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Thursday, 24 December 2020

BBC News

• Brexit truck stop customs plan dropped for HolyheadNearly 30 jobs could have been lost if the truck stop shut to become a customs check facility.
• Covid-19: Stranded truckers clash with police in KentKent Police said one man was arrested as tempers flared among stranded truckers.
• Elon Musk says Apple's boss snubbed takeover dealTesla's founder claims Apple CEO Tim Cook refused talks during the car company's

Financial Times

• Tempers fray as truckers remain stuck in England even as border opensFrance’s decision to let travel resume does not immediately help drivers waiting for Covid tests

The Independent

• Christmas Eve travel news - live: Flooding disrupts festive plans as thousands of lorries still stuck in KentFollow for the latest developments

Times Online

• Coronavirus in Ireland: Dublin city council loses €1m in parking violations income [Subscription]Dublin city council lost more than €1 million income from parking enforcement measures as a result of Covid-19.
• Musk offered Tesla on a plate to Apple [Subscription]Their corporate leadership styles could not be more different, but Elon Musk has revealed how he once asked Tim Cook if Apple would be interested in buying Tesla.
• Slow start to covid testing leaves thousands of hauliers stranded [Subscription]Chaotic scenes continued in Dover yesterday as thousands of hauliers were stranded at the border despite the first coronavirus tests being carried out.

Daily Express

• Heartbreak as lorry drivers stuck in Kent to miss family Christmas after violent clashesMANY of the thousands of lorry drivers stuck in Kent are expected to miss family Christmas celebrations even as the border with France is once again reopened.

Mail Online

• Experts fear shortage of E-car charging pointsThe number of public charge points per electric vehicle in the UK has fallen to its lowest ever level, in a sign that infrastructure is failing to keep pace with demand.

The Mirror

• Houses flooded and cars submerged as rain batters Britain days before ChristmasCars have been seen trying to drive through streets filled with flood water, while homes have been submerged across south Wales following heavy rainfall overnight

This is Money

• Car making slips just 1.4% in November despite lockdownCar factories in the UK managed to produce 106,243 units last month, despite most of November being subject to second national lockdown, official figures have confirmed.
• BMW launches Big Brother-style billboards that target owners of older carsThe signs use 'Vehicle Detection Technology' that can trigger 'highly personalised, real time content'.
• Beware the internet car scams: How fraudsters con buyersIngrid Wilkes, from Hertfordshire, recently lost £1,950 to a vehicle scam on eBay. Whilst she was at home recovering from surgery, she began looking for a new car to make it easier to return to work.

Sky News

• Anger among lorry drivers in Dover as COVID testing fails to ease tensionsAround the port of Dover, all you can hear is the almost constant blast of vehicle horns.
• Lorries to travel through Channel Tunnel after drivers test negative for COVID-19About 50 lorries are set to travel through the Channel Tunnel to France after their drivers tested negative for coronavirus.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• West Yorkshire Police sets up online portal for dash cam footage PEOPLE in Bradford have been reminded about how they can report examples of dangerous driving at an online portal.
• Met Office issues storm warning for Bradford The Met Office is predicting wind gusts of up to 60mph on Boxing Day which could lead to road closures and disruption.

London Evening Standard

• Grant Shapps calls for 'patience' as stranded lorry drivers face forth night of queues after French travel banThe Transport Secretary has called for

The York Press

• Car insurance: Can you decorate your car this Christmas? Will putting Christmas decorations on my car invalidate my insurance?

Other Regional Press

• Update on roadblock blamed for Middlesbrough rat run woesThe roadblock sparked outcry with residents - with anger over drivers using side streets as a cut-through
• Truckers to be tested at portDrivers stranded at the Port of Dover look set to receive tests despite official guidance insisting they must travel to Manston or the M20.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Covid-19 testing for HGV drivers using the Port of Dover or EurotunnelOn behalf of the Department for Transport Do not travel to Kent HGV drivers should not travel to Kent until further notice. There are major delays and disruption at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel. We will let you know as soon as the situation changes. Where to get your COVID-test COVID-19 testing has started for HGV drivers already in Kent. If you are already heading to the Port of Dover, you must go to Manston at this postcode: CT12 5FE. There are welfare facilities at this location. If you are already heading to Eurotunnel you must go to Junction 8 of the M20 and join the queue there....

Other News Sources

• Crack down on drink driving as more people booze from home AS part of a county-wide drink and drug-driving campaign launched on December 1, the police have been stationed at check-points across Lancashire, stopping motorists and conducting roadside breath tests.

EIN News Subscription

• Virus-linked isolation of UK eases but transport gridlock persistsDOVER, England - Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travelers stranded Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the coronavirus that had isolated Britain and raised fears of …