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• Police warn parents as illegal E-scooters seized following serious injury crashes

  17-09-2026 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - A number of E-scooters and E-bikes will be destroyed after their seizure
  
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• Works on £10.6bn Lower Thames Crossing progress

  22-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The first physical signs of the Lower Thames Crossing are beginning to appear across Kent and Essex, as work gets under way on the huge project.
  
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• Works on ?10.6bn Lower Thames Crossing progress

  22-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The first physical signs of the Lower Thames Crossing are beginning to appear across Kent and Essex, as work gets under way on the huge project.
  
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• What you need to know as Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel charges rise

  22-09-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The cost of driving through the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels has just increased
  
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• UK flights disrupted by another air traffic control problem

  22-09-2026 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - National Air Traffic Services says it fixed a fault at its Prestwick control centre in Scotland that led to service cancellations and delays
  
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• Tube strikes and 30C heatwaves badly hit TfL causing swing from profit to £128m loss

  22-09-2026 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  My London - The authority could be put into a worse position if the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) decides to resume its strike over plans for a four-day week
  
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• Tube strikes and 30C heatwaves badly hit TfL causing swing from profit to ?128m loss

  22-09-2026 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  My London - The authority could be put into a worse position if the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) decides to resume its strike over plans for a four-day week
  
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• The Government backed air traffic bosses. Two failures in a month prove they were wrong

  22-09-2026 02:00 via lbc.co.uk
  
  LBC - Nobody expects ministers to run air traffic control themselves, but they are responsible for the judgements they make about the people who do, writes Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden MP
  
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• TfL to build more than 50 bus driver toilet blocks

  22-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Six bus routes in London do not currently have driver toilet facilities at either terminus.
  
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• TfL to build 53 new toilet facilities for London bus drivers

  22-09-2026 02:00 via highways-news.com
  Highways News - Transport for London is to build 53 new toilet facilities for bus drivers across the capital over the next three years.
  
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• TfL announce plans for new bus driver toilets after ITV News London campaign

  22-09-2026 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - TfL has announced funding to build 53 new toilet buildings for bus drivers across the capital over the next three years.
  
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• TAKE A HIKE Britain?s newest tunnel is HIKING fees to ?4.20 today in blow to millions of drivers

  22-09-2026 02:00 via thesun.co.uk
  The Sun - BRITAIN?S newest tunnel is hiking its prices today in a blow to millions of drivers.
  
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• TAKE A HIKE Britain's newest tunnel is HIKING fees to £4.20 today in blow to millions of drivers

  22-09-2026 02:00 via thesun.co.uk
  The Sun - BRITAINmp;#39;S newest tunnel is hiking its prices today in a blow to millions of drivers.
  
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• Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels fees increase from today

  22-09-2026 02:00 via southwarknews.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The charges have risen in line with inflation to help pay back the cost of building Silvertown
  
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• Should Merseyrail ban e-bikes from its network as cyclists fume?

  22-09-2026 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - Merseyrail?s proposed ban on e-bikes across the network has left users fuming. Earlier this summer, the operator announced it would look to prevent the vehicles being used in any form as of New Year?s Day 2027 following a safety review.
  
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• School bus fares rise sharply as operator defends prices

  22-09-2026 02:00 via essexcountynews.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Central Connect Buses has defended significant hikes to the cost of school transport, following criticism from parents and Essex County Council, but has apologised for how the changes were communicated.
  
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• Ryanair call on NATS CEO to resign as thousands of passengers face delays

  22-09-2026 02:00 via belfastlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - More than 140 Ryanair flights have been delayed today as a result of the Air Traffic Control issues
  
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• Repeated air traffic control failures leave us in worrying territory

  22-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - To have one air traffic control failure in a fortnight may be regarded as a misfortune, to have two looks like carelessness. The UK's air traffic services provider is coming in for a wave of criticism at the moment, so where is it all leading?
  
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• Rail investment across Cambridgeshire and Norfolk continues this autumn.

  22-09-2026 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Weekend engineering work across Cambridgeshire and parts of Norfolk is planned throughout October to deliver a range of improvements, renewals and maintenance to keep trains running safely punctually and efficiently for customers.
  
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• Public invited to have say on future of Carmarthen Railway Station

  22-09-2026 02:00 via wales247.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Transport for Wales (TfW) is asking passengers and residents to help shape plans to improve Carmarthen Railway Station, one of the busiest transport hubs in South West Wales.
  
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• Probe after pothole appears at Bishop Auckland bus station

  22-09-2026 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - A pothole has appeared at Bishop Auckland's new ?11.8m bus station just months after it opened.
  
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• Pro-expansion protest challenges third runway opposition

  22-09-2026 02:00 via hounslowherald.com
  Other Regional Press - A number of supporters of Heathrow expansion headed to Kingston Bridge last week to tell Kingston and Richmond councils: ?You don?t speak for me, you have ignored my voice!? after both councils?along with Sutton, Hillingdon, Windsor mp; Maidenhead, Wandsworth, and Southwark?wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander MP, claiming to represent over 1.7 million residents opposed to a third runway.
  
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• Poole to Cherbourg ferry service to end after decades

  22-09-2026 02:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Barfleur service is due to come to an end on October 31 but final sailing plans are still in progress.
  
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• Passenger journeys on council-supported bus services pass 220,000

  22-09-2026 02:00 via news.wrexham.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Continued investment in local public transport has now supported more than 220,000 passenger journeys across Wrexham, as use of a number of council-funded bus services continues to grow.
  
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• Over half of young women report incidents on West Midlands busses that left them feeling unsafe

  22-09-2026 02:00 via hellorayo.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - 52 of young women aged 16-24 had reported ?public transport safety incidents? on buses in the year 2024/25
  
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• North East mayor calls for rail powers and cheaper fares

  22-09-2026 02:00 via hexham-courant.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The mayor has called for greater devolution of rail powers to improve train services, cut fares, and upgrade stations.
  
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• Millions secured for new walking and cycling routes across Scottish Borders

  22-09-2026 02:00 via hellorayo.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Detailed designs for a new active travel path linking Hawick and Selkirk with the new Center Parcs holiday village are among a number of projects to secure a share of more than ?3.4m.
  
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• Manchester Airport flights hit by latest air traffic control issues

  22-09-2026 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Airports in Edinburgh, Belfast and Manchester were registering delayed flights
  
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• Major moment for HS2 as M42 viaduct span completed

  22-09-2026 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - The M42 reopened at around 4am as planned after HS2 lifted the last of six viaduct spans over the motorway at Water Orton. Further construction remains, with another motorway closure scheduled for 23mp;#150;26 October.
  
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• London bus air-con retrofit programme agreed

  22-09-2026 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Building on previous agreements, all TfL buses are to be fitted with cab air-conditioning by 2027, with trials already ongoing
  
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