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Friday, 20 November 2020

BBC News

• Maybach: Strong sales in China drive double salesThe luxury car brand owned by Daimler wants to tap into China's ambitious electric vehicle targets.

The Guardian

• Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point – reportHuge road, energy and mining projects driving into heart of world’s remaining forestsInfrastructure megaprojects risk pushing the world’s remaining forests past a “dangerous tipping pointâ€� and making climate targets unachievable, a report says.Tens of thousands of miles of roads and railways are planned alongside mines and dams, opening up the forests of South America, south-east Asia and central Africa to destruction, according to the report by a coalition of 25 research and conservation organisations called the New York Declaration on Forests Assessment Partners. Today, almost half of all la...

Northern Echo

• Mannequins aim to slow down speeding traffic in villageA VILLAGE'S newest residents have taken to the streets to tackle the issue of speeding motorists.

Reading Evening Post

• M4 closes this weekend on busy stretch for more smart motorwayHighways England is carrying out work as part of the £848m project

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Hauliers get border-ready with 45 new information and advice sitesThis week, 45 information and advice sites have opened across the UK to make sure hauliers have everything they need to prepare for the end of the transition period. The Covid-19-secure sites, which are located at key motorway service stations and truck stops across the UK road network, offer hauliers one-to-one training on the new ‘Check an HGV’ service and upcoming changes to border processes that come into effect at the end of the transition period. The training will be available in up to 13 languages to provide support to hauliers from a range of EU countries. This roll-out fol...