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Everything you need to know about Uber rival Ola as it launches in Wales Wales OnlineSo far the ride-hailing app has been launched in Cardiff, Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan. View the full article

Uber Eats drivers block streets in pay protest BBC NewsUber Eats drivers are staging protests over changes to their payment structure, claiming rates for every delivery had been reduced without agreement. View the full article

Uber Eats customers face delays after riders ‘go on strike’ and start ignoring McDonald’s orders after rate sp The SunHungry customers craving a Big Mac and fries complained they waited for hours for orders that never came. By Ellie Cambridge. 20th September 2018, 1:09 am. View the full article

Uber in early talks to acquire food delivery rival Deliveroo Financial TimesUber is in early-stage talks to acquire the food-delivery app Deliveroo, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign of its efforts to ramp up ... View the full article

Uber Eats couriers shut down major London roads in protest demanding £5 minimum per delivery The IndependentHundreds of Uber Eats couriers have abandoned deliveries and brought traffic to a standstill in London as they protest over pay. Motorbike and moped riders ... View the full article

Uber rebrand looks to reflect how the taxi app is “changing” Design WeekThe start-up has a new visual identity designed by Wolff Olins, one year after being embroiled in a host of scandals, and two years after its last brand was ... View the full article

Uber passenger drives himself home from Bangalore airport Daily MailAn Indian man who ordered an Uber was forced to drive it himself because the driver was too drunk. Surya Oruganti had booked the car to take him home from ... View the full article

Chicago Tribune Southland crime: Tinley man charged with groping Uber driver, more Chicago Tribune CAR BURGLARIES: Police said a thief or thieves are stealing from unlocked cars and then breaking into the victims' garages. Burglaries occurred in the 21300 block of Bristol Court, 800 block of St. Andrews Way, the 900 block of Shetland Drive and the ... and more » View the full article

Leeds Uber drivers say customers are at risk due to licensing loophole Leeds LiveOver 100 Uber employees staged a protest outside Uber HQ in Leeds. View the full article

Man orders Uber to pick him up from airport - but he's not prepared for the bizarre journey Mirror OnlineAfter a long flight a man ordered an Uber hoping to get home quickly, but he wasn't prepared for what happened next. View the full article

Plans for £100m indoor arena in Bristol unveiled BBC NewsPlans for a £100m purpose-built indoor arena in Bristol have been unveiled. The 4,000-capacity sports and convention centre, adjacent to Ashton Gate, would ... View the full article

FutureCar Startup Vertical Aerospace Aims to Have Flying Taxi Service by 2022 FutureCar Uber, thanks to a research partnership with NASA, is hoping to take its ride-sharing service to the sky. Uber, though, has no interest in building the vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts itself, as it has announced multiple partnerships with battery ... and more » View the full article

PlaceTech (press release) First air taxi prototype lifts off in the UK PlaceTech (press release) Bristol-based startup Vertical Aerospace has become the first company in the UK to build and test an electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft, designed to work as an 'air taxi' to revolutionise short-haul flying. Vertical Aerospace's ... View the full article

Cat in Bristol brings home bag of suspected class A drugs BBC NewsPolice said the bag was found in the cat's bed at its home in St Pauls, Bristol. View the full article

The Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders fighting back against 'poor pay and work conditions' Wales OnlineCouriers say they are struggling to make ends meet and pay for expenses and maintenance. View the full article

Brit airport pulls flight info system offline after attack by 'online crims' The RegisterBristol Airport deliberately yanked its flight screens offline for two days over the weekend in response to a cyberattack. Techies took down computer-based flight ... View the full article

The Times PR guru Rachel Whetstone denies racism claim by sacked Uber colleague The Times The Bristol University graduate is one of the most well-connected people in Silicon Valley. Before Uber, she spent a decade as head of communications and policy at Google, where she developed close relationships with billionaire founders Larry Page and ... View the full article

The Times PR guru Rachel Whetstone denies racism claim by sacked Uber colleague The Times The Bristol University graduate is one of the most well-connected people in Silicon Valley. Before Uber, she spent a decade as head of communications and policy at Google, where she developed close relationships with billionaire founders Larry Page and ... View the full article

BBC West Live: Breaking news and travel BBC News They're asking for people who order via the app not to make any orders between 6-8pm tonight to support their cause. A Bristol courier, who did not want to be named, said: "Deliveroo and Uber try to present a fluffy image of how they treat riders but ... View the full article

Uber-style flying taxi to ‘ferry Brits through air at 200mph by 2022’ The SunHATE airports? A new flying taxi could mean you never have to set foot in Heathrow (or worse, Luton) again. British engineering experts have designed a ... View the full article

His Dark Materials TV series FIRST LOOK Daily MailPhilip Pullman's His Dark Materials is set to come to life on the small screen, with the first pictures of the set in Llangynidr Quarry in Crickhowell, Wales released. View the full article

The Guardian Widow sues DPD over courier husband's death The Guardian Ruth Lane has lodged a claim at the employment tribunal in Bristol which alleges that Lane was ill and vomiting blood but attended work due to his fear of being fined for failing to attend work without permission. He completed his route but collapsed ... View the full article

Allure Magazine Why I Flew All the Way to Paris for a Tata Harper Facial Allure Magazine Three days before boarding a plane to head to Paris with my boyfriend (spoiler alert: No, he didn't propose, but thanks for asking!), I received an ~exclusive invite to experience a facial at the recently opened Tata Harper Treatment Room at the Le ... View the full article

HMS Queen Elizabeth sailors praised by Florida Uber driver for fixing her car The NewsSELFLESS sailors from Portsmouth have been praised by a taxi driver in Florida for fixing her car - while on a trip back to their ship. View the full article

TechSPARK (blog) Bristol driverless car report challenges business models TechSPARK (blog) One interesting result was that users were most willing to use and pay for an individual driverless vehicle and the least willing to use and pay for a shared driverless vehicle such as a ride-sharing service like Uber. This finding is contrary to the ... View the full article