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• Work begins on year-long bridge replacement project

  30-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Road closures will be in force and changes to trains and buses will be in place for 12 months.
  
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• Union highlights claims of staff shortages at railway ticket offices

  30-03-2025 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - A rail union is to hold a series of protests highlighting claims of staff shortages at ticket offices. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT ) said there was understaffing at a number of stations on the West Coast mainline served by Avanti. The RMT said plans to close ticket offices across the country were ...
  
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• UK ready for trade war as Donald Trump set to unleash tariffs

  30-03-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
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• The thousands of Brits falling victim to stowaways: How more than 5,000 migrants were caught trying to sneak into Britain last year by hiding in cars or lorries from Europe - costing unsuspecting victims millions in fines

  30-03-2025 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Drivers can be fined up to mp;pound;10,000 if an illegal migrant is found hiding in their vehicle on their way to the UK, even if they had no knowledge of their existence.
  
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• TfL proposes new east London Superloop bus route

  30-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - TfL launches a consultation about a potential new route linking Rainham and Gants Hill.
  
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• Tech Now

  30-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Can we clean up air travel? Adrienne Murray explores developments in electric flight.
  
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• Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk

  30-03-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmakermp;#146;s dismantling of US federal governmentThousands of people worldwide protested Elon Musk and his efforts with Donald Trump to dismantle the US federal government on Saturday, with rallies held in front of nearly every Tesla showroom in the US and many around the world mp;#150; a concerted effort to go after the billionairemp;#146;s deep pockets as the CEO of the electric vehicle maker.Protest organiz
  
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• Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms

  30-03-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Muskmp;#146;s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the worldmp;#146;s richest man
  
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• People can now dial-a-bus to visit the National Trust's Wicken Fen

  30-03-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority want to make the nature reserve more accessible
  
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• Opposition gathering pace against plans for new Oxfordshire EV charging station

  30-03-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Opposition is gathering pace against plans for a new drive-through electric vehicle charging station on a major Oxfordshire road.
  
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• Northumbrian Water reveals project to turn poo into sustainable aircraft fuel

  30-03-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - The water company plans to use its Bran Sands Treatment Works site for the innovative project
  
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• National Rail 'warned' about repairs before woman was struck by train in Pewsey

  30-03-2025 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - People in Wiltshire say they warned National Rail about the danger of closing a footbridge over a railway line in the months prior to a pensioner being fatally struck by a train.
  
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• Major train disruption planned for Easter on south coast

  30-03-2025 01:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Network Rail's ?86 million investment programme will lead to line closures and amended services across the country, including on the Wessex route in Hampshire.
  
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• Maersk warns shipping carbon trading plan would encourage LNG use

  30-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Scheme to be discussed at UN meeting does not sufficiently discourage usage of the fossil fuel, says container group
  
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• Labour set to announce major UK change for all petrol and diesel cars

  30-03-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Transport Under-Secretary Lilian Greenwood MP revealed the timeline during Parliamentary questions this week.
  
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• Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms

  30-03-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade dealKeir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend t
  
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• England’s road-building budget cut by 5

  30-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Allocation to National Highways is lower than current year
  
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• Drivers face £50 fines depending on date they last washed their car

  30-03-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Motorists who go too long without keeping their car sparkling clean have been warned they could face two-figure fines from enforcement officials.
  
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• Cycling plans in Wales at risk, warn campaigners

  30-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Warning as Welsh government moves focus away from building cycle infrastructure.
  
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• Car finance case could spark billions in driver payouts

  30-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Millions of motorists could be in line for payouts depending on the decision of Supreme Court judges.
  
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• Blackstone takes stake in UK airports group for £235m

  30-03-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The agreement sees AviAlliance offload some of its holdings in AGS though it will keep a majority stake
  
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• Airbus boss: Trade war will get worse before it gets better subscription

  30-03-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Donald Trump is expected to act to protect Boeing, but Guillaume Faury says his company will adapt and that the American economy could suffer
  
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• Air travel is ready for the wheelie-suitcase surcharge

  30-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Free carry-on luggage may seem a bargain, but it often leads to a forced trip to the baggage carousel anyway
  
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