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Monday, 01 November 2021

BBC News

• COP26: How are road closures affecting Glasgow?Major travel restrictions are already in place ahead of the climate summit which starts on Sunday.

The Guardian

• Industry lobbies against 2040 UK ban on new diesel trucksThe UK automotive industry is privately lobbying against the proposed 2040 introduction of a ban on sales of new diesel trucks, amid a split between manufacturers over when heavy goods vehicles should abandon fossil fuels.

Times Online

• Learner drivers waiting up to 24 weeks for their test [subscription]“The backlog on car testing at the moment is double what we would normally expect,” Peter Hearn, operations director at the agency, said. “We have had significant periods in which we have not been able to test drivers so we are now in a period in which we are trying to recover those services.”

City AM

• Tesco and Morrisons lead the charge as UK supermarkets ramp up EV supportThe UK’s supermarkets have ramped up their efforts to support the electric vehicle (EV) push by installing nearly 1,000 new EV charge points at their stores in the past 21 months.

New Civil Engineer

• UK’s oldest road suspension bridge to be restored to former gloryDurham County Council received £20M from the Levelling Up Fund announced in the Autumn Budget, and a significant portion of it will go towards the restoration of the historic Whorlton Bridge.