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Sunday, 01 August 2021

BBC News

• Home car charger owners urged to install updatesSecurity vulnerabilities in two domestic electric car chargers were discovered by researchers.

The Guardian

• UK drivers want lower wet-weather motorway speed limit, finds pollMore than 70% of drivers in RAC survey wanted 70mph limit lowered in slippery conditionsDrivers want a lower speed on motorways in wet weather to help make roads safer, a survey of motorists in the UK shows.A poll of 2,100 drivers by the RAC found that 72% wanted to see the 70mph limit cut in rainy or wet conditions to boost safety and encourage better driving habits. Continue reading...

The Herald

• The Big Read: Bumpy road lies ahead as electric vehicle sales surge in ScotlandAngela Taylor wasn’t sure whether she was doing the right thing. What about the cost? What about the time it would involve? Would she be able to get as far as she used to? But in the end, she went for it. She bought an electric car. In Scotland, that still makes her a pretty rare kind of driver.
• Ex-Ferguson Marine chief says nationalisation 'rescue' of ferry fiasco firm is nothing of the sortA FORMER executive with the shipyard company at the centre of Scotland's ferry building fiasco has warned that the newly nationalised firm is set to fail and warned of the "scandal" of shutting down innovation and business development and concentrating only on the toxic ferry contract.

Times Online

• Struggling NCP begs landlords for rent cuts [Subscription]Car parks operator NCP has written to landlords begging for rent cuts, after abandoning a controversial ploy to force them into accepting steep concessions.
• Aldi hikes drivers’ pay amid shortages [Subscription]Aldi has been forced to increase wages for lorry drivers as the grocery industry tries to keep shelves stocked amid acute labour shortages.

City AM

• Rishi Sunak warns Boris Johnson travel restrictions are 'out of step'The Chancellor has warned Boris Johnson that the UK’s travel restrictions are “out of stepâ€� with its international rivals as The post Rishi Sunak warns Boris Johnson travel restrictions are 'out of step' appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• MPs warn scrapping HS2's Leeds leg 'could wreck pledge to level up UK' and anger 'Red Wall' votersMinisters are understood to have quietly ordered HS2 Limited to halt planning work on the route, to Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds, over fears about soaring costs.

The Mirror

• PM urged to dump travel rules to save summer hols - by his own chancellorRishi Sunak - tipped by some as a future leader of the Tory party - has reportedly written to the Prime Minister pointing out the worrying impact for the economy and tourism through having tougher travel restrictions
• Rail firm fined £6.5m after boy, 11, electrocuted fetching football from wagonHarrison Ballantyne was hit by 25,000 volts from an overhead line at the Daventry International Rail Freight Depot and tragically died from severe burns

This is Money

• Three quarters of drivers want lower motorway speed limits in the wetBritain statistically has some of the safest roads in the world. However, annual death numbers have remained the same since 2012, with pressure mounting on MPs to trigger a decline in fatality figures.

Birmingham Mail

• Ten scenes from Corporation Street's craziest week and there's more to comeWork to remove the five-year-old tram track down Corporation Street began a week ago - and with an 11-week target to replace it, the Midland Metro Alliance got stuck right in
• Council accused of 'painting over cracks' with potholed city roadThe city authority has been slammed for leaving Tyburn Road in Erdington in a 'cratered' mess

Birmingham Post

• 'Exciting' opportunity for West Yorkshire mass transit systemPolitical leaders back bid for major system covering whole of area
• Aer Lingus resumes flights from Bristol to DublinThere will no requirement to self-isolate if fully vaccinated, the airline has said

Bolton News

• Calls for motorway speed limits to be cut in certain weatherOf the UK drivers surveyed, 17% wanted the maximum legal speed in wet conditions cut to 65mph.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Picture shows passengers packed into Transport for Wales train 'like sardines'The operator said social distancing was becoming more difficult as more people move about

London Evening Standard

• Rishi Sunak urges PM to relax UK travel rules to boost economy – reportThe Chancellor has told Boris Johnson the UK’s border policy is ‘out of step with our international competitors’.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Takeaways, taxi rides and cinema tickets to be offered to young who get vaccineThe Government is reported to be in talks with firms to join a scheme in order to drive more young people to be vaccinated

Cambridge News

• Cambs one of the UK's pothole hotspots despite £2.7m spent on repairs Only one in six drivers are said to report potholes, so the true figure could be much higher.

Leeds Live

• One month to bid for slice of £4.2bn transport pie for mass transit dreamWest Yorkshire council workers are bidding for a slice of a multi-billion pound government fund which leader hope will help fund the region's long-awaited and much-delayed mass transit system.

Reading Evening Post

• Looking back at the day the M4 opened near Reading in 1971The now-Tory grandee was given the prestigious honour of opening the famous motorway 50 years ago

Other Regional Press

• Months of road works planned for Marlborough and PewseyWILTSHIRE Council has announced that it will resurface roads in Marlborough and Pewsey between August and October.
• 'Drastic action' planned for Middlesbrough road woesAndy Preston said roads and potholes 'dominated his inbox' and require millions of pounds of investment
• Fears train could crash into new buildsNetwork Rail wants to put the buffers on plans to build homes beside a railway line over fears a train could crash into them.
• Road experts say motorists may have missed eight new laws due to lockdownA lot's changed since the start of the pandemic
• Yorkshire's magnificent steam railways for scenic days out A steam train through some of Yorkshire's most beautiful countryside is the perfect way to spend a day out with the family