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Sunday, 21 November 2021

BBC News

• Tesla drivers left unable to start their cars after outageThe carmaker's CEO Elon Musk acknowledged the app used to gain entry into the car had malfunctioned.
• Cargo ship ran aground before drifting to Skye bridgeA lifeboat was launched after the 88m ship drifted sideways across a busy shipping channel towards rocks.

Financial Times

• Johnson will U-turn on scaling back HS2, Osborne predictsFormer UK chancellor says pressure will mount on PM to change course ahead of election

The Herald

• Skye Bridge: Cargo ship runs agroundA cargo ship 'dangerously' ran aground underneath a Scots bridge yesterday.
• Two councils demand £30m in Scots class action over truck 'price-fixing cartel' TWO COUNCILS are claiming nearly £30m in a huge Scottish class action against some of the world's biggest truck manufacturers over losses incurred after they operated a price-fixing cartel.

The Independent

• Lambeth Bridge blocked by climate activists in protest against Insulate Britain prison sentences'˜You can jail the resistor, but not the resistance,' said one campaigner
• Atlanta airport checkpoint chaos: Man grabs gun, it goes offAuthorities say a passenger awaiting a bag search at the Atlanta airport's main security checkpoint reached in the bag and grabbed a firearm, and it went off, causing chaos among travelers

The Telegraph

• Climate activists block Lambeth Bridge in solidarity with jailed Insulate Britain members

Times Online

• Motor cover levy missing €146,000 via ’human error’ [Subscription]Clerical errors led to a €146,000 shortfall in an insurance levy that adds €100 million a year to motorists’ premiums, Revenue has confirmed.
• ’Number plates needed’ to put brakes on e-scooters [Subscription]Owners of the country’s 500,000 private e-scooters should be obliged to display number plates and have compulsory insurance to curb their speeding and to stop riders encroaching on pavements, a leading retailer has said.

Mail Online

• Was petrol panic all a scare story fuelled by a Brexit-hating ex-Radio One newsreader? For days, media stories were full of crisis and catastrophe, with headlines like 'UK petrol stations close due to lorry driver shortages'.

Birmingham Mail

• 25,000 drivers fined for using Walsall bus gate - in just five monthsNew bus zone catching out hundreds of drivers every week

Birmingham Post

• Business groups line up to criticise rail plan that does little for North EastMaps in the Integrated Rail Review show that rail improvements barely reach the North East and feature arrows pointing vaguely north and labelled "Newcastle"

Bolton News

• One in every 50 miles of main road in Bolton needs repairing, says AAAROUND one in every 50 miles of main road in Bolton is in need of repair, according to Department of Transport figures.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Fears overnight motorhome and campervan parking in Gwynedd will 'promote over-tourism'It comes amid plans to set up six pilot sites in areas outside Snowdonia National Park

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Economic case for the Northumberland Line questioned in row over car park landA major North East land owner and leisure operator has accused Northumberland County Council of a "fluffy" economic case for the Northumberland Line rail project

Northern Echo

• Reeth residents join forces to look for petrol station solutionIT'S high noon on an autumnal day and as a gust sweeps through a village high in the Yorkshire Dales a socially distanced circle of what appears to be a disparate group of people have gathered to help right a wrong.
• Fuel protest: Farmer leads 5mph slow drive convoy down A1The fuel protest, which was organised by County Durham farmer Andrew Spence, saw the convoy travel through Gateshead and Newcastle at 5mph

Other Regional Press

• The most dangerous roads for cyclists in OxfordThe most dangerous roads to cycle on in Oxford are Botley Road and Iffley Road, according to traffic accident data.
• Coventry Mum's anger at 'unacceptable' bus service which means daughter, 11, gets home two hours after school finishesThe child has been walking the streets of Coventry in the dark just to get home after school

C.N.N.

• A passenger's weapon accidentally discharged at the Atlanta airport, causing panic and halting flightsThe accidental discharge of a passenger's weapon in a security area of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport caused widespread panic Saturday afternoon, prompting a brief halt of departing flights over the busy travel weekend.

Other News Sources

• Heathrow and Gatwick: Drop off charge cost and when you have to pay byBoth airports recently introduced a fee for vehicles
• The lost Surrey railway stations and what they are now amid Boris Johnson's HS2 changesMany of Surrey's railway stations have been confined to the history books
• One in every 17 miles of Brighton and Hove's roads in poor conditionAROUND one in every 17 miles of main road in Brighton and Hove needs repairing, figures suggest.