Electric cars

A new college course is to be offered to workers at the UK's biggest electric vehicle battery plant.

Agratas would invest £150m in local infrastructure projects near the site in Somerset instead.

Owners of homes with disabled bays are first to benefit from roll-out of charging channels.

A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England.

Work begins this summer alongside a campaign to highlight the benefits of electric vehicles.

Shropshire Council says the new chargers will double the number publicly available in the area.

The council said it wanted to install EV charging points in areas with limited off-street parking.