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Monday, 26 August 2019

BBC News

• Port Talbot steelworks' waste gases could power flightsTata's Port Talbot plant is the focus for turning the waste into biofuel for the airline industry.
• Queensbury Tunnel: Cycle way campaigners offer tunnel visionWill cycle campaigners wanting a deserted and flooded railway tunnel reopened see their vision realised?
• Climate change: Call for Scottish city centre ban on fossil fuel vehiclesA group of civic leaders say the move should be a key part of Scotland's effort to tackle climate change.
• ScotRail under fire after major disruption around EdinburghAn investigation is launched after passengers complain of
• Boy, 12, dies after railway power lines accident in GlasgowPolice say the 12-year-old died in hospital almost a week after the incident in Glasgow.
• The Mini at 60: Fans share their pictures of the little carAs the classic vehicle reaches 60, enthusiasts share their stories and pictures.
• Airport security: 3D baggage scanners could end liquid restrictionsAirports must introduce 3D baggage screening before the end of 2022, the government announces.
• British Airways strike: Passengers angry at airline 'silence'Customers say they are unable to get in touch with BA, as the airline says it is fielding 40,000 calls.

The Guardian

• Mallorca crash: seven killed in midair collision between plane and helicopter Two children among the dead in crash over the central town of Inca on Sunday
• Airline punctuality at UK airports nosedives, finds Which? Ryanair and Easyjet delays double in five years, as Stansted named worst airport for takeoff times
• Aircraft production down 24% globally after Boeing 737 Max crashesAerospace lobby group slashes 2019 deliveries forecast and says prospect of no-deal Brexit making things worse

The Independent

• British Airways error over flight cancellations sparked weekend of chaos for thousands of passengersOn centenary anniversary, airline is under siege from angry customers

The Scotsman

• ScotRail apologises after Edinburgh Waverley weekend travel chaos leaves hundreds strandedThe union for transport workers has branded the disruption experienced by travellers from Edinburgh Waverley over the weekend as “symptomatic” of Abellio’s management of ScotRail – with one worker saying it was the worst disruption for 25 years.

Times Online

• Roadside testing catches more drivers on drugs [Subscription]The number of people caught driving under the influence of drugs has more than tripled over the last year.
• ScotRail sorry for mayhem on packed trains from Edinburgh festivals [Subscription]ScotRail has apologised to hundreds of people who were crammed into carriages because a train broke down during their return from the final weekend of the Edinburgh festivals.
• If HS2 is such a good idea, why does no one want to buy a stake? [Subscription]In a welcome sign that the new government does not consider previous administrations’ expenditure decisions automatically to represent value for money, Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, is to take a long hard look at HS2. By the end of the year, he is to reach a “go or no-go” verdict.
• Delays for air passengers are getting worse [Subscription]Seventeen million airline passengers suffered delays of at least an hour last year, according to the consumer rights organisation Which?

Reuters News

• UK government planning fuel duty cut in emergency budget - Sunday TimesThe British government is planning to cut fuel duty for the first time in eight years in a possible emergency October budget, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

City AM

• Fuel duty cut on the cards as threat of general election looms Boris Johnson is reportedly preparing to slash fuel duty for the first time in nearly a decade as part of a potential emergency budget in the autumn.
• BA passengers complain after flight cancellation confusion British Airways passengers have complained that they have been unable to contact the airline following confusion about flight cancellations ahead of next month’s pilot strike.

Mail Online

• ‘I’m never flying BA again’: Furious passengers blast the airline after spending thousands re-booking flights they were wrongly told were cancelled following an ‘email error’British Airways customers have spoken of their anger at having to shell out thousands of pounds on replacement flights - only to be told that their plane hadn't actually been cancelled.
• Union boss cannot call off BA pilot strikes that threaten holiday chaos for thousands – because he’s gone on a cruise for his 60th birthdayThe union boss leading a pilots' strike threatening the plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers

Sky News

• Two dead after light aircraft crashes into fieldTwo people have died after a light aircraft crashed in a field near Henley-on-Thames.

Manchester Evening News

• How flights to three destinations are at the centre of a crackdown on drunk Manchester Airport yobsA secret monitoring network has been established to keep an eye on disruptive passengers
• M61 closure sees motorists getting out of their cars to 'play' during a police incidentA section of the M61 around junction four at Farnworth was closed in both directions on Sunday night following what was described as a 'police incident'

Kent Online

• Southeastern train services full to the brim as daytrippers head to the Kent coastTrain bosses are looking to free up more carriages this afternoon after packed services this morning left many fuming as thousands headed to the coast to enjoy the sunshine.

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