Leeds is to install a smart traffic tool, designed by VivaCity, which enables junctions to operate more efficiently by responding to real-time demand.
Smart signal controls with artificial intelligence for detecting traffic will be installed at 25 sites in the city.
The sensors can detect cyclists approaching a crossing from up to 70 metres away and provide a green signal for their arrival.

A aerial map of trees in Cardiff is helping the local council reduce the risk of surface water flooding.
The National Tree Map created by Bluesky International, provides accurate height, location and canopy coverage data for more than 400 million trees across the UK.
Cardiff Council is using intelligence from the maps, combined with data detailing the location of Cardiff's highways drainage gullies to prioritise cleansing and street sweeping programmes in areas most at risk of blocked drains from fallen leaves.

Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps has set out plans to strengthen Britain's long-term energy security and independence to help deliver a clean, prosperous future for the country.
The plans involve scaling up affordable, clean, homegrown power and building thriving green industries in Britain in an attempt to boost the country’s energy security and independence and reduce household bills for the long term and maintain a world-leading position in achieving net zero.

The government has announced that £42m will be allocated to Priority Education Investment Areas (PEIAs) - 24 areas of the country with high levels of disadvantaged pupils and low educational attainment, including Nottingham, Liverpool and Portsmouth.
The Local Needs Fund will be used to fund schools to access evidenced-based programmes that will help boost pupils’ literacy, numeracy, and attendance.

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced his new cabinet, with a majority of women for the first time ever.
The cabinet of ten contains five people under 40.
Deputy First Minister Shona Robison will take on the Finance portfolio including responsibility for the Scottish Budget.
Michael Matheson takes on the role of Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care.
Jenny Gilruth will take on her first cabinet role as cabinet secretary for education and skills.

Following a parliamentary vote, Humza Yousaf has been nominated to become the sixth first minister of Scotland.
Yousaf was elected leader of the SNP on Monday.
MSPs voted 71 to 57 to select Yousaf as First Minister from a total of four nominees who put themselves forward.
Yousaf said: “This is a really proud day for me and my family. I hope it is also a proud day for Scotland, as it speaks to our values as a country as I stand here as the first ever Muslim to lead a western democratic nation.

The government has published its new Transport Data Strategy, which sets out plans for the greater use of data in transport and aims to improve how people find, use and get value from transport data to support greater innovation in the sector and deliver better services.
Better use of transport data use can improve interconnectivity between different types of transport, support the development of journey-planning apps and improve their accuracy, ultimately helping to make it easier for people to use and plan journeys.

The first major allocation from the Government’s Youth Investment Fund is set to be given to beneficiaries for rebuilding and renovating youth centres in some of the country’s most disadvantaged areas.
43 youth centres around the country are set to receive part of £90 million, with an expected 45,000 more young people to have access to facilities.

A social enterprise partnering with local authorities across the UK is celebrating after donating 30 million period products to vulnerable people.
The team at Hey Girls, who aim to eradicate period poverty in the UK, reached the major milestone this month after just five years of trading.
The multi-award-winning social enterprise operates on a “buy one, donate one” model – meaning a box of its period products is donated to community partners like foodbanks, homeless shelters and women’s refuges for every one purchased by local authorities.

Humza Yousaf has been announced as the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
The current health secretary beat Kate Forbes and Ash Regan.
Yousaf will replace Nicola Sturgeon as party leader immediately, but not as Scottish first minster until after a vote by MSPs which is due to take place tomorrow.
The was a 70 per cent turnout from eligible members of the party.
Regan was eliminated in the first round. Yousaf then gained 52 per cent of the vote to Forbes's 48 per cent.