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Thursday, 13 November 2025

BBC News

• New Bishopbriggs road granted planning permissionThe route will connect an upgraded Torrance Roundabout and Lochgrog Roundabout, and include the replacement of a section of Crosshill Road.
• Driving test rules to change in bid to stop bots booking slotsThe Transport Secretary has announced new measures to tackle the continuing backlog of driving tests.

Financial Times

• Military examiners to carry out driving tests in push to cut backlogGovernment seeks to bear down on long wait times to qualify in England
• Waymo to roll out driverless taxis on highways in three US citiesAlphabet’s self-driving car venture will add routes in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco

The Guardian

• ‘The car belongs in Berlin’: city backpedaling on bike-friendly policies, critics sayCar-critical measures have been slashed since the conservative CDU came into power in 2023, triggering protests and dividing communitiesIn the rubble left by the second world war, Berlin seized a zero-hour opportunity to remake itself with a brave new vision of mobility, its citizens zooming down broad avenues and autobahns in roaring German-engineered cars.Tramlines, particularly in the capitalist west of the divided city, were ripped out to make way for motorists, and bicycles were muscled out of the main traffic arteries.

The Independent

• Electric cars set to pay London’s Congestion Charge from next yearLondon Mayor Sadiq Kahn confirms £13.50 daily charge for electric cars and £9 for electric vans and trucks; non-EV Congestion Charge goes up to £18 a day

Times Online

• Military examiners to help cut driving test waiting lists. [subscription]Military driving examiners will be drafted in to help cut the huge waiting lists for practical tests.
• Why surge pricing will be coming to our roads [subscription]A smart approach to charging drivers could ease congestion and have environmental benefits, says policy expert Tom Clougherty
• Uber and Bolt warn of 15% fare increase from 'taxi tax' plan [subscription]The firms have asked Rachel Reeves not to impose VAT on private hire journeys, saying it would hit vulnerable passengers and put women's safety at risk

Bristol Live

• Electric cars to lose exemption from congestion charge from JanuaryThe scheme's daily charge is to go up for all vehicles on the same day

Bucks Free Press

• Council scraps link road plans amid severe 'traffic jams'Buckinghamshire Council has scrapped its own plans to build a long-awaited relief road for Princes Risborough.

Other News Sources

• 'Cracked' and 'failing' Leatherhead road set for improvement works including wideningThe council believes the road is 'in need of a longer-term sustainable upgrade'
• Have your say on proposed e-scooter hire scheme plansPeople across Brighton & Hove are being given the opportunity to have their say on plans for an e-scooter hire scheme trial in the city.