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Saturday, 04 September 2021

BBC News

• What's it like to be in the 1% of female lorry drivers?The chronic shortage of lorry drivers has led haulage firms to try to attract more women to the role.

The Guardian

• Electric cars: Ofgem plans easier way for drivers to sell energy back to gridProposal by Great Britain's regulator is to help make the switch from fossil fuel cars more affordable. Ofgem plans to make it easier for electric vehicle drivers to sell the energy stored in their car batteries back to power grid as part of a move to help make the switch away from fossil fuel cars more affordable.

Times Online

• Low-traffic neighbourhoods hinder ambulances, says top paramedic [subscription]The rapid installation of low-traffic neighbourhoods has led to delayed ambulance response times, particularly for crews unfamiliar with local roads, according to a leading paramedic.
• Lorry drivers could get road ban for crashing into railway bridges [subscription]Negligent HGV drivers face being banned from the road because of concerns over the chaos caused by lorries hitting low railway bridges.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Recycled tyres used to resurface road in first for regionRECYCLED tyres have been used to re-lay a Bradford District road in a project thought to be the first of its kind in the region.

London Evening Standard

• When is the London Ulez expanding and who will have to pay? The ultra-low emission zone is due to expand from central London to the boundaries of the North and South Circular roads, here is everything you need to know ahead of the major change for motorists in London.