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• Major car firms found not to have installed emissions-cheating devices

  11-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A High Court judge said some major car manufacturers did not install a device to cheat emissions testing.
  
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• Transport improvement plans announced by council

  12-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to improve transport across Lincolnshire have been put forward by the county council.
  They include improvements to Wragby Road roundabout near Lincoln, the A16 Crowland roundabout and widening of the A15.
  
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• St Helens Transport Interchange progresses as glass walls installed

  12-07-2026 02:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other Regional Press - The glazed exterior walls of the new transport interchange in St Helens town centre have been installed.
  
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• Safety concerns put Londoners off buses, say Tories

  12-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passenger data from Transport for London shows bus demand in the capital fell by 1.5 last year.
  
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• More French border guards sent to UK to avert holiday chaos subscription

  12-07-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Botched rollout of EES checks led to fears that Britons could face hours of delays at Dover, Folkestone and St Pancras
  
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• McGill's take legal action against Scottish Government

  12-07-2026 02:00 via thenational.scot
  
  The National - The owners of a Scottish bus firm have taken legal action against the Government after being rejected for zero-emission bus funding.
  
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• McGill's takes legal action over electric bus funding snub subscription

  12-07-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The billionaire brothers James and Sandy Easdale are seeking mp;pound;5 million after losing out to rivals in the allocation for zero-emissions vehicles
  
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• McGill's files legal action after £4.3m electric bus funding rejected

  12-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Greenock-based operator failed to secure support from the third phase of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund.
  
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• 'Manchester-type buses would need extra funding'

  12-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Implementing a Manchester-style bus system in Cornwall would require a "step change" in funding, Cornwall Council has said.
  
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• Heathrow on verge on losing 'Europe's busiest airport' crown

  12-07-2026 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  My London - Heathrow is on the verge of losing its position as Europe's busiest airport to Istanbul, new figures show.
  
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• From summer student to steering Orkney?s biggest infrastructure projects: Islands new transport and marine boss makes ferries top priority

  12-07-2026 02:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - Homegrown talent Laura Cromarty stepped up into one of Orkney Islands Council's critical job earlier this week
  
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• From summer student to steering Orkney's biggest infrastructure projects: Islands new transport and marine boss makes ferries top priority

  12-07-2026 02:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - Homegrown talent Laura Cromarty stepped up into one of Orkney Islands Councilmp;#39;s critical job earlier this week
  
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• Europe considering proposals to allow navigation fees in strait of Hormuz

  12-07-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Plans specify tolls must not be compulsory as US officials urge Iran to make public guarantee of safe passage for shippingEurope is studying proposals that could allow navigation fees to be charged in the strait of Hormuz, provided the payments are not compulsory and have the support of the UN agency that regulates maritime transport.Britainmp;#146;s deputy prime minister, David Lammy, said imposing mandatory tolls would be disastrous. But some cabinet colleagues said they recogni
  
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• City rules out congestion charge in favour of workplace parking levy

  12-07-2026 02:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - Cardiff Council is set to reject introducing a congestion charge, instead backing a workplace parking levy as its preferred way of raising millions of pounds to improve the city?s public transport.
  
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• ‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle

  12-07-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - The tube cannot easily be adapted to cope with heatwaves, making conditions almost unbearableAs the escalator descends below ground at Kingmp;#146;s Cross St Pancras station in London, the shift from what was already a hot station entrance to the furnace-like subterranean depths is perceptible.On the tube itmp;#146;s worse: a man leans back in his seat, eyes closed, sweltering; people hold electric fans an inch away from their faces. London commuters are known for their stoicism a
  
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• What next for Oxfordshire transport after Gant?s surprise departure?

  11-07-2026 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  
  Transportxtra - After four years championing policies that challenged the dominance of the car, Andrew Gant admits the demands of driving Oxfordshire?s transport policy have taken their toll
  
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• What next for Oxfordshire transport after Gant's surprise departure

  11-07-2026 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  
  Transportxtra - After four years championing policies that challenged the dominance of the car, Andrew Gant admits the demands of driving Oxfordshiremp;#39;s transport policy have taken their toll
  
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• What could easyJet?s takeover mean for your holidays? subscription

  11-07-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - The airline?s purchase by an American private equity firm could, in a worst-case scenario, see it eventually cease to exist
  
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• West of England takes £20bn new town ambitions to Westminster

  11-07-2026 02:00 via westofengland-ca.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Parliamentarians, business leaders and partners from across the region gathered in Westminster this week to continue to make the case to government for new town status at Brabazon and the West Innovation Arc, where 40,000 new homes and 40,000 new jobs could create a mp;pound;20 billion economic boost.
  
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• West of England takes ?20bn new town ambitions to Westminster

  11-07-2026 02:00 via westofengland-ca.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Parliamentarians, business leaders and partners from across the region gathered in Westminster this week to continue to make the case to government for new town status at Brabazon and the West Innovation Arc, where 40,000 new homes and 40,000 new jobs could create a ?20 billion economic boost.
  
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• Welsh Government urged to back direct Wrexham to London rail services

  11-07-2026 02:00 via news.wrexham.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - The Welsh Government is being asked to support proposals for new direct rail services between Wrexham and London Euston.
  
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• Students' photos used for bus ad campaign

  11-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Photography students from the West Midlands are set to see their work featured as part of an advertising campaign encouraging people to use the region's buses.
  
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• Sheringham bus shelter to be demolished under project

  11-07-2026 02:00 via edp24.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Campaigners have described the loss of a cherished 1950s bus shelter as a blow to the community.
  
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• Ryanair passenger nearly ?sucked out of window? at 20,000ft subscription

  11-07-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The man?s wife held him by his legs for five minutes, according to reports, on flight FR1879 from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen in Germany
  
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• Ryanair passenger nearly 'sucked out of window' at 20,000ft subscription

  11-07-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The manmp;#39;s wife held him by his legs for five minutes, according to reports, on flight FR1879 from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen in Germany
  
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• Reeves mis-sold Heathrow expansion to the cabinet, Labour MPs and the country

  11-07-2026 02:00 via morningstaronline.co.uk
  
  Morning Star - ANTI-HEATHROW expansion activists slammed Rachel Reeves for ?mis-selling? the third runway to the Treasury as she prepares to leave No 11 when Andy Burnham becomes PM in just over a week.
  
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• RBWM calls for detailed carbon offset plans over Heathrow third runway emissions

  11-07-2026 02:00 via maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A councillor has said he wants to see ?meat on the bones? for ideas around how carbon emissions generated from Heathrow?s expansion plans can be offset locally.
  
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• Railway closures to deliver key stage of electrification work in Fife

  11-07-2026 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Rail passengers in Fife are being asked to?plan ahead?this October as Network Rail carries out a major programme of engineering?to help prepare the?railway?for electrification.?
  
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• PD Ports CEO Frans Calje steps down as new leader is appointed

  11-07-2026 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Business Live - PD Ports has announced that Paul Foreman will take over from chief executive Frans Calje
  
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• Passengers urged to plan ahead as major rail route closes this weekend

  11-07-2026 02:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - Passengers are being urged to check before they travel as a major railway line through Wales and the borders closes this weekend for essential engineering work.
  
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