CAMPAIGNERS who have been fighting for an end to clamping in Whitby's railway station car park have won the day.

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SCARBOROUGH MP Robert Goodwill has called for changes in the rules covering a number of different driving tests.
           
He told the House of Commons that at a recent meeting with businessmen in Scarborough he asked them for examples of regulations that could be either simplified or scrapped.
           
They pointed out that whereas an HGV driver who takes his test at 21 can drive for his entire career, drivers of forklift trucks and excavators must take tests repeatedly. "In fact, if one wants to drive a small, medium and large excavator, one has to take three separate tests," said Mr Goodwill.
           
He suggested that a Government minister should examine the matter and see whether it could be simplified in some way.
           
John Hutton, the secretary of state at the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, replied: "We are always happy to look at sensible ideas of how we can lift the burden of regulation," adding he would refer Mr Goodwill's points to the secretary of state for transport.

Scarborough Evening News 8 April 2008

 Campaign backed by the Conservatives is calling for driving bans given to jailed motorists to begin after release instead of while they serve their term.

The campaign was started by Jan Woodward, from Billingham near Stockton-on-Tees, whose daughter Kelly was killed by a drink-driver in 2005.

London -- This city's congestion pricing for drivers is heralded around the world for reducing traffic and pollution. It's also causing an unintended effect: a sharp jump in thieves stealing or counterfeiting license plates.

A "gaping" legal loophole allowing anyone to clone a number plate is today exposed by a Yorkshire MP – who bought an exact replica of the one on Gordon Brown's own car to prove it.