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Friday, 30 March 2018

BBC News

• Volkswagen's car 'graveyard' in CaliforniaVolkswagen has been storing hundreds of thousands of cars after the diesel emissions scandal.
• VW to buy back cars hit by German city diesel bansVolkswagen says it will buy back new or nearly new diesel cars affected by diesel bans in German cities
• Car hire cost clean-up continuesHolidaymakers should now be safer from hidden charges when hiring a car from a UK firm, authorities say.

Times Online

• Inquiry into motorway petrol prices [Subscription]Motorway service stations are to face an inquiry into the prices they charge for fuel. Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate the three biggest service station operators, Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef, which control the majority of motorway services.

City AM

• Renault shares surge on report of merger talks with NissanShares in Renault have jumped this morning on reports of a merger between the French automaker and Nissan.

Mail Online

• Motorway services charging up to £14 more than nearby stations Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has written to watchdogs demanding an investigation into sky-high motorway petrol and diesel prices facing UK motorists.

Birmingham Post

• The council is against these M6 billboards - but they may get approved anyway Planning committee says these giant adverts will distract drivers and distress mourners

Bucks Free Press

• HS2 to tunnel through Chilterns next year - but still 'too early' to say what effect it will have on traffic Contractors for the controversial HS2 will start tunnelling through the Chilterns next year – but project bosses say it is still “too earlyâ€� to say what effect it will have on traffic in Bucks, to the frustration of residents.

Green Miscellany

• What official cars say about attitudes to air pollutionTwo thirds of Scottish Government ministerial cars are diesel it emerged this week following an investigation by The Scotsman. Under plans to reduce the air pollution that is estimated to cost the lives of over 40,000 people around Britain every year, the dirtiest vehicles are to be banned from city centres in Scotland by 2020. It is disappointing that two… The post What official cars say about attitudes to air pollution appeared first on ETA.