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Monday, 31 August 2020

BBC News

• Anglesey Beeching axe railway bids for funding to reopenPlans to reconnect Wales' most northerly town to the railway after 55 years take a step forward.
• The airline founder building Asia's next super appAirAsia's Tony Fernandes is expanding into payments, music and shopping to help tackle the travel slump.

Financial Times

• Electric car costs to remain higher than traditional enginesThreat to carmakers’ profit margins as demand shifts from petrol and diesel vehicles
• Train companies to receive fresh rescue to keep services runningMinisters likely to agree £3bn package over six months to help return to workplace
• United Airlines scraps change fees for domestic ticketsChicago-based carrier tries to lure passengers back to the skies by ending unpopular $200 charges

Times Online

• High tech reaches high seas with era of self-sailing ships [subscription]Self-sailing ferries and cargo ships could be prevalent in British waters within years as port executives prepare for autonomous technology to transform domestic seafaring.
• Tories hope extra motorway lane will drive support [subscription]Scotland’s busiest motorway will be widened to three lanes if voters back the Conservatives at the next Holyrood election, the party’s new leader has pledged.
• Coronavirus: reluctant office staff defy government call to commute [subscription]The drive by ministers to get people back to work appeared to be stalling yesterday as figures revealed that most managers and professionals are choosing to work from home.
• £70 fines aim to curb pavement parking [subscription]Motorists face £70 fines for parking on pavements under government plans to promote walking in towns and cities.

City AM

• Row over train operators' finances threatens to hamper back to work planThe government’s back to work campaign, due to launch this week, could be derailed amid a row brewing with train operators.

The Mirror

• Ministers plan crackdown on 'aggressive tactics' used by rogue car parking firmsA new ‘appeals charter’ would scrap fines for motorists who make genuine errors or have mitigating circumstances

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• £2.5m a month spent subsidising ‘non existent’ bus journeys in West YorkshireTAXPAYERS in West Yorkshire are paying £2.5 million a month to subsidise bus journeys that are not being made.

Northern Echo

• Loco trust's £100,000 appeal to buy support coach for Prince of Wales engineA LOCOMOTIVE trust has launched a £100,000 appeal to fund the overhaul of a support coach for its latest engine project.

The York Press

• Bus drivers receive plaque for serviceBUS drivers from a firm in York have received a blue plaque in recognition of their efforts maintaining services through the coronavirus pandemic.

Wales Online

• Huge train fire 'not believed to be caused by criminal activity'The British Transport Police said their initial investigations into the incident were over and they say the derailment is not thought to have been the result of illegal actions

Bucks Free Press

• Jones Hill Wood that inspired Roald Dahl to write Fantastic Mr Fox to be ‘destroyed’Nearly half of the wood said to have inspired Roald Dahl to write Fantastic Mr Fox will be destroyed for HS2 this autumn, the Woodland Trust has said.

Other Regional Press

• LETTER - I appreciated a cycle route which is safeJUDGING by some of the correspondence in recent weeks, there are some strong opinions about the cycle lanes in Southampton.
• Bus services in Oxford changed for return to schoolSOME bus services in Oxford will go back to ‘normal levels’ to help with the return to school.
• Parking on pavements could be banned across England under new plansA report in September last year called for a blanket nationwide ban on the 'blight' of parking on pavements
• 'Travel times will treble as schools return'Motorists are being warned to brace themselves for a “plague of cars” on the roads when schools reopen - as demand for bus passes tumbles 75%.
• Government planning to ban parking on pavementsTransport Secretary Grant Shapps says it presents a clear safety risk
• Many businesses along Weymouth harbourside would support pedestrianisation next year MANY businesses along Weymouth harbourside have declared their support for the pedestrianisation of the quay to become an annual initiative, following what they consider to be a successful experiment.
• JlR round-up: Camouflaged Discovery, worker badly injured and moreA selection of the latest news on Britain's biggest car maker

Other News Sources

• Network Rail abandons month long closure for Ely to Peterborough line but at weekends? Now that’s a different storyNetwork Rail has decided not to shut the Ely to Peterborough rail line for the whole of September – but will close it for 11 weekends instead to carry out urgent repairs.
• Restored Darwen to Blackburn hospital bus service confirmedBLACKBURN with Darwen Council has confirmed the details of the restored direct bus service from Darwen to the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
• King Alfred's Way: Cycling UK creates new route A NEW 220-mile cycle route around the ancient county of Wessex has been created, which bike chiefs hope will
• Hydrogen-powered double decker trial takes place in CrawleyWORLD-FIRST trials of a double-decker bus powered by hydrogen have taken place.

EIN News Subscription

• European vacationers face threats of sudden and ever-changing COVID-19 travel rulesAt 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, the U.K. government issued its latest changes to its COVID-19 travel corridors “safe list,” i.e. countries from which travellers do not need to self-isolate on arrival in England.