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Friday, 01 October 2021

BBC News

• Petrol shortage: Waze uses push notifications to track fuel stocksWaze is using push notifications to ask for data on fuel supplies to notify others.
• Petrol driver shortage: No improvement in supplies, say retailersIndustry body, the PRA, says more than a quarter of its members still have no petrol or diesel.

Financial Times

• Sunak faces the brutal maths of electric vehiclesThe government must recoup the losses of switching away from petrol cars

The Guardian

• Nearly half of UK's independent petrol stations still lack fuelPetrol Retailers Association say fuel is being bought faster than it is getting restocked. Nearly half of all independently owned petrol stations in the UK were still dry or out of one type of fuel on Thursday, as motorists continued to panic buy and soldiers stood by to drive tankers to help with the refuelling effort amid a lack of HGV drivers.

Mail Online

• E-scooter riders injured 21 cyclists, 22 people in vehicles and 57 pedestrians in just ONE YEARA staggering 383 riders were injured in accidents last year - and one was killed. This year, Shakur Pinnock, 20, died in June six days after he was involved in a crash with a car in Wolverhampton.

Wales Online

• No improvement in fuel supplies at petrol stations, says industry bodyThe Petrol Retailers Association said over a quarter of its members are still without fuel

Other Regional Press

• Plans for Cambridge congestion charge to fund public transport improvements move forwardThe Greater Cambridge Partnership’s executive board agreed this evening (Thursday, September 30) to move forward with the plans, which include a much-improved bus network, the management of road space to prioritise active travel, and an ongoing funding source to pay for it.
• Transport / At least one tunnel within next decade, transport chairman predicts“I GENUINELY believe at least one tunnel will be built in Shetland within 10 years.”
• Anger as M2 link road added to 2,000 home planResidents opposing a 2,000-home development have been further upset by a plan to build a link road to the M2 through a much-loved green space.

Other News Sources

• Government must prioritise fuel if situation doesn't improve, says Tory council leaderDavid Fothergill is the Conservative leader of Somerset Council, and also chairs the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board.