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Airport’s chief executive is not frustrated by the third runway impasse, he insists, but ‘working on being a good neighbour’If not quite digging a third runway, Heathrow was at least expecting by now to know whether the government would allow it. But if the airport’s chief executive, John Holland-Kaye, feels like banging his head on Westminster’s walls after years of its sputtering process, he’s not showing it.“Like Alan B’Stard,” he remarks, as he adopts the pose of Rik Mayall’s fictional MP beside parliament.
Subsidy cut is ‘Dr Beeching’ for our buses
Lancashire County Council’s decision to cut all bus subsidies are on bus services are on a par with the controversial Beeching Report into the rail network, according to Campaign for Better Transport (CBT).
Friday, 05 February 2016
The Guardian
- Bus services being wiped out in England and Wales, research saysGovernment cuts are forcing councils to slash spending on services by more than £27m, transport campaign’s report says
Blackpool Gazette
- Subsidy cut is ‘Dr Beeching’ for our busesLancashire County Council’s decision to cut all bus subsidies are on bus services are on a par with the controversial Beeching Report into the rail network, according to Campaign for Better Transport (CBT).
Crewe Chronicle
- Council says 61% supported Royal Arcade site in Crewe consultation for bus interchange A report, to be discussed next Tuesday at cabinet, says the best location is an off-street option on the western side of the Royal Arcade site
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- Residents concerned as local bus route under threat from cuts BUS passengers in Littlemore have expressed fears the area will have even worse public transport if a subsidised service is withdrawn.
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