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Monday, 25 March 2019

The Guardian

• Motorway meals: how 60 years of the service station has shaped how Britain eatsThe first service station opened in Watford Gap in 1959 – and the motorway meal was born. What does its evolution tell us about British tastes, past and present?
• Ban cars outside UK schools to tackle air pollution, teachers sayGovernment must take urgent action to improve air quality around schools, report finds

Times Online

• Pointless and confusing road signs to be removed [Subscription]Councils have been told to rip down pointless road signs amid warnings that they waste taxpayers’ money, clutter streets and confuse motorists.

Other Regional Press

• Letters: Will Quince should push for better infrastructureWill Quince may be of the opinion that better roads will help unlock potential (County Standard, March 15). More cars, and more lorries certainly do have the potential for more air pollution, more ill health, more danger, more deterrent to exercise and further limitation to childhood freedoms.