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Saturday, 06 June 2020

BBC News

• Combat drone to compete against piloted planeThe US Air Force will pit an advanced autonomous aircraft against a piloted plane in tests.
• Coronavirus: National Rail to offer 'busy station' alertsRail passengers will be warned if trains or stations are busy, to aid social distancing.
• Alderley Edge 'used by YouTube fame-seeking supercar drivers'Drivers wanting YouTube fame are loudly revving their engines, a councillor seeking a ban says.
• Coronavirus: Free face masks on London transportVolunteers will hand out the face coverings at busy Tube and bus stations from Monday.
• Coronavirus: Airport passengers will need to bring masksThe owner of Glasgow and Aberdeen airports list the measure among new Covid-19 safety guidelines.
• BA refuses to meet Home Secretary over quarantine plansThe airline has declined to meet Priti Patel amid strong criticism of the UK's quarantine policy.
• Bentley: Luxury carmaker to cut up to 1,000 jobsThe firm, which makes its luxury cars in Crewe, says up to 1,000 jobs will go.
• Coronavirus: BA threatens legal action over quarantine plansAirline owner IAG is meeting lawyers to decide whether to challenge government over quarantine plans.

Financial Times

• British Airways threatens legal action over UK quarantine plansWillie Walsh, head of airline’s parent company, says government’s plans are ‘terrible’

The Herald

• Scots could travel to continent and avoid virus checks if they fly from 'low-risk' Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen airportsSCOTTISH holidaymakers might be able to fly for a summer holiday to some destinations on the continent and avoid any coronavirus checks and quarantine, so long as they fly from Edinburgh, Inverness or Aberdeen airports, it has emerged.

The Telegraph

• Travel updates: Britons can avoid quarantine by flying from ‘clean’ airports

Times Online

• Spacious post-pandemic Inverness transport hub a step closer [Subscription]A multimillion-pound transport hub to revolutionise Inverness city centre after the coronavirus pandemic is a step closer after Network Rail completed its purchase of several sites.
• Aircraft maker Bombardier to shed 2,500 aviation jobs because of coronavirus lockdown [Subscription]There are fears for hundreds of jobs at Bombardier’s manufacturing base in Northern Ireland after the aircraft maker said that the lockdown required it to “adjust” its workforce.
• Case of railway worker Belly Mujinga is reopened [Subscription]The Crown Prosecution Service is to review a police decision not to charge a man accused of spitting on a railway worker who later died of coronavirus.
• BA boss threatens legal action against coronavirus quarantine rules [Subscription]The government is facing multiple legal challenges over its decision to quarantine all arrivals in the UK amid warnings that the “irrational” policy will be catastrophic for the economy.
• Coronavirus: Thousands pour in through British airports to beat quarantine [Subscription]Thousands of air passengers have been able to avoid Britain’s new quarantine rules by arriving in the country only days before the measures are introduced, The Times has learnt.

Reuters News

• British luxury carmaker Bentley to cut quarter of workforceBritish luxury carmaker Bentley Motors said on Friday it plans to shed up to 1,000 jobs, nearly a quarter of its workforce, adding to the gloom in the sector hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

City AM

• British Airways-owner mulls quarantine legal challengeThe owner of British Airways is mulling a legal challenge against the government’s quarantine plan which will require passengers coming The post British Airways-owner mulls quarantine legal challenge appeared first on CityAM.
• Bombardier to cut 2,500 jobs as Covid-19 hits aviation demandManufacturing giant Bombardier today said it will cut 2,500 jobs in its aviation division as the coronavirus crisis sparks a The post Bombardier to cut 2,500 jobs as Covid-19 hits aviation demand appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Seen for the first time, the ghostly sight of one Graveyard Gatwick in paralysisDAVID JONES: Gatwick has turned from the world's second busiest single-runway airport - its volume of traffic surpassed only by one in Mumbai - into a kind of aviation mausoleum.assembled.

The Mirror

• Police turn away 1,000 cars from Welsh village in two days as lockdown floutedPowys police said more than 1,000 cars were sent home by officers in the Brecon Beacons after day-trippers travelled to the beauty spot in breach of Welsh coronavirus lockdown rules

This is Money

• Fiat launches the first 'pay-as-you-go' car finance deal in the UKThe deal, which uses black box technology to track when someone is driving to calculate payments, includes tax and roadside recovery.

Birmingham Post

• Work electrifying the Severn Tunnel completed by Network RailIt means trains between Cardiff and Paddington can operate entirely in electric mode
• UK's largest yacht maker reveals new model on return to productionPlymouth's Princess Yachts is trialling the X95 and said it sets new standards for superyacht design
• Car-giant Bentley Motors to axe 1,000 jobsThe Crewe car manufacturer confirmed the news this morning

Bristol Live

• easyJet flight to Bristol diverted due to 'shoulder-height' smokeThe main pilot exposed himself to “potentially hazardous fumesâ€� and felt “wobblyâ€� before an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport

London Evening Standard

• British Airways, Ryanair and EasyJet threaten to go to court over government quarantine programmeBritish Airways, EasyJet and Ryanair are believed to be threatening to take the government's quarantine plan to judicial review if it is not rescinded.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Rail future of region's transportThe future of public transport in the West Midlands lies in rail, the region's mayor has said.

Bucks Free Press

• HS2 CEO said project was 'Britain's biggest environment project' - but people are NOT happyYesterday, on World Environment Day, HS2's CEO lauded the controversial project as

Other Regional Press

• TfL to hand out face masks at Tube stations Face masks will be handed out at Tube stations from Monday to help Londoners follow new rules demanding facial coverings on public transport.
• Face coverings to become mandatory on public transport, Welwyn Hatfield MP announcesThe MP for Welwyn Hatfield announced yesterday that face coverings, not masks, are to become mandatory on public transport.
• A19 road closure warning as 8 weeks of essential work to startThe road will be closed southbound between the A66 and the A174 with diversions in place
• Motorbikes are causing misery in North Yorkshire as lockdown easesOne resident said: "Somebody else's fun was my worst nightmare"

Railnews

• Finally wired up: Severn tunnel electrification is energised A long battle by engineers to electrify the Severn tunnel between England and Wales has been won at last, completing the electrification of the Great Western Main Line between London and Cardiff.
• Facemasks to be compulsory on English trains The transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced that a face covering will be compulsory on all public transport in England from 15 June. However, the RMT is concerned about the safety of frontline railway staff who will have to enforce the order.

Aviation Industry

• Building Back Better for Aviation: joint NGO briefingIn a joint briefing with Greenpeace UK and other environmental NGOs, AEF has set out the steps necessary for government to create a more sustainable aviation industry as it recovers from the Covid pandemic. Within a green, resilient recovery the …

Other News Sources

• New rules about travel for over 60s using London Underground and busesTransport for London says these changes will conserve space on public transport for people who have to use it to return to work
• 11 best bike rides and family friendly cycle routes in SurreyThese off-road cycling routes are suitable for all ages and abilities

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