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Sunday, 06 September 2020

Financial Times

• The electric vehicle revolution: Cornwall tries to revive its lithium minesThe English region wants to produce the metal used in car batteries but has to prove it can do so at scale

The Telegraph

• Grant Shapps tells councils to stop abusing £250m fund meant for green transport revolutionHe says he will personally intervene to scrap the worst examples where local authorities have ruined high streets and residential roads

Other Regional Press

• Watford Mayor on plans to ban pavement parking in England Watford’s Mayor has said he supports councils being given more powers to “decide where it is safe or not for people to park on pavementsâ€�.
• Brexit lorry carpark that could be built in Southampton branded 'undesirable'THE announcement that Southampton and Hampshire have been included in a list of areas where the government can build a Brexit lorry park has been branded
• 50 electric car charging points set for council car parksMORE than 50 charge points for electric vehicles are about to be ordered by Dorset Council for its car parks.
• Cars banned from Weymouth town centre streets again CARS will once again be banned along two Weymouth town centre roads due to an increase in post-lockdown traffic.

Other News Sources

• Kays Traffic Management: Blackburn firm makes productive use of lockdownA BLACKBURN family business has been making productive use of the lockdown period by using its expertise to help design coronavirus testing centres, build new cycle lanes and to decorate roads with colourful messages of thanks to key workers.