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British Airways pilots vote to accept jobs deal
The agreement means the airline will cut pay by 20% temporarily and make about 270 redundancies.
Heathrow chaos as travellers queue for hours and chant
Passengers were forced to wait for up to an hour just to have their passports checked with just three Border Force staff on duty at Heathrow Terminal 5 on Saturday
Sunday, 02 August 2020
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- British Airways pilots vote to accept jobs dealThe agreement means the airline will cut pay by 20% temporarily and make about 270 redundancies.
Financial Times
- Airlines attempt to reboot transatlantic routesCovid spikes in Europe and the US come after expansion of flight capacity
Times Online
- Steep rise to rates bill adds to turbulence for DAA [Subscription]Embattled airport operator DAA faced a near doubling of its annual commercial rates bill to €35m this year, finance director Ray Gray told the Oireachtas last week.
Daily Express
- SpaceX BOMBSHELL: NASA astronauts to make history in rare ocean splashdown landingTWO AMERICAN astronauts left the International Space Station and are preparing to make history as they return to Earth later today.
The Mirror
- Heathrow chaos as travellers queue for hours and chant Passengers were forced to wait for up to an hour just to have their passports checked with just three Border Force staff on duty at Heathrow Terminal 5 on Saturday
This is Money
- Driverless car start-up Wejo zooms to £10m fundingThe amount raised by Chester-based Wejo is among the largest secured by a British start-up through the Government's Future Fund.
- British Airways pilots back job and pay cuts plan at airlineUp to 270 jobs will be cut as part of the agreement which averts a 'fire and rehire' threat where contracts would have been scrapped and pilots handed new ones with worse conditions.
Belfast Telegraph
- Nasa astronauts depart ISS en route to first splashdown return in 45 yearsTwo Nasa astronauts will make the first splashdown return in 45 years after SpaceX’s astronaut carrier the Crew Dragon successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and began its journey back to Earth, SpaceX said.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Snowdonia visitor who parked illegally in for an even longer trekPolice have been taking action against cars parking where they shouldn't in the national park
Northern Echo
- Railway history: Gaunless Bridge to go on show at Locomotion, ShildonToday, Object of the Week takes a closer look at a piece of North-East history, which has been much in the news.
Cambridge News
- The staggering number of bus lane fines issued in Cambridge last yearThe county council has raked in over £1.8 million in fines over the last year
- Savage reactions to Cambridge's new Dutch-style roundaboutThe roundabout is the first of its kind in the UK but some readers remain somewhat sceptical
East Anglian Daily Times
- Tourists create parking chaos in Dedham, with locals saying it’s now ‘like Butlins’Hundreds of visitors flocking to picture-postcard Dedham have left local roads in chaos, with the area now like “a Butlin’s holiday camp”.
Peterborough Telegraph
- Greater Anglia’s new Stadler trains complete first year of operation on performance highThe region’s local rail operator serviong Peterborough area passengers is celebrating one year since it introduced the first of its brand new Stadler bi-mode trains into passenger service.
Other Regional Press
- Study shows how likely it is to catch Covid-19 on a train Train passengers could be infected by coronavirus if they sit within 2.5 metres of someone carrying the disease on a two-hour journey, according to new research.
- Southampton bus services to be upped as more people return to workA SOUTHAMPTON bus operator is gearing up to help support the region's commuters as they start to return to work.
- Heavy traffic as bridge shuts for weekendDrivers are being warned to expect delays in a town centre following the closure of a main road for resurfacing work.
- New £16 million bridge opensPeople have walked across a new £16 million bridge which connects their housing estate to a High-Speed rail line station.
- Plan to divert traffic across Weymouth's Rodwell Trail due to Old Castle Road landslide Cars, lorries and holiday traffic could soon be diverted across Weymouth’s Rodwell Trail if action is not taken to prevent Old Castle Road collapsing over a cliff.
The Economist
- Air travel’s sudden collapse will reshape a trillion-dollar industryThe pandemic has knocked the airline-industrial complex harder than it has most sectors
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- Herefordshire Council defends decision to close city roads HEREFORDSHIRE Council has hit back at critics of the temporary road closures in Hereford, telling people to give the new measures time.
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