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• ‘Bedbugs don’t discriminate’: Paris ‘scourge’ sparks fears of international infestation

  06-10-2023 17:11
  
  After French capital hosted fashion week and Rugby World Cup there are concerns the problem will spreadParis is burning its luggage and bed linen as it battles a “scourge” of bedbugs, stoking fears of infestation around the world as pest controllers report an uptick in inquiries and transport operators and hoteliers seek to assuage concerns.The city of light is reportedly under siege from the nocturnal bloodsuckers, leading the French transport minister, Clément Beaune, to mee
  
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• Martin Rowson on a bigger problem than HS2 for Rishi Sunak – cartoon

  06-10-2023 17:04
  
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• Through a Ulez camera, I spy the vandal who chopped down Laurence Fox’s career. It looks a lot like him | Marina Hyde

  06-10-2023 17:02
  
  Following Lozza’s arrest for anti-camera vigilantism, we need to ask: doesn’t anyone recognise a martyr when they see one?Of all the buzz-phrases of 2023, the description of anti-Ulez-camera vandals as “blade runners” provokes the biggest eyeroll. Are you aware of this? People who chop down Ulez cameras because they disagree with the clean-air scheme have styled themselves “blade runners” – and a lot of the news media has simply gone along with it and st
  
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• Liverpool announces it will bring buses back under public control

  06-10-2023 16:04
  
  City region to join Greater Manchester in reversing deregulation and introducing franchising on routesLiverpool will bring its buses back under public control, after the mayor announced he was introducing franchising to allow the region to set routes and fares.The decision means the Liverpool region will become the second place to overturn decades of bus deregulation in England, after Greater Manchester brought in its Bee Network two weeks ago. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I’ve gone through bereavement’: HS2 bought this man’s land, and for what?

  06-10-2023 10:00
  
  Edward Cavenagh-Mainwaring’s fields were bought up five days before Sunak scrapped HS2. He fears he’ll never be able to buy them backYou might expect the farmer whose farm was going to be split in two by the second leg of HS2 to be jumping with joy at the news of its cancellation.But Edward Cavenagh-Mainwaring’s land was bought through compulsory purchase by HS2 Ltd five days before Rishi Sunak’s announcement to scrap phase 2 of the high-speed line. He has lost a quarter
  
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• WLGA Calls for Fair Share of HS2 Savings to be Spent on Transport Projects in Wales

  06-10-2023 02:00 via newsfromwales.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Reacting to todays announcement by the Prime Minister, Cllr Andrew Morgan OBE, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) Leader said:
  
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• Why did Rishi Sunak record video cancelling HS2 days earlier?

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The transport secretary says the decision to cancel the Manchester leg of HS2 was not taken until Tuesday.
  
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• What is the new HS2 route? The UKs high-speed rail network mapped. . subscription

  06-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Rishi Sunak said he will cancel the northern leg of HS2 and invest the money into regional connectivity instead.
  
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• Welsh Transport Minister proposes new national standards for taxis and PHVs to tackle cross-border

  06-10-2023 02:00 via taxi-point.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - In a bid to address concerns raised by drivers and passengers alike, Welsh Transport Minister Lee Waters announced plans to introduce new national standards for taxis and private hire vehicles in Wales.
  
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• Two disabled rail passengers apply for judicial review amid plans to close ticket offices

  06-10-2023 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Two disabled rail passengers have applied for a judicial review of a consultation on controversial plans to close nearly all ticket offices in England.
  
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• The case against HS2

  06-10-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Even in countries bigger than England, high-speed rail is often a vanity project that escapes public scrutiny
  
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• Sunaks scorched earth slashing of HS2 means further legs will never be built

  06-10-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Prime minister Rishi Sunaks scorched earth approach to cancelling High Speed 2 (HS2), including slashing Eustons capacity and removing safeguards on the route, means that the northern legs of the high-speed network will never be built.
  
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• Starmer: Scrapped HS2 leg a mess for future government

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will not commit to reversing the decision on the northern leg of HS2.
  
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• Starmer refuses to pledge undoing HS2 cuts

  06-10-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The Labour leader said on Thursday he cannot commit to reversing Rishi Sunaks cut to the northern leg of HS2
  
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• Scottish airline Loganair no longer up for sale

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Advisers had been appointed to find a buyer for the Glasgow-based business in October 2022.
  
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• Rolling stock leaser acquires European loco leasing firm MRCE

  06-10-2023 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Railway Technology - MRCE will be run as part of Beacon, although the future of staff and operations have not been made clear.
  
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• Roaring success at Oxford Tube as capacity to increase

  06-10-2023 02:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Stagecoach reports its Oxford Tube service is a roaring success and is to increase capacity. The boost to services will require more coaches added to the service.
  
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• Rishi Sunak will face crunch Commons votes on HS2 as he battles to quell Tory revolt with claims he is already ditching substitute projects but clash could also force Keir Starmer to get off the fence

  06-10-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Rishi Sunak will face crunch Commons votes on HS2 as he battles to quell a Tory revolt amid claims a substitute project has already been ditched.
  
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• Rail priorities of £8bn for South Wales and the West of England set out

  06-10-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - The cross-border Western Gateway Partnership said £8bn of investment is required up to 2050 to address years of under investment
  
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• Rail history made yet again as Mayor hails the launch of the UKs first battery powered trains in the Liverpool City Region

  06-10-2023 02:00 via liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - UKs first battery powered trains are now operating from the new £80m Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby.
  
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• £2bn rail project a 'chance to regenerate Bradford'

  06-10-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Rail minister Huw Merriman has spoken on the £2bn rail announcement for Bradford.
  
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• Positives for electrifying North Wales railway line

  06-10-2023 02:00 via leaderlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - BUSINESS leaders have hailed news that the North Wales main line is to be electrified as a "once-in-a-generation boost" for the region.
  
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• 'PM's rail pledges are as fake as the 40 new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson'

  06-10-2023 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror - A supposed £36billion package of transport projects announced by Rishi Sunak in the wake of the HS2 scrapping have already been shown to be as fake as Boris Johnson's '40 new hospitals' claim
  
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• Plans submitted for EV chargers at depot for electric bus fleet

  06-10-2023 02:00 via warringtonguardian.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - PREPARATIONS for Warringtons new electric bus fleet are well underwayand are progressing to the next stage.
  
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• Not all disabilities are visible: Network Rail opens stoma-friendly toilet facilities at London Paddington

  06-10-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - London Paddington has become the first station managed by Network Rail to offer stoma friendly toilet facilities ahead of Stoma Aware Day, which takes place on Saturday 7 October.
  
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• Northern voters cast doubt over Sunak's transport pledge after HS2 failure

  06-10-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Announcement may land badly with electorate as UK government shifts focus to new local schemes
  
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• North Wales electric rail expected to cost more than £1bn

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Minister says the price will
  
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• Newmobile ticket to make bus travel in Glasgow 'easier'launched

  06-10-2023 02:00 via glasgowtimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A newmobile ticket to make bus travel 'easier'has just been launched.
  
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• New 'first of its kind' bus multi ticket launched in Glasgow

  06-10-2023 02:00 via news.stv.tv
  
  STV - A new multi ticket that removes the need to purchase separate bus tickets has been launched in Glasgow.
  
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• NatEx sees huge surge on Trans Pennine network

  06-10-2023 02:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - National Express has announced what it describes as a huge surge in passengers travelling on its Trans Pennine coach network. The rise in patronage follows a boost to the number of services on the network in May this year.
  
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• NatEx reveals big passenger increase on Transpennine routes

  06-10-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - National Express has reported a 49 increase in passenger volume year-on-year over the last four months for certain of its coach services which have benefitted from Transpennine Express rail strikes.
  
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• MS blasts Sunaks empty promise on north Wales rail electrification

  06-10-2023 02:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - An MS has taken aim at the empty promise made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to electrify the North Wales Main Line.Llyr Gruffydd MS, who represents north Wales in the Senedd, said the Prime Minister cant be trusted to follow through on the £1bn pledge.
  
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• Millennium Bridge closes again for urgent repairs . subscription

  06-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - When the Millennium Bridge in London opened in 2000, the Queen dedicated it to pedestrians as a symbol of the new millennium, with its designers describing it as a blade of light across the Thames.
  
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• Mellor plots £85 million turnover in 2023 under expansion path

  06-10-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Mellor is projecting a turnover of over £85 million and an output of 900 vehicles in 2023 as part of what the Rochdale business calls an accelerating path of expansion.
  
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• "Managed decline": the uncertain future for British rail after cuts to HS2

  06-10-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Rishi Sunak promised major new investments as he slashed back HS2. But the UK rail industry is fearful of the future
  
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• Labour can not promise HS2 to Manchester - Keir Starmer

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Labour leader says Rishi Sunak has
  
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• Hydrogen rail project collaboration launched by Angel Trains and University of St Andrews

  06-10-2023 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Angel Trains, the UK's largest rolling stock company, has partnered with the University of St Andrews to support an innovative hydrogen train project.
  
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• HS2 will not go to Euston without private funds

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - If the money cannot be raised then passengers travelling to and from central London will have to change.
  
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• HS2 u-turn: 'Boy, do we need a General Election' - letters

  06-10-2023 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - France has 1,700 miles of high-speed rail. Spain 2,338 miles. Germany 1,000 miles, and Italy 834 miles. But the UK is incapable of building even 200 miles.
  
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• HS2: No new compensation for 'pain' of people affected by scrapped rail route

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - There will be no new money for displaced people and firms along the scrapped route, the government says.
  
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• HS2 may never reach Euston without private funding. subscription

  06-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - No guarantees line will secure vital private funding despite Rishi Sunaks conference pledge
  
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• HS2: Government 'misleading' people over Leamside line reopening

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - References to the restoration of a mothballed line are dropped 24 hours after its announcement.
  
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• HS2 campaigner pinpoints moment it 'should have been scrapped'

  06-10-2023 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Peter Delow says the government's 11th hour move proves he and fellow campaigners were right about the project all along
  
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• Greater Anglia ramps up staffing at Stansted Airport station in response to feedback

  06-10-2023 02:00 via bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Greater Anglia has made improvements across its network, including more staff at Stansted Airports station, in response to customer feedback.
  
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• Government u-turn on Leamside Line pledge less than 24 hours after reopening announced

  06-10-2023 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The government has u-turned on their pledge to reopen a disused rail line less than 24 hours after it was announced as part of Rishi Sunak's "Network North".
  
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• Government accused of misleading public over HS2 alternative

  06-10-2023 02:00 via northwaleschronicle.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Government has been accused of misleading the public after an apparent pledge to reopen a railway line was dropped 24 hours later.
  
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• Glasgow buses in 'crisis'? Campaign sets sights on public ownership

  06-10-2023 02:00 via thenational.scot
  
  The National - TRADE unions, environmental campaigners and health charities have all put their names to a campaign calling for buses in the Strathclyde region to be taken into public control.
  
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• French train manufacturer Alstom slides over 20 after cash flow downgrade

  06-10-2023 02:00 via cnbc.com
  
  Other News Sources - Shares of French train manufacturer Alstom plummeted up tp 35 on Thursday, according to LSEG data, after the company slashed its free cash flow forecast.
  
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• First Minister to discuss West Lothian service cancellations

  06-10-2023 02:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Humza Yousaf, Scotlands First Minister, is to discuss looming bus service cancellations in West Lothian.
  
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• Firework attack on office of minister spearheading Welsh 20mph speed limit. subscription

  06-10-2023 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Police say man arrested in connection with damage to constituency office of Lee Waters, the deputy minister for climate change
  
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