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Tuesday, 12 May 2020

BBC News

• Coronavirus: Musk defies orders to reopen Tesla's California plantThe boss of the electric carmaker said he would be on the assembly line with other Tesla workers.

Times Online

• Lockdown rules: share car to work (with windows open, and don’t face each other) [subscription]People from different households may be able to share cars provided that they keep the windows open, new government guidance has said.

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster Council issued more than 3,500 bus lane fines and collected more than £75,000 in one monthDoncaster Council issued more than 3,500 bus lane fines in just a single month – but the majority of those who appealed had their penalty rescinded, new data has shown.

Other Regional Press

• This is how Aston Martin is getting its employees back to workThe phased return is part of the car maker returning to 'the new normal'
• E-scooters to be trialled in Coventry next monthPlans have been brought forward from next year to create alternative methods of transport post Covid-19 lockdown

New Civil Engineer

• Thousands of cross-border construction workers in limbo as Covid-19 divides UKConstruction workers who live in one country within the UK but work in another have been left in limbo following the latest coronavirus-related measures.

Other News Sources

• Lloyd Russell-Moyle says lockdown update could worsen air qualityA LABOUR MP has warned of the negative environmental impact newly announced changes to rules surrounding coronavirus could have.