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Monday, 25 May 2020

Government

• Transport Secretary announces new measures to “keep passengers safe now and level up for the future”Further funding to protect and increase transport services, level up infrastructure and regenerate local economies after coronavirus (COVID-19) has been announced by the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps

BBC News

• Bombardier fire being treated as an accidentFirefighters say it is believed the fire began within a machine at the east Belfast plant.
• Coronavirus: Jaguar Land Rover in talks over government loanThe carmaker is reportedly seeking more than £1bn in taxpayer support as the pandemic hits sales.
• UK must agree 'air bridges', warn business groupsIndustries say the UK will be left behind, unless it relaxes quarantine rules with low-risk nations.

ITV News

• Mayor of Greater Manchester welcomes investment in metrolinkThe Mayor of Greater Manchester has welcomed additional funding for public transport in the region.

Financial Times

• IndiGo chief warns fare controls could hit passenger demandPresident of Indian airline questions government move to impose upper and lower price limits
• Aviation industry prepares for sweeping changes in post-pandemic travelFlying experience will be radically different as industry warns of rising prices and long queues

The Guardian

• Luton council draws up emergency cuts to avoid bankruptcyAuthority faces £49m shortfall as airport revenue slumps during coronavirus lockdown. Luton borough council is drawing up drastic cuts to services to avoid bankruptcy after after a coronavirus-related collapse in passenger numbers at Luton airport blew an estimated
• Aston Martin sacks chief Andy Palmer after shares plungeLuxury car maker expected to hire Mercedes-AMGs Tobias Moers as next CEO as valuation falls to below £600m. Aston Martin is sacking its chief executive, Andy Palmer, following a 98% collapse in the luxury car company's share price since it floated on the stock market less than two years ago.

Times Online

• Can’t face your old commute, but won’t ditch the train for a bicycle? [subscription]Times writers test alternative ways of getting to work, from e-scooters to motorbikes
• City centres, deserted during the pandemic, may never be the same [subscription]ecessions are usually a catalyst for change and the sharp economic downturn triggered by Covid-19 is bound to turn some things around. Take big cities, long considered as the engine of regional growth, bringing together talent, capital and ideas to create vibrant centres: what role will they play in a post-Covid world?
• Aston Martin chief Andy Palmer’s future in doubt {subscription]The future of Andy Palmer, the chief executive of Aston Martin, was in doubt last night after reports that he is to be replaced.

City AM

• Aston Martin's chief executive ousted as part of management shake-upAston Martin chief executive Andy Palmer is reportedly set to be ousted from the role as part of a management The post Aston Martin's chief executive ousted as part of management shake-up appeared first on CityAM.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Environmental groups and local campaigners speak out against Leeds Bradford Airport plans ENVIRONMENTAL activists and local campaigners have joined together to oppose plans to increase capacity at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Bristol Live

• Graphic artist caused £4,000 damage to trainsDon Midasoni, AKA Joshua Dent, travelled from Bristol to Wales twice to carry out the damage
• Eight ways bus travel in Bristol is changing as lockdown easesPassengers will see changes as First Bus takes steps to increase social distancing

London Evening Standard

• Jet2 holidays and flights to resume in JulyAirline Jet2 and tour operator Jet2holidays will resume flights and holidays on July 1.
• Virgin Orbit: Historic test flight of LauncherOne vehicle delayed due to equipment problemsVirgin Orbit has delayed the historic first orbital test flight of its LauncherOne vehicle due to equipment problems.

Manchester Evening News

• Railway between Bury and Rochdale could be restored after Whitehall backs plansThe government has announced plans to spend £500,000 developing a proposal explaining why reinstating the route would be worthwhile.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• The A66 linking North East to Cumbria to be fully dualled in £1billion upgrade, transport chief have revealedThe £1billion project will widen the road which leads from the A1 in North Yorkshire to the M6 at Penrith, which is still a single carriageway in some areas

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Could the Black Country become a cycling Yamsterdam?As cycling becomes more popular amid the pandemic, could the Black Country become a Yamsterdam?

Yorkshire Post

• Beeching-axed lines in Sheffield and Craven could re-open after new funding pledgeTWO Yorkshire rail lines closed following the sweeping Beeching cuts of the 1960s could be reinstated after the Government announced it would fund the development of re-opening plans.

Blackpool Gazette

• Blackpool and Fleetwood in new Government transport funding announcementBlackpool has been allocated a £520,000 grant by the Government as part of a major investment programme unveiled by the Department of Transport today.

Other Regional Press

• Bury residents asked for suggestions on cycling and walkingBURY residents are being urged to have their say on changes that would help them to keep cycling and walking as the town and country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.
• Could cycling solve ‘historic congestion problems’ in our towns?A new push to get Suffolk cycling in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown could solve town centre congestion in Suffolk while encouraging social distancing, it has been claimed.
• Council hopes for slice of £250m cycling fundA MULTI-MILLION government cash injection into cycling and walking provision could see big improvements in Swindon.
• 'The time is right' to reopen Newport railway line as work continues on innovation parkWork is continuing on the high-tech Newport Innovation Park under the lockdown.
• Bid to reopen Wellington Station given £50,000 backing by GovernmentA BID to reopen the railway station in Wellington has been given the go ahead, the Government has announced.
• Leicester to Burton Ivanhoe railway line re-opening takes a step forwardThe potential re-opening of the Leicester-to-Burton railway line, via Coalville and Ashby, as a passenger route has moved a step closer.
• Midlands motorists face speeding crackdown as lockdown easesThe Police and Crime Commissioner said the lockdown saw some roads turned into “race tracksâ€�

Rail Advent

• Northern City line transformed thanks to Network Rail and Great Northern If you need to travel to or from Moorgate Station, you can now enjoy a smarter, cleaner and brighter route.

Other News Sources

• Coronavirus transport changes in Oxfordshire could start in JuneCHANGES to the way people get around Oxfordshire as a result of the 'new normal' could begin as early as June.
• Trains could soon be running to this Stoke-on-Trent railway station - fifty-four years after it shutThe station, off George Avenue, was closed down in 1966 as part of the infamous Beeching cuts, and today there is little evidence it existed at all.