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Sunday, 26 November 2017

BBC News

• Oxford Circus: Two men quizzed after Tube panicThe men, aged 21 and 40, attended a police station voluntarily after a media appeal.

Financial Times

• London Underground to tender for mobile signal provider
• Monarch owners could profit from collapsed airlineAdministrator warns secured creditors unlikely to be repaid in full

The Herald

• Rail nationalisation must not replicate British RailA RENATIONALISED train service should be based on a European model rather than the old British Rail one, according to a new report.

Times Online

• Uber stalls on pledge to cut drivers’ long hours [Subscription]Uber has admitted that 3,000 of its British drivers work more than 60 hours a week.
• SNP mulls workplace parking charge [Subscription]Scottish ministers could impose workplace parking charges of nearly £400 per year to discourage commuting by car.
• ‘For better air quality, we need to stop relying on cars’ [Subscription]Scotland’s air quality crisis cannot be solved by waiting for new technology to improve public health.
• Cycle safety in a spin as study warns hi-vis gear may increase injury risk [Subscription]Research suggests riders who believe they are conspicuous to drivers may adopt more exposed positions on the road
• Driverless cars will kill good road manners [Subscription]It is good that Jeremy Clarkson has pointed out the idiocy of autonomous cars (“Clarkson’s driverless close shave”, News, last week). It is surely the case that, in Britain at least, learning to drive teaches manners and consideration for other road users.
• Transport secretary Chris Grayling ready to break up railways [Subscription]Transport secretary Chris Grayling is this week set to unveil a blueprint for overhauling the railways — including splitting two of the biggest routes.
• Collapsed airline Monarch reveals debts of £466m [Subscription]Monarch Airlines collapsed owing £466m to an army of passengers and businesses, who are likely to recoup nothing from its carve-up.

City AM

• Delays on Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express trains as icy weather hits LondonA sudden cold snap across the country has caused disruption on certain train routes this morning, with Network Rail reporting that Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services have been affected.
• Uber seeks permission to appeal directly to Supreme Court over drivers' rights rowUber said today it has requested permission to appeal directly to the Supreme Court in its workers' rights row, after losing an appeal earlier this month against a tribunal ruling that it must give its drivers rights such as holiday pay and paid rest breaks.
• Uber seeks permission to appeal directly to Supreme Court over drivers' rights rowUber said today it has requested permission to appeal directly to the Supreme Court in its workers' rights row, after losing an appeal earlier this month against a tribunal ruling that it must give its drivers rights such as holiday pay and paid rest breaks.
• Delays on Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express trains as icy weather hits LondonA sudden cold snap across the country has caused disruption on certain train routes this morning, with Network Rail reporting that Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services have been affected.

Birmingham Post

• £16m to improve road safety along West Midlands HS2 route Region is granted new capital to building cycle lanes and new junctions along route of planned high-speed rail line

Nottingham Evening Post

• Petition against HS2 passing through Notts is to be presented in ParliamentA petition containing more than 1,000 objections to the planned HS2 rail network passing through Nottinghamshire will be considered in Parliament.
• Petition against HS2 passing through Notts is to be presented in ParliamentA petition containing more than 1,000 objections to the planned HS2 rail network passing through Nottinghamshire will be considered in Parliament.

Other Regional Press

• Councils along HS2 route to get share of £30m for road safety projectsThirteen councils are to be given a share of £30 million for road and cycle improvements ahead of HS2’s arrival.
• 'Enormous opportunity' for forgotten and neglected rail stations around CumbriaFORGOTTEN rail stations in Cumbria could be given a new lease of life if a government scheme is expanded. The Community Rail Strategy has helped revive and reshape more than 80 routes and stations around the country since 1993.

Other News Sources

• ScotRail has launched an Outlander train travel pass for fans of hit showIt's the smash hit show that's taken the world by storm - and shined a spotlight on areas across Scotland.