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• Heathrow security staff cancel first of planned summer weekend strikes

  12-06-2023 16:56
  
  Action on 24-25 June will not go ahead after improved pay offer from airport, Unite saysThe first of a series of summer weekend strikes by security staff at Heathrow airport has been called off, raising hopes that the dispute may be ended before peak season.Unite said that the strike by about 2,000 of its members on 24-25 June would not now go ahead due to an improved pay offer from Heathrow. Continue reading...
  
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• EasyJet cancels more than 100 Gatwick flights due to thunderstorms

  12-06-2023 15:03
  
  Thousands of passengers affected by Sunday cancellations and knock-on effects on MondayThousands of easyJet passengers flying to and from Gatwick have had their flights cancelled due to storms in the last 24 hours.More than 54 of the budget carrier’s flights scheduled for Sunday evening did not operate due to what the airport described as “intense thunderstorms” in the area after the weekend heat. Continue reading...
  
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• EasyJet cancels dozens of Gatwick flights due to thunderstorms

  12-06-2023 14:07
  
  Thousands of passengers affected by Sunday cancellations and knock-on effects on MondayThousands of easyJet passengers flying to and from Gatwick have had their flights cancelled due to storms in the last 24 hours.More than 54 of the budget carrier’s flights scheduled for Sunday evening did not operate due to what the airport described as “intense thunderstorms” in the area after the weekend heat. Continue reading...
  
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• US air taxi chief says European regulation not good for business

  12-06-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Archer Aviations boss says new EU standard risks shutting down electric aircraft market
  
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• Transport Disparity: Inner and Outer Londons Public Transport Divide

  12-06-2023 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - A recent study released by the Centre for London on June 6th uncovered striking differences in transportation patterns between Inner and Outer London.
  
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• TransPennine cancellations causing Chester-le-Street 'chaos'

  12-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Cancellations are causing "chaos" for passengers at a North East railway station, it has been claimed.
  Only two out of 18 planned TransPennine Express services stopped at Chester-le-Street, in County Durham, on Thursday with all others ditched overnight by the operator.
  
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• The Essex train station so small that it can't fit ticket barriers

  12-06-2023 02:00 via essexlive.news
  
  Other News Sources - An Essex train station is so tiny that it can't even fit ticket barriers and people have to 'tap in'. Our county is full of train stations, including those that are served by the underground.
  
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• Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie on rail strikes

  12-06-2023 02:00 via gazetteseries.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - There were rail strikes again last week and I have been surprised how little people are reacting to having disrupted travel.
  
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• Station plans to go on show

  12-06-2023 02:00 via dng24.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - NEW improvement plans for Dumfries train station will be on display at the Cairndale Hotel next week.
  
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• Rail Minister launches Rail Day, the first day of Better Transport Week at Kings Cross Railway Station

  12-06-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Rail Minister Huw Merriman is officially launching Rail Day, the first day of Better Transport Week, at Kings Cross Station in London today (12 June).
  
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• Rail minister launches Better Transport Week

  12-06-2023 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews - Rail minister Huw Merriman is launching Rail Day at Kings Cross station in London this morning.
  
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• Plans released for peak time only bus lanes in Hull

  12-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans have been released on how Hull's controversial bus lanes would operate at peak time only.
  
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• New cycling and walking route gets green light

  12-06-2023 02:00 via middevonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - FUNDING has been agreed for the first stage of a new walking and cycling route between Newton Abbot and Ogwell.
  
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• Neighbours' revolt after HS2 wants to send 42 HGVs-a-day down their street

  12-06-2023 02:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Neighbours have won the latest stage of their David and Goliath fight against HS2 - after blocking up to 42 HGVs-a-day using their street. HS2 had wanted to use Pirehill Lane as a haul road to transport loads to its Yarlet compound.
  
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• Merseyrail night trains under consideration for Liverpool City Region

  12-06-2023 02:00 via liverpoolworld.uk
  Other Regional Press - The Liverpool City Region said it will monitor the possibility of more night trains going forward after the success of the extra service during Eurovision.
  
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• Infrastructure inflation revealed to be more than double that seen in the building sector

  12-06-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - New construction market analysis has revealed that inflation in theinfrastructure sector is currently sitting at "more than double" than the increased costs associated with building.
  
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• Hundreds of rail fares almost halve overnight as single-leg pricing takes effect

  12-06-2023 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Between Durham and London, until today the super off-peak single cost £163 with a return priced at only £1 more
  
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• HS2 has sucked life out of West Midlands, says councillor

  12-06-2023 02:00 via birminghamworld.uk
  Other News Sources - A West Midlands councill condemned the repeated delays and high cost of the West Midlands tram network development
  
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• Ferries scandal Scotland: Businesses would only receive £1,300 in compensation if taken from CalMac fines this year, new figures show

  12-06-2023 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Scottish Conservatives said the sum is a fraction of what island businesses have lost as a result of ferry cancellations and delays.
  
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• Electric bikes should have number plates and insurance, say MPs

  12-06-2023 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Children are allowed to ride them from the age of 14
  
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• East Lancs Railway joins nationwide campaign 'Love Your Railway

  12-06-2023 02:00 via rochdaleonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Heritage railways across the country, including the East Lancashire Railway, are joining forces again this summer to raise awareness of their importance as a unique tourism destination, educating and telling the story of Britains railways whilst also providing local jobs and volunteer community engagement.
  
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• Doncaster Council gets £3.1 million to help it buy Doncaster Sheffield Airport

  12-06-2023 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The money has been given to Doncaster Council by the South Yorkshire Combined Authority
  
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• Devon County Council seeks funding to restore another section of abandoned Dartmoor Line railway

  12-06-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Long term plans to reinstate the whole of the Dartmoor Line in Devon are coming closer to reality as Devon County Council await a decision on an outline business case to reinstate another 8km section of abandoned track.
  
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• Campaigners aim to get Deeping St Nicholas rail link re-opened and find new use for station building

  12-06-2023 02:00 via spaldingtoday.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Plans to get a village rail link back on track and breathe new life into its former station building are within sight, campaigners hope.
  
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• Calls for transport revamp in area with slowest roads

  12-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A local body has called for help in revamping transport systems in an area with three of the country's slowest roads.
  
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• Calls for Merseyrail trains to operate on Wrexham to Bidston line

  12-06-2023 02:00 via wrexham.com
  
  Wrexham.com - A transport commission set up by the Welsh Government has recommended the use of new Merseyrail trains on the Wrexham to Bidston Line. mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8203;mp;#8203;mp;#8205;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8204;mp;#8204;mp;#8205;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8205;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8204;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;mp;#8204;mp;#8205;mp;#8204;mp;#8203;mp;#8204;
  
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• Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 19

  12-06-2023 02:00 via markwalkerg.podbean.com
  
  Christian Wolmar - Calling All Stations Podcast - Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss how the tragic and very serious accident in Odisha should not be used to reinforce obsolete tropes about safety on Indian Railways 00:00; Christian then returns to the subject of calls for graduated driving licences for young people in the UK by interviewing two trustees of the Under 17 Car Club which strives to enhance the skills and competences of young drivers from the outset 07:42 before reflecti
  
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• Better Transport Week launched in Wales

  12-06-2023 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Other News Sources - Today is the start of Better Transport Weeka week-long celebration of sustainable transport focusing on different transport themes each day.
  
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• Ashford residents call for Eurostar trains to be brought back to stop town centre decline

  12-06-2023 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Kent Online - Fed-up residents say their town has lost its vibrancy, investment has plummeted and the high street has declined ever since international rail links were ripped away during the pandemic.
  
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