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Ford has introduced the Fusion+, the flagship model of a Fusion range, which has sold over 1,400 units here so far this year. The Fusion+ features a full body kit, special 16-inch alloy wheels and body-coloured sidemouldings and bumper inserts. There's also a special radiator grille finish. Inside, a roof mounted DVD player with MP3 capability is available as an option. It will come with a 1.6 litre Duratec petrol engine, and is priced at €20,155 (ex-works).
Doctors and nurses saying goodbye to loved ones as they arrive for work got a novel "kiss and ride" lane for their cars at a hospital in Norway on Monday to prevent staff from blocking ambulances.
The lovers' lane has pink hearts painted on the pavement and signs reading: "Kiss and drive - when you don't want to be in the way".
Hospital spokeswoman Marit Kvikne said: "We want to make sure that the kissing is not in the way of ambulances." The project at the St Olav Hospital in Trondheim, central Norway, aims to route the 5,500 hospital staff away from the emergency entrance where ambulances have sometimes been hindered by passionate goodbyes when staff are dropped off. "I don't know of any other hospital in the world which is doing this," said project manager Randi Troan at the Norwegian state road authority.