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• ‘Proper exciting’: passenger trains to return to Northumberland Line after 60 years

  26-02-2024 06:00
  
  Enthusiasts join test run of Newcastle to Ashington service, which will restart this summer following 19-year campaign“It has been painful and torturous,” said Dennis Fancett, reflecting on a 19-year battle to bring back trains to overlooked communities in south-east Northumberland.“It is a working freight line. It should have been the easiest rail reopening in the country and it hasn’t been. It has been painful and stop-start for years.” Continue reading...
  
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• Fund to hand out £4.7bn from axed HS2 northern section to smaller projects

  26-02-2024 01:01
  
  Ministers say smaller towns and cities in north of England and Midlands to benefit from scrapping of Leeds and Manchester linesAbout £4.7bn that would have been spent bringing HS2 to Manchester and Leeds is to be reallocated to transport projects in smaller towns and cities in the north of England and Midlands, ministers have said.The money is specifically for communities that are outside city regions, in places such as Blackpool, Hull and Leicester, as well as counties including Staffords
  
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• Work to start soon on Halifax town centre transformation schemes

  26-02-2024 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - The projects to upgrade public spaces have been funded by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority
  
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• Who pays for sustainable transport?

  26-02-2024 01:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - Professor Stuart Cole, CBE. Emeritus Professor of Transport Economics and Policy, Prifysgol de Cymru / University of South Wales.
  
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• We are in the the midst of a road safety crisis - apathy is not an option

  26-02-2024 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - With another preventable tragedy on our roads this week - we must all act to turn the tide on dangerous driving
  
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• UK ministers must move faster on net zero energy reforms, warns infrastructure tsar

  26-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Sir John Armitt accuses Whitehall of taking too long to decide on measures to support decarbonisation
  
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• Travel: Trains between Cardiff and Rhondda resume after 10 months

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A railway line has reopened after being shut for 10 months while engineers updated 19th Century infrastructure.
  
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• Translink: Bus and rail strikes suspended after latest pay offer

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A 72-hour strike due to take place this week is suspended after talks between unions and Translink.
  
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• Timescale unclear on 'unprecedented' £1bn UK government rail investment in Wales

  26-02-2024 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the North Wales Main Line upgrade was a 'big investment' for the region
  
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• Thameslink Govia: Rail services in South East hit by signal failure

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail services across Sussex, Surrey and Kent have been severely disrupted due to a major signalling fault.
  
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• Sunak sets out £4.7bn local transport fund redirected from HS2s axed northern leg

  26-02-2024 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The North and Midlands will receive £4.7 billion to spend on transport infrastructure, after the government cancelled the HS2 rail line north of Birmingham
  
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• Shropshire: West Midlands to receive transport boost says PM

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - THE Government has claimed that millions of people in the West Midlands will benefit from plans to use re-allocated HS2 money to revolutionise transport, drive economic growth and transform communities.
  
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• Ship Recycling Market Faces Tonnage Shortage

  26-02-2024 01:00 via marinelink.com
  
  Other News Sources - Global ship recycling markets are now being exclusively driven by the relentless and futile shortage of tonnage that is expected to continue until Spring (at the very least), says cash buyer GMS. The much-anticipated rebound in global recycling
  
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• Seat shortages will raise flight prices this summer, says Ryanair boss subscription

  26-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A delay in Boeing aircraft deliveries means the Irish airline might be forced to cut flights on high-frequency routes
  
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• Ryanair warns of higher fares in summer due to lack of planes

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The airline's boss, Michael O'Leary, said prices could rise by 10 this summer due to capacity constraints.
  
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• Ryanair says aircraft problems could push summer fares up 10

  26-02-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Airline may have to trim schedules as it awaits delayed delivery of new Boeing Max 737-8200sPeak summer air fares in Europe are likely to rise again this year by up to 10, according to Ryanair, as problems with aircraft at Boeing and Airbus leave customers scrambling for seats.The increase would come on top of the sharp post-pandemic rise in holiday flight prices last year when pent-up demand met limited capacity in European airlines. Continue reading...
  
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• Ryanair demands compensation from Boeing for aircraft delivery delays

  26-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Michael OLeary says manufacturing shit show has led to the airline having to lower passenger forecasts
  
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• Rishi Sunak: Transport funding for Yorkshire will 'benefit more people, more quickly' than HS2 would ever have done

  26-02-2024 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A near-billion pound transport investment is to "transform" Yorkshire journeys, the transport secretary has insisted, putting power into the hands of regional decision makers.
  
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• Rishi Sunak accused of treating northerners as 'mugs' as he boasts about cash from axed HS2

  26-02-2024 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - At a special Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber Rishi Sunak will say the North and Midlands will receive £4.7billion in funds reallocated from the axed northern leg of HS2
  
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• Rise in thefts of keyless vehicles drives record car insurance prices. subscription

  26-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Tech-savvy thieves have contributed to the almost 60 per cent surge in the cost of coverage
  
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• Public 'taken for fools' over transport pledges - mayor

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - People have been "taken for fools" over pledges to reallocate cash from the scrapped northern legs of the HS2 rail line to local transport projects, West Yorkshire's mayor has said.
  
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• Public invited to help shape travel hub sculpture

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Artist Tom Hicks has been commissioned to create the new transport hub artwork.
  
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• £1.2bn HS2 cash to boost region's buses, trains and roads but there's a catch

  26-02-2024 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Public transport money for West Midlands to fix potholes and bus stations but there are restrictions
  
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• North and Midlands to share £4.7bn transport fund after HS2 leg scrapped

  26-02-2024 01:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - The prime minister has revealed how some of the money from abandoning the HS2 northern leg will be reallocated.
  
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• Nick Fletcher has tangled himself in knots with Doncaster Sheffield Airport claims

  26-02-2024 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Just as it looked as if a lifeline was being extended to re-open Doncaster-Sheffield airport a massive political row threatens to ground rescue plans yet again.
  
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• New bus routes planned for Bristol - and will be launching this spring

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - First West of England is introducing three cross-city bus routes in Bristol from April 7, as well as a number of other changes
  
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• London bus miles cut by 22 million in six years

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The number of miles covered by bus services in London was cut by 22 million between 2017 and 2023, new figures have shown.
  
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• Local leaders to receive £4.7 billion to transform transport across the North and Midlands

  26-02-2024 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Unprecedented transport budget targeted at smaller cities, towns and rural areas will fund projects that matter most to local communities.
  
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• Leeds Bradford Airport urge passengers to adhere to rules

  26-02-2024 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - LEEDS Bradford Airport (LBA) has told passengers to adhere to the existing rules as they install advanced scanners.
  
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• John O'Dowd announces £8.1m to fix 'poor' Northern Ireland roads

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Department for Infrastructure funding will be used for issues including resurfacing and potholes.
  
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• HS2 works 'a living nightmare' for villagers on edge of Coventry

  26-02-2024 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Few locations have been as greatly affected by the rail line's construction as Burton Green
  
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• HS2: Midlands and northern England to get 'reallocated' funds

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Labour says the plans are a
  
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• HS2 launches third London Northolt tunnel TBM

  26-02-2024 01:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Other News Sources - HS2s London tunnels contractor Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture has launched the third tunnel boring machine to be used to dig part of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel under the outskirts of the capital.
  
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• Heathrow targets 81.4 million passengers in 2024

  26-02-2024 01:00 via businesstraveller.com
  
  Other News Sources - Heathrow is targeting record traffic figures this year, as 2023 saw the airport post its first annual profit since before the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester Airport set to scrap liquid rule

  26-02-2024 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press - The liquid rule has been a bugbear for British holidaymakers for years - but it looks like it could be scrapped at some major UK airports
  
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• Heathrow faces strike threat over staffing shake-up. subscription

  26-02-2024 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Airport workers blindsided by new chief executives £40m cost-cutting plan
  
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• Heathrow denies shelving long-term third runway plan

  26-02-2024 01:00 via travelweekly.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Heathrow has declined to rule out a third runway despite a weekend newspaper report suggesting the plan had been scrapped.
  
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• Heathrow denies report that third runway plans have been shelved

  26-02-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Heathrow has denied a report that its long-delayed third runway proposals have been shelved.
  
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• Government to reallocate £947m of HS2 money to regions public transport

  26-02-2024 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
  The Business Desk - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Transport Secretary Mark Harper have confirmed that Yorkshire and the Humber will receive a £947 million funding boost from April 2025
  
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• Go-Ahead chief denies reports the UKs largest rail operator is up for sale

  26-02-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Go-Ahead Groups chief executive has denied reports that the UKs largest rail operator could be up for sale as part of a wider sell-off by its pension fund owner.
  
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• Glasgow airport announces digital twin competition

  26-02-2024 01:00 via cities-today.com
  
  Other News Sources - Up to £70,000 is being made available to a company developing digital twin technologies in a live aviation environment.
  
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• Gatwick Airport: New 24 hour bus route from Horsham

  26-02-2024 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A new bus route will run throughout the night to Gatwick Airport for 24/7 international travel.
  
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• 'Didn't they promise this 10 years ago? They must think we are thick'

  26-02-2024 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - The government has announced £4.7bn of funding for transport in the North and Midlands using money saved by cancelling HS2
  
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• Derbyshire: Bus users say services 'not good enough'

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Frustrated Derbyshire residents have criticised unreliable buses and told the firm running them to do better.
  
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• Decades after Beeching, rural rail lines could be back on track. subscription

  26-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Airportwatch - A venture is testing a new breed of electric trains that promise a greener future for local travel from Edinburgh to Bristol
  
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• Council rejects claims of lack of passengers at multi million pound transport hub

  26-02-2024 01:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - A new bus service is set to run from a new multi million pound transport hub, amid claims hardly anyone is using the facility.A bus service officially started serving the transport hub, next to Barry Docks railway station, from January, 2024, although phase one of the hub was completed in summer, 2023.
  
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• Buses take two hours to travel three miles in low-traffic neighbourhoods. subscription

  26-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Lambeth council went ahead with the scheme despite the risk assessment finding that it would increase traffic on its boundary roads
  
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• BSIP update should include longer-term bus plans and priorities

  26-02-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Local transport authorities (LTAs) in England will be expected to include proposals and priorities for the four-year period between FY2025/26 and FY2028/29 in their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) update work for 2024, the Department for Transport (DfT) has underlined to those bodies.
  
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• Britishvolt owner hit with £8m bill over alleged tax avoidance in Australia

  26-02-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The new owner of failed battery start-up Britishvolt faces a near £8m tax bill in his home country of Australia, where one of his companies has been accused of having
  
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• Bristol Bridge bus gate seeing hundreds fined daily three years on

  26-02-2024 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - Many drivers are still getting caught
  
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