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BBC News
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Free Sunday car parking to end in Cheshire East
Sunday parking charges in parts of Cheshire will come into force this month, five months after full-time free parking ended in several East Council is extending the charging period by four hours on weekdays and Saturdays and also bringing in charges on Sundays from 26 follows the authority bringing in fees in towns and villages which had historically had free East Council said it had "little option" but to look at ways to increase its income as it faced financial challenges. Users of council-owned car parks across the borough will have to pay between 08:00 and 22:00 during the week and on parking charges will also come into force based on the weekday charges for each car parks in areas such as Alsager, Audlem, Handforth, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich, Poynton, Prestbury and Sandbach had previously had free parking until charges came into force in car park in each town and village has free parking after 15:00 and on-street parking bays remain free, the council took place in some areas ahead of the charges coming in, including outside council one area, Bollington, the town council agreed to pay Cheshire East to keep the car park free for users. Cheshire East said any surplus funds from parking charges would be used in other highways and transport services, such as road maintenance and towards evening and Sunday bus Goldsmith, chair of Cheshire East Council's highways and transport committee, said: "When benchmarked against neighbouring councils, it is clear that our current parking charges are significantly lower."Nor do they reflect inflation as this is also only the second time parking charges have been increased since Cheshire East was formed in 2009."Coupled with the council's financial challenges, we have little option but to look at how we maximise our income and ensure that the charges we collect are sufficient to help cover the rising costs of maintaining, managing, and enforcing our car parks." See more Cheshire stories from the BBC and follow BBC North West on X. For more local politics coverage, BBC Politics North West is on BBC One on Sunday at 10:00am and on BBC iPlayer.
Japan Times
20-03-2025
- Automotive
- Japan Times
Toyota's Hino Motors pleads guilty to U.S. emissions fraud, fined $1.6 billion
Hino Motors, a subsidiary of Toyota, pleaded guilty on Wednesday over a multiyear emissions fraud scheme in the United States and must pay $1.6 billion in penalties, the U.S. Justice Department said. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith in Detroit accepted the Japanese truck and engine manufacturer's guilty plea and sentenced the company to pay a fine of $521.76 million and serve five years of probation during which it will be prohibited from importing diesel engines it manufactured into the United States. The court also entered a $1.087 billion forfeiture money judgment against the company. "Companies who intentionally evade our nation's environmental laws, including by fabricating data to feign compliance with those laws, deserve punishment and will be held criminally accountable," said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's acting enforcement chief Jeffrey Hall. Toyota declined to comment and Hino did not respond immediately to a request for comment. In January, Hino said it would plead guilty over excess engine emissions in more than 105,000 vehicles in the United States from 2010 through 2022. A company-commissioned panel said in 2022 Hino had falsified emissions data on some engines going back to at least 2003. The settlement includes a mitigation program, valued at $155 million, to offset excess air emissions from the violations by replacing marine and locomotive engines, and a recall program, valued at $144.2 million, to fix engines in 2017-2019 heavy-duty trucks, the EPA said earlier. Hino admitted that between 2010 and 2019, it used "illicit short-cuts" and submitted false applications for engine certification approvals and altered emission test data, conducted tests improperly and fabricated data without conducting any underlying tests. Hino President Satoshi Ogiso said in January the company had improved its internal culture, oversight and compliance practices. Hino said in January it booked an extraordinary loss of ¥230 billion, or about $1.54 billion, in its second quarter results in October to cover the expected litigation costs. Over the last decade, several automakers admitted to selling vehicles with excess diesel emissions. Volkswagen paid more than $20 billion in fines, penalties and settlements after it admitted in 2015 it had cheated emissions tests by installing "defeat devices" and sophisticated software in nearly 11 million vehicles globally.
BBC News
18-02-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Cheshire East: Drivers to get fines for parking outside schools
Parents will face fines for parking outside schools in East Cheshire as part of a parking-free pilot scheme to improve automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras will be installed to help enforce stopping restrictions outside Ivy Bank Primary and Marlborough Primary in Macclesfield, and Manor Park and St Vincent's primaries in Knutsford, over the next few the Safe Haven Outside Schools pilot, offending drivers will face £35 fixed penalty fines, which rise to £70 if not paid within 14 the scheme proves a success, Cheshire East Council said it could be rolled out across the borough. Mark Goldsmith, chair of Cheshire East Council's highways and transport committee, said: "This is an important trial scheme that seeks to improve safety outside schools – particularly at the beginning and end of the school day, which are busy and congested times."Parking issues around school start and finishing times are a long-standing concern for this council, with typical enforcement measures sometimes proving to be only mildly effective and with fleeting impact on inconsiderate parking."We need to encourage more people to walk and cycle to school or park their vehicles and drop off pupils further away from schools to improve safety for all students, parents and residents in the area."The pilot project is being run in collaboration with Derby City Council, which operates the scheme within its own borough and other areas. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
