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Friday, 19 June 2020

The Herald

• Pupils travelling by car to school ‘reached highest level on record in 2019’ The proportion of pupils travelling to school by car reached its highest level in Scotland in 2019, according to new research.

Mail Online

• DVLA extends driving licence photocards expiry dates by seven monthsAny photocards that have expired since February 1 are now part of a seven month of extension. It comes after lockdown slowed the DVLA's capacity to process applications.

This is Money

• New cars are 5% less fuel efficient than official figures suggestWhat Car? tested 56 different cars currently on sale in showrooms today, finding that some were up to 20% less fuel efficient than manufacturers' brochures claim, including the Volvo XC40 (pictured).
• We reveal the most reliable hybrid and electric cars you can buy todayThinking about buying an electrified car - be it a standard hybrid, plug-in hybrid of pure electric model? These are the examples you might want to consider and avoid based on reliability...

Bolton News

• CYCLOPS bike lane at Newport Street and Trinity Street in BoltonWORK on the £2.4m transformation of a major Bolton junction is under way.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• People can get vehicles sanitised at former leisure centre from Monday AN

London Evening Standard

• Sadiq Khan considered hiking London C-charge to £25 a day among radical options to cut traffic levelsHiking the congestion charge to £25 and enforcing it 24 hours a day were proposed as radical options to tackle rising levels of traffic in central London, it can be revealed.

Cambridge News

• Cars banned from major Cambs road as part of sweeping new changes More than 90 changes have been approved to encourage walking and cycling in the county

Leeds Live

• Traffic chaos expected as Lofthouse Interchange to close for two monthsHighways England are carrying out some refurbishment work at the junction connecting the M61 and M1

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• 6,000 new UK jobs as DPD scales-up to meet ‘new normal' demand from online retailersLeading parcel delivery firm DPD has announced 6,000 new UK jobs and a major infrastructure investment in response to the unprecedented boom in online shopping caused by Covid-19. The firm, which delivers for many of the UK's leading retailers, will invest £200m this year to expand its next-day parcel capacity, including £100m on vehicles, £60m on 15 new regional depots (10 more than originally planned in 2020) and the remainder on technology.  The new jobs will include delivery and HGV drivers, warehouse staff, management positions and support staff, including mechanics...