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Monday, 20 July 2020

BBC News

• Snowdon: Dangerous parking at beauty spots put 'lives at risk'Hundreds of cars parked illegally on Snowdonia roads, while a lifeboat station was blocked by motorbikes.
• Tata Steel: Job fears at Port Talbot over furnace planThere are reports Tata Steel plans to replace two blast furnaces but the firm says no decision has been made.

Financial Times

• E-mobilityWhen it comes to getting from A to B, the future is electric. From autonomous cars to e-scooters and flying taxis, the shift towards smarter transport is changing how we get around.

The Guardian

• UAE successfully launches Hope probe, Arab world's first mission to MarsA rocket carrying the unmanned probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, joins China and US in race to red planetThe first Arab space mission to Mars has blasted off aboard a rocket from Japan, with its unmanned probe – called Al-Amal, or Hope – successfully separating about an hour after liftoff.A live feed of the launch showed the rocket carrying the probe lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan at 6.58am (9.58pm GMT). Continue reading...

The Independent

• Hope Probe: UAE spacecraft blasts off in first ever mission to MarsMission had been delayed twice due to bad weather

Times Online

• Future of Tempest fighter jet remains up in the air [Subscription]Two years ago at the biennial Farnborough defence and aerospace jamboree, Britain’s military industrial political complex revealed the future.
• Coronavirus in Scotland: Big boost in cycle journeys raises green revolution hope [Subscription]Cycling has increased fivefold as a share of total transport on Scottish roads over the past year, according to the latest vehicle monitoring figures.
• Coronavirus in Scotland: Save our airports, demands union amid fears over thousands of jobs [Subscription]A campaign has begun to protect jobs linked to Scottish airports amid fears that 1,500 workers are at risk of redundancy.
• Commuting after coronavirus: what next for how we get to work? [Subscription]City workers are not jumping at the chance to return to busy roads and packed train carriages. Nicholas Hellen asks whether our travel habits will ever be the same again and explores the possible alternatives

City AM

• Virgin Australia bondholders submit rival buyout bidVirgin Australia bondholders have submitted a rival deal to Deloitte to buy the embattled carrier out of administration, a spokesman The post Virgin Australia bondholders submit rival buyout bid appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Record

• Scotland's A82 'deadliest road' in country for fatal accidentsFigures obtained through a Freedom of Information request revealed there were 785 serious or fatal accidents on the country’s trunk roads between January 2017 and summer 2019.

Mail Online

• Chaos as delays from coronavirus lockdown hit passports, registering births and renewing licencesBureaucratic backlogs caused by the lockdown are paralysing the country, campaigners said last night. Despite coronavirus restrictions being eased, lives are still on hold because of agency delays.
• CARvidiots! Crowds abandon social distancing as they flock to car meet in Greater ManchesterAn illegal car rally took place in Tameside, Greater Manchester on Sunday which caused traffic jams on nearby motorways.  Police were called to an industrial estate in the town of Denton.

Sky News

• Coach travel and school buses at risk as sector struggles with coronavirusSchool buses are not guaranteed to run next term unless the government steps in with extra cash for the industry, according to a leading coach operator.

Birmingham Post

• Tata could turn Port Talbot steelworks into a green steel operationUnions fear that turning the plant into a recycled steel operation could see significant job losses
• Bombardier resumes recruitment drive for hundreds of extra staffTrain-maker adding hundreds of staff to help deliver major orders

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bradford Council loses up to £1m from parking black holeBRADFORD Council is on track to lose up to £1 million in parking fees and charges as the effects of the coronavirus continue.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Snowdonia parking warning as huge crowds descend on national parkHundreds of vehicles have been parked along Pen-Y-Pass with the car park reported full as early as 3am

London Evening Standard

• How clean is London's transport? We asked TfL, rideshares and airports about Covid-era hygiene as commuters return to workSpecial cleaning crews resembling SAS soldiers have been equipped with 'viruscide' guns to hose down train stations amid public transport's coronavirus battle and low passenger numbers

Cambridge News

• NASA prepares to launch rover to Mars this month- here's how to watchThe Mars 2020 Perseverance rover aims to 'test new technologies to benefit future robotic and human exploration of Mars'

Reading Evening Post

• Stowaway who fell from Heathrow-bound plane still to be identifiedThe person fell from a Kenya Airways plane as it began its approach to the airport

Other Regional Press

• New Beryl e-Bikes are available for hire in Watford People in Watford will now be able to cycle with the help of electric power as new e-Bikes are introduced into the town.
• South Western Railway offer recovery package worth £12,000 LOCAL businesses which have struggled through the lockdown period have the chance to win a business recovery prize worth £12,000.
• The roads in South Yorkshire that need a speed camera according to youYou have had your say on some of the problem roads in your area

Railnews

• Monday essay: a long road ahead The rule restricting use of public transport to ˜essential journeys™ only was suddenly lifted on 16 July, and new guidelines about returning to work are expected on 1 August. But Sim Harris suggests that this is not, to quote Sir Winston Churchill, even the beginning of the end, although it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Other News Sources

• Easyjet release flight schedule for up to September 2021: Destination list Easyjet has just released the schedule for the remainder of its summer flights up until September 2021.