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• Westminster Road residents block street in rat-run protest (York Press)

  (Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:13:29 GMT)

  ANGRY York residents blockaded their street to protest against speeding motorists using it as a rat-run.

• Cyclists targeted in Acomb crackdown (York Press)

  (Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:44:00 GMT)

  THIRTY-FIVE warnings were given to cyclists on a busy York street for riding on a footpath in a pedestrianised area and jumping a red traffic light.

• Norfolk police hit drivers with more on-the-spot fines (EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press)

  (Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:28 GMT)

  Thousands more Norfolk motorists were punished for traffic offences over the last year as police doubled the number of on-the-spot fines issued as part of a tough new approach to improving road safety.

• Drivers left stranded as west hit by heavy rain (The Scotsman)

  (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:23:41 GMT)

  MOTORISTS were rescued from their stranded vehicles yesterday as flash-flooding hit the west coast.

• Samoa provokes fury by switching sides of the road (Daily Telegraph)

  (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:18:49 GMT)

  The pace of life on the Pacific island of Samoa may be slow but mention the topic of transport and you are likely to get a quick and fiery response.

• New road repairs after heatwave (BBC News)

  (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:27:05 GMT)

  Work is planned on a main road in Lincolnshire amid fears hot weather had made earlier repairs unstable.