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Saturday, 07 November 2020

BBC News

• Bentley reveals plan to go fully electric by 2030The luxury carmaker will scrap petrol engines within a decade and become carbon neutral.
• Covid-19: Lockdown 'opportunity' to fix England's roadsThe AA urges councils in England to deal with potholes and junctions while fewer cars are in use.

Financial Times

• The fossil-fuel Ferrari is running out of roadElectric sports cars accelerate fast, even if they lack the throaty roar of the traditional luxury coupe

Times Online

• Baltic prefab tunnel to link Germany and Denmark [Subscription]The longest underwater road and rail tunnel ever made from prefabricated sections lowered on to the seabed is to be built between Germany and Denmark after a court gave it the go-ahead.

This is Money

• New Highway Code rules will 'increase conflict between road users'Drivers of vehicles who are likely to do the most harm would have the biggest responsibility to reduce road danger. This would see vulnerable road users have priority over motorists at junctions.

Birmingham Post

• Bentley Motors expects to 'break even' in 2020 after axing hundreds of staffThe luxury car maker expects to achieve sales of 10,000 this year which is 'in line' with a regular year

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Petrol price wars: second supermarket chain SLASHES pump prices PETROL and diesel prices are falling as supermarkets do battle over who can offer the cheapest fill up.

The York Press

• Councillors set to back one way system in Leeman Road tunnelCOUNCILLORS are being urged to press ahead with turning York's Leeman Road tunnel into a one way carriageway controlled by traffic lights - despite claims it could cause long queues.
• Petrol price wars: second supermarket chain SLASHES pump prices PETROL and diesel prices are falling as supermarkets do battle over who can offer the cheapest fill up.

Cambridge News

• Drivers warned as part of M11 to shut completely this weekendSections of the road will be closed every weekend this month - here are the diversion routes you should follow
• Huge sinkhole shuts Cambs village high street Villagers were surprised to see the sink hole open up on Haddenham High Street

Peterborough Telegraph

• New motorway cameras catch 10,000 tailgaters in just two weeksAlmost 10,000 drivers were caught tailgating other vehicles during a trial of new traffic cameras on England’s motorways.
• New motorway cameras catch 10,000 tailgaters in just two weeksAlmost 10,000 drivers were caught tailgating other vehicles during a trial of new traffic cameras on England’s motorways.

Other Regional Press

• Oxfordshire council has no money left to repaint 'dangerous' Botley InterchangeTHERE is no cash available to repaint road markings at a ‘dangerous’ junction in Oxford, according to the county council.
• Oxford Zero Emissions Zone: Survey into fossil fuel ban delayed A CITY-wide survey into plans to ban fossil fuel emitting cars from central Oxford will be delayed again.
• NHS staff and care workers can park for freeNHS staff and care workers will be able to park for free in Dorset Council-run car parks during lockdown.

Other News Sources

• Please repair our potholesIt is nice to see so many stretches of main roads such as the A44 getting resurfaced, improving safety and comfort for travellers, but many minor roads seem to get forgotten – for example here in Pembridge many of the minor closes off the main roads, such as Parsons Walk and Curl View, consist of potholes from one end to the other, making it difficult for residents to move their cars, and I’m sure that this problem is replicated all across rural Herefordshire.