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Monday, 04 November 2019

BBC News

• Candid moments on the London UndergroundPhotographer Mike Goldwater's pictures capture the London Underground during the 1970s.
• HS2 review criticised by deputy chair of panelLord Berkeley had 'no opportunity to influence' a forthcoming report into high-speed rail project.

Financial Times

• HS2 decision to be delayed until after general electionReview on high-speed rail project unlikely to be published before December
• IAG to buy Air Europa in bid to turn Madrid into major hubBA parent looks to build further inroads in transatlantic South American market

The Guardian

• Call for ban on UK private jets by 2025 as flight traffic soarsStudy says passenger has 10 times carbon footprint of economy-class flyer with 40% of flights empty return-legs
• Do rail companies need to change their bike policies?While vertical storage is an effective use of space, it deters cyclists from using trains
• John McDonnell on NHS privatisation and Heathrow expansion under Labour – videoJohn McDonnell says a Labour government would eradicate all traces of privatisation from the health service. Speaking ahead of the first full week of election campaigning, the shadow chancellor also says Labour could scrap the expansion of Heathrow because it does not meet the party's criteria on environmental, economic and social impacts

The Scotsman

• UK’s first self-driving bus is to be trialled in ScotlandEurope’s first full-sized self-driving bus is to be demonstrated in Scotland for the first time next week ahead of a trial over the Forth Road Bridge next year.

Times Online

• Labour ready to scrap Heathrow expansion plan for third runway [subscription]The expansion of Heathrow could be ditched by Labour because climate change is the party’s “No 1 priority”, the shadow chancellor has suggested.

City AM

• DEBATE: Will Uber's move into banking succeed or fail?Can Uber graduate from taxi rank to taxi bank after announcing its move into financial services? YES, says Andrew Mitchell, [...] The post DEBATE: Will Uber's move into banking succeed or fail? appeared first on CityAM.
• Ryanair cuts profit guidance as 737 Max planes face delayRyanair has cut its annual profit guidance by €50m, warning earnings are “heavily dependent” on air fares and Brexit. The [...] The post Ryanair cuts profit guidance as 737 Max planes face delay appeared first on CityAM.
• HS2 review still unfinished, with no final decision expected until after electionA decision on whether to proceed with the controversial HS2 rail project appears to have been pushed back until after the upcoming General Election, amid uncertainty over how it will feature in party manifestos.
• 'Dirty business': Rail firms will still be dumping raw sewage on the line next yearRail operators have been forced to backtrack on a promise to stop the “dirty business” of dumping excrement on tracks by the end of the year.
• Carlyle in driving seat to acquire Arriva in £2.2bn dealAmerican private equity firm Carlyle is the front-runner to buy Arriva in a deal worth £2.2bn.

i News

• Passengers could get automatic refunds in a move that could cost train companies millionsTrain operators have been accused of 'playing the system' when it comes to compensation for passengers
• John McDonnell confirms a Labour government would cancel Heathrow expansionThe third runway is due to be completed by 2026, but the shadow chancellor said it would be axed in a bid to halt climate change.

Mail Online

• Labour signals it would SCRAP Heathrow airport expansionJeremy Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell made clear the third runway could be a victim of efforts to make the UK carbon-neutral by 2030.

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham Airport named as one of most likely to lose passengers' luggageMoneySupermarket did some research to find out which UK airports are the worst for this, and unsurprisngly all the London ones came in the top ten

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Eight cabbies seen stopping on double yellows in one hour on Bradford street – and they're doing nothing wrong!Eight private hire vehicles were seen stopping on double yellow lines in just one hour on a Bradford street – and it may surprise some people to hear that they were doing nothing wrong!

Manchester Evening News

• Bus company forced by vandals to withdraw service through estate"How many older people will this leave stuck?"

The York Press

• York's great age of electric transportA few weeks ago, we carried on these pages a photograph of Museum Street, showing a bus overtaking an electric tram (photograph 1 today). We wrongly claimed in the caption to this photograph that the bus in the picture was 'one of York's 1915 electric buses...'

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Passengers furious after LNER sells them tickets for a Leeds to London 'ghost' train that didn't existTrain operator LNER has been criticised after selling tickets for a Sunday train that didn't exist.

Yorkshire Post

• These are the Yorkshire train stations getting a makeover as part of a £2.6m investment by Grand CentralTrain operator Grand Central has revealed more details of investment in a number of stations across Yorkshire.

Burnley Express

• Roadworks to start on £3m Burnley junction widening schemeMAJOR works at Rose Grove in Burnley, close to junction nine of the M65 are set to start on Monday.

Kent Online

• £500,000 project to resurface cycle path alongside A20 between Dover and Folkestone, involving SustransMore than half a million pounds will go to improve a cliff top cycle route.

Leeds Live

• This Leeds road has been named the most dangerous in the city for cyclistsThe crashes at Otley Road and Ring Road West roundabout led to eight casualties affecting a total of 16 vehicles - including both bikes and cars

Other Regional Press

• Weymouth partygoers to benefit from free bus travel Those heading to Weymouth for New Year's Eve this year will benefit from subsidised bus travel thanks to local businesses.
• Parish council throws its weight behind campaign to reopen Totton to Fawley branch railwayVILLAGE leaders have thrown their support behind a campaign to reopen a Hampshire rail route.

Railnews

• Berkeley dismissed from unfinished HS2 review The Oakervee/Berkeley review of HS2 is not yet complete, but deputy chairman Lord Berkeley has been stood down and will not be able to influence its conclusions. Even when it is ready, the potentially controversial report is now very unlikely to be published until after the general election. The review was commissioned in the summer, but only chairman Douglas Oakervee will now make the final recommendations, along with civil servants in the Department for Transport.

Other News Sources

• Elderly 'cut off' after bus stops axed - but company claims they're barely ever usedMP Alex Cunningham says people left 'stranded' by changes to bus stops deserve answers from Stagecoach
• Election could delay plans for Greenwich to Woolwich cycle routeThe snap general election could delay a consultation on a new Greenwich to Woolwich cycle route – including plans to revamp the lethal Woolwich Road roundabout.