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Saturday, 29 August 2020

BBC News

• A55 motorists drive wrong way up slip road in trafficTraffic Wales says the drivers could have caused a serious crash by performing
• Learner drivers park manual cars in shift to automaticThe number of people taking lessons in automatic vehicles has risen every year since 2012.

The Independent

• Extinction Rebellion: Tens of thousands of warning labels stuck on petrol pumps across UK as part of new campaign‘It is our duty as health professionals to warn the public that continued fossil fuel use is wrecking our life support systems,’ say activist healthcare professionals

The Telegraph

• Uber 'covered up safety flaw that let its drivers swap photo IDs'

Times Online

• Tesla employee ‘was offered $1m to let criminals hack its systems’[Subscription]It started with two Russian men in their twenties meeting in a bar near Tesla’s factory in California and ended with secret recordings, an FBI arrest, a $1 million bribe and an insight into the world of cybercriminals.
• Holidaymakers left stranded and furious by broker Got Rental Cars [Subscription]Holidaymakers are being abandoned without car hire because one of the biggest rental brokers in Britain is cancelling policies at the last minute and ignoring customers in emergencies.
• Tories drive pressure to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 [Subscription]The sale of new petrol and diesel cars could be banned within a decade amid pressure from Conservative MPs to accelerate a transition to green vehicles.

Mail Online

• New petrol and diesel cars could be banned from 2030 under Government electric vehicle plansNew petrol and diesel cars could be banned in the UK from as early as 2030 under Government plans to speed up the green transition, it was reported last night.

This is Money

• Britain's beaches where motorists are most likely to be stung with parking finesWith this weekend being the first bank holiday since lockdown where travel restrictions have been relaxed, many of the 18m Britons expected to hit the road are setting their sat-navs for beaches.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Closure of key road from Oxenhope to Hebden Bridge will last through September Road closures as part of work to improve the safety of the A6033 from Hebden Bridge to Oxenhope will continue throughout September - but the road will be open on Bank Holiday Monday.

Bristol Live

• M5 motorists targeted by Extinction Rebellion protestBannersare being displayed in more than 60 locations on key routes into the region
• Police closing Suspension Bridge are 'doing our job for us' say XRExtinction Rebellion say they only planned an eight hour protest, but police have closed the bridge for up to four days
• Warning letters sent to people caught driving on Bristol Bridge bus laneBristol City Council will start issuing £60 fines in a few weeks to anyone who has breached new traffic restrictions

Daily Post (North Wales)

• A55 motorists slammed for doing U-turns on slip road to avoid Conwy Tunnel closureTraffic Wales said their actions could have caused a serious crash

The York Press

• Works set to cause delays at busy Hull Road junction in York DRIVERS are being warned to expect delays when works are carried out at a busy junction in York, which are expected to last for more than two months.

Wales Online

• Traffic Wales details busiest M4 times for bank holiday weekendMotorists have been asked to avoid peak times when journeys could take longer than usual

Reading Evening Post

• The Reading road that is uniting cyclists and driversChanges have been made to major routes across Reading in support of social-distancing measures

Other Regional Press

• £102m dual carriageway deal for Oxford to Witney A40 is finalisedA £102m funding deal which will lead to the dualling of the A40 between Witney and Oxford has been finalised.
• £1.1m road improvement scheme under way to improve safety on A689The work will make it easier to cross the main road but is also aimed at improving traffic flow

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Government accelerating pothole mapping project to support motorists and cyclists ahead of school returnA first-of-its-kind audit into the mapping of potholes in England has been launched by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, aided by data from on-road businesses such as Uber and Deliveroo, to better target improvements so that roads are in top condition as people return to work and school. The Department for Transport will work with Gaist, a highway data and mapping company, businesses such as Deliveroo, Uber, Tesco and Ocado, alongside local highway authorities to identify ‘pothole hot-spots’. Combining collated data on current potholes held by nation-wide businesses and the most ...