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- 10,000 jobs in Irish motor trade at risk as new car registrations stall [Subscription]Industry figures call on the government to steer dealerships to safety with a short-term cut in the tax paid on new vehicles
- Jaguar pleads for rescue deal [Subscription]Car giant in talks with Whitehall as it burns £1bn a month
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Hertz car rental company files for bankruptcy due to coronavirus debtHertz has 400 outlets across the UK and Ireland, including Newcastle Airport
Leeds Live
- The terrible legacy of turning Leeds into a 'motorway city'Work is underway to redesign the city centre 50 years after it was decided that motorways were the key to transforming Leeds
North Wales Live
- Covidiots caught driving to North Wales - and this is what cops found in one carPolice stopped two men who had driven 125 miles from Stoke-on-Trent to Newborough Beach
Other Regional Press
- Council urges people considering visiting beaches to 'think carefully' about their trip'PLEASE don't visit just yet.'
- Full list of roads around Preston Park slapped with crowd-busting parking rulesThe rules will apply to the area around the popular park over the weekend
- The preferred route for the major £1bn trans-Pennine road upgradeMore money Sheffield Supertram and for four Yorkshire railway stations
- Experts warn you should never leave hand sanitiser in your carMany people are doing it to protect themselves but there is good reason not to
- The Peak District car parks you must avoid because they're too busyPeople desperate to get out for the day are flooding to the tourist destination in their thousands
- Work begins on self-driving car test route in CoventryAutonomous vehicles will be trialled on urban, rural, suburban and highway roads
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