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• Heathrow: competition watchdog orders rethink on charges

  17-10-2023 10:36
  
  CAA told to partly reconsider decision on how much hub can charge airlines for using its servicesA verdict on how much Heathrow airport can charge airlines must be reconsidered in part, the UK’s competition watchdog has ruled, amid a longrunning row at Europe’s busiest airport.In March, the aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ordered London’s largest airport, to cut its passenger charges by about 20% next year, which could result in lower air fares. Continue
  
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• Work to improve reliability of line between London Waterloo and Portsmouth continues on Saturday

  17-10-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - From Saturday 21 to Saturday 28 October, the railway between Guildford and Petersfield will be closed, extending to Havant on Sunday 29 October only, with buses replacing trains.
  
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• Tyne and Wear Metro cars to be scrapped instead of donated

  17-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to donate Tyne and Wear Metro cars for community use on decommission have been abandoned.
  
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• Twelve hurt as bus crashes into cafe in Manchester

  17-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The driver has been arrested after the bus veered into a bubble tea cafe in Manchester city centre.
  
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• This seems a good time to get on board FirstGroup

  17-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - irstGroup may be the stock markets ultimate 2024 general election bet. It is the chosen operator for the rump of HS2, which the Labour Party seems happy to press on with if it wins power, and is the only big quoted company running both buses and trains. That puts it at the heart of the climate change movement, amid growing signs that higher costs are making younger motorists ditch cars.
  
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• Strict EV targets risk increasing reliance on China, ex-Britishvolt boss warns

  17-10-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Europe risks depending on China to meet its needs for EVs unless it waters down its targets, one of the founders of Britishvolt has warned.
  
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• Spans arrival a milestone for £29.5M Govan-Partick Bridge

  17-10-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - The main span of Glasgows £29.5M Govan-Partick Bridge has arrived at Yorkhill Quay in Glasgow and is set to be installed within days.
  
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• Rolls-Royce to cut up to 2,500 jobs. subscription

  17-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Rolls-Royce Holdings, the aircraft engine manufacturer, has confirmed plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs today as part of the new chief executives plan to simplify the companys management structure.
  
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• Rolls-Royce slashes up to 2,500 jobs in bid to create more agile business

  17-10-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Rolls-Royce has announced plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs worldwide in a cost-cutting drive, as it looks to streamline the business under new CEO Tufan Erginbilgic.
  
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• Rail disruption to last until next month after Northumberland's Plessey Viaduct found damaged

  17-10-2023 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Approximately 30 tonnes of masonry and concrete has become displaced from the Grade II listed bridge in Northumberland with urgent repairs under way
  
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• Preston's railway station area revamp 'shouldn't be derailed by HS2 scrapping'

  17-10-2023 02:00 via lancs.live
  
  Other Regional Press - There is no reason for a major redevelopment of the area around Preston station to be derailed by the cancellation of the northern leg of the HS2 link. That is according to a city property expert.
  
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• Plans unveiled for five new Welsh railway stations

  17-10-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Transport for Wales plans to improve public transport have moved a step closer, with proposals unveiled for five new railway stations.
  
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• Oxford school says LTNs causing teachers to resign

  17-10-2023 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Magdalen College School has urged Oxfordshire County Council not to make the LTNs in Divinity Road, St Clements, and St Marys permanent.
  
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• Ongoing HS2 roadworks south of Coventry as track construction ramps up

  17-10-2023 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Phase 1 is in full construction mode with a number of compounds set up in Warwickshire
  
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• New calls to extend free bus pass for older people to include more transport options

  17-10-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to extend the concessionary travel scheme for people of State Pension age to include free tram travel alongside the current offering of free bus journeys. This is the second petition in recent months proposing a change to the concessionary travel scheme.
  
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• MP calls to save 'vital' bus route into Wolverhampton set to be axed in coming weeks

  17-10-2023 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The campaign to save a bus route into Wolverhampton that is set to be axed by its current operator has been backed by an MP.
  
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• Metro trains set for scrapyard as bosses ditch plans to donate old carriages to communities

  17-10-2023 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Just two of the Metro carriages that have served the North East for more than 40 years will be saved, with proposals to turn others into community assets deemed too costly
  
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• Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough tracks progress of railway improvements on tour of network

  17-10-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - On Friday 13 October, the Mayor of the Cambridgeshire mp; Peterborough Combined Authority, Dr Nik Johnson, joined partners from the rail industry on a tour of Cambridgeshires network.
  
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• Leeds Bradford Airport embarks on £100 terminal regeneration

  17-10-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Three-storey 9,500 sq ft expansion to be delivered by Farrans Construction
  
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• HS2 scrapping a 'kick in the teeth' for Wolverhampton apprentices

  17-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Losing the northern leg of the railway has left those hoping to work in the sector confused.
  
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• HS2: Labour criticises 'back of fag packet' transport plan

  17-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The party says the government's alternative plans after scrapping the northern leg of HS2 are an
  
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• Heathrow: CMA tells aviation regulator to look at price cap again as row rumbles on

  17-10-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The UK competition watchdog has largely upheld a decision by the aviation regulator on the amount Heathrow can charge airlines for using the hub, but ordered it to make some adjustments following a heated, three year-long dispute in the sector.
  
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• Ground-breaking project shows rails vital role helping young people combat loneliness

  17-10-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - An innovative pilot project that engaged 400 young people through grassroots community rail activities has shown how rail and public transport can be used to unlock opportunity, boost confidence, and forge social bonds.
  
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• Government to fund 85 of £251M Norwich Western Link road

  17-10-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - The government has approved the outline business case for Norfolk County Councils Norwich Western Link project and committed £213M funding to the project - 85 of its £251M budget.
  
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• Former Abellio chief: Heres how to get British rail back on track

  17-10-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Half a year on from leading a management buyout of themajor Dutch rail and bus operator Abellio, Dominic Booth sits down with City AM.
  
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• Crewe councillor calls on Cheshire East to promote extension of £2 bus fare cap

  17-10-2023 02:00 via crewe.nub.news
  
  Other Regional Press - A Crewe councillor has called on Cheshire East to make the public more aware that the £2 bus fare cap has been extended.
  
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• Competition regulator orders rethink on Heathrow charges

  17-10-2023 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Competition and Markets Authority said it has ordered the Civil Aviation Authority to reanalyse some aspects of its decision earlier this year.
  
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• CMA issues final determination in Heathrow Airport appeals

  17-10-2023 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Government - The CMA has found that the CAA was not wrong on most of the issues that were appealed to it, but has ordered the CAA to reconsider 3 parts of its pricing decision.
  
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• Cairngorm funicular works set to continue into next month

  17-10-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Cairngorm Estate owner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced that engineering works to address technical issues on the Cairngorm funicular railway will continue into November.
  
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• Bus shelter artwork returns to Tamworth

  17-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Artists have transformed three bus stops with their colourful designs in a project organisers hope to expand.
  
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• A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION OF THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY TRANSPORT!

  17-10-2023 02:00 via rsnonline.org.uk
  Other News Sources - Between October 16 and 21, 2023, communities across the UK will celebrate the vital role and inspiring work of Community Transport in helping millions of people to stay independent, participate in their communities and access essential public services and employment.
  
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