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Monday, 20 July 2020

BBC News

• Snowdon: Dangerous parking at beauty spots put 'lives at risk'Hundreds of cars parked illegally on Snowdonia roads, while a lifeboat station was blocked by motorbikes.
• Tata Steel: Job fears at Port Talbot over furnace planThere are reports Tata Steel plans to replace two blast furnaces but the firm says no decision has been made.

Financial Times

• E-mobilityWhen it comes to getting from A to B, the future is electric. From autonomous cars to e-scooters and flying taxis, the shift towards smarter transport is changing how we get around.

Times Online

• Commuting after coronavirus: what next for how we get to work? [Subscription]City workers are not jumping at the chance to return to busy roads and packed train carriages. Nicholas Hellen asks whether our travel habits will ever be the same again and explores the possible alternatives

Daily Record

• Scotland's A82 'deadliest road' in country for fatal accidentsFigures obtained through a Freedom of Information request revealed there were 785 serious or fatal accidents on the country’s trunk roads between January 2017 and summer 2019.

Mail Online

• Chaos as delays from coronavirus lockdown hit passports, registering births and renewing licencesBureaucratic backlogs caused by the lockdown are paralysing the country, campaigners said last night. Despite coronavirus restrictions being eased, lives are still on hold because of agency delays.
• CARvidiots! Crowds abandon social distancing as they flock to car meet in Greater ManchesterAn illegal car rally took place in Tameside, Greater Manchester on Sunday which caused traffic jams on nearby motorways.  Police were called to an industrial estate in the town of Denton.

Birmingham Post

• Tata could turn Port Talbot steelworks into a green steel operationUnions fear that turning the plant into a recycled steel operation could see significant job losses

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bradford Council loses up to £1m from parking black holeBRADFORD Council is on track to lose up to £1 million in parking fees and charges as the effects of the coronavirus continue.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Snowdonia parking warning as huge crowds descend on national parkHundreds of vehicles have been parked along Pen-Y-Pass with the car park reported full as early as 3am

Other Regional Press

• The roads in South Yorkshire that need a speed camera according to youYou have had your say on some of the problem roads in your area