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• More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space

  04-04-2025 06:00
  Campaign network calls on government to prioritise smaller cars and introduce higher charges for SUV ownersMore than 1m cars too big to fit in parking spaces are being sold in the UK each year, and numbers are growing, research has found.A trend for cars bigger than the average urban parking space means new vehicles are outgrowing towns and cities. Continue reading...
  
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• Woman punched on Tube 'failed by emergency system'

  04-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Sally Wynter says she hit an emergency button several times after being attacked but received no answer.
  
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• Winter rail chaos could happen again, report warns

  04-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The reasons why a rail network ground to a halt in icy weather earlier this year have been made public.
  
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• Welsh Government to give a further £20m to Cardiff Airport

  04-04-2025 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The funding is part of government plans to give the airport mp;pound;205m over the next decade, but there could be a legal challenge
  
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• UK Mayors Being Urged to Buy Scarborough Buses

  04-04-2025 02:00 via thisisthecoast.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Mayor's across the UK are being urged to buy British buses when they look at moving to franchised bus systems.
  
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• TfL has a plan to speed up London's buses but it's doomed to fail for this reason

  04-04-2025 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Average bus speeds in London have reached a ten-year low. Despite promises and targets to speed buses up, no progress has been made.
  
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• TfL accused of 'ignoring' major West London town centre from Superloop bus route

  04-04-2025 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  Other News Sources - TfL had previously claimed 'in error' it was considering adding the town to the route
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer excelled with his performance in Huddersfield but can he deliver rail improvements for Yorkshire? - Ismail Mulla

  04-04-2025 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A lot of politics is performative but the majority of seasoned observers know this and sometimes even revel in it. They?ll recall moments where one political opponent will have outmanoeuvred another. Witty remarks in the Commons that will have cut one career short and elevated the other.
  
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• Say goodbye to the plastic bags! Major UK airport completely scraps 100ml liquid rule in favour of major change

  04-04-2025 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Passengers will find new security rules at one of the UKmp;#39;s biggest airports in time for the Easter holidays.
  
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• Peel Ports Group announces £750 million construction framework

  04-04-2025 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Peel Ports Group, the UKmp;amp;#39;s second-largest port operator, has established a new construction framework worth up to mp;amp;pound;750 million, appointing 18 contractors to deliver projects across its UK and Ireland operations.The framework, structured into three lots, will support infrastructure improvements and new developments over a period of up to eight years. Lot 1 covers General Construction, Lot 2 focuses on Marine Construction, and
  
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• New photos reveal stunning refurbishment of historic trainshed roof at Huddersfield Railway Station

  04-04-2025 02:00 via huddersfieldhub.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - New photographs have been revealed of refurbishment work on the historic trainshed roof at Huddersfield Railway Station.
  
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• More improvements to local bus services

  04-04-2025 02:00 via bracknell-forest.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Bus services across the borough will see improvements from Saturday 6 April, including more frequent and better-connected journeys.
  
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• Midlands firms feel uncertain over Trump tariffs

  04-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - One firm owner says US expansion plans are mp;quot;in tattersmp;quot;, as job cuts in the car industry are feared.
  
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• Luton airport expansion gets government approval

  04-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Project includes a new terminal but not another runway and will see passenger capacity almost double to 32mn
  
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• Luton Airport expansion gets go-ahead

  04-04-2025 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Luton Airportmp;amp;#8217;s major expansion has been given the green light by ministers, who overruled advice from planners to reject the project until it met certain environmental conditions. The approval, granted by transport secretary Heidi Alexander, means the north London hub can break ground on construction work that will see it add a new terminal and ...
  
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• Luton airport expansion forced through by ministers subscription

  04-04-2025 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The planning inspectorate had rejected the project, which will almost double the number of passengers, because of environmental fears
  
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• Luton Airport expansion approved by minister despite advice to reject plan

  04-04-2025 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - The Cabinet minister gave the go-ahead to the Bedfordshire airportmp;#39;s development consent order (DCO) application regardless of advice from the Planning Inspectorate that she should turn it down over environmental concerns
  
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• Luton airport expansion approved by government

  04-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Annual passenger numbers are due to almost double to 32 million, despite environmental concerns.
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing: Project partners jubilant at approval and eye new construction blueprint

  04-04-2025 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Project partners on the Lower Thames Crossing project have expressed their excitement at what the major road scheme could mean for the future of construction and regional economies, now that it has been approved.
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing enabling contracts launched

  04-04-2025 02:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  
  Construction News - Contractors building the roads serving the Lower Thames Crossing have launched three new early-stage tenders as the project moves ahead following government approval last week.
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing approved after Stonehenge tunnel axed

  04-04-2025 02:00 via salisburyjournal.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A SHREWTON resident has expressed his "disappointment" after the government approved planning permission for a Lower Thames Crossing, less than a year after plans for the Stonehenge tunnel were axed.
  
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• Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram provides statement on the newly published Merseyrail Winter Weather Resilience Review

  04-04-2025 02:00 via liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
  Local Government - ?Despite some early teething problems, Merseyrail has returned to being the best-performing rail network in the country ? but even the best systems can have bad days.
  
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• Labour APPROVES expansion of Luton Airport after ministers overrule environmental concerns - with passenger numbers now set to double

  04-04-2025 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the go-ahead to the Bedforshire airportmp;#39;smp;nbsp;development consent order (DCO) application.
  
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• Hitachi £300m train deal sparks big hopes for County Durham factory's future

  04-04-2025 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Nine new Grand Central trains will be built at Hitachimp;#39;s Newton Aycliffe plant, but bosses are most excited by cutting-edge battery technology they believe can deliver more and more orders
  
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• Granting Luton airport expansion is a dangerous gamble with the climate, says Aviation Environment Federation

  04-04-2025 02:00 via aef.org.uk
  
  Aviation Industry- In response to todaymp;#146;s news that Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport, has approved Luton Airportmp;amp;#8217;s application to raise its passenger capacity from 19 million to mp;amp;#8230;The post Granting Luton airport expansion is a dangerous gamble with the climate, says Aviation Environment Federation appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• Four suppliers named on Network Rail?s ?750M Wales and Western minor works framework

  04-04-2025 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Network Rail has named four suppliers to support it with minor reactive works in its Wales and Western region on a framework worth ?750M.
  
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• Four suppliers named on Network Rail's £750M Wales and Western minor works framework

  04-04-2025 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Network Rail has named four suppliers to support it with minor reactive works in its Wales and Western region on a framework worth mp;pound;750M.
  
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• First customer test drive (and first order) for the Mercedes eIntouro: will be deployed by Eurobus Rustexpress

  04-04-2025 02:00 via sustainable-bus.com
  Sustainable Bus - BEV intercity bus Mercedes eIntouro successfully passed its first customer test drive at the beginning of April, travelling for 380 kilometres on the regular route of the Eurobus Rustexpress from Swiss Bassersdorf via Zurich to the Europa-Park theme park in Rust, Baden-Wmp;uuml;rttemberg, and back
  
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• First Bus rolls out AI timetables for dozens of Glasgow bus routes

  04-04-2025 02:00 via thenational.scot
  
  The National - FIRST Bus is set to roll out AI timetables in an effort to improve punctuality across Greater Glasgow services.
  
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• Electrification project?s major milestone delivered on time and under budget

  04-04-2025 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - The railway line between Kettering in Northamptonshire and Wigston near Leicester has reached a major milestone by being officially declared ready and safe for electric trains.
  
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• Electrification project's major milestone delivered on time and under budget

  04-04-2025 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - The railway line between Kettering in Northamptonshire and Wigston near Leicester has reached a major milestone by being officially declared ready and safe for electric trains.
  
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• Cross-Channel rail owner to offer incentives for new operators

  04-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - London St Pancras Highspeed, the former HS1, aims to attract more train companies and encourage extra Eurostar services
  
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• Craig Hoy MSP criticises Lothian Buses at Holyrood for 'dodging' meet

  04-04-2025 02:00 via eastlothiancourier.com
  
  Other Regional Press - AN MSP has criticised Lothian Buses at Holyrood for mp;#39;dodgingmp;#39; a mp;#39;vitalmp;#39; meeting ahead of controversial changes to bus services which come into force on Sunday.
  
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• Concerns rise over Welsh Government's bus nationalisation plan

  04-04-2025 02:00 via monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Laura Anne Jones MS voices doubts about the Welsh Government's plan to nationalise bus services, fearing it may worsen service quality. This comes as Newport Bus and other providers express concern over funding and local knowledge loss.
  
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• Chris Fowler appointed as Managing Director for GTS

  04-04-2025 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - Chris Fowler will take on the role as Managing Director for GTS, the future operator of the Elizabeth line.
  
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• Bus services criticised ahead of mayoral takeover

  04-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passengers have criticised rural bus services in an area where an elected mayor is about to take over responsibility for running them.
  
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• Birmingham Airport £10m infrastructure investment

  04-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - A new baggage carrousel and UK Border Force desks will be installed.
  
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• 'Most punctual' airline and it's not Ryanair, easyJet or Wizz Air

  04-04-2025 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The most punctual airline in the UK has been named, and at the top is a carrier you might not have even heard of
  
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• Cross-Channel train services to be cheaper to run as operator cuts charges

  04-04-2025 01:01
  
  LSPH chief executive announces ‘groundbreaking proposal’ intended to grow international rail travel from the UK Cross-Channel train services serving new destinations will be cheaper to run under a scheme to grow international rail travel from the UK.London St Pancras Highspeed (LSPH), which owns and operates the railway and stations from the capital to the Channel tunnel, said it would slash charges for operators planning new routes. Continue reading...
  
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