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Friday, 11 August 2017

BBC News

• Car production fall hits UK industrial outputUK industrial production shrank in the second quarter of the year and the trade gap widened.

Financial Times

• Uber's Graves relinquishes operational roleLong-serving executive steps back to give space to new chief, whoever they might be
• Travis Kalanick sued by Uber investor Benchmark CapitalVenture capital group alleges fraud designed to entrench himself on company's board
• Uber shaken by investor lawsuit against KalanickLong-time shareholder Benchmark Capital accuses ousted CEO of fraud

The Guardian

• The barging jogger is just one example of the hell of urban pavementsBring back pedestrian etiquette it's sheer selfishness that has turned our streets into obstacle courses I've just been having a stare at the CCTV footage of that jogger on a London bridge who pushed a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in May. I can't think why he did it. He had plenty of room to pass. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. Most joggers do seem mad keen to jog in a straight line and not stop for anyone or anything. He was just an extreme version. And most joggers tend to look rather miserable and tormented ...

Other Regional Press

• Tolls on Severn bridges to end by December 2018 THE Severn bridges will revert to public ownership on January 8 allowing it to scrap the tolls by the end of 2018, the UK government has confirmed.

C.N.N.

• Man arrested after woman pushed in front of London busPolice in London arrested a man on suspicion of pushing a woman into the path of an oncoming bus while jogging.

Green Miscellany

• Driverless cars and the equitable, safe and slow roads of the futureIt’s always risky putting too much faith in technology, but the prospect of driverless cars becoming the ultimate traffic calming measure is hard to resist. Motorists are teased with visions of driverless cars as luxurious and relaxing private retreats clever enough to take over menial tasks, but ready to relinquish control at a moment’s notice. However, the reality of networked… The post Driverless cars and the equitable, safe and slow roads of the future appeared first on ETA.