In Derbyshire, the e-scooter crackdown cut injuries by more than half. Five hundred sixty-eight seized since November. Private e-scooters cannot be ridden on public roads or pavements outside trials; seizures and fines apply. Rentals may use roads and cycle lanes with license and insurance.

Healey orders options to bolster NATO air defences after Russia’s drone incursion into Poland. France, Germany and the Netherlands pledge assets. The piece calls the move wrong.

It argues Putin already knows NATO’s reaction will be nothing. Nineteen drones aren’t a trigger, unlike Ukraine’s night of 415 drones and 43 missiles.

The Digest, 9/13/2025 @1230AM, CDT

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