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Sunday, 29 March 2026

BBC News

• Plan for £100,000 fix to end 70-mile landslip diversionJourneys take an extra 90 minutes after a landslip closes section of one of Wales' highest roads.
• Council to allow more e-bike operators in boroughOnly Lime and Forest e-bikes currently operate in the west London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Times Online

• UK launches review of electric car sales quotas [subscription]A review of the zero-emissions mandate could see targets being delayed. Meanwhile, fears are mounting that JLR's shutdown could be extended
• UK busmaker attacks Scottish decision to buy Chinese [subscription]Jo Bamford, chairman of Wrightbus, says Scottish government's decision to spend best part of £45 million with Yutong is a 'national scandal'

Daily Record

• Council questioned on 'scandalous' multi-million spend on doomed hydrogen busesAberdeen City Council recently scrapped its fleet of 25 hydrogen-powered vehicles and did no cost comparison with cheaper electric buses.

Mail Online

• Independent petrol stations begin to close instead of charging customers £2 a litre as supermarkets warn supply is 'tight' amidst Iran warAs the conflict between Tehran and the US and Israel entered its second month on Saturday, consumers and businesses are feeling the pinch of spiralling fuel prices.
• Victory for the Mail on Sunday as emergency services start tracking cause of fires in hybrid carsExperts believe the heightened death rate could be down to the combination of petrol engines, batteries and electric motors, making them more prone to fires.

The Mirror

• Several injuried as ploughs into pedestrians in Derby city centre A man has been arrested after a reported 20 people were mowed down by a car in a busy city centre.

Sky News

• Car hits 'multiple' pedestrians in Derby city centreA man has been arrested after 'multiple pedestrians' were struck by a car in Derby city centre, police have said.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Danger road with appropriate nickname to undergo crash investigationCouncil has been awarded money to look at safety on the Dyserth Bends

Cambridge News

• Cambridgeshire trains cancelled over Easter weekend with rail replacements insteadPassengers should stay updated via the National Rail website

Other Regional Press

• St Athan railway station and more trains plans confirmedPlans for more peak-time trains and a new railway station are on track in the Vale of Glamorgan.
• Minsters Rail bid for York to Beverley line backed by MPsA long-running campaign to reconnect a railway line from York closed 60 years ago is ?knocking on the doors of success? as supporters push for the next crucial stage of work to be funded.
• ‘It’s really exciting’: Works progressing ‘at pace’ on £11bn road tunnel projectBosses behind the country’s longest tunnel project between Kent and Essex have given an update on the works.
• Race to protect Kent railway as 18,000 tonnes of rock dropped along coastAbout 18,000 tonnes of limestone have been placed in front of a sea wall to improve defences using barges from northern France.
• Holiday traffic sparks Kent motorway queues and crossing delaysHoliday traffic has sparked long motorway queues and crossing delays along the Kent coast.
• Major airport closing permanently after 90 years in operationThe airport will cease operations from June 2026
• Several new speed cameras to be installed in Coventry to 'keep people safe'Coventry City Council said road safety is a 'priority'
• Second HS2 viaduct over M6 to be slid into position in AprilEngineers are preparing to slide the west deck of the M6 South viaduct over junction 4 slip road near Chelmsley Wood. The operation begins on Saturday 11th April 2026 with the slip road closing for two days.