Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from BBC news reports.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
tram/ makeover/ scrap/ reborn/ lorry
1. The government says it will ______ or change more than 3,000 regulations. It says its drive to cut bureaucracy will save companies millions of pounds.
2. ______ services went far beyond the city boundary extending to Milngavie, Paisley, Renfrew, Clydebank, Uddingston and Airdrie - all at rock-bottom fares and at high frequencies that are unheard of today.
3. A stretch of motorway between junctions 22 and 21A was closed after a _______ crossed the central reservation on Thursday morning.
4. Ten years ago on Friday, an old flour mill on the banks of the River Tyne was _______ as a temple to modern art when Gateshead's Baltic gallery opened its doors.
5. Electricity pylons, little changed since the 1920s, may get a _______ with a new international design competition. Are transmission towers icons or eyesores?