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Tuesday, 01 December 2020

The Telegraph

• Air pollution implicated in 'tens of thousands' of dementia cases, US scientists say [subscription]The results add to mounting evidence of the links between pollution and dementia.
• The fuel of the 2020s? Why hydrogen could clean up Britain's transport network this decade [subscription]Twenty years ago the Toyota Prius had already been around for a couple of years and people poked fun at it because it looked weird and was manufactured at a loss. Twenty years on, and the electrification of the automobile has become a standard, Toyota is the king of hybrids – and nobody is laughing at them now.

Times Online

• Toxic air levels should have been public emergency, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s inquest told [subscription]Unlawful breaches of air pollution limits in London should have been treated as a public health emergency in the years before the death of an asthmatic nine-year-old girl, an inquest was told yesterday.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Location revealed of ‘school streets' sites that will see roads closed to traffic during school run THE 11 primary schools taking part in a pilot scheme that will see roads closed to traffic at key parts of the day have been revealed.

Liverpool Echo

• New phase of £22m Strand revamp could cause festive disruptionWork progressing on redesign of one of Liverpool's most famous roads

London Evening Standard

• Regent Street traffic ban to help lure out Christmas shoppersRegent Street is to be closed to traffic for three Saturdays in December in a bid to lure shoppers back into the West End in the run-up to Christmas.

Kent Online

• Cost of Lower Thames Crossing now £8.2 billion with project now costing more per mile than HS2 as government commits to Kent Essex tunnel in Spending ReviewCosts of the new Lower Thames Crossing have increased by more than half before plans have been submitted.