Tuesday newspaper round-up: Sellafield, Google, Audi

(Sharecast News) - The GMB trade union has called on the government and nuclear authorities to take "urgent action" to address concerns over safety at Sellafield. The union has written to the energy minister, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Sellafield's chief executive to demand greater investment into keeping the 11,000 employees at the vast nuclear rubbish dump in Cumbria safe. - Guardian Google has agreed to pay US$700m and to allow for greater competition in its Play app store, according to the terms of an antitrust settlement with US states and consumers disclosed in a San Francisco federal court. Google was accused of overcharging consumers through unlawful restrictions on the distribution of apps on Android devices and unnecessary fees for in-app transactions. It did not admit wrongdoing. - Guardian

Audi will hit the brakes on its rollout of electric car models as consumer enthusiasm wanes in the face of high prices compared to petrol models. Gernot Döllner, the boss of the Volkswagen-owned brand, said that he wants to avoid flooding dealerships and factories with the vehicles as sales slow. - Telegraph

The Telegraph's independent directors have alerted the government to possible financial irregularities in the accounts of the Barclay family's media assets. The directors drafted in to steer the newspaper during a tussle over its future have highlighted what they claim is evidence of historic issues in the company accounts. - The Times

Apple plans to suspend the sale of two of its popular smartwatch models in the United States after losing a patent dispute. The Silicon Valley giant lost a case over the technology its smartwatches use to monitor people's pulse rate. The International Trade Commission ruled in October that some of Apple's devices infringed on patents held by Masimo, a medical technology company also based in California. - The Times