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Jaguar Land Rover workers get 10 per cent pay rise

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) workers could be getting a healthy rise in their pay packets, just in time for Christmas.

More than 21,000 workers at JLR's Castle Bromwich, Whitley and Solihull factories are set to agree to the new package – a pay rise worth nearly 10 per cent.

Strong global demand for Jaguar Land Rover products are thought to have fuelled the negotiations between Unite union officials and company bosses.

Roger Maddison, Unite national officer, said: "The Unite shop stewards voted overwhelmingly in favour of the package which had been hammered out during tough negotiations with JLR's management.

"This will now go to a vote of the workforce and, if they are in favour, the two-year deal will start on November 1.

"We have a great workforce at JLR producing a very successful range of excellent vehicles and it is only right that our members share in the nearly £3billion profit made by JLR over the last two years.

"The British car industry is undergoing a renaissance at present. The constructive working together by employers and the trade unions has been a major factor in this revitalisation of the automotive sector."

The car giant has sold nearly 50,000 cars in the UK alone so far this year.

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£560,000-worth of metal splattered across road

Excited owners waiting for their new Range Rovers and Land Rovers may have to wait a little longer thanks to a transportation incident.

Late last night, a car transporter carrying brand-new 4x4s crashed on the busy A34 in Hampshire, shedding its expensive load.

Autoblog maths reveals £560,000-worth of British premium SUV was damaged.

A tweet from Hampshire Police said: "A34 update, No injuries. A car transporter lorry has overturned through central barrier. Lots of expensive Range Rovers all over the road."

Another posted minutes later said: "A very expensive road traffic collision, thankfully nobody was hurt! Not much left of some nice Range Rovers!"

BBC news said the car transporter was being towed and broke free, crashing through the central barrier and onto the opposite carriageway.

The incident has resulted in the road being shut until this afternoon for resurfacing.

A Highways Agency traffic bulletin said: "This is a very complex recovery and is expected to be completed during the morning peak period.

"Once all vehicles are moved off the carriageway, work will get underway to clear up the large amount of diesel and hydraulic fluid which has been spilt across both sides of the A34."

The A34 often carries transporter-loads of shiny new Range Rovers and Land Rovers every week, but normally these reach their destination without being strewn across the Hampshire countryside.