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Sunday, 27 October 2024

Times Online

• Britain to axe up to 1.5m lampposts see how it would look [subscription]Street lights across the country, particularly in rural areas, may be replaced with cleaner alternatives to cut a £3bn bill

Birmingham Post

• New plan says Lancaster needs '1,500 council-run parking spaces'City council has consulted people and businesses about parking issues

Northern Echo

• Transport Action Network lose High Court bid on A66 duallingA campaign group has lost a bid to bring a High Court legal challenge over the Government?s approval of a plan to dual a road in the north of England.

Chester Standard

• Cheshire: Council says transport network can cope with 4,200 new homesLand in south Warrington removed from the green belt has been earmarked for around 4,200 homes.

Other Regional Press

• Proposed new train line would cut through 40 miles of Staffordshire countrysideStaffordshire will be "thrown under a train" by plans to create a new rail link between two regions, county councillors have said. The ambitious proposals for the Midlands-North West Rail Link have come forward in a private sector consortium report commissioned by the West Midlands and Greater Manchester Mayors, less than a year after controversial plans for the HS2 line between Handsacre and Crewe were scrapped by the previous Conservative Government.