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Saturday, 05 June 2021

Times Online

• Staycations drive surge in car sales in May [Subscription]The reopening of the car market has fuelled a surge in sales as motorists head back to showrooms.

Mail Online

• Met Police chief blasts e-scooters as 'absolute death traps' ahead of London trialJoanna Johnson (pictured), wife of Rugby Football League chairman Simon Johnson, was left in 'indescribable pain' after being struck by the hit-and-run rider at 20mph last July.

This is Money

• Arrivederci petrol and diesel: Fiat to become an electric car brand by 2030Fiat will begin to phase out all combustion-engined models from its global line up from 2025 - and by the end of the decade will no longer sell passenger cars with petrol or diesel units under the bonnet.

Birmingham Post

• NI new car sales bounce back as lockdown easesA total of 3,789 new cars were registered in May, 27 times more than in the same month in 2020

Wales Online

• The 90mph drivers who have turned a seafront dual carriageway into a race trackResidents living there fear someone will be killed and have appealed for speed cameras to be installed

Cambridge News

• Huge electricity transformer to delay A14 traffic in Cambs this weekendA huge electricity transformer is set to bring chaos to Cambridgeshire's roads as it trundles through the county at 12mph this weekend.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Peterborough residents to be asked what they think of roads and transportPeterborough residents will be asked what they think of the city’s roads and transport services this month.

Reading Evening Post

• Drivers face M4 weekend closure near Heathrow and M25Smart motorway works mean part of the motorway will be shut in both directions

Other Regional Press

• East Oxford LTNs: consultation for Divinity Road LTN to beginMORE Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are gearing up to be installed throughout more parts of the city.