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• Using an e-scooter can add £1,000 to your car insurance quote

  22-02-2025 08:00
  
  Under-30s risk a huge hike in huge car insurance premiums later in life if handed the IN10 endorsementYoung people using private electric scooters on roads and pavements risk facing huge insurance premiums when they want to drive a car, says the comparison website MoneySuperMarket.It emerged this week that almost 800 children aged 13 to 16 had been issued an IN10 endorsement – the code used by the police for “using a vehicle uninsured against third-party risks” since the start
  
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• Worcester Foregate Street: 'more trains' under new plans

  22-02-2025 01:00 via eveshamjournal.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - NEW transport plans could see 140 extra trains per week for Worcester stations.
  
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• White Rose station: Current state of play one year on from construction pause at ?26.5m Leeds train station

  22-02-2025 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Building work on a new train station in south Leeds remains on hold - nearly one year on from a temporary pause in its construction.
  
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• 'Utterly disgusted': MSP slams ScotRail over ticket office cuts

  22-02-2025 01:00 via dumbartonreporter.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - MSP Jackie Baillie has accused ScotRail and the Scottish Government of ?making a mockery? of public consultation after the decision to go ahead with slashing railway ticket office hours.
  
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• Using an e-scooter can add £1,000 to your car insurance quote

  22-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Under-30s risk a huge hike in huge car insurance premiums later in life if handed the IN10 endorsementYoung people using private electric scooters on roads and pavements risk facing huge insurance premiums when they want to drive a car, says the comparison website MoneySuperMarket.It emerged this week that almost 800 children aged 13 to 16 had been issued an IN10 endorsement mp;#150; the code used by the police for mp;#147;using a vehicle uninsured against third-party risksmp;#148
  
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• Transport for London faces ?23m 'hammering' amid National Insurance hike

  22-02-2025 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sir Sadiq Khan?s chief of staff admitted that the Labour Government has ?not provided as much money as we would have hoped for?
  
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• These Lancashire railway stations could get major overhauls to make train travel more tempting

  22-02-2025 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Car parks at railway stations across Chorley could be extended as part of plans to boost train travel.
  
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• The rail routes a St Pancras upgrade could open up ? if there were fewer hurdles

  22-02-2025 01:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - Efforts to smooth cross-border train travel might improve the experience, but direct services from London to Switzerland or Germany are a long way off
  
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• St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany

  22-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The London stationmp;#39;s owner and Eurotunnel hope to expand routes to Cologne, Frankfurt and Switzerland.
  
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• Special needs transport costs go ?7m over budget

  22-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Spending on school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has cost Sheffield City Council an extra ?7m on top of its expected budget.
  
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• Rail line to shut to tackle orange water issue

  22-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A rail line is to close and its tracks replaced to try and solve a long-running issue with brown and orange harbour water.
  
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• New managing director appointed to major railway programme

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A new managing director has been appointed to lead a major railway programme in the North of England.
  
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• New coach service to run from Birmingham to Heathrow and Gatwick for ?12.50

  22-02-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - FlixBus is launching a new service which will connect Birmingham to Heathrow and Gatwick airports
  
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• National Infrastructure Commission for Wales facing funding uncertainty

  22-02-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Its chair has told a Senedd committee it only have funding visibility through to next year
  
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• MTMS extends its partnership with GTR to keep the UK?s busiest railway moving

  22-02-2025 01:00 via penguinpr.co.uk
  Other News Sources - UK rail depot maintenance firm MTMS has been tasked with helping keep the UK?s busiest railway moving after it signed a new three-year contract with train operators Govia Thameslink Railway.
  
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• MP calls for disability lift at Weston railway station

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thewestonmercury.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - WESTON-super-Mare MP Dan Aldridge is asking for the installation of a disability lift at the town?s railway station.
  
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• Mercedes to launch more combustion engine cars than electric ones subscription

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The carmaker is attempting to revive its profit margins after a 28 per cent drop in profits, and says petrol and diesel vehicles remain the best sellers
  
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• Last pitch to government for rail junction upgrades

  22-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Politicians and business groups from across the East of England have made a final appeal for funding to improve two major rail junctions.
  Ahead of the deadline for submissions to this year's spending review, they have written to ministers saying the upgrades at Ely and Haughley are long overdue and would play a major role in growing the economy.
  
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• Italy's first hydrogen train on test

  22-02-2025 01:00 via railjournal.com
  Other News Sources - THE first hydrogen-powered train to operate in Italy, an Alstom Coradia Stream H multiple-unit, is undergoing refuelling trials at Rovato near Brescia in Lombardy, following initial tests at Salzgitter in Germany and certification.
  
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• Is air travel becoming more dangerous?

  22-02-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - A spate of high-profile incidents has shone fresh light on aviation safety
  
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• Heathrow launches multi-billion pound investment program

  22-02-2025 01:00 via passengerterminaltoday.com
  
  Aviation Industry- In response to the UK government?s support for expansion at Heathrow, Thomas Woldbye, CEO of Heathrow, has announced the largest private investment program in Heathrow?s history and confirmed the airport is developing proposals for a third runway to share with the government by the summer of 2025.
  
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• Heathrow is full already - forget the third runway subscription

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - It can take an hour to leave the car park only to get stuck on the M25 at a snailmp;#39;s pace. Face the truth, chancellor, and explore options at another airport
  
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• Heathrow is full already ? forget the third runway

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - It can take an hour to leave the car park only to get stuck on the M25 at a snail?s pace. Face the truth, chancellor, and explore options at another airport
  
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• Has the Bee Network actually improved buses?

  22-02-2025 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Bee Network buses have covered Greater Manchester for six weeks - but are they better than the old private services?
  
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• Fort William bus service reduction 'unacceptable'

  22-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Residents say changes to the townmp;#39;s link with Corpach have affected people trying to get to work.
  
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• First free public transport trial to start in Glasgow

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thenational.scot
  
  The National - THE first free public transport trial of its kind in Scotland has been approved.
  
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• Fears plans for Thurrock could be 'free for all' for developers

  22-02-2025 01:00 via yourthurrock.com
  
  Other News Sources - THURROCK councillors say they fear delays in producing a local plan for the borough could mean a mp;#39;free for all for developermp;#39;? reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
  
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• England's third 'Dutch-style' roundabout which prioritises cyclists opens

  22-02-2025 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Englandmp;#39;s third mp;#39;Dutch-stylemp;#39; roundabout has opened in Sussex, as part of a major 750 home development, announced West Sussex County Council
  
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• Disruption continues on West Coast Main Line

  22-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The incident - after heavy rain in the area - is causing major disruption to rail services.
  
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• Developer told: ‘If you don’t pay £30m for road upgrade, building must stop’

  22-02-2025 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A developer wanting to pull out of providing mp;amp;amp;#163;30 million for a vital road upgrade has been told if it cannot pay then no more homes should be built.
  
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• Details of what public think about Bradford tram plans are revealed

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - JUST 14 per cent of people who responded to a survey on a planned tram system linking Bradford to Leeds were from Bradford mp;#150; new figures have revealed.
  
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• Britain's railways have worst year on record for cancellations - with CrossCountry and Northern major offenders

  22-02-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Reliability on Britain?s railways has reached a record low with more than one in 25 services cancelled in the past year, with CrossCountry and Northern two of the worst offenders.
  
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• BMW halts ?600m Mini investment in Oxford plant as EV demand stalls. subscription

  22-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The German car making company?s decision raises fresh doubts over the Cowley factory?s future and deals a blow to Labour?s economic plans
  
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• Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council provides public transport wishlist to North East Mayor

  22-02-2025 01:00 via northumberlandgazette.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council has provided key regional decision makers with a public transport wishlist.
  
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• 'What about our roads?' as £6.5 million award set to boost cycling routes

  22-02-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, has been awarded mp;pound;6.5m
  
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• Airport announces departure of its managing director

  22-02-2025 01:00 via cornish-times.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - She has been instrumental in transforming the airport's operations during her tenure
  
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• A week in the life of Merseyrail's troubled new trains

  22-02-2025 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - We monitored the number of faults causing problems on the network over a seven-day period
  
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• A train through Germany: is Europe’s powerhouse going off the rails?

  22-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - In the run-up to Sundaymp;#146;s crucial election, the Guardian took a long journey through Europemp;#146;s heartland to talk to votersCreaking, overcrowded, neglected, Germanymp;#146;s railways, once a source of national pride, have taken a battering to their image in recent years. Amid wider concerns about the health of Europemp;#146;s stagnating largest economy, the state of its trains has become something of a metaphor for a more general sense of malaise.On Sunday Germans will
  
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