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The £3bn contract contains no binding clause forcing the winning bidder to build the 225mph trains in Britain, even if they are designed abroad - as long as it boosts the British economy.
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Friday, 03 November 2017
BBC News
- Welsh ambulance staffing gaps left vehicles off the roadWelsh Ambulance Service has since
- Fake breath tests report prompts Garda watchdog callThe call is for more power for the Irish Policing Authority, as it identifies 400,000 more false breath tests.
- Workboat sank after Thames catamaran collision, report findsThe crew failed to warn other vessels before setting off, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch said.
- Call for council rethink on Glasgow street plansIt follows a row over
- HS2: Five companies on shortlist to build the trainsThe winner of the £2.75bn contract will build 54 high-speed trains.
- Airline to buy 31 C-Series Bombardier planesBombardier says the unnamed company has signed a letter of intent for 31 firm orders.
Financial Times
- Volkswagen explores obtaining UK banking licenceCarmaker wants to carry on lending to motorists after Brexit
- Siemens and Alstom among five bidders for HS2 contractTrain groups will tender for £2.75bn high-speed rail contract in early 2018
The Guardian
- Ferrari on course for €1bn annual profit as supercar demand risesWorldwide sales of Ferraris, Bentleys, Lamborghinis, McLarens and Rolls-Royces have risen 51% over the past five yearsFerrari is on course to rake in a record €1bn (£766m) profit this year as the world’s wealthy buy more supercars than ever before. Sergio Marchionne, the company’s chief executive, said on Thursday that Ferrari’s adjusted profits for the first nine months of 2017 were up 24% and that the firm was on track to meet its target of €1bn annual profit two years ahead of target. Continue reading...
The Herald
- Fresh blow for Clyde yards as Navy order set to go overseasSHIPBUILDING on the Clyde has been dealt a further blow after it was confirmed that three massive vessels for the Royal Navy could be built abroad.
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Times Online
- Road tax non-payment doubles after abolition of paper disc [Subscription]The number of cars clamped since the abolition of the paper tax disc has doubled as drivers remain confused over the reform. Almost 106,000 vehicles were immobilised or impounded for non-payment of road tax last year.
- Recalled cars banned from the road if not repaired [Subscription]Cars subjected to safety recalls could be effectively banned from the road under plans outlined after the Vauxhall Zafira fire scandal.
Mail Online
- HMS Dragon returns to foggy Portsmouth from Mediterranean The 500ft destroyer had been on a routine port visit in Gibraltar last week, then met HMS Queen Elizabeth on her way back to England - before arriving in Portsmouth today.
- Cars will fail their MOT if maker hasn't fixed known probs A database for garages will identify vehicles with a hidden manufacturer’s fault and these will automatically fail an MoT test. Cars will be held if known defects haven't been repaired.
- Five foreign firms in £3bn race to build HS2 trains The £3bn contract contains no binding clause forcing the winning bidder to build the 225mph trains in Britain, even if they are designed abroad - as long as it boosts the British economy.
- Concrete barriers being installed along West Side Highway The eight people killed in a truck driver's NYC rampage were honored by friends and strangers Thursday with a nighttime walk down the riverfront esplanade where the victims died.
The Mirror
- Ex-soldier reveals terrifying moment pirates stormed his ship and took the crew hostage Jordan Wylie and the crew he was guarding were left with their lives hanging in the balance when seaborne bandits stormed their ship, but ex-marine Jordan managed to save the day by sending an SOS to the navy
Birmingham Post
- Here's when you can FINALLY pay for the bus with your debit card in the West Midlands Contactless card payment is coming to National Express West Midlands services
Bolton News
- Reduced rail service during latest day of strike actionNORTHERN Rail has published revised timetables that will operate during strike action next Wednesday.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- 'What The Truck?' Calls for bridge heights to be properly displayed to stop HGVs smashing into them“We need HGV drivers and their employers to get on board with our initiative and make bridge strikes a thing of the past”
London Evening Standard
- Foreign bidders jostle for £2.8 billion HS2 train dealA host of foreign firms will fight it out for a £2.75 billion deal to build superfast trains for High Speed 2, reigniting politically sensitive questions over where the trains will be built.
- South Western strike: RMT Union walk-out will go ahead next week as talks with rail bosses break downA strike by workers on South Western Railway will go ahead next week after talks to resolve a dispute over the role of guards broke down on Thursday.
Northern Echo
- MP hopes for 'positive developments' in long running rail disputeTALKS will take place today in an attempt to avert yet more strike action on Northern rail services.
The York Press
- Major roadworks at York roundabout to improve cyclist and pedestrian safety MAJOR roadworks are planned at one of York's key roundabouts in a bid to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.
Wales Online
- Train passengers heading to London face more disruption this month The work will also affect passengers attending Wales rugby games in Cardiff
Bucks Free Press
- Drivers complain of 'nightmare' traffic jams caused by roadworksDrivers have complained of “nightmare†traffic delays near a High Wycombe business park caused by roadworks dotted across the town.Â
East Anglian Daily Times
- No fine for gas work company despite seven-week overrun in Ipswich’s Woodbridge RoadA key Ipswich route which has been plagued by roadworks for nearly four months is finally set to reopen on Monday – but the contractors still won’t be fined, despite them overunning by almost seven weeks.
- Support grows for campaign to improve access at Needham Market train stationParents of young children have shown their support for a campaign to improve access at Needham Market train station.
North Wales Live
- Watch ECHO confront staff at "rogue "flyparking" car park in city centreDrivers are being offered cheap rates - but the operation has no permission to be there
Reading Evening Post
- Controversial Caversham and Woodley bus route changes to be debated Reading Buses’ chief executive officer will attend a meeting about route changes in Caversham.
Other Regional Press
- ‘Unfair’ price rise of bus passes for children A councillor has slammed a decision to raise the cost of bus passes for children by 33 per cent.
- 17m cycle path in Trowbridge is a big ‘waste of money’A 17-metre long footpath that has been made into a designated cycle path has been branded as a ‘waste of money’ by a Trowbridge resident.
- Cheaper evening parking for Falmouth residents Cornwall Council has reduced the price of evening parking for Falmouth residents in several of its town centre car parks.
- Cycle company boss unveils Mobikes in OxfordTHE boss of the fourth bike hire company to launch in Oxford visited the city to officially unveil its models.
- BMW boss says Brexit is not a risk to the Cowley PlantBREXIT does not pose a threat to the Mini plant in Cowley, a director of BMW has said.
- One of Southampton's busiest bridges to close this weekendWORK will begin this weekend on a multi-million scheme to save one of the city’s busiest road bridges.
- Controversial parking fines divide opinionNEW parking rules at a row of shops in Newport have left unaware drivers seething - after some were hit by fines as high as £100.
- New Oxford-to-Henley bus service via WallingfordTHAMES Travel has introduced a new bus route from Oxford to Henley-on-Thames, via Wallingford.
- Cyclists may have to pay for spaces at Westgate Centre CYCLISTS may have to pay to use new bike spaces at the Westgate Centre once a secure hub is built.
- Oxford to ban petrol and diesels - but county council doesn't have a single electric vehicle yetOXFORDSHIRE County Council owns no electric vehicles – despite being at the forefront of a zero-emissions zone that could start in as little as three years.
- London calling! New TfL hire bikes come all the way from Warwickshire Stratford-based Pashley Cycles create new lightweight bikes with help from WMG engineers
- No room on the road for residents paying for parking permitsHundreds of fed-up residents are urging the council to put the brakes on the “unfair” parking permit scheme in Bedford’s zones A and B.
C.N.N.
- The most important lessons the Navy has learned from two deadly collisionsTwo recent Navy collisions show us that a
Buying Business Travel
- HS2 train builder shortlist announcedBidders stand chance at £2.75 billion contract
Rail Magazine
- Five bidders shortlisted for HS2 trains contractAlstom, Bombardier, Hitachi, Siemens and Talgo shortlisted to tender for £2.75 billion HS2 trains contract. Winner announced in 2019.
- VIDEO: New ScotRail Class 385 runs from Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen StreetFirst electric train runs from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street on newly-electrified route.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Deals this week: Alstom, Cubic Transportation Systems, CAF Alstom has secured a €45m ($52.2m) contract from Morocco-based Rabat-Salé transport company STRS to deliver 22 additional Citadis trams.
- Council reveals image of new £82m station masterplanAn image showing how the planned £82m Coventry station is expected to look has been released today. Coventry City Council are expected to submit a planning application for the new structure later this year after they received investment through the government’s Local Growth...
- Where next for a rail investment plan in the north? Lord Tony Berkeley, chair of the Rail Freight Group, analyses the potential impact of major government announcements regarding pan-north electrification and CP6 funding. In the last few months we have been subjected to a barrage of ministerial announcements about the railways in and around the...
- Metrolink: 25 years and countingDanny Vaughan, head of Metrolink at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), celebrates the network’s 25-year anniversary, which comes packed with expansion promises to further improve connections in the region. In Metrolink’s Silver Jubilee year, I am proud to say that we now boast...
Railnews
- HS2 rolling stock bidders named Five companies have been shortlisted to build the first generation of trains for HS2. The fleet of at least 54 trains, capable of travelling at 360km/h, will be built early in the next decade to enter service in 2026. This initial fleet is expected to be ˜classic compatible™ and built to the British structure gauge, meaning that its size will allow the new trains to continue beyond Phase 1 of HS2 between London and Birmingham to serve destinations on existing lines in the north west and Scotland.
Green Miscellany
- Save your money: Scientists prove cycle commute beats gymResearchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that inactive, overweight people can lose fat just as effectively by riding a bicycle to work as by paying to exercise at a gym. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen in a study that has just been published in the… The post Save your money: Scientists prove cycle commute beats gym appeared first on ETA.
Other News Sources
- Five train-builders make shortlist for £2.75bn HS2 contractHS2 ltd, the company responsible for developing the UK’s new high-speed rail network, has announced that five manufacturers are in the running to build the 225mph trains that will run on the new high-speed rail network. According to the firm, Alstom; Bombardier Transportation; Hitachi Rail Europe; Patentes Talgo S.L.U and Siemens will all be invited […] The post Five train-builders make shortlist for £2.75bn HS2 contract appeared first on The Engineer.
- TfL suspends graduate schemeTransport for London has denied claims that it has suspended graduate recruitment due to cuts Transport for London has denied claims that it has suspended its prestigious graduate management training scheme as a result of budget cuts made in order to help fund London mayor Sadiq Khan’s fares freeze. The Evening Standard this week reported that TfL was suspending recruitment for the scheme’s 2018 intake. In a leaked internal email, an unnamed senior TfL figure said that the scheme would be “paused†for a 12 month period. “There will be no graduate intake for 2018 across the busine...
- Arriva drops out of Wales & Borders raceDeutsche Bahn-owned group will surrender rail franchise it has operated since 2003 after withdrawing from the competition for a new contract Arriva has operated the Welsh rail franchise for almost 14 years Incumbent operator Arriva has withdrawn from the competition for the next Wales and Borders rail franchise. This leaves three bidders in contention for the 15-year contract – Abellio, KeolisAmey and MTR. The Welsh Government intends to appoint an Operator and Development Partner to run the trains from October 2018 and to manage the planned electrification and other modern...
- Campaigners launch new battle to fight off road closureCAMPAIGNERS battling to save a major Winchester road have launched a renewed bid following the start of a major transport consultation.
- Taxi industry critical over council's Uber decisionUBER has been granted permission to operate in Brighton and Hove for a further six months.
- Heathrow Southern Railway: Controversial plans for direct Surrey rail link with Britain's busiest airport set for public debateA protest group has argued Egham residents need "more details" about the noise and visual impact of the proposed route
- See MP's urgent call to ban old bus and coach tyres after A3 horror crash which left three dead Buses and coaches could fail their MOT for having old tyres if the bill becomes law
- Southern Rail rejects RMT claim that staff failed to notice a woman had fallen onto tracks at East Croydon Station The RMT claims the driver and station staff failed to spot the "potential tragedy"
- Heathrow Southern Railway: Everything you need to know about plans for direct Surrey rail link with Britain's busiest airport The project aims to create a new route into central London from Heathrow Airport with stops at Guildford, Woking, Basingstoke and Farnborough
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