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Sunday, 23 January 2022

BBC News

• Warburton Toll Bridge: Residents react to proposed price hikePlans to raise a toll charge for car drivers over Warburton Toll Bridge are under consideration.
• Chris Boardman to lead bid to get more people cycling and walkingThe ex-Olympic champion will encourage more people to cycle and walk as head of Active Travel England.

The Guardian

• Tax on parking: UK cities to impose levy on cars in bid to cut pollutionLeicester politicians hope levy on local firms will help cut pollution in cityCouncils across the UK are using radical strategies to cut the number of polluting vehicles on their streets in response to the climate emergency.Leicester city council hopes a new charge on workplace parking will improve air quality, fund public transport and incentivise walking and cycling. Continue reading...
• Dover blames queues on spike in freight traffic not BrexitFrustrated drivers disagree, saying Brexit checks and Covid paperwork were behind delays on port approachLong queues of lorries built up on approach roads to Dover this week because of a spike in freight traffic and not because of Brexit, the Port has said.However, drivers on the road expressed fury over the delays, describing the situation as “absolute carnageâ€� and blaming a mixture of delays in Brexit checks and Covid paperwork. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Concerns over viability of delayed Ferguson Marine ferries as key features 'left off'SERIOUS questions have been raised over the viability of two green vessels at the centre of Scottish ferry fiasco - as it has emerged key hull features have been left off seven years after the design was completed.
• Concerns over viability of delayed Ferguson Marine ferries as key features 'left off'SERIOUS questions have been raised over the viability of two green vessels at the centre of Scottish ferry fiasco - as it has emerged key hull features have been left off seven years after the design was completed.

The Independent

• Some learner drivers forced to wait up to 10 months for tests amid Covid backlogRecruitment drive for 300 examiners reportedly under way to help clear backlog

Times Online

• Ministers raise concerns about Russian navy drills off Irish coast [Subscription]The Department of Foreign Affairs says it has raised a number of concerns with Russia over its plans to hold a naval exercise off the southwest coast of Ireland in early February.
• How to install an EV charging point at home [Subscription]If you want to take advantage of the £350 government grant, cutting the cost of installing an EV charger at homes by about a third, you’d better get your skates on because it closes on March 31.
• Nusrat Ghani: I was sacked as a minister ‘because I was a Muslim’ [Subscription]Tory MP claims whips said her faith was making colleagues feel uncomfortable

Mail Online

• Qantas loses its coveted ranking as the world's safest airline for the first time in eight yearsThroughout the pandemic Qantas had the comfort of knowing it was recognised as the safest airline in the world. But not anymore. It has had a sharp drop in an annual safest airline list.
• Probe call after former minister Nusrat Ghani claims she was sacked because of her 'Muslimness'Nusrat Ghani, 49, alleges she was told she was being axed as a transport minister because her status as a Muslim woman and a minister was 'making colleagues feel uncomfortable'.

Belfast Telegraph

• Who is Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani?Nusrat Ghani has made headlines by claiming that she was demoted from the position of transport minister in 2020 due to her Muslim faith.

Birmingham Post

• From flying taxis to electric planes, what does the future hold for air travel?As the aviation industry continues its bid to decarbonise, we speak to an aerospace expert about the realities of sustainable flying - and how electric flight could transform the sector

Bolton News

• E-scooter buyers in Greater Manchester are told rulesA majority of retailers selling e-scooters in Greater Manchester inform customers about legal restrictions, according to a new study.

Bristol Live

• Park users feel 'penalised' as parking charges at beauty spots set to start One woman said that, once the charges are introduced, it would cost her £310 a year to walk her dog

Northern Echo

• When enormous icicles in a Shildon tunnel brought trains into a haltLAST week we told how the North East in mid January experienced its coldest night for years when temperatures in Durham plummeted to minus 25.

The York Press

• Major work on A64 is 'not yet on the drawing board'THE government is facing calls to name a definite date for long-awaited schemes to cut congestion and improve safety on the A64 between York and Scarborough.

Cambridge News

• Highway Code changes: New highway code rule means £1,000 fine for drivers and passengers for opening their door wrongThe rule will affect all drivers in the UK

Other Regional Press

• Oxford MP receives response from National HighwaysNational Highways have responded to an Oxford MP's calls for rapid action to improve safety the of the A34, after the number of accidents on the road left her 'very worried'�.
• How do you solve a problem like the M62? Crashes, middle lane hoggers and never-ending delaysThere have been numerous accidents on this notorious stretch of road this January
• Letter on the future of rail servicesThe remarks by Chris Loder, MP, are the latest in many querying the future of rail services in Dorset, South Somerset and Devon.
• All petrol and diesel car owners will be penalised under new car tax rulesPetrol and diesel car owners are being warned of the change