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Sunday, 10 February 2019

BBC News

• Brexit: Seaborne Freight no-deal ferry contract scrappedThe Irish backers of Seaborne Freight - which owned no ships - have pulled out of the deal.

The Guardian

• Sack Grayling over the Brexit ferry fiasco, demand MPsCross-party calls for transport secretary’s dismissal follow collapse of £13.8m contract to Seaborne Freight

The Independent

• Brexit: Labour calls for Chris Grayling to be sacked after axing of ferry contract to company with no shipsTransport secretary is 'heaping humiliation after humiliation on our country', says Andy McDonald

The Telegraph

• FirstGroup pockets £5.1m as rail passengers express anger {Subscription]Road and rail giant FirstGroup enjoyed a multimillion-pound payday from Britain’s most complained about train network.

Times Online

• We’re losing power in the race for electric cars [Subscription]Having taken a wrong turn with diesel, our embattled car makers are lagging behind China in the drive for electrification
• ’Let people vote on workplace parking tax’ [Subscription]People should be able to vote on whether their local council can introduce a £400-a-year workplace parking charge, according to former SNP cabinet minister Alex Neil.
• Chris Grayling’s £13m Seaborne Freight ferry deal axed [Subscription]Transport secretary Chris Grayling was yesterday called “the worst secretary of state ever” after his department axed a £13.8m contract it had awarded to a ferry company with no ferries. Andrew Gwynne, the shadow communities secretary, made the remark on the Today programme.

Daily Record

• ScotRail passenger set to sue after head 'crushed in dodgy train doors'Douglas Smith says he has been left in agony and is considering legal action after the accident at Cambuslang station.

The Mirror

• Chris Grayling urged to quit after failing again with Brexit no-deal ferry contract collapseThe hapless minister has a string of failed projects under his belt, including when the £13.8m no-deal contract collapsed

Sky News

• Pressure grows on Chris Grayling as Brexit ferry firm dumpedLabour claim the Tory minister is the "worst secretary of state ever" as a ferry firm with no ships has its contract ended.

London Evening Standard

• Brexit news: controversial Seaborne Freight no-deal ferry contract scrapped sparking calls for Chris Grayling to resignTransport Secretary Chris Grayling today faced calls to resign after a controversial ferry contract awarded to a firm with no ships as part of no-deal Brexit plans was scrapped.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Your train could take 30 minutes longer if you're travelling through the East MidlandsA £13million investment project will start on Sunday

Yorkshire Post

• YP Letters: Reinstate the old capacity of our railways before going down HS2 routeDEREK Hutchinson (The Yorkshire Post, February 5) argues that HS2 is needed to increase the capacity of our railway system.

Cambridge News

• One man's epic rant after 'shambolic' Cambridge train disruptionThe Greater Anglia disruption was due to a problem with the overhead wires between Shelford and Cambridge

Other Regional Press

• MP demands third direct Shrewsbury-to-London rail serviceShrewsbury should get a third daily direct train service to London, the town's MP has said, while calls have been repeated for the service to be extended to north Shropshire.

Other News Sources

• Community Rail Partnership Officer appointed on Swanage RailwayCommunity involvement in Purbeck’s heritage and main line railways – for the benefit of residents, visitors and the environment – is being given an important boost with the appointment of the area’s first Community Rail Partnership Officer.
• Cheshire's Best Kept Stations honoured at awards ceremonyTrain stations across the county received awards and commendations on the night
• Re-opening railway line could hold key for Northwich station accessTHE proposed re-opening of the Middlewich railway line – along with a new Gadbrook Park station – could usher in long-awaited access improvements at Northwich, a councillor has suggested following a meeting with Northern.