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• HS2: announced transport projects were just ‘examples’, says minister

  08-10-2023 13:01
  
  Documents detailing projects to be funded with savings from scrapping HS2 deleted from government websiteGovernment documents that were abruptly deleted after appearing online with announcements of new transport projects were just giving “examples” of what savings from the scrapping of HS2’s northern leg could be spent on, a minister has claimed.The documents detailed an extra £100m of funding for a mass transit “underground” project in Bristol. Mention of pla
  
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• Work due to begin after seven landslips close A83 in Argyll

  08-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Inspectors will assess damage and decide what work can be done to re-open the vital Argyll road.
  
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• Why does electric car insurance cost so much? subscription

  08-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Battery prices, a shortage of mechanics and a rise in write-offs mean that you may find it hard to get cover at all
  
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• Who's had the last laugh on HS2? We faced losing our farms, homes and villages... now we're picking up the pieces after fatal blow to the high speed line

  08-10-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - EXCLUSIVE: ollowing the news of the cancellation of Phase 2, MailOnline travelled the length and breadth of HS2's proposed second stage speaking to the people who have seen their lives up uprooted
  
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• Welsh Government will only overrule councils on 20mph exceptions if 'glaringly obvious' breach

  08-10-2023 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Councils have guidance about what roads can stay 30mph but also have a degree of flexibility
  
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• The surprising truth about Gatwicks air traffic control tower chaos subscription

  08-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - As staff shortages cause a wave of flight cancellations, are there more fundamental problems at the airport?
  
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• Ten airlifted to safety as months worth of rain causes landslides subscription

  08-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Downpours flood roads and railways and cancel sporting fixturesuse our interactive map to see the forecast where you are
  
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• Swindon major route reopens after two years of roadworks

  08-10-2023 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Marsh in Wanborough, Swindon, is officially open to the public after two years of disruptive roadworks.
  
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• Sunak under fire after reviving plan for HS2 private money subscription

  08-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Rishi Sunak blocked a private sector-led plan to build HS2s Euston station when he was chancellor, just three years before adopting a near-identical version last week.
  
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• Sarah Dyke wants HS2 cash to save train ticket offices

  08-10-2023 02:00 via somersetcountygazette.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Somerton and Frome's LibDem MP is calling on the Government to spend some of the tens of billions of pounds saved from the axing of the northern leg of HS2 to help save ticket offices under threat of closure.
  
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• Sadiq Khan 'gives firms £151m of contracts to track down drivers who fail to pay ULEZ penalties and other road fines'

  08-10-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The London mayor has briefed four companies to chase motorists who are dodging the £12.50 daily charge for driving into recently-expanded Ulez with non-compliant vehicles.
  
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• Rishi Sunak sends Britains long-term projects up in flames cartoon

  08-10-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - HS2, A levels and smoking are consigned to the dustbin before the general election You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• Revealed: Scots rail chiefs forced to pay £133m in compensation

  08-10-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - THE publicly-funded owner of Scotland's railways has had to fork out £133m of in compensation claims in two years while incurring an over £350m budget 'overspend' over four years, it has been revealed.
  
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• Rain chaos sparks new Scotland Met Office amber warning as roads turn into rivers

  08-10-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - A greater area of Scotland will be under a two-day amber warning as fast flowing and deep flood water could create dangerous conditions.
  
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• People airlifted to safety from vehicles as extreme rainfall causes multiple landslides

  08-10-2023 02:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - Ten people have been airlifted to safety after extreme rainfall caused multiple landslides in Scotland.
  
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• New assault on drivers as Labour plots Ulez-style Clean Air Zones after the party's policy document for its Liverpool conference pledges to pass a 'Clean Air Act'

  08-10-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The proposal says that the legislation would build on the pioneering work of Labour in Wales, where the administration has proposed new powers to increase road-charging schemes.
  
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• HS2 services to Manchester may run slower than normal trains

  08-10-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - High-speed trains from Birmingham to Manchester could also impact west coast mainline serviceJourneys from London to Manchester that use the new HS2 line as far as Birmingham could run slower as they continue north than existing services, and with less capacity, rail experts have warned.And in a blow to Rishi Sunaks plan to spend the money saved by scrapping HS2 north of Birmingham on other transport projects, the Observer has seen invoices suggesting the government will have to s
  
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• HS2: London mayor writes to PM over Euston concerns

  08-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London's mayor says government HS2 plans may result in a journey
  
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• Free country-wide train travel could be offered to pensioners to 'enhance their mental wellbeing'

  08-10-2023 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - An online petition calling for the change has received nearly 22,000 signatures of support from across the UK
  
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• EV parking rules could cost drivers hundreds in fines

  08-10-2023 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - There are various rules around parking bays that have been marked for EV use and breaking them could see drivers hit with a fine
  
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• Eco council's dirty little secret: How local authority is making life miserable for motorists as part of its climate change mission... while fuelling 387 of its 420 vehicles on DIESEL

  08-10-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - EXCLUSIVE: Oxfordshire County Council that claims tackling climate change is its priority is accused of hypocrisy after it was revealed 92 of its vehicles are diesel.
  
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• Catching the 'bike bus' to school in north Belfast

  08-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A group of north Belfast parents are ensuring their children can ride to school safely while having fun.
  
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• Britain's most remote bus stop that's closer to the Arctic Circle than it is to London

  08-10-2023 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - Windy, deserted and isolated - the UK's most remote bus stop is exactly what you would imagine it to look like.
  
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• Bowling train: Images of flooded stations reveal scale of disruption

  08-10-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - Incredible scenes of flooded train stations across Scotland have been posted by Network rail as Saturdays torrential downpour continues unabated.
  
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• Bluestar: Southampton bus fare prices go up as paper tickets ditched

  08-10-2023 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Bluestar managing director Andrew Wickham has confirmed the bus company operating in Southampton has reluctantly increased some fares having promised not to last year
  
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• Airlines cancel flights to Israel amid attacks

  08-10-2023 02:00 via cnn.com
  
  C.N.N. - Airlines scrambled to cancel flights into Israel early Saturday after Palestinian militants launched a surprise attack, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza into nearby Israeli towns during a Jewish holiday.
  
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