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Sunday, 15 November 2026

BBC News

• Fix rail bottleneck to boost Croydon, mayor urgesCroydon's mayor has said he wants to make his borough "one of the best places in the south of England for a night out" but says this depends on fixing a long-standing rail bottleneck.

The Guardian

• US officials say flight stoppage stemmed from ‘routine maintenance’ as travel chaos continuesThousands of flights still canceled as officials blamed ageing air control system for nationwide groundingThe Trump administration says Friday’s four-hour nationwide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ground stop that delayed or canceled thousands of flight stemmed from routine maintenance.At a news briefing on Saturday, the US transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said that the issues began when a contractor was performing “routine maintenance” at a remote FAA facility to “switch telecommunications lines” from copper wire to fiber optic cable. Continue reading...

The Independent

• Trump says ‘old broken stuff’ to blame for US air traffic outage as Duffy points finger at copper wire
• Why a problem on the ground can affect flights thousands of miles away among other issuesRegional U.S. air traffic control centers communicate using a complex network that’s “one of the largest telecommunications systems in the country,” and disruptions like those seen on Friday with an hourslong, nationwide grounding of flights can reverberate widely, according to an aviation expert
• New Orleans port sues to get control of tanker that crashed into cruise ship on Mississippi RiverNew Orleans port officials have sued the owner of a tanker that slammed into a cruise ship on the Mississippi River
• Could everything be broken? Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonderAfter the Silicon Valley chaos spurred by reports of an AI billionaire's affair with a suspected Chinese spy and the Microsoft outage that upended millions of workers' days, Friday's air travel ground stop across the U.S. had many people feeling that something was up

Daily Express

• Ultra-fast charging and 600KW EVs could be on UK roads by 2030EXCLUSIVE: Formula E has become a testbed for electric car technology, and these high-tech features could be on the roads sooner than you think.

The Mirror

• SpaceX Starship makes dramatic return to Earth after being 'caught' in mid-air by mechanical armsNasa administrator Jared Isaacman called the feat 'almost magic' after a set back on Friday, when the first stage booster exploded after a lift-off from Texas
• Two planes collide at Miami airport as audio captures moment 'somebody hit' aircraftIt comes after thousands of flights were cancelled across the United States, which left passengers scrambling for seats and disrupted travel around the world.

Birmingham Mail

• Five areas in the West Midlands where people killed or seriously injured in crashes is on the riseThousands of people have died or been seriously injured on the region's roads

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Transport minister issues key decisions on £170m North Wales bridge crossingThe government wants to build a new bridge crossing over the River Dee at Queensferry

Liverpool Echo

• The least reliable train route in the country starts in LiverpoolThe data does not look good for one particular route out of our city

Manchester Evening News

• East Lancs Railway bosses hit out at 'mindless vandalism' ahead of popular Christmas servicesThe Bury based heritage railway, which runs between Heywood and Rawtenstall,

Wales Online

• Welsh council made more than £400,000 in one year from parking fines with ten major hotspots The worst places to park in Carmarthenshire if you don't want a parking fine have also been revealed

Get Surrey

• The Surrey stations getting more SWR trains as new December timetables introducedA host of Surrey stations will see more frequent trains into and out of London

Leeds Live

• Andy Burnham urged to introduce 'scrappage' scheme for polluting carsAndy Burnham has been urged to bring in a national 'scrappage' scheme for the most polluting vehicles in the UK

North Wales Live

• Police clarify exactly where to merge lanes — £100 fine for getting it wrongPolice have clarified how to correctly merge lanes on UK roads and how it could cost you

Other Regional Press

• ‘Our hands are tied’: Kent estate to expand despite fears over roads, water and schoolsCouncillors backed another phase of a housing estate after hearing warnings that roads, schools and water supplies were already under pressure.

Other News Sources

• SWR trains disrupted as Wimbledon lines close on SundayPassengers travelling through Wimbledon face major disruption this Sunday as maintenance work closes railway lines in the area for the entire day.