went to see what Dutch developers claim is a world first.
• Drivers could be paid 'up to £2,000 to scrap diesels'Owners of some diesel vehicles could be paid to scrap them under plans to cut air pollution.

Financial Times

• Uber registers $2.8bn loss in 2016 expansion driveTransportation company takes unusual step of confirming audited revenues and losses

The Guardian

• Air pollution as bad for wellbeing as partner's death, say researchersAuthors of Can Clean Air Make You Happy? say exposure to nitrogen dioxide can be as damaging as ‘big-hitting’ life events The effect on wellbeing of exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a gas mostly produced in diesel fumes, is comparable to the toll from losing a job, ending a relationship or the death of a partner, research suggests.The study found a “significant and negative association” between life satisfaction and levels of the pollutant, which causes lung problems .

The Herald

• 20mph speed limit 'could prevent 1,000 injuries a year'A SPEED limit of 20mph on roads in residential areas across Scotland would prevent nearly 1,000 injuries a year and save the National Health Service at least £56 million, according to a new expert analysis.

Times Online

• Scrappage scheme could give diesel owners £2,000 towards a clean car [subscription]Plans for a scrappage scheme that targets the oldest diesel cars and the most polluted areas are being drawn up for consideration by ministers. They are expected to be included in the government’s proposals to tackle air pollution that will be published this week, but will probably stop short of being introduced nationwide.
• Holidaymakers face £640 speeding fines in EU [subscription]Hundreds of thousands of British motorists risk being fined up to £640 for speeding in Europe from this summer after the government rubber-stamped a controversial change to EU law.

The Sun

• TOXIN TAX TUSSLE Ex-Labour transport minister blasts London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s £24-a-day ‘toxin tax’ assault on diesel driversJohn Spellar slammed the Mayor's daily London charge as a direct attack on the poor

Birmingham Mail

• Trucker stopped going WRONG WAY down M6 Toll Driver also clocked at 119mph on busy day for police

Bolton News

• M60 revealed as among the slowest motorways in BritainNEW research has revealed that the M60 is among the slowest motorways in Britain.
• Red rose could replace EU flag on driving licences and number platesA BOLTON MP has backed an idea that could see the European Union flag replaced on driving licences and number plates by the red rose of Lancashire.

London Evening Standard

• Diesel car owners 'to be given £2,000 to scrap vehicles'Diesel car owners could be paid to scrap their vehicles in a plan expected to be unveiled by the government.