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Sunday, 02 May 2021

BBC News

• Firefighters called to dramatic bus fire in DunfermlineNo-one was injured in the fire that broke out on a bus outside a Tesco store in Dunfermline.

The Guardian

• Airlines pray green listing of US will see Big Apple breaks take offSpeculation over where Britons could fly after 17 May is rife, but hopes are on lucrative transatlantic routes to fill empty coffersIn another torrid year for the aviation industry, the coming month of May offers a little hope. The red-letter day in every UK airline executive's diary is 17 May, from which international leisure travel from Britain may be permitted.

The Herald

• ScotRail caused 3 million minutes of delays to its own trains in nine yearsFigures highlighted by the Scottish Conservatives show how in the past nine years ScotRail has caused nearly three million minutes of delays to its own trains.

The Independent

• Green list: Government misses transport committee deadline for holiday destinations announcement‘This uncertainty could cost people their jobs,’ Tory chair of Transport Select Committee says

The Scotsman

• Pavement parking ban delay in Scotland to 2023 angers campaignersThe long-awaited ban on vehicles blocking Scotland’s pavements is likely to take another two years to be introduced, prompting frustration from campaigners.

The Telegraph

• Live Coronavirus latest news: Logging into NHS app using airport Wi-Fi leaves you 'open to hackers' [subscription]Britons travelling abroad have been warned against using airport WiFi to log into the NHS app to their vaccine passports in case they hand over their health details to hackers.
• Highways England boss snubs smart motorway widow [subscription]Nick Harris cancels meeting with Claire Mercer, whose husband was killed in a live lane on the M1, after taking ‘legal advice’
• ‘It’s amazing that electric vehicles go so far back’: the world’s first EV driven [subscription]Aboard a replica of a battery-powered contraption from 1881, celebrating the 140th anniversary of when its inventor first drove it in Paris
• Mayor's plan to charge people daily fee of at least £3.50 to drive into capital could cost tourist economy £2.6 billion, analysis shows [subscription]Tens of thousands of jobs are at risk from Sadiq Khan's plans for an outer London tax, Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey warns.

Times Online

• The rise of the SUV: it’s bad for the planet and far too big but, ooh, this car’s comfy [subscription]Solar panels are a common sight on the roofs of the West Sussex town of Steyning. Why then, wondered David Boyle, did so many of his ecologically conscious neighbours have gas-guzzling SUVs in the driveway?
• Green upgrades fail to deliver on buses [subscription]Glasgow’s plan to convert its diesel fleet to reduce pollution partially halted months before the city hosts UN climate summit
• Energy giants’ lobbying fuels the rise of hydrogen [subscription]Shell and BP want the controversial gas in families’ boilers. They’re pushing hard. By John Collingridge
• Canny motorists are paid to charge electric cars overnight [subscription]On days when the forecast is for windy weather, Trevor Branton knows it is time to switch on all his electric devices. The Devon estate agent plugs in his electric car at home to take advantage of the rock-bottom prices available whenever the National Grid has surplus renewable electricity.

This is Money

• Transport Secretary Grant Shapps predicting Britain will overtake Germany to become largest economy in Europe by 2050Britain will overtake Germany to become the largest economy in Europe by 2050, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is predicting.

Belfast Telegraph

• SpaceX capsule departs station as four astronauts head homeA SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late on Saturday, aiming for a rare night time splashdown to end the company’s second crew flight.

Birmingham Mail

• 'HS2 devastation makes our hearts sink into our boots,' says residentHS2 has stripped the Kenilworth Greenway bare of plants and trees making it a sight for sore eyes says local village residents' association chair Rona Taylor

London Evening Standard

• Deadline missed for release of holiday listsThe Transport Select Committee said the Government's failure to publish the lists by Saturday ˜could cost people their jobs.

The York Press

• REVEALED: Roads and footpaths in York set to be repaired this year THE list of roads and footpaths set to get repair works in the coming year has been published by City of York Council.

Yorkshire Post

• How the Railway Heritage Trust is bringing forgotten parts of Yorkshire's old stations back to life for a new generation of travellersUntil World War Two, railway stations were almost like miniature towns, with a range of facilities serving passengers, from restaurants to waiting rooms to extensive ticket offices and parcel storage..

Leeds Live

• Transport chief says HS2 cannot be built from Leeds southwards - but admits it would 'probably have been sensible'Building the entire HS2 rail project from Leeds southwards would “probably have been sensible”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Parliament - but the minister ruled out "chopping and changing" the current plan.
• Jet2, Ryanair and Tui issue update on foreign travel after May 17The green light might still be given

South Wales Argus

• Former Usk railway tunnel closed to publicA FORMER railway tunnel is Usk has been closed to public access after reports of bricks and debris falling from the ceiling.

Other Regional Press

• Shrewsbury North West Relief Road vital for town centre, says transport bossA transport boss who has “come in for some flak” over major road plan says he has the “same agenda” as green campaigners.
• When will driverless cars come to Oxfordshire? Self-driving cars enabling motorists to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel could be permitted on UK motorways later this year, the Department for Transport has announced.
• Government misses traffic light system deadline for foreign holidaysThe Department for Transport has only said the lists will be made public in 'early May'

Other News Sources

• Revolution needed on public transport in the Highlands, says Labour candidate Marion DonaldsonA public transport revolution is needed in the Highlands, according to Labour candidate Marion Donaldson.
• Charity's £10k bid to bring historic Stamford steam locomotive back homeRocks by Rail is looking to buy a 1927 steam train that worked in local ironstone quarries