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Thursday, 30 January 2020

BBC News

• TVR frustration over Ebbw Vale factory renovation delaysThe chairman says he is still
• Norton Motorcycles goes into administrationThe famous British motorbike brand was reportedly struggling to pay a £300,000 tax bill.
• Tumble in UK car output 'a grave concern', says trade bodyA 14% fall in output last year underlines the urgency of an EU trade deal, says the industry's trade body.

Financial Times

• UK car output at 10-year low as EU exit fears hit productionFalling sales to China and decline of diesel leaves exports down 14.7%
• Tesla shares jump again as Model Y production beginsElectric car maker’s fourth-quarter revenues surge to $7.4bn, well ahead of analyst expectations

The Guardian

• Reduction in passenger road deaths 'not matched by cyclists and pedestrians'Report says UK one of only three EU nations where pedestrian casualties rose in last decade
• Reduction in passenger road deaths 'not matched by cyclists and pedestrians'Report says UK one of only three EU nations where pedestrian casualties rose in last decadeSignificant reductions in road casualties for vehicle occupants across Europe in the last decade have not been matched by equivalent safety gains for pedestrians and cyclists, a report has shown, with the UK performing particularly badly in some areas.Road safety groups have called for more government action to protect vulnerable road users after the report showed that while deaths for people in vehicles have dropped by 24% since 2010, the number of cyclist fatalities has stayed virtually the same. Conti...

Mail Online

• Smart motorways could be useless in a decade because they are not suitable for electric cars Smart motorways could be obsolete within a decade as they are not suitable for electric cars, according to AA boss Edmund King. The vehicles encounter problems where the hard shoulder is used.

Birmingham Mail

• Norton Motorcycles collapses into administrationOn Wednesday it was announced that the Leicestershire company, which was founded in 1898, had appointed administrators

Cambridge News

• Almost 50 people died in Cambridge in one year because of harmful air pollution levelsAir pollution continues to be deadly in cities across the UK