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Sunday, 21 January 2018

ITV News

• Blue badge parking permits 'to be rolled out' to people with hidden disabilities People with hidden disabilities could soon be entitled to blue badge parking permits under new government plans.

The Guardian

• 'It's a no-brainer': are hydrogen cars the future?Inventor Hugo Spowers has a dream: to replace today’s cars with his own hydrogen prototype. Is the world ready?In the mid-1990s, Hugo Spowers ran a Formula Three racing team. At the time, motorsport was in the pocket of big tobacco. Every weekend, Formula One cars emblazoned with cigarette brands – Marlboro, Camel, Silk Cut – raced on TV in front of millions. “It was pretty clear it was killing people,â€� Spowers says. “Meanwhile, the industry was portraying a link between smoking and winners. It was ludicrous. But nobody was going against it.â€�So when, in 1995, Spowers’ team introduced a car dec...

The Huffington Post

• Drivers Abandon Cars At Scottish Ski Resorts As UK Braces For More Snow And Ice

Times Online

• Uber tech ‘spy’ Anthony Levandowski faces new suit — from his nanny [Subscription]The star engineer at the centre of a bitter legal row between Uber and Waymo has been hit with new allegations of corporate espionage by his former nanny.
• Scots NHS drivers ‘pushed to attend 999 calls’ [Subscription]Patients with potentially life-threatening conditions are being rushed to hospital by NHS drivers in Scotland who have only basic medical training, it has emerged.
• Roads to ski resorts slip into chaos [Subscription]After a week of heavy snow across much of Scotland, it seemed like a good idea to hit the slopes at the country’s premier ski resorts. But travel chaos descended on Glencoe and the Nevis range yesterday after a deluge of winter sports enthusiasts caused traffic jams up to six miles long.

Reuters News

• Road to ruin? Carillion collapse puts spotlight on UK outsourcing modelLONDON/BALMEDIE, Scotland (Reuters) - In Balmedie, a village on the northeast coast of Scotland, an unfinished 12 km stretch of dual carriageway is a stark illustration of why British construction company Carillion went bust this week.

Daily Record

• Road chaos at Glencoe as cops urge drivers heading to packed ski slopes to turn back Winter sports enthusiasts are getting stuck in six-mile traffic jam and police are warning they will seize any abandoned cars blocking access to gritters.
• AA flash fury at council money trap as notorious Glasgow bus lane camera rakes in £1.3m in fines An incredible 22,317 drivers were caught at Nelson Mandela Place bus gate - almost as much as all of Edinburgh's cameras put together. 
• Benefits bosses take away Motability car to save £6000 - then offer to pay £14,000 taxi costs MSP Linda Fabiani says Robert Johnston's case 'highlights how absurd and cruel the welfare system has become' under the Conservative government.

Mail Online

• Migrants flock around HGVs at truck depot in Calais The men were seen trying to yank open the back door of a HGV this morning, as they loitered around the trucks and tried to avoid French police patrols in the area.

The Mirror

• MoD accused of dragging its feet over purchasing essential armoured cars for our troops in battle The army has been pushing for a decision on the infantry vehicle fleet to meet a 2021 deadline

This is Money

• UK drivers affected by VW scandal gearing up class action Law firm Your Lawyers said it has been appointed to act as a lead solicitor to represent 10,000 UK drivers who bought VW cars fitted with emission-cheating devices.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Top speeds of 'selfish' A55 drivers revealed New figures obtained by The Daily Post lift the lid on drivers caught flouting the law on the busy route

Derby Telegraph

• Urgent call to put speed cameras on A52 in Derby roadworks after crashesSpeeding drivers are bombing down Brian Clough Way with no consideration to other drivers, it is claimed

Manchester Evening News

• This stunning 'green bridge' is designed to help wildlife cross the road safely £1.15m construction is one of seven created as part of Knutsford to Bowdon bypass scheme

Other Regional Press

• Drivers unhappy with licence plate changes MINICAB drivers have hit out at licence plate changes – claiming they make their cars easy prey for thieves.
• MP raises fears hundreds of Oxford homes could be bulldozed for expressway A GOVERNMENT minister will visit Oxford to address an MP's worries that 'hundreds of homes' could be bulldozed to make way for a proposed £3.5bn expressway.
• Consultation closes on new parking charges across the town centreA consultation has now closed on parking charges that are to be applied in the car parks in Biggleswade town centre.