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Friday, 15 January 2021

BBC News

• Covid-19: Funding for taxi drivers ineligible for first grantStormont will also provide further assistance for all drivers who lost business from 1 October 2020.
• E-scooter gifts should be returned to shops, Met officer saysA senior Met Police officer says the devices are

The Telegraph

• Forget HS2 - fix Britain's potholes instead to help repair the economy [subscription]British roads are getting worse, but diverting cash from costly infrastructure projects to pay for repairs could have a dual benefit

Bristol Live

• Bristol taxi firm offers free rides to vaccinations for the elderlyIt's for those who don't have another means of transport
• Drivers to be charged to enter city centre Clean Air ZoneMayor Marvin Rees revealed the plan in a Facebook Live

New Civil Engineer

• Hammersmith Bridge will remain shut as Motts and WSP dispute Aecom plan to reopenHammersmith Bridge will remain shut after engineers from Mott MacDonald and WSP ruled that it is not safe to reopen until stabilisation work has been carried out.