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Tuesday, 29 October 2024

BBC News

• Owners of badly parked cars may face prosecutionDrivers in parts of Belfast could face fines and prosecution for bad parking under a pilot scheme.

Financial Times

• Why Europe’s car crisis is mostly made in ChinaThe once-lucrative market is now highly competitive and more Chinese EVs are being exported, compounding slower sales at home

Times Online

• VW to close ?at least three German factories? [subscription]Head of Volkswagen works council threatens to break off talks

Bristol Live

• Pavement parking is ‘quite a low priority’ for new Bristol parking task forceAlternative issues like resident parking permits will receive more focus instead

The York Press

• More than third of non-EV drivers would buy petrol or diesel next timeThirty-five per cent of petrol and diesel car owners intend to stick with a fossil-fuel powered vehicle for their next buy, according to The Green Insurer.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Fares for lifeline Ring and Ride service set to increaseFares for a lifeline Ring and Ride service that provides door-to-door travel for people with mobility issues are set to increase by more than half at the start of next year.