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• Work to make Pokesdown station step-free set to begin in October

  12-08-2026 02:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Pokesdown station is set to become step-free, with work beginning in October 2026.
  
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• Why public ownership is the answer for Scotland?s buses, and our climate?

  12-08-2026 02:00 via foe.scot
  
  Other News Sources - We?ve?been hearing a lot about bus fare caps lately. A key pledge in the SNP?s manifesto ahead of May?s elections was a roll out of the ?2 single bus fare cap nationally ? expanding beyond the?places where?a trial was already in place, like the Highlands and Islands.??
  
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• Why public ownership is the answer for Scotland's buses, and our climate

  12-08-2026 02:00 via foe.scot
  
  Other News Sources - Wemp;#39;ve been hearing a lot about bus fare caps lately. A key pledge in the SNPmp;#39;s manifesto ahead of Maymp;#39;s elections was a roll out of the mp;pound;2 single bus fare cap nationallyexpanding beyond the places where a trial was already in place, like the Highlands and Islands.
  
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• Why public ownership is the answer for Scotland's buses, and our climate?

  12-08-2026 02:00 via foe.scot
  
  Other News Sources - Wemp;#39;ve been hearing a lot about bus fare caps lately. A key pledge in the SNPmp;#39;s manifesto ahead of Maymp;#39;s elections was a roll out of the mp;pound;2 single bus fare cap nationallyexpanding beyond the places where a trial was already in place, like the Highlands and Islands.
  
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• West Midlands Interchange delivers more than £7 million boost to jobs, local business and communities

  12-08-2026 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - West Midlands Interchange (WMI) has launched its first Social Value Impact Report (2022-2025), revealing how the project has already delivered more than 7 million in social value across South Staffordshire, Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
  
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• West Midlands Interchange delivers more than ?7 million boost to jobs, local business and communities

  12-08-2026 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - West Midlands Interchange (WMI) has launched its first Social Value Impact Report (2022?2025), revealing how the project has already delivered more than ?7 million in social value across South Staffordshire, Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
  
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• Vernon Everitt confirmed to remain as Greater Manchester Transport Commissioner

  12-08-2026 02:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Vernon Everitt has been confirmed to continue as Greater Manchester Transport Commissioner.
  
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• "Unprecedented faults" hit Lumo's Class 222s on Stirling-Euston route

  12-08-2026 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Lumo and Alstom are reviewing the open access operator?s fleet position after reliability problems on Stirling-London Euston service.
  
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• Unite threatens London-wide bus strike over 'crisis conditions' and will take fight to Andy Burnham

  12-08-2026 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - One of Britain?s biggest trade unions has threatened to ballot London bus drivers for strikes, warning services in the capital could be brought to a standstill unless urgent action is taken to improve working conditions.
  
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• Unite threatens London-wide bus strike over 'crisis conditions' and will take fight to Andy Burnham

  12-08-2026 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - One of Britainmp;#39;s biggest trade unions has threatened to ballot London bus drivers for strikes, warning services in the capital could be brought to a standstill unless urgent action is taken to improve working conditions.
  
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• Train line in North Wales to close for two weeks

  12-08-2026 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Buses will replace trains on the route between Wrexham and Bidston as major works are carried out
  
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• Stagecoach South gets its customer service bus onto the road

  12-08-2026 02:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Stagecoach South is taking a specially adapted customer service bus to communities across West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.
  
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• Stagecoach deploys first 42 electric buses in Hull

  12-08-2026 02:00 via electrive.com
  Other News Sources - The UK operator has introduced 32 Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV double-deckers and 10 Yutong E10 single-deckers in Hull. The operator plans to expand the city's electric bus fleet to 55 vehicles in the coming months.
  
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• Self-levelling sleeper research offers transition zone hope

  12-08-2026 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - EUROPE: A novel self-levelling railway sleeper designed to tackle problems relating to transition zones has been developed and tested by researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, working with colleagues at the University of Leeds and across Europe.
  
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• Scots over 60 saving £1,000 thanks to bus passes

  12-08-2026 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Single bus fares will be capped across England at mp;pound;2 from January - but no firm date has been announced for when such a scheme will apply across Scotland.
  
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• Questions about how bus franchising will work across Calderdale's borders

  12-08-2026 02:00 via halifaxcourier.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - That is a shame, but has a silver lining in that any issues should be ironed out before it gets here, said Calderdale Council?s leader, Coun Daniel Sutherland.
  
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• Questions about how bus franchising will work across Calderdale's borders

  12-08-2026 02:00 via halifaxcourier.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - That is a shame, but has a silver lining in that any issues should be ironed out before it gets here, said Calderdale Councilmp;#39;s leader, Coun Daniel Sutherland.
  
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• Q-Park takes on 20 former NCP car parks

  12-08-2026 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Deal includes sites in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and Cardiff
  
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• Pedestrianisation expansion proposal after Belfast Fleadh

  12-08-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has said she will bring forward a consultation which will include proposals for the expansion of pedestrianisation in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Next stop, better buses: more bus improvements for the West

  12-08-2026 02:00 via westofengland-ca.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - A raft of improvements to bus services in the West of England is set to be introduced, after feedback from thousands of residents across the region who responded to the?Next stop, better buses?survey.
  
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• New Bluestar 6 to improve bus links across east Southampton

  12-08-2026 02:00 via southampton.gov.uk
  Local Government - The new Bluestar 6 service will operate via Peartree Avenue and Woolston, creating new travel opportunities for residents while significantly improving bus frequencies in Peartree. The route will operate every 30 minutes during the day Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays.
  
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• New age of transport dawns in Hull as new Stagecoach East Midlands electric buses hit the roads

  12-08-2026 02:00 via news.hull.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Public transport in Hull has taken another major step forward in terms of comfort, reliability, safety and environmental impact, as a new fleet of ultra-modern electric buses have started to take passengers around the city.
  
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• More data centres approved for west London

  12-08-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Another data centre in west London has been approved by a council, despite concerns surrounding its demand on water and energy supplies.
  
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• Minister visits Port of Tyne plastic clean-up after government criticism

  12-08-2026 02:00 via circularonline.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The Marine Minister has visited Port of Tyne after criticism of the government and Environment Agency?s response to the plastic pollution clean-up operation.
  
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• Major update on Newcastle Central Motorway roadworks - and it's good news

  12-08-2026 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The mp;pound;9 million renovation works on the Central Motorway began exactly a year ago and have led to major disruption
  
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• Major progress in county?s electric vehicle charging network made

  12-08-2026 02:00 via warwickshire.gov.uk
  Local Government - Warwickshire?s efforts to expand and enhance its EV charging network have taken a major step forward with the award of a new contract to deliver significantly more charge points across the county.
  
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• Major progress in county's electric vehicle charging network made

  12-08-2026 02:00 via warwickshire.gov.uk
  Local Government - Warwickshiremp;#39;s efforts to expand and enhance its EV charging network have taken a major step forward with the award of a new contract to deliver significantly more charge points across the county.
  
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• Major European airport closed for months - more than 3,000 flights cancelled or diverted

  12-08-2026 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Affected travellers may be offered to rebook to at an airport on the other side of the city - it takes around 45 minutes by car or over an hour by train to get between the two hubs.
  
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• Major bank holiday work on historic North Yorkshire railway bridge

  12-08-2026 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - Network Rail is to spend ?800,000 carrying out significant works to Brotherton bridge near Knottingley in North Yorkshire over the August bank holiday weekend, causing disruption to some passenger journeys.
  
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• London?s Deputy Mayor for Transport to share climate change lessons at ICE Resilient Transport conference

  12-08-2026 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has announced that Seb Dance, London?s Deputy Mayor for Transport and the Deputy Chair of Transport for London, will deliver a keynote address at its inaugural Resilient Transport conference.
  
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