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Sunday, 21 March 2021

BBC News

• Cardiff Airport: M4 to A48 link road funds deniedThe road would have linked the M4 with the A48 and cost up to £81m.
• Elon Musk denies Tesla cars are used for spying in ChinaThe electric carmaker boss addresses reports of security concerns raised by China's military.

The Herald

• Chaos on A83 at Rest and be Thankful will shut businesses and is a 'disaster' for economy and jobs, say campaignersBUSINESSES will go to the wall by the end of the year because of an over 15-year failure to prevent landslips on a notorious lifeline Scots road - which could be solved with a Norway-style tunnel in three years.

Bristol Live

• Residents ask drivers to slow down in guerrilla sign speed campaignCampaigners spoke to drivers and put up their own speeding signs

The York Press

• YOUR editorial on Wednesday about potholes in York (March 17), reminded me of the following 'our cars have to be roadworthy but are roads are not car worthy'.

Leeds Live

• Leeds council issue statement on 'death trap canal bridge'The canal bridge in Wyther Lane was hit by a car later found abandoned

Other Regional Press

• More e-scooters will be rolled out in Oxford soonELECTRIC scooters will be rolled out in more areas of Oxford in the near future.
• A326 in the New Forest to be improvedPLANS to build new cycle paths and footways along a major Hampshire road have been given the green light after residents feared the road could become a 'death trap'.
• No Expressway group now plans to fight housing growth plansTHE alliance which campaigned against building a new road across vast swathes of countryside near their homes has welcomed news the project has been cancelled.
• Six new UK driving laws in 2021 every motorist should know The Department for Transport has confirmed 2021 is set to bring changes to some motoring laws and policies.
• Council sets the record straight on funding for major road projectsBoth are set to ease the congestion around Nuneaton's traffic-choked ring road