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Airships, electric planes and flight rationing among low-carbon aviation alternatives mooted by Scots academic
Bus scheme helps people with hidden disabilities have more dignified journeys
Public transport can be a daunting for people with disabilities, let alone those with conditions invisible to the untrained eye.
Sunday, 29 September 2019
BBC News
- Rain causes railway mudslide and travel disruptionRail services are disrupted and events cancelled as heavy rain sweeps across England and Wales.
- Wrightbus: Family say death threats issued after firm's collapseAbout 1,200 people lost their jobs when the Ballymena firm was placed into administration.
The Guardian
- Death threats made to owners of London bus maker that foldedMore than 1,000 people lost their jobs after Wrightbus went into administration this weekThe family that owns the ailing Wrightbus firm has faced death threats since it collapsed, a former company director said.More than 1,000 people lost their jobs when the Ballymena-based engineering coachbuilder and pioneer of the low-floor bus went into administration earlier this week. Continue reading...
Times Online
- Scots researcher says zeppelins may be stairway to green travel [subscription]Airships, electric planes and flight rationing among low-carbon aviation alternatives mooted by Scots academic
- Richard Bruton defeated on closing EU biofuel loophole [subscription]The government opposed removing a loophole which allows certain biofuels to be double-counted towards renewable energy targets during negotiations with the EU in 2017 and 2018, it has emerged.
City AM
- BP chief Dudley to step down after decade-long tenureThe chief executive of BP is set to step down after 10 years of leading the British energy company. Bob [...] The post BP chief Dudley to step down after decade-long tenure appeared first on CityAM.
Belfast Telegraph
- Family of Wrightbus owners hit by sinister death threatDeath threats have been issued against the family that owned Wrightbus following the collapse of their business, it emerged last night.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Bradford Park Avenue withdraws objection to double yellow lines outside stadium BRADFORD Park Avenue has withdrawn its objections to planned double yellow lines around Horsfall Stadium, designed to prevent its supporters from inconsiderately parking.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Man who says he investigated Wrexham's underground tunnels draws map of where hidden network liesThe mystery deepens!
Lincolnshire Echo
- East Midlands Airport fines appeal system 'shambolic' and 'broken'There have been a number of complaints from those who have been fined at the BP garage near the airport
Manchester Evening News
- 'They are our colleagues, friends and family' - Boss of Manchester Airport speaks out after Thomas Cook collapseFormer employees are invited to attend a jobs fair, with 1,000 posts on offer, next Thursday
Metro
- Bus scheme helps people with hidden disabilities have more dignified journeys Public transport can be a daunting for people with disabilities, let alone those with conditions invisible to the untrained eye.
The York Press
- Update on ring road dualling and junctions PROGRESS on upgrading roundabouts on the outer ring road and plans to dual the carriageway were outlined at a City of York Council meeting.
- Plaque unveiled to mark the completion of Scarborough Bridge renovation A NEW plaque was unveiled on Scarborough Bridge today to mark its official opening.
Wales Online
- Bus catches fire on busy road in the RhonddaVideo footage shows flames from the rear of the bus
Cambridge News
- The £300 million plan to transform the A47 after a number of serious crashesA £300 million project has been agreed
Leeds Live
- Live updates as heavy rain causes mudslide on train tracks and major flooding across West YorkshireTrain services have been cancelled after a significant mudslide
Other Regional Press
- This is why M62 and M1 laybys are turning orangeWork is being carried out on them to ensure they provide a safe area and ideal stopping point for motorists
- A31 sliproad closure by the Fish Inn is backed CONTROVERSIAL plans to close a slip road on to the A31 at one of its busiest junctions are being supported by a town council.
- Buses to replace trains on stretch of Weymouth-Waterloo line next month Buses will replace trains between Poole and Dorchester South next month.
Transportxtra
- Times backs Heathrow congestion charge, Guardian calls for CO2 cuts [subscription]Both papers acknowledged the threat of man-made climate change but one was rather more relaxed than the other when it came to the subject of Heathrow Airport adding a third runway.
Other News Sources
- Robots join staff at Istanbul AirportIstanbul’s new airport may only have one terminal right now, but that terminal covers 1.4 million sqm.
- The London Underground line that was built in secretBack before we had the lovely unified TfL we enjoy today, various cut throat railway businesses fought for control of London’s transport network.
- Residents concerned about 'excessive' cutting of vegetation and trees by rail lines in BathThey say Network Rail is going too far when it cuts back greenery as part of its safety works
- The eerie train graveyard found by urban explorer near GrimsbyOld British Rail carriages and locomotives abandoned at secret location in north Lincolnshire
- Bury St Edmunds MP Jo Churchill backs teenager's call for more carriages on Greater Anglia trainsA teenager’s campaign for better rail services has inspired Bury St Edmunds MP Jo Churchill to call on Greater Anglia for improvement. Oscar Hedge, 17, said carriages on his daily commute to Cambridge are overcrowded to the point of being ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘dangerous’.
- Hereford bypass: trust the experts or bury heads in sand The evidence for the stance of the Business Board is overwhelming, and much of it is shown or linked to on the website www.herefordshirebusinessboard.co.uk.
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