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• New ?Stud for Thought? series puts road stud specification under the spotlight

  09-09-2026 02:00 via highways-news.com
  Highways News - Clearview Intelligence?s Head of SolarLite, Alastair King, has launched a new series of articles sharing lessons from almost a decade working with road studs, beginning by asking whether the right questions are being asked when they are specified.
  
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• Work continues to reinstate Colchester station car park

  10-09-2026 02:00 via greateranglia.co.uk
  Train Operators - Work to reinstate the car park at Colchester railway station is underway and customers are being advised of temporary changes while the work progresses.
  
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• Watch 'excruciating' Stephen Flynn in 'worst ministerial performance in a very, very long time'

  10-09-2026 02:00 via scottishdailyexpress.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The SNP Transport Secretary has already been accused of not being on top of his brief and showcased this by not knowing about methane being released 'uncontrollably' into the atmosphere.
  
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• Two new non-executive board members join DfT's board

  10-09-2026 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Charles Randell CBE and Harjit Sandhu both bring independent advice, support and constructive challenge to DfT.
  
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• Transport secretary doesn't believe air chaos was 'unavoidable'

  10-09-2026 02:00 via news.sky.com
  Sky News - Speaking in the Commons, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander also rules out a cyberattack
  
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• Transport Committee Chair exchanges letters with Minister on rail passenger watchdog

  10-09-2026 02:00 via committees.parliament.uk
  Transport Committee - The Chair of the Transport Committee has urged the Government to rethink its approach to setting up the new rail passenger council to ensure it is seen as fully independent.
  
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• The 31 bus services facing shake-ups as stops dropped and timetables changed

  10-09-2026 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - There will be a number of shake ups to services across the county
  
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• Stephen Flynn unable to say if Transport Scotland merger will result in job cuts

  10-09-2026 02:00 via aberdeenlive.news
  
  Other Regional Press - Stephen Flynn did not say whether Transport Scotland merging with the Scottish Government would lead to job losses.
  
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• Shetland spaceport project secures £30m of UK government investment

  10-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The funding will be used to build two more launchpads.
  
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• ScotRail trains between Inverness and Dingwall disrupted due to safety check being carried out

  10-09-2026 02:00 via inverness-courier.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A ScotRail spokesperson said: ?We have one 24/7 mini bus running from Inverness to Kyle.
  
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• Sadiq Khan urged to end London’s e-bike ‘patchwork’

  10-09-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Sadiq Khan has been urged to speed up plans for a London-wide e-bike licence, as Forest warned spiralling council fees and a regulatory mp;amp;#8220;patchworkmp;amp;#8221; risk forcing operators from the capital. In a letter to the mayor seen by City AM, the London-based e-bike operator said delays to Transport for Londonmp;#146;s new licensing regime were threatening ...
  
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• Sadiq Khan urged to end London’s e-bike 'patchwork'

  10-09-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Sadiq Khan has been urged to speed up plans for a London-wide e-bike licence, as Forest warned spiralling council fees and a regulatory mp;#39;patchworkmp;#39; risk forcing operators from the capital. I
  
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• Sadiq Khan accused of 'lacking ambition' after plans to extend Elizabeth line to Kent scrapped

  10-09-2026 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  My London - The Mayor of London has been accused of lacking ambition after shelving plans to extend the Elizabeth line to Ebbsfleet. Ahead of the Elizabeth line being completed in 2022, councils and businesses in South East London and North Kent laid out a joint early-stage proposal for extending the route from Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet.
  
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• Passengers face being stranded at Heathrow and Gatwick for days as 2,000 flights axed

  10-09-2026 02:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - The knock-on impact of UK air traffic control's technical issues has so far affected more than 330,000 people
  
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• Outdoor Plus wins Euston Road underpass contact

  10-09-2026 02:00 via campaignlive.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Outdoor Plus, the premium outdoor media owner, has been appointed to build two large digital screens on the Euston Road underpass in London, following a competitive tender.
  
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• Out-of-contract e-bike firm refuses to quit London borough

  10-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Voi lost out on a council deal but says the authority has no legal grounds to exclude it.
  
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• Only three Blaenau Gwent taxi drivers reply on fare rise

  10-09-2026 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  South Wales Argus - THE lack of interest among taxi drivers when asked for their views on an increase in journey fares has surprised Blaenau Gwent councillors.
  
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• Northern Trains warns of tough trading ahead as fares frozen

  10-09-2026 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
  The Business Desk - Northern Trains Ltd (Northern), the state-owned train operating company which runs rail services across northern England, says its passenger revenue is up more than 10 per cent in its results for the year ended 31 March 2026.
  
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• Northern delivers disability training commitments after ORR intervention

  10-09-2026 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - Northern Trains has overhauled the way it manages the training of its staff to support disabled passengers following an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), earlier this year.
  
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• MSP quizzes Transport Secretary over CalMac ferry incident

  10-09-2026 02:00 via ardrossanherald.com
  
  Other Regional Press - A SCOTTISH Liberal Democrat MSP has said it is ?unacceptable? that Scotland's Transport Secretary was unaware of the release of highly flammable methane gas on Arran's Glen Sannox ferry until this week.
  
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• MPs raise concerns over Passenger Watchdog powers

  10-09-2026 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine -The Transport Select Committee has written to the Rail Minister, Lord Hendy, raising its concerns over the Passenger Watchdog.
  
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• MP wants national standard for bus shelters

  10-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Labour's Alex Mayer, who represents Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, led a Westminster debate where she called for stops to be as good as award-winning shelters in Dunstable and Norwich
  
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• More flight cancellations as fallout from air traffic control glitch continues

  10-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Air passengers faced a second day of disruption on Wednesday as flights continued to be cancelled following a technical glitch with the UK's traffic control system.
  
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• Minister approves £150m Cambridgeshire busway

  10-09-2026 02:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  Construction News - The government has approved the Cambourne-to-Cambridge guided busway, clearing the planning and statutory consent stage for the mp;pound;150m construction scheme.
  
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• Minister approves ?150m Cambridgeshire busway

  10-09-2026 02:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  Construction News - The government has approved the Cambourne-to-Cambridge guided busway, clearing the planning and statutory consent stage for the ?150m construction scheme.
  
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• Mayor agrees to air condition all London buses

  10-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Air conditioning will be installed in all London buses by the end of May 2027, the mayormp;#39;s office says.
  
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• Local MSP asks for meeting with Flynn over Winchburgh station

  10-09-2026 02:00 via theedinburghreporter.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Jenny Young, MSP for Central Scotland and Lothians West, has asked for a meeting with Transport Secretary, Stephen Flynn, to find out whether or not The Scottish Government will provide funding for a new railway station in Winchburgh this year.
  
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• LCCA approves £28.2m funding contribution towards Cottam Parkway railway station

  10-09-2026 02:00 via news.lancashire.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - A key funding contribution needed to bring forward the Cottam Parkway railway station project has been approved by the Lancashire Combined County Authority, as part of its consolidated transport funding allocation of more than mp;pound;640m over the next four years.
  
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• How Andy Burnham could allow London Underground extension of Bakerloo line to finally be built

  10-09-2026 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  My London - MPs have been told that, currently, mayors have little incentive to raise money within their own areas because it primarily gets funnelled to central government instead of being retained
  
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• Hot bus win: Air conditioning to be fitted to all London bus cabs following Unite campaign

  10-09-2026 02:00 via unitetheunion.org
  Other News Sources - Unite, the leading union representing passenger transport workers, has today (09 September) announced it has secured agreement for major improvements to working conditions for London's bus drivers.
  
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