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Wednesday, 25 November 2020

BBC News

• UK car industry warns of £55bn no-deal Brexit hitBig losses will be seen in the next five years if the UK fails to strike a deal with the EU, the sector warns.
• London black cab advert 'exaggerated safety from Covid'An advertisement for London black cabs exaggerated how much the vehicles could reduce the spread of Covid-19, a watchdog has found.

Financial Times

• EU transport chief issues clean energy warningCommissioner defends plug-in hybrids while infrastructure to support transition to electric is built

City AM

• London black cab advert banned for exaggerating Covid-19 safety claimsAn advert for London black cabs has been banned after the watchdog found it exaggerated the extent to which the The post London black cab advert banned for exaggerating Covid-19 safety claims appeared first on CityAM.

Birmingham Post

• Jaguar Land Rover to recruit 300 new apprenticesThe company has teamed up with the University of Warwick to launch a new engineering apprenticeship

Northern Echo

• 20mph zones around North Yorkshire schools look set to be extendedMOTORISTS look set to face many more and larger 20mph zones in England’s largest county after a road safety inquiry concluded action to cut risks for children was needed.

Wales Online

• Taxi drivers earning just £15 for an eight hour shift protest in CardiffHundreds of drivers joined a protest against the Welsh Government, who they accuse of having 'forgotten' about the cabbie trade

Other Regional Press

• Kirklees Council confirms M62 to M1 link road is still being worked onThe plan first conceived in the late 1980s was revived in 2016 but little has been heard since