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Northern Ireland public transport provider Translink has been awarded £3.3 million for a study on electrifying the railway.

The Government has announced additional funding for local roads maintenance in England.

The AA said upgrading single carriageways can ‘improve traffic flows and air quality whilst reducing collisions’.

Another man, also in his 20s, who was a passenger in the vehicle suffered injuries that gardai say are not life-threatening.

The Department for Transport wrote that keeping the network in a ‘safe and serviceable condition’ will be a growing priority.

Some 49% of respondents to a poll of 2,583 UK drivers commissioned by the RAC said the condition of local roads was their biggest motoring concern.

Minister of State Jack Chambers is to bring forward legislation to increase penalty points for offences during bank holiday weekends.

Minister of State Jack Chambers said the higher penalty points would reflect the higher risk to road users over certain periods.

Jack Chambers said the report was of ‘particular concern for me as minister with responsibility for road safety’.

Rishi Sunak pledged to ‘reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects’.