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Sunday, 24 November 2019

BBC News

• Taxis and buses used to track potholesA device records how the road surface is changing so potholes can be identified and fixed quickly.

Financial Times

• Driverless car groups look past the engineering challengeAs the technology nears deployment, companies are trying to work out how to build a consumer service business
• Airlines face long-haul to carbon-free flyingCarriers accused of ‘greenwashing’ as pressure mounts to reduce emissions

The Guardian

• Man arrested after Jewish children were targeted on the tubeSuspect allegedly read antisemitic texts from the Bible to two boys on the Northern lineA man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground.The suspect, whose name and age has not been released by police, was held in Birmingham on Saturday night on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence and he remains in custody. Continue reading...
• Britain’s carmakers fear the wheels are coming offNot even the UK’s F1 expertise can persuade Tesla to invest, or boost poor sales figures as Brexit loomsWhat have toothpaste manufacturing and Formula One motor racing got in common?Very little, on the face of it – unless you head to a factory in Maidenhead, which eight years ago was the scene of a case study beloved of manufacturing students (and business writers). Continue reading...
• Elon Musk: 150,000 orders for Tesla cybertruck despite disastrous launchElectric car mogul claims not to have advertised new vehicleMusk’s net worth plunged $768m after window fiasco went viralTesla chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday there had been about 150,000 orders for the electric carmaker’s cybertruck, which was unveiled in Los Angeles on Thursday. Related: Cybertruck: Tesla unveils new pickup truck but windows break during demo Continue reading...

The Herald

• ScotRail in new passenger revolt over fare evasion threatScotRail is refusing to say how many passengers have been reported, or convicted, for fare evasion just days after the company provoked a social media storm over a warning that it was clamping down on dodgers.

Times Online

• Interview: Guillaume Faury, Airbus’s pilot amid the dark clouds [Subscription]Climate change protests, trade wars and Brexit: the European aviation giant’s new boss Guillaume Faury has his work cut out
• Uber, led by Dara Khosrowshahi, scrambles to avoid losing London licence [Subscription]Uber’s ability to keep operating in London is on a knife edge as Transport for London (TfL) considers whether to remove its licence over concerns about the identification of drivers.
• Airbus boss Guillaume Faury urges fighter deal [Subscription]The new chief executive of Airbus has called for a single European fighter jet programme and warned that the continent needs to bolster its defence industry.

City AM

• British Airways reaches agreement with pilots' union to end pay disputeBritish Airways has reached a preliminary agreement with it pilots’ union Balpa to end the pay dispute that saw the [...] The post British Airways reaches agreement with pilots' union to end pay dispute appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Express

• Boris pledges to make Britain 'Corbyn neutral' by axing crippling hospital parking feesBORIS JOHNSON is pledging to cancel NHS hospital car parking fees for millions of patients, relatives and staff as he prepares to unveil the Tory election manifesto.

Sky News

• Musk boasts of nearly 150,000 Cybertruck orders despite launch gaffeTesla has received nearly 150,000 orders for its new electric pickup truck - despite its botched launch earlier this week.

Birmingham Post

• Edinburgh Airport contract secured by St Asaph IT firmPinacl-GDA has won the contract to deliver a major infrastructure management program

Daily Post (North Wales)

• What Caernarfon can expect from new bypass - by the people who've already had it Porthmadog businesses share their experiences ahead of the upcoming Bontnewydd bypass at Caernarfon
• End of the line - when the last Airbus A380 wings will leave Broughton The programme for the jumbo is being ended due to a lack of orders for the giant planes

London Evening Standard

• Unions' outcry as Tories expected to announce plans to ban all-out rail strikesRead our live politics updates HERE

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Chaos as drivers face two-hour wait to get out of Newcastle car park, with queues up to 12th floorThere were queues back to the 12th floor of the NCP multi-storey on John Dobson Street on Saturday night
• New study into extension of Metro trains to Metrocentre, Washington and beyond could launch in 2020Councillors have urged transport bosses to put funding into feasibility studies into potential new locations for the Tyne and Wear Metro

Wales Online

• Rail replacement bus gets stuck under bridge after 'taking a wrong turn'The bus was being used because of the planned closure of Cardiff Queen Street railway station

Leeds Live

• What is actually happening with HS2? The latest on the controversial high speed rail projectThe future of the largest infrastructure project in Europe hangs in the balance
• Call for minibuses to return to Leeds - to stop poorer families relying on taxisReintroducing a 'smaller network' of buses could help older people get around more easily
• Plans for car park outside Kirkgate Market come under fireOpponents claim the plans to accommodate more cars make a mockery of the council’s plans to become carbon-neutral by 2030

Reading Evening Post

• 'It's not like Love Actually' - Americans have been reviewing Heathrow Airport and it's hilariousTravellers from the USA have been leaving reviews of the airport on Yelp

Other News Sources

• Dismay at pothole fixing systemA HEREFORD man is calling on Herefordshire Council to resurface some of the city’s most used roads.
• 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
• London Underground passengers subjected to anti-Semitic abuse British Transport Police have now released images of a man they would like to speak to
• Disabled and autistic passengers can do 'dry run' through Gatwick to get used to surroundingsGatwick Airport hosted an Accessibility Day to let those with additional needs experience the processes and surroundings and prepare them for future trips