Winners of the £20 million funding in Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial have been announced.
The funding, delivered by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and Innovate UK, is being given to 20 firms who set out plans for innovative ways to deploy low and zero emission vehicles.
It is hoped that the programme will help the UK meet its CO2 reduction targets, and marks another step towards the government’s target for all new cars and vans to be zero emission by 2040.

Wales Office Minister Guto Bebb and Ofcom are to hold a summit bringing to find a solution to the poor mobile phone coverage in Wales.
Despite the Digital Economy Bill and recent investments into the area, Wales is still falling behind the rest of the UK in terms of mobile phone coverage. Ofcom’s recent Connected Nations Report showed that indoor 4G coverage in Wales is 30 per cent lower than Northern Ireland, 28 per cent lower than Scotland and 42 per cent lower than England.

Britain’s arts industry will play a key role in promoting the country abroad post Brexit, the Culture Secretary has said.

Devon County Council has awarded a contract to SUEZ recycling and recovery UK to operate its Household Waste Recycling Centres.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed the appointment of Michael King as the new Local Government Ombudsman.

A survey carried out by the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU), and commissioned by the National Trust, has revealed 72 per cent of ward councillors believe the local planning system benefits developers at the expense of councils and local communities.

Sheffield City Council has said it is considering a move to end its contract with a waste firm 20 years early, claiming the deal is no longer fulfilling its needs.

Colchester Council has announced it is rolling out the use of body cameras for members of staff who deal with the public, after a council employee was accused of assaulting a homeless man.

A freedom of information (FoI) request by charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has found that more than one in five councils are commissioning short 15-minute visits for personal care despite official warnings that such quick visits were unsafe.

Lord Hill, the former European commissioner for financial services, who resigned after the referendum vote for Brexit, has urged the government to be ‘grown-up’ in its negotiations with the EU.