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Saturday, 23 November 2019

BBC News

• Conwy Valley Line to close for more than three weeksRail passengers face major disruption during upgrade work on a
• Tesla Cybertruck: Elon Musk's new vehicle smashed during demoElon Musk had an embarrassing moment as he showed off the new Tesla 'Cybertruck'.
• Greater Manchester Metrolink: Single fares to be frozen in 2020Greater Manchester's trams will see most ticket prices frozen or rise by less than 4% in 2020.
• TransPennine Express launches new £500m fleetThe investment over two years will see 44 new trains run between Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
• Travel firm boss aims to keep it in the familyThe owner of Hays Travel, which bought Thomas Cook's stores, says he will not sell the enlarged business.

Financial Times

• Tesla unveils bold design for ‘Cybertruck’Elon Musk hopes Bond-inspired electric vehicle will be a hit with pick-up drivers
• British Airways agrees pay deal to end strikesAirline heads off risk of Christmas disruption after pilots’ union backs improved offer

The Guardian

• BA pilots' strike: airline agrees provisional pay settlementBritish Airways avoids festive disruption as union backs deal worth 12% over three yearsBritish Airways has agreed to a provisional pay settlement with its pilots, heading off the threat of Christmas disruption and bringing to an end one of the most damaging disputes in its history.The pilots union, Balpa, has recommended a deal worth 12% over three years to its members, more than a year after talks started and following strikes in September that cost the airline tens of millions of pounds a day. Continue reading...
• Elon Musk's net worth plunges $768m in a day after cybertruck fiascoTesla’s chief designer smashed the vehicle’s windows in an attempt to demonstrate their toughnessDoes the act of someone’s net worth plummeting make an actual sound?If so, then for Elon Musk it would be the thonk of a metal ball splintering the purportedly unbreakable glass of his long-awaited cybertruck. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Tesla’s first pickup truck ‘is bulletproof’ [Subscription]Tesla unveiled its first pickup truck at a haphazard presentation that included accidentally smashing two of the vehicle’s windows. Elon Musk, chief executive of the electric carmaker, proudly described Tesla’s Cybertruck as not looking like anything else, as he revealed a futuristic, triangular-shaped vehicle. Mr Musk said the design for the “bulletproof” $39,900 (£31,000) grey truck was partly influenced by the Lotus Esprit sportscar that doubled as a submarine in the 1970s James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. The event on Thursday night will have been closely monitored by the car industry because Tesla is one of America’s most closely watched and valuable vehicle manufacurers.
• Suicide seminar helps rail staff save hundreds of lives [Subscription]Hundreds of lives have been saved since train workers around the country were coached on how to help prevent suicides on the railways.
• British Airways agrees union pay deal to avoid Christmas strike [Subscription]A strike by British Airways pilots over Christmas looks likely to be averted after the airline agreed a pay deal with union leaders.
• Conservative policies: Tories would force rail unions to run services during strike [Subscription]The Conservatives have pledged to end all-out rail strikes by passing a law ensuring that some services operate in the event of industrial action.
• East Midlands trains to shut doors two minutes early [Subscription]Train operators regularly take flak for failing to run services on time. One company has opted for a potential solution: simply close the doors earlier.

City AM

• Uber 'under pressure to collect driver biometrics' to secure London licenceUber could be forced into providing the biometric data of its drivers in order to continue operating in London, according [...] The post Uber 'under pressure to collect driver biometrics' to secure London licence appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Chaos as computer glitch grounds BA flightsThousands of British Airways passengers are stranded after the airline's flight plan management computer crashed, with flights from the US to Gatwick and Heathrow worst affected.
• Nearly half of British motorists fear the UK's pothole-riven roads are getting worseForty-nine per cent of British motorists said the condition of their local roads - those other than motorways and A-roads - had deteriorated in the last year, according to the RAC.
• Chaos as computer glitch grounds BA flightsThousands of British Airways passengers are stranded after the airline's flight plan management computer crashed, with flights from the US to Gatwick and Heathrow worst affected.

This is Money

• Car tax evasion remains at record levels since paper discs were scrapped in 2014Around 1.6% of all car owners are dodging paying Vehicle and Excise Duty, figures released by the Department for Transport show. In the final year of paper discs, evasion rates were 0.6%.
• Supermarkets in fresh fuel price war cutting petrol and diesel prices by 2p a litreAsda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's have confirmed that motorists can save up to 2p a litre if they fill up with petrol or diesel at one of their forecourts over the weekend.

Birmingham Mail

• Police warning over 'stranded' Birmingham passengers as rail staff strikeThe RMT union has told West Midlands senior conductors, senior conductor instructors and train driver members not to book any Saturday shifts from November 16 until December 28

Birmingham Post

• TransPennine Express reveals state-of-the-art Nova trains - 'the most advanced anywhere on UK rail network'The trains will serve customers between cities such as Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh

Bolton News

• New tram fares unveiledMETROLINK has announced new fares for Greater Manchester- which includes price freezes and rises.
• 'Complete nightmare' St Peters Way delays finally set to end CHAOTIC delays on a major through-road are set to end a week earlier than expected.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Passenger smelt 'burning' and heard loud grinding moments before wheel came off moving busGwynfor Coaches said the incident on the A487 near Caernarfon happened just hours after the bus had undergone a service by an external contractor

London Evening Standard

• Victoria line Tube strike called off ahead of fresh talks with union bosses and London UndergroundA planned strike on the Victoria line next week has been called off ahead of fresh talks between union bosses and London Underground (LU).

Cambridge News

• Cheap car parks launched in Cambridge just in time for Christmas shoppingYou can park all day for less than a tenner and it raises money for charity

East Anglian Daily Times

• Portman Road multi-storey car park plan gathers pace as contracts awarded for workPlans for a multi-storey car park in a key Ipswich street have moved a step closer, after architects and engineers have been agreed.
• ‘Substantial leak’ shuts busy road in Suffolk townA major road in a Suffolk town has closed due to a ‘substantial’ water leak.

Get Surrey

• Train station improvements across Surrey planned as part of £15m investment programme The projects were selected from ideas identified during a consultation

Leeds Live

• More details emerge on how two trains collided in Leeds leading to severe disruption to servicesTwo LNER trains crashed into each other at a depot in Leeds earlier this month and the incident resulted in significant delays for almost 24 hours

Other Regional Press

• Southampton Airport expansion plans sent to Eastleigh Borough CouncilCONTROVERSIAL plans to expand Southampton Airport have moved a step forward.
• Expressway review welcomed by Oxford Friends of the EarthAN ENVIRONMENTALIST group has welcomed plans to review a planned major road as the ‘beginning of the end.’
• 'If everyone gave £1 it would fund this winter and next': Battle to keep bus route goingCampaigners are hoping to fill the gap left by bus cuts by raising £5,000 - which could mean passengers travel without charge.
• Future railway plans for Nuneaton revealedNew stations, extra services and a Weddington access are among them
• HS2 could reduce number of fast trains in CoventryA significant number of changes to the region's rail network have been proposed
• Changes to rail services this weekendKent rail passengers are being advised to check before they travel this weekend.

C.N.N.

• Tesla reveals Cybertruck, but breaks its 'unbreakable' windows during unveilingThe Cybertruck has arrived and it looks nothing like any pickup truck you've ever seen. Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the long-awaited electric pickup truck at its Design Studio in Hawthorne, California, just outside Los Angeles.

Rail Technology Magazine

• £500m investment sees TransPennine Express launch new Nova Fleet trains Today (Nov 22nd) launched its new Nova fleet trains in a ceremony at Liverpool’s Lime Street Station. Dignitaries and stakeholders from across the north were present at the event as the Nova trains were unveiled to the public, alongside entrainment from a local brass band and speeches from...

Aviation Industry

• Boeing rolls out 737 MAX 10Boeing rolled out the 737 MAX 10 at an employee-only event in Renton, Washington, on Nov. 21, as the company attempts to slow the momentum of the Airbus A321neo. read more

Other News Sources

• New Gatwick flights to cities in Kuwait, Mexico and Germany launched Routes have been launched for the winter season at Gatwick Airport
• How the South Western Railway December strike will affect your journey The 27-day walkout could not have come at a worse time for those wishing to travel to see their families over the holidays
• Drone registration plan brought in following Gatwick chaos becomes law at end of November By the end of the month all operators of drones over a certain weight will need to complete a course and register them