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Ryanair to tell 400,000 passengers of cancelled flights after 'mess-up'
Airline's chief executive, Michael O'Leary, apologises as it says it will cancel 40 to 50 flights every day until 31 October. Ryanair has written to 400,000 passengers to tell them that their flight has been cancelled after it admitted to a mess-up on pilot rostering that left 18 million ticket holders wondering if their holiday plans would be ruined.
Skelmersdale rail link moves step closer as £5m funding revealed
Merseytravel commits cash to scheme - and says station could open within a decade
Doncaster Shimmer estate to see 16 plots left unbuilt as HS2 spends millions on properties
A string of properties which had been planned along the route of HS2 through Doncaster will be left unbuilt, it has been confirmed.
Network Rail promises private funding project pipeline by December
The boss of Network Rail has promised to publish a pipeline of potential privately funded projects by December, as part of a raft of changes to attract more private money into the nation’s railways.
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- Drivers invited to throw litter from cars into new style bins [Subscription]Drivers will be encouraged to throw their rubbish out of car windows into large “funnel bins” under plans condemned by anti-litter campaigners as supporting lazy habits.
- Wildlife bridges over bypass will let animals avoid traffic [Subscription]Scotland’s first wildlife bridges, which will allow animals to cross busy roads safely, are being built over the new Aberdeen bypass.
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- TfL confirms changes to private hire operator licence feesTransport for London (TfL) has confirmed that changes will be made to the fees private hire operators are charged for the cost of licensing, compliance and enforcement activity. The new fees more accurately reflect the resources required to regulate firms, based on the size of their operations. The Capital’s private hire industry has grown dramatically, from 65,000 licensed drivers in 2013/14, to more than 116,000 today. The number of vehicles has increased from 50,000 to 88,000 over the same period. With this growth, there has been a substantial increase i...
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