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Saturday, 13 February 2021

BBC News

• Climate Change: Government may review road-building policyThe government may review its road-building policy in England following a legal challenge from environmentalists.
• 'I saved £5,000 by charging my electric car for free'Drivers of electric vehicles are able to charge their batteries with free electricity, so how long might that last?
• Brexit lorry chaos avoided as freight flows 'back to normal'Internal government data says lorries are moving again, but some were empty as trade dropped.

The Telegraph

• Electric cars will be easier to refuel than petrol or diesel, pledges Grant Shapps [subscription]Electric cars will be easier to refuel than petrol or diesel, Grant Shapps has pledged, as the Government laid out plans for its charging revolution.

Times Online

• England-Scotland border checks on cards as talks falter [subscription]Border checks at Berwick and Gretna have moved a step closer after negotiations to convince UK ministers to enforce Scotland’s tough quarantine broke down.
• Britons are at the back of a year-long queue for new Teslas [subscription]Oscar Wilde said that if something was worth having, it was worth waiting for. Then again, he wasn’t in line for a Tesla.

Other News Sources

• Hermes and Ford trial new parcel delivery service in UK Hermes has trialled a new delivery model which combines delivery vans with pedestrian couriers.