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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.