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Saturday, 23 May 2020

BBC News

• 'Huge' sinkhole in Walsall to take a month to repairThe hole appeared on Stafford Road in Walsall after a sewer collapsed beneath it on Thursday.

Financial Times

• Car rental group Hertz prepares to file for bankruptcy US-based group fails to meet a payment deadline agreed with its lenders

Belfast Telegraph

• Car rental company Hertz files for bankruptcy amid coronavirus pandemicCar rental company Hertz has filed for bankruptcy due to debt and the crippling of global travel by the coronavirus pandemic, according to court documents.

Bristol Live

• Towns clamp down on parking after visitors flock to resortsParking enforcement had been scaled down due to coronavirus. But now after lockdown is eased, they are back - to deal with an influx of visitors

London Evening Standard

• Hundreds sign up to lend cars so key staff can get to workHundreds of car owners in London are lending their vehicles to NHS staff and charity workers so they can continue to work during the pandemic.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Suffolk prepares for road and pavement layout changes to address easing of lockdownChanges to road and pavement layouts are on the cards in Suffolk to help ensure social distancing as lockdown eases.

The Economist

• Walkers and cyclists are using the covid-19 crisis to swipe road spaceThey may not give it back to cars