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• Mayor urges Burnham to keep bus fare cap

  26-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Paul Bristow, has urged Andy Burnham to keep the national bus fare cap, if he becomes the next Prime Minister.
  
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• Village to lose bus service under Fenland bus overhaul

  26-06-2026 02:00 via cambstimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Plans to overhaul bus services across Fenland have been unveiled by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, with one village losing a scheduled route.
  
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• UK aims for 55 active travel in towns by 2035

  26-06-2026 02:00 via fleetworld.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - More than half of short urban journeys must be walked, wheeled, or cycled by 2035 under ambitious new government targets announced by the Department for Transport (DfT).
  
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• Trains suspended as heatwave causes rails to buckle

  26-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - WMR services between Coventry and Leamington Spa are currently suspended.
  
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• Thousands attend Wabtec's Doncaster celebration

  26-06-2026 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - More than 3,000 people visited Wabtec?s Doncaster Works on June 19/20 ahead of the company closing its famous ?Plant? later this year.
  
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• Thousands attend Wabtec's Doncaster celebration

  26-06-2026 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - More than 3,000 people visited Wabtecmp;#39;s Doncaster Works on June 19/20 ahead of the company closing its famous Plant later this year.
  
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• Tesla casts long shadow over SpaceX’s bumpy market debut

  26-06-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Teslamp;#146;s record-breaking returns for early investors have become something of a benchmark for SpaceX as Elon Muskmp;#146;s latest company weathers a volatile start to life on the public markets. SpaceX shares have fallen more than 20 per cent from their post-IPO high after briefly pushing the company above a $2 trillion (mp;pound;1.5 trillion) valuation in ...
  
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• Tesla casts long shadow over SpaceX's bumpy market debut

  26-06-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Teslamp;#146;s record-breaking returns for early investors have become something of a benchmark for SpaceX as Elon Muskmp;#146;s latest company weathers a volatile start to life on the public markets.
  
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• Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack

  26-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.
  
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• Star Alliance chief urges Heathrow to keep its members co-located and ensure expansion plans are 'affordable'

  26-06-2026 02:00 via flightglobal.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Any proposal from London Heathrow to break up co-located Star Alliance airlines as part of the airportmp;#39;s terminal occupancy review would be met with strong opposition from the grouping, the alliancemp;#39;s chief executive Theo Panagiotoulias told attendees at an Aviation Club event in central London on 25 June.
  
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• Star Alliance chief urges Heathrow to keep its members co-located and ensure expansion plans are ?affordable?

  26-06-2026 02:00 via flightglobal.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Any proposal from London Heathrow to break up co-located Star Alliance airlines as part of the airport?s terminal occupancy review would be met with strong opposition from the grouping, the alliance?s chief executive Theo Panagiotoulias told attendees at an Aviation Club event in central London on 25 June.
  
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• Speed restriction over 'bump' eliminated in latest Transpennine Route Upgrade blockade

  26-06-2026 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - A temporary speed restriction on the line between Leeds and Huddersfield is being eliminated as part of this monthmp;#39;s Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) blockade.
  
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• SNP ministers show no initiative on Sheriffhall - Miles Briggs MSP

  26-06-2026 02:00 via midlothianview.com
  
  Other Regional Press - After less than two months in parliament, it seems we are back to the same old routine of empty promises and disappointment from the SNP.I was told by the Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop before the election that the government was frustrated by the lack of progress on Sheriffhall.
  
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• Siemens Mobility Showcases Goole Rail Village During Visit by DfT Operator Chief Executive

  26-06-2026 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Industry leaders have gathered in East Yorkshire to underline the role of rail investment in driving regional growth, skills and connectivity, as Siemens Mobility hosted a high-profile visit to its Goole Rail Village.
  
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• Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children

  26-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The airline had typically charged adults a fee of mp;pound;8 each way to sit with their young children.
  
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• Ryanair blasts ‘misguided’ watchdog over family seating probe

  26-06-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Ryanair has slammed the mp;#147;misguidedmp;#148; competition regulator over a probe into its family seating rules, claiming the watchdog has turned a mp;#147;blind eyemp;#148; to more serious issues. Michael Omp;#146;Leary, the boss of the budget airline, claimed that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has forced it to mp;#147;reluctantlymp;#148; make a rule change which will make ...
  
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• Passengers' 'hell' as Eurostar train breaks down in heatwave

  26-06-2026 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Eurostar has apologised to customers, who were forced to wait for a replacement bus service
  
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• Outrage as woman, 80, blocked from going up stairs at London tube station - 'you've got legs'

  26-06-2026 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - The moment was recorded by a man who point blank refused to move out of the way to let the pensioner through - telling her mp;#39;donmp;#39;t touch memp;#39; and telling her he was busy mp;#39;relaxingmp;#39;
  
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• North Wales rail lines shut again due to 'severe weather'

  26-06-2026 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Trains have been cancelled or disrupted across Wales for a second day amid amber and red alerts for heat
  
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• No contradiction between rail targets and road traffic forecasting, Alexander tells MPs

  26-06-2026 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  Transportxtra - There is no contradiction between the Government forecasting a 10 increase in road traffic and its decision not to set a target for rail passenger growth, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the House of Commons Transport Committee last week.
  
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• Newport leaders attack Plaid over M4 tunnel traffic plan

  26-06-2026 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  South Wales Argus - Newport is once again caught in the centre of Walesmp;#39; ongoing transport debate, with claims that it is not fit for the mp;quot;traffic it is taking at the momentmp;quot;.
  
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• Newcastle hydrogen firm GeoPura snapped up by Canadian Ballard Power Systems in £301m deal

  26-06-2026 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Ballard Power Systems Inc has acquired Newcastle-based GeoPura in a landmark clean energy deal worth mp;pound;301.1m, marking a major investment in UK hydrogen power and manufacturing.
  
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• New major HS2 works to disrupt M6 and M42 traffic

  26-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The work, taking place at weekends around the motorways, will continue until the end of November.
  
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• Moorland fire live updates as Woodhead Pass closes and 'avoid the area' warning issued

  26-06-2026 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Firefighters are currently tackling the blaze
  
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• Man?s sentence increased after multiple robberies and attacks on London Underground

  26-06-2026 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Solicitor General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, secures increased sentence for man responsible for a series of robberies and stabbings across the London Underground.
  
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• Man's sentence increased after multiple robberies and attacks on London Underground

  26-06-2026 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Solicitor General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, secures increased sentence for man responsible for a series of robberies and stabbings across the London Underground.
  
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• Major lift project at Kent station moves to second phase

  26-06-2026 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - The lift for platforms 3 and 4 has now reopened, and work will now begin on the lift at platforms 1 and 2.
  
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• London St Pancras Highspeed adds agencies to roster

  26-06-2026 02:00 via prweek.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - London St Pancras Highspeed ? which owns and operates St Pancras International railway station ? has appointed two communications agencies to its roster.
  
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• Launch for Ribblehead station tearoom after £60k refurb

  26-06-2026 02:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  
  Carlisle News & Star - A newly refurbished tearoom on the Settle-Carlisle Railway line is set to take centre stage as part of a week-long celebration next month.
  
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• Launch for Ribblehead station tearoom after ?60k refurb

  26-06-2026 02:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  
  Carlisle News & Star - A newly refurbished tearoom on the Settle-Carlisle Railway line is set to take centre stage as part of a week-long celebration next month.
  
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