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Saturday, 19 June 2021

BBC News

• M4 relief road: Planning protection for axed road scheme scrappedCouncils had been required to protect the route of the now axed M4 relief road since the 1990s.
• BA plane damaged after tipping forward at HeathrowImages on social media showed more than a dozen emergency service vehicles in attendance.

Financial Times

• My electric flight into the futureThe dream of emission-free flying might be closer than you imagine. Tom Robbins takes a ride over London in the first fully certified electric plane
• Carbon counter: ESG activism will give mile-high snub to executive jets Company pledges to cut CO2 emissions are at odds with high-polluting private aircraft

The Herald

• Glasgow's tall ship Glenlee in battle to secure future as she marks 125th yearSHE was found abandoned in a Spanish port in the early 1990s and was destined to be scrapped.
• Electric vehicles: Tesla has ‘very significant’ technological lead, says MonksUS electric vehicle pioneer Tesla has been hailed as an “exceptional company” with a “maverick leader” by managers of the £3.3 billion Monks Investment Trust.

Times Online

• Solar drone gears up for space war [Subscription]A solar-electric powered drone that can operate above the weather in the stratosphere will be able to relay communications between troops if satellites are wiped out by adversaries operating in space.
• Cruise operator Carnival steams on with its plans to restart US sailings [Subscription]The world’s largest cruise operator is pressing ahead with plans to resume sailings from the United States as Covid-19 restrictions in the country are eased.
• Low-cost carriers could fly if end of travel restrictions really is nigh [Subscription]Quadruple witching can sometimes be as scary as it sounds and especially in a week when the US Fed got uptight about inflation and signalled that it is thinking about interest rate rises.

Mail Online

• British Airways Dreamliner 787 nose COLLAPSES on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport Photos show a British Airways Dreamliner 787 with its nose to the ground after the plane's landing gear suffered a collapse on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport earlier today.
• Tories warn on fury over planning overhaul and HS2 after by-election shockBoris Johnson admitted he was 'disappointed' after the Lib Dems stormed the ultra-safe seat - which has been held by the Conservatives since it was created in 1974.

Birmingham Mail

• 'Someone's going to get killed' - Pothole-riddled roadBirmingham City Council said it would review the road every month

Birmingham Post

• Swansea Train Station £7.5m upgrade completedWork by Network Rail includes creating a longer platform four to accommodate intercity services
• First cruise ship docks in Belfast since start of pandemicThe MSC Virtuosa docked with 950 passengers on board, less than a fifth of the vessel’s capacity of some 5,000

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Decision due on plans to create 20mph zone and install traffic calming on Great Horton RoadCOUNCILLORS will decide whether to implement a 20mph zone, including new traffic calming measures, on one of Bradford’s busiest roads.
• Clean Air Day cycling event highlights Manningham Lane schemeA CLEAN Air Day cycling event that started in Lister Park highlighted the benefits of a proposed Manningham Lane Green Route scheme.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Rules for motorhomes in Wales as Snowdonia urges some owners to 'delay visits'A staycation surge in motorhome ownership and rentals has fuelled tensions in many communities

London Evening Standard

• Royal Navy’s newest ship joins the fleetHMS Spey was formally commissioned at a ceremony in Invergordon in the Highlands.

Manchester Evening News

• The lost bus station that was under Manchester's ArndaleThe Arndale bus station was open for less than two decades and closed in the most dramatic fashion - 25 years ago this week

Northern Echo

• Cones go up outside Teesside Airport as free parking is scrappedA CONTROVERSIAL move to scrap three hours free parking at Teesside has seen measures added to stop people from dropping off visitors.

Wales Online

• Plans to introduce 20mph speed limits on more streets in CardiffCardiff council is currently consulting on the traffic proposals

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Probe into school transport contractPlans to hand a £20 million council contract to firms run by a former employee who was embroiled in a controversial report about land deals are set to be probed by scrutiny chiefs.

Reading Evening Post

• Heathrow expansion doubts: 'They'd be happy to fill its runways''Sir Howard Davies was the chair of the Airports Commission that recommended a third runway
• Plane damaged after collapsing onto nose at HeathrowIt is not yet known what caused the incident.
• 'Allow more time' drivers warned as M4 road closures continueThe motorway will be closed in both directions between junctions 5 and 6

Other Regional Press

• P&O Cruises, MSC Cruises and Royal Caribbean cruises cancelledHUNDREDS of holidaymakers have had domestic cruises cancelled because the delay in lifting capacity constraints means ships are overbooked.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Hermes launches early stage trials of self-driving vans in OxfordHermes, the consumer delivery specialist, has become the first customer to take part in an early stage trial with Ford, Europe’s market leader in commercial vehicles, to make city deliveries more efficient and sustainable in the future.   Ford’s new ‘European Self-Driving Vehicle Research Programme’ has been designed to help businesses in Europe understand how autonomous vehicles can benefit their operations.  The two-week trial will use a specially adapted Ford commercial vehicle featuring sensors that mimic the look of an actual self-driving vehicle, while e...

Railnews

• Just seconds frustrated speed attempt on West Coast A special fast run between London Euston and Glasgow Central has failed to beat the existing ˜best time™ record, but only by 21 seconds.

Other News Sources

• Aviation authority to investigate BA plane nose gear collapseThe incident occurred while the aircraft was stationary on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport

EIN News Subscription

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