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Courts to come down harder with bans for drivers racking up 12 or more points as thousands avoid disqualification using ‘exceptional hardship’ loopholeOver 9,000 UK driver are believed to be driving despite having 12 or more pointsMost have avoided disqualification by claiming it would result in ‘exceptional hardship’ as they need a licence in order to workPreviously there was no strict definition for the exceptional hardship rule, which was judged on a case-by-case basisNew stricter guidance states that offenders must now prove hardship to courtsIt states that hardship is a ‘deterrent objective of the provisions’ and is no longer a sufficient reason for a driver to retain their licenceBy Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 13:14 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 16:20 EDT, 12 October 2020

His Holiness’ hydrogen car: Toyota converts fuel-cell Mirai into a Popemobile to be used by the supreme pontiff in Japan next monthToyota has converted a Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicles into a popemobileA standard Toyota Mirai costs $80,000 or £66,000 It has the traditional raised platform for the Pope to stand or sit inThe hydrogen car has a range of 310 miles and stories the gas in two tanksA standard Mirai uses a 153bhp electric motor and has a top speed on 111mph By Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 11:29 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 16:13 EDT, 12 October 2020

Ford recalls thousands of plug-in hybrid Kuga SUVs after seven catch fire due to the petrol tank being too close to the batteryThe petrol-electric hybrid Kugas were launched only in May 2020Recall impacts 1,800 owners in the UK out of an estimated 27,000 globally  Car firm has offered owners a ‘goodwill gesture’ of £500 of petrol as compensationBy Ray Massey For This Is Money Published: 14:32 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 14:34 EDT, 12 October 2020

Government’s jobs schemes could save just 230,000 ‘viable jobs’, because too many don’t earn ‘goldilocks’ wages, claims think tankIPPR: ‘Crucially, this is a design issue and not a question of overall funding’ The authors of ‘The Narrow Corridor’ recommend introducing a ‘JRB+’ scheme From Nov. 1, the JSS scheme will replace the government’s current JRS scheme By Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 11:26 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 12:08 EDT, 12 October 2020

Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone to go live on 1 June 2021: Drivers of older petrol and diesel cars face £8-a-day charge to enter the city centreDrivers of pre-Euro4 petrol and Euro6 diesel cars will be charged to enter the A4540 Middleway Ring RoadSimilar to London’s ULEZ, it’s a daily charge and will operate 24 hours, 365 days The scheme was to be launched in July 2020 but has been delayed 11 monthsAn error with the Government’s vehicle checker website and Covid-19 will see the zone introduced next summerWe list other cities intending to launch similar charging zones for drivers from next year in a bid to reduce their local pollution levels By Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 10:02 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 11:03 EDT, 12 October 2020

Software heavyweight Aveva reveals drop in sales due to foreign exchange shifts and delayed contractsAveva said it had completed the syndication of a £250m revolving credit facilityRevenues in the six months to Sept 30 are expected to be around £333million The FTSE 100 firm agreed two months ago to purchase OSIsoft for £3.8billion   By Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 08:54 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 08:54 EDT, 12 October 2020

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Is Quixant out of the woods? Cambridge tech company that makes products for casinos eyes new opportunitiesBy Ian Lyall At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:46 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 06:56 EDT, 12 October 2020

STOCKWATCH: Rolls-Royce shares went nuclear as they jumped 96% last week; Unilever to vote on London HQBy Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 05:54 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 06:24 EDT, 12 October 2020

Gaming fans find it difficult to pre-order the new PS5 and Xbox Series X and are warned to watch out for scamsBoth the PS5 and Xbox Series X are due to launch this November Most retailers have sold out of the consoles already, due to high demand Experts say they would expect for the devices to sell out as the industry growsBy Grace Gausden For This Is Money Published: 05:19 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 05:19 EDT, 12 October 2020

More than half of homebuyers under-35 have been bankrolled by family – and a fifth got more than £30,000Some 56 per cent of under-35s who own a property had financial help Two thirds of them couldn’t have bought their home without this support They received £19k on average, and absent it would have delayed buying for  another four years By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 04:23 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 04:41 EDT, 12 October 2020