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publication date: Mar 10, 2010
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Arsonists have attacked a North Wales motor business. Sharon and Philip Hughes lost a collection of seven vehicles, worth an estimated £130,000. Their garage at Oaklands Chauffeured Vehicles was also destroyed in the blaze in Acrefair, Wrexham, on Friday. About 2,000 manufacturing jobs in the West Midlands have been safeguarded by production of the new Jaguar XJ, a car industry advisory group has said. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said the model was vital to helping it survive the recession and had also helped the region's car components industry as each car plant job safeguarded about five in the supply sector. Toyota plans to upgrade its event data recorders so they record information not only related to crashes, but also to sudden acceleration and have them installed in its new vehicles. The installation of the upgraded data recorders is aimed at completing arrangements for a structure to pursue its investigation into the cause of the sudden unintended acceleration of its vehicles, which has sparked recalls in the United States and other markets, and dispelling drivers' concerns about the safety of its vehicles and regain their trust as soon as possible. People claiming compensation after being injured in road accidents will be able to receive compensation sooner and simply under a new fast-track process put before Parliament today. The scheme introduces fixed stages and costs with set deadlines for both claimants’ and defendants’ solicitors, according to how many stages a case has to go through before it is settled. It will apply to road traffic accident personal injury claims valued between £1,000 and £10,000, which in the past have formed the vast majority of claims. Surrey has been named as the pothole capital of the UK. The county has topped the league table of regions most blighted by damaged road surfaces, with some 1,998 potholes afflicting Surrey's 450,000 motorists. |
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