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Sunday, 08 October 2017

BBC News

• Man pinned to floor outside museumVideo shows a man being held to the ground, after a car hit people near the Natural History Museum.

Financial Times

• Police rule out terror after museum car crash Driver arrested after 11 injured in central London collision

The Guardian

• Electric cars key to driving change in UK’s energy supply industryThe ability to make vehicle batteries part of the national grid will become reality next year, forcing utility firms to rethink their relationship with customersYou drive home and plug in your electric car, telling an app how many miles you need the next day. As you eat dinner, relax and sleep, your energy supplier takes control of your battery, using it to buy power when it’s cheap, selling it back later when high demand pushes prices up.The company offers national and local power grids services from your battery, making more money that it will later split with you, perhaps as “free milesâ€� fo...

The Herald

• 11 hurt as ‘road traffic accident’ in London sparks terror alertEleven people have been injured and a man detained by police after a car ploughed into pedestrians in one of London’s busiest tourist areas, sparking a terror alert.
• Car ploughs into pedestrians in London sparking major terror alertA CAR ploughed in to pedestrians in one of London’s busiest tourist areas yesterday afternoon injuring 11 people and sparking a major terror alert.
• Glasgow and Edinburgh both back 20mph speed limitA BID to make 20mph speed limits the norm on roads in residential urban areas across Scotland has been backed by two SNP local government chiefs.

The Huffington Post

• Natural History Museum Incident Sees Nigel Farage And Katie Hopkins Forced To Backtrack Over 'Scaremongering' Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins have been accused of “grossly irresponsible” scare-mongering over their reactions to a car striking pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum. Despite police insisting the incident - which injured 11 people - was a road traffic collision, former UKIP leader Farage told Fox News that officers were “clearly” treating it as a terrorist incident.  “Certainly while we have heard nothing official, the Metropolitan Police are clearly not only treating this as a terrorist incident, but it looks to me like they expect there could b...

Times Online

• London museum crash: terror panic as car hits tourists [Subscription]Eleven people were injured yesterday when a car ploughed into pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum in London, prompting panic and fears of a terrorist attack.

Mail Online

• Dramatic moment hundreds ran for their lives Dramatic video footage obtained by the Mail shows hundreds of terrified tourists fleeing the scene as the black Toyota Prius mounted the curb outside one of London's busiest attractions.
• Driver hits pedestrians outside Natural History Museum Eleven people have been injured after a car mounted the pavement and mowed down pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum in London this afternoon.

The Mirror

• Drivers left furious at queues of 'more than two hours' to get out of city centre car park Many irate motorists in Cardiff gave up and went for a coffee instead

This is Money

• MOT data reveals UK regions where cars are likely to fail MoT data has was released ahead of the Government’s plans to push a first test back to the fourth year instead of third. Experts say it will put lives at risk by letting 385k ‘unsafe’ cars on the road.
• Paddy Power boss in pole position for top Uber job The beleaguered firm is on the lookout for a new boss for Northern Europe after Jo Bertram quit last week as the company continued its row with Transport for London.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Fall-out continues as Council orders private company to refund fines at controversial car park PEOPLE are still being chased for fines by the operators of a car park which has been ordered to shut down by Bradford Council, it has emerged.

Northern Echo

• Drivers warned of disruption as roadworks get underway in Durham and Chester-le-StreetDIVERSIONS will be in place while a programme of resurfacing and street light replacement takes place over the next few weeks.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Where can you expect to find roadworks on East Anglia’s major roads this week?Work will be taking place over the next week at a number of major roads throughout East Anglia. These are some of the troublespots drivers may want to be aware of:

Peterborough Telegraph

• Full list of road closures for Great Eastern Run in Peterborough this weekendResidents are being warned of road closures during the Perkins Great Eastern Run tomorrow.

Other Regional Press

• Could 'reminder' stickers in every taxi be one solution to 'car dooring'?STICKERS in every taxi in Oxford, reminding passengers to look carefully before opening a door into traffic, have been proposed as one solution to the problem of 'car dooring' in the city.
• READY TO GO - Roads completed ahead of Bicester Village expansionA MAJOR redesign of one of the busiest spine roads heading into Bicester town centre is finished weeks ahead of the massive expansion opening at Bicester Village.
• A19 widening: When will it be completed? And what will it cost? Work to add a third carriageway between Norton and Wynyard is due to commence in 2020 :: It is expected to cost up to £128m
• Could Jaguar Land Rover be planning the Rover's return?The Coventry car maker is said to have a ‘war chest’ available to buy new brands

Other News Sources

• Frimley Green traffic lights: Councillors support residents in two-year campaign for traffic option review"We are fighting this plan, as we don’t believe that it works for residents," said Councillor Max Nelson