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Friday, 13 April 2018

BBC News

• West Midlands PCC calls car security summitPolice and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson says retailers have a
• Greater Manchester traffic police get 'trauma teddy bears' to help comfort childrenThe
• Car bought and driven to Bristol 'for less than train ticket'Tom Church says he bought, taxed and insured a car for less than a return train ticket to Bristol.
• Volkswagen puts Herbert Diess in the driving seatGerman car giant replaces Matthias Mueller with Herbert Diess as part of a sweeping reorganisation.

Department for Transport

• New regulations to double the use of sustainable renewable fuels by 2020Increasing the use of renewable fuels will reduce carbon emissions, tackle climate change and to make the transport sector as sustainable as possible.

The Guardian

• World's first electrified road for charging vehicles opens in SwedenStretch of road outside Stockholm transfers energy from two tracks of rail in the road, recharging the batteries of electric cars and trucks. The world's first electrified road that recharges the batteries of cars and trucks driving on it has been opened in Sweden.About 2km (1.2 miles) of electric rail has been embedded in a public road near Stockholm, but the government's roads agency has already drafted a national map for future expansion.

Times Online

• Changes to UK road tax put drivers off buying a new car [Subscription]More old bangers are being driven on British roads after the number of new cars sold in the UK dropped for the first time in six years.

Birmingham Post

• West Midlands car thefts have doubled in two years as a result of relay key crime Car industry has been urged to step up security during summit with police commissioner

London Evening Standard

• Man BUYS car to travel to Bristol... because it was cheaper than a rail ticket from LondonAn entrepreneur bought a car, taxed and insured it and drove it from London to Bristol – all for less than the price of a train fare.

Other Regional Press

• Council scraps tolls for Itchen Bridge's electric car users TOLLS on Southampton’s busy Itchen Bridge are set to be scrapped as early as the summer for electric vehicles in a bid to reduce pollution in the city.
• Pensioner hit with £880 bill for parking at Manchester Airport during three-week holiday to US Hamilton McLean left his car in the short stay car park during frantic rush to airport when his taxi was cancelled due to snow
• Pensioner hit with £880 bill for parking at Manchester Airport during three-week holiday to US Hamilton McLean left his car in the short stay car park during frantic rush to airport when his taxi was cancelled due to snow

Other News Sources

• Government must face up to congestionMinisters and their shadows pretend not to notice a problem that is choking off buses, because they’re afraid of upsetting motorists   One bus can replace well over 70 cars. There is no downside   The latest figures show a continuing and concerning decline in the number of bus passenger journeys. And the standard responses – higher fares and reduced services – will at best bring short-term financial relief but at the cost of further decline and long-term damage. Yet the options available to bus companies are limited, and we need to look more widely if this trend is to be ...