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Saturday, 31 July 2021

BBC News

• Home car charger owners urged to install updatesSecurity vulnerabilities in two domestic electric car chargers were discovered by researchers.
• Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?From hospitality to road haulage, firms say they can't get staff. So are employees now calling the shots?

Financial Times

• Court finds government plan for Stonehenge tunnel ‘unlawful’Campaigners win battle to stop controversial building project near ancient English monument

The Guardian

• High court victory for Stonehenge campaigners as tunnel is ruled unlawfulTransport secretary Grant Shapps ‘acted irrationally and unlawfully’ when he approved the £1.7bn project, judge rulesCampaigners including archaeologists, environmental groups and druids have won a high court battle to prevent a controversial road project that includes a tunnel near Stonehenge.The £1.7bn scheme to overhaul eight miles of the A303 in Wiltshire next to the prehistoric monument was backed by the government last year, but campaigners launched a judicial review calling for the decision to be overturned. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Stonehenge tunnel is unlawful, High Court rules

Times Online

• BP Pulse unplugged: electric car owners are stranded without chargers [Subscription]The green driving revolution is stalling because of problems with one of the biggest charge point installers
• More low-traffic neighbourhoods on the way despite opposition [Subscription]Boris Johnson promised a big expansion of low-traffic neighbourhoods today despite criticism from some grassroots Conservatives.
• Plans for Stonehenge road tunnel ruled unlawful [Subscription]Unesco warns UK to protect its heritage sites

City AM

• Court rules Grant Shapps' plan to build £1.7bn tunnel near Stonehenge is 'unlawful'Transport secretary Grant Shapps was found to have made a “material error of law” over his controversial road building plans The post Court rules Grant Shapps' plan to build £1.7bn tunnel near Stonehenge is 'unlawful' appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Record

• Highway Code changes to impact every driver in Scotland as cyclists get priorityMotorists will be told to stop for people crossing the road even if they're not on a pelican or zebra crossing.

Mail Online

• Highway Code changes will see cyclists given more rights than motorists at junctionsA new 'hierarchy of road users' in the Code will also outline how responsibility rests with those who could potentially cause the most harm to others - with pedestrians ahead of cyclists, then horse riders.
• Three quarters of drivers want lower motorway speed limits in the wetBritain statistically has some of the safest roads in the world. However, annual death numbers have remained the same since 2012, with pressure mounting on MPs to trigger a decline in fatality figures.

This is Money

• Bentley bounces back from pandemic with record half-year profitsThe Crewe-based luxury car firm says its operating profit of £151.5m for the first six months of this year is greater than any profit figure it has posted for a full-year.

Birmingham Post

• Bentley's half-year sales top €1.3bn as profits surge to highest in its historyHowever, Bentley has warned the pandemic could still impact the second half of the year

Bolton News

• Calls for motorway speed limits to be cut in certain weatherOf the UK drivers surveyed, 17% wanted the maximum legal speed in wet conditions cut to 65mph.

London Evening Standard

• Campaigners win High Court battle over plan for tunnel near StonehengeCampaigners have won a High Court battle over Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ decision to approve a controversial road project which includes a tunnel near Stonehenge.
• Drivers want motorway speed limit cut when it rainsA survey suggests 72% of motorists would be in favour of a lower limit in wet conditions.

Reading Evening Post

• Two M4 closures set to cause delays over the weekendThe motorway will be closed at junction 13 throughout the full weekend

Other Regional Press

• Council delays decision on LTN roadblocks for East Oxford streetsFURTHER consultation will take place to decide whether road blocks to prevent through traffic on residential streets will be introduced in East Oxford.
• Busy road to close for weeksA road will be closed as work is carried out to improve safety, including upgrading a crossing outside a primary school.
• A2 closure postponed as bridge builders enter administrationPlans to close a stretch of busy motorway for vital bridge works have been postponed after the company appointed entered into administration.
• Calls for motorway speed limits to be cut in certain weatherOf the UK drivers surveyed, 17% wanted the maximum legal speed in wet conditions cut to 65mph.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• TfL seeking feedback on future operation of the Congestion ChargeTransport for London (TfL) has opened consultation on the future operation of the city’s Congestion Charge.    The main proposals include no charges in the evenings to support London's COVID recovery, operating between 12:00-18:00 on weekends and retaining the current charge level of £15.   According to a TfL statement, these changes will support London's culture, hospitality and night-time businesses, and ensure gains made in reducing car dependency over more than 15 years are not lost.    The Mayor's target is for 80 per cent of trips made in the capital ...