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• UK Bus Summit 2025 programme revealed

  16-05-2025 13:43 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Buses minister and ‘metro mayors’ are confirmed speakers
  Event takes place in Manchester on September 11
   The programme for the UK Bus Summit, which will be held in Manchester on September 11, has been confirmed.
  Organised by Transport Times in partnership with Passenger Transport, the event will bring political leaders, transport professionals and industry representatives together to discuss the future of bus services in the UK.
  It will open with a keynote address by the buses
  
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• Uber and Wayve open waitlist for London robotaxis

  09-06-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Uber has opened an interest list for customers keen to try autonomous minicabs in the capital, as self-driving taxis near a commercial launch in the UK. The ride-hailing giant is partnering with British autonomous driving firm Wayve, whose technology has been tested on Londonmp;#146;s streets since 2018. Customers can now opt in through the Uber ...
  
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• The Monday essay: Build it, and they will come

  09-06-2026 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -mp;#145;Build it, and they will come,mp;#146; is sometimes attributed to Peter Hendy who, when he was transport commissioner for London, used the phrase to justify the large investment in London Overground. Those words are actually a misquote from a 1989 film, but he was right about the Overground, which was created almost 20 years ago, because the result was a transformation. That word is often over-used, but on this occasion it was fair enough. Until 2007, the North London Line, part
  
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• Recycling plant fire causes severe rail disruption

  09-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The fire is under control after a day which saw rail services through the area brought to a halt.
  
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• New bus fare rule on table for all passengers in England after government change

  09-06-2026 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - The Greater Manchester mayor has introduced the cap in his city region
  
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• London City Airport faces opposition over bigger planes plan

  09-06-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Opposition to plans to allow bigger jets to use City Airport is taking off among London politicians who work right under the flightpath into the Docklands hub. The London Assemblymp;#146;s environment committee has raised questions over aircraft such as the Airbus A320neo being used to boost capacity at the capitalmp;#146;s smallest and most central aviation ...
  
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• Driverless taxis will be on UK roads this summer for the first time

  09-06-2026 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Technology firm Wayve has teamed up with Uber to announce that the first paying passengers will be able to book a driverless cab in the next couple of months
  
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• Bristol’s EV scheme under fire as cost hits double price of used car

  09-06-2026 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - For the cost of signing up to the council trial, you could buy both a Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Polo instead
  
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• 'TfL must crackdown on nuisance e-bike parking'

  09-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Legislation means TfL has the power to create a London regulatory framework for e-bike operators.
  
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• 'Ease our pain' Digbeth cinema boss asks as Birmingham tram extension delayed again

  09-06-2026 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - The second phase of the Eastside Metro Extension should have been finished in May.
  
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• AEF and other NGOs urge government to define dangerously “ambiguous” tests that will define airport expansion for years to come

  09-06-2026 02:00 via aef.org.uk
  
  Aviation Industry- The Government has long promised that any expansion at Heathrow Airport would have to meet mp;#145;four tests,mp;#146; in the areas of air quality, noise pollution, economic benefit and the UKmp;#146;s mp;amp;#8230;The post AEF and other NGOs urge government to define dangerously mp;#147;ambiguousmp;#148; tests that will define airport expansion for years to come appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• ?We deserve better buses.? Julie Minns on concerns about buses

  08-06-2026 02:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  
  Carlisle News & Star - Carlisle MP, Julie Minns has backed the local council after it raised concerns about the performance of Stagecoach buses.
  
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• Volunteers join forces to makeover Long Buckby railway station

  08-06-2026 02:00 via hellorayo.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Long Buckby station in West Northamptonshire is set to undergo a transformation thanks to volunteers partnering with London Northwestern Railway (LNR) as part of its mp;#39;station adoptionmp;#39; scheme.
  
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• Vale line train upgrade delay sparks political row

  08-06-2026 02:00 via penarthtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A Senedd member has called for faster action to boost train services.
  
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• Transport for Wales enters final stages for tram-trains introduction

  08-06-2026 02:00 via transportinfo.org.uk
  Other News Sources - Transport for Wales (TfW) is entering the final stages of preparation ahead of the introduction of its first brandmp;#8209;new trammp;#8209;trains on Pontypridd to Cardiff Bay services this summer.
  
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• Thameslink awards grants worth £300k towards community projects

  08-06-2026 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - Community groups across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Cambridgeshire have received funding through Govia Thameslink Railwaymp;#39;s Your Station, Your Community scheme, which has distributed mp;pound;300,000 across the operatormp;#39;s network.
  
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• Temporary stops during bus station closure revealed

  08-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Temporary bus stops will be set up around Newcastle city centre while the Eldon Square Bus Station is closed for refurbishment.
  
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• Subsidised service dropped after failed tender

  08-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - There will be no subsidised ferry service between Alderney and Guernsey as a tender process proved unsuccessful, the States of Alderney has said.
  
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• Soaring taxes put tourists off the UK, says British Airways boss subscription

  08-06-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Sean Doyle suggests air passenger duty that can cost hundreds of pounds means Britain wonmp;#39;t hit its target of 50m visitors a year by 2030
  
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• Reform-Led Council Backs Cycling Investment Despite National Party's Opposition to Active Travel Policies Writer: Safer Highways Safer Highways

  08-06-2026 02:00 via saferhighways.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A Reform UK-controlled local authority has publicly endorsed cycling infrastructure investment and sustainable travel initiatives, taking a markedly different approach from the party's national leadership on active travel policy.
  
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• Railway station transformation completed with £2.7m investment

  08-06-2026 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
  The Business Desk - A mp;pound;2.7m investment has transformed Exeter Central, one of the busiest railway stations in the South West.
  
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• Oxford 'inequitable' bus cuts leaving residents 'isolated'

  08-06-2026 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxford Mail - An Oxford MP has demanded urgent action over mp;#39;inequitablemp;#39; bus cuts which she says have left residents isolated, unsafe and struggling to reach the city centre.
  
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• New road safety plan in Coventry branded 'joke' and 'money-making scheme'

  08-06-2026 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Coventry City Council has unveiled a new Traffic Regulation Order to extend the 30mph speed limit on part of Coundon Wedge Drive, in conjunction with the Coundon Cycle Scheme
  
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• Lime e-bikes prove popular in West Midlands with 86 of users new to the scheme

  08-06-2026 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - The Lime e-bike scheme has proven popular across the West Midlands since launching in spring 2026, with the service now expanding from Birmingham and Coventry into Sandwell and Wolverhampton
  
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• Lib Dems Call for direct Cardiff bus route to be reinstated

  08-06-2026 02:00 via herald.wales
  
  Other Regional Press - WELSH Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe David Chadwick has called for the direct bus route between Mid Wales and Cardiff to be reinstated, warning that changes introduced to the T4 service have made journeys to the Welsh capital longer and less convenient for many residents.
  
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• ?It?s not either/or when it comes to economic growth and climate change?

  08-06-2026 02:00 via labourlist.org
  
  Labour List - It?s policies, not personalities, that matter in politics. The gossip around the leadership of the Labour Party will mean nothing to working-class people if there isn?t a change in economic and political strategy from the Party. At UNISON, we?ve been clear what those changes ought to be: fully restoring public sector pay; implementing the promised insourcing revolution and taxing extreme wealth to invest in our public services.
  
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• In 2019, this £50m motorway junction was built. It still isn't open subscription

  08-06-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - It was supposed to give HGV drivers easy access to an industrial estate, but instead itmp;#39;s a costly reminder of Britainmp;#39;s planning problems
  
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• Heathrow third runway: Furious row erupts over London say on 'fast-tracked' airport expansion plan

  08-06-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Ministers have been hit with a ?furious? backlash over the masterplan for a third runway at Heathrow.Campaigners against expansion of the west London airport say the public consultation on the Government?s review of the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) is being rushed forward to be published at the end of June, rather than in July, in a ?mad dash for growth?.
  
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• Heathrow third runway: Furious row erupts over London say on 'fast-tracked' airport expansion plan

  08-06-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Ministers have been hit with a mp;#39;furiousmp;#39; backlash over the masterplan for a third runway at Heathrow.Campaigners against expansion of the west London airport say the public consultation on the Governmentmp;#39;s review of the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) is being rushed forward to be published at the end of June, rather than in July, in a mp;#39;mad dash for growthmp;#39;.
  
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• Heathrow 'acting like spoilt child' over third runway subscription

  08-06-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Airportmp;#39;s threats to back out of mp;pound;49bn expansion plan mp;#39;completely unacceptablemp;#39;, former BA boss says.
  Heathrow is acting like a spoilt child by threatening to scrap its mp;pound;49bn third runway plan if the project is opened up to a rival developer, the former boss of British Airways (BA) has said.
  
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