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Travel red list cut to seven countries 'a major step forward' - Grant Shapps
The transport secretary announces England's Covid travel red list is being cut to seven countries.
Nearly £2 million to be given to tech start-ups to power up the transport revolution
Entrepreneurs and innovators pioneering new ways of creating a better transport system will see their ideas brought to life from idea through to inception with thanks to government funding, Transport Minister Trudy Harrison has announced
Scottish ferry fiasco: Smaller, compact ships are the way to go, say experts [Subscription]
Scotland’s ferries are overstaffed “mini-cruise ships” with à la carte menus and a gymnasium when they need to be compact, agile crafts with “linoleum on the floors”, sensible seating and a canteen for sliced sausage rolls, maritime experts have said.
Integrated Rail Plan | When will it be published and what will be in it?
The future of the UK’s major rail projects including High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail has been hanging in the balance for much of 2021.
Friday, 08 October 2021
BBC News
- Bristol airport's plans 'unite community' in oppositionToday marks the final day of the public inquiry into Bristol Airport's controversial expansion plans. The airport wants to expand its terminal and transport facilities so that up to 12 million passengers can use it - a 30% rise on the 8.5 million people a year who currently do.
- Travel red list cut to seven countries 'a major step forward' - Grant ShappsThe transport secretary announces England's Covid travel red list is being cut to seven countries.
- Tesla: Elon Musk says company headquarters will move to TexasElon Musk announces that the most valuable car company in the world is moving away from California.
- Women's safety: Thousands sign petition to reinstate Night TubeMore than 75,000 demand the return of the Night Tube as women look for safer ways to get home.
- Broken travelcard schoolgirl denied entry to three London busesA teaching assistant paid the fare of the teenager denied entry to a third consecutive bus.
- Covid: Travel firms hope for boost after UK red list cutThe decision to end quarantine for arrivals from 47 countries is hailed as a
Department for Transport
- Nearly £2 million to be given to tech start-ups to power up the transport revolutionEntrepreneurs and innovators pioneering new ways of creating a better transport system will see their ideas brought to life from idea through to inception with thanks to government funding, Transport Minister Trudy Harrison has announced
Financial Times
- Musk says Tesla will move headquarters to Texas Move comes as state’s conservative social policies have attracted calls for business boycotts
- England travel red list slashed from 54 to 7 countriesArrivals from Brazil, Thailand and South Africa will no longer need hotel quarantine
- Shipping costs have finally slumped Power shortages and Covid outbreaks in China have halved spot rates on one route.
- BA pilots back deal to open new lower-cost subsidiary at GatwickSupport revives hopes of restructuring short-haul operation to match rivals such as easyJet
- Hungary’s PM launches new effort to gain control of Budapest airportOrban keen to bring key infrastructure into state hands despite resistance from investors
Times Online
- Scottish ferry fiasco: Smaller, compact ships are the way to go, say experts [Subscription]Scotland’s ferries are overstaffed “mini-cruise ships” with à la carte menus and a gymnasium when they need to be compact, agile crafts with “linoleum on the floors”, sensible seating and a canteen for sliced sausage rolls, maritime experts have said.
- Proud ferries industry buffeted by failurePassenger vessels were once built to last, now under the SNP they are not being built at all, writes Alf Young
Belfast Telegraph
- Belfast International Airport braced for four years of Covid disruption as revenue takes £30m hitPassenger numbers at Belfast International Airport will not return to pre-pandemic levels for three or four years, its directors predict as it emerged the company lost more than £12m last year as passenger numbers plummeted by 72%.
Birmingham Post
- Anglesey can become a leader in hydrogen energy but UK is playing catch-up with rivalsThe UK Government made £4.8 million available to develop hydrogen power in north west Wales
London Evening Standard
- Sadiq Khan hints at Night Tube reopening after petition signed by thousandsSadiq Khan has hinted he is working to bring back the Night Tube in a matter of weeks amid concerns over the safety of women travelling home.
- Boris bike boom: Office return sees busiest September on recordTfL’s Santander cycle hire scheme saw more than one million hires last month making it the busiest September on record.
Manchester Evening News
- 'Brilliant news': Manchester Airport celebrates biggest relaxation of travel rules since before pandemicManchester Airport has welcomed the biggest relaxation of travel rules to date as 'brilliant news' for the aviation industry. A total of 47 countries including South Africa, Mexico and Thailand will be removed from England's red list on Monday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.
Yorkshire Post
- Buses to replace trains while East Yorkshire's last working railway semaphore signals are upgradedBuses are being put on to replace trains between Driffield, Bridlington and Scarborough at the end of the month when East Yorkshire's last working semaphore signals are exchanged for a modern equivalent.
Other Regional Press
- One of London's most annoying train stations will be fixed and commuters are relievedSurbiton station is getting a revamp with a new footbridge and eight ticket gates to stop overcrowding - and commuters say it's "brilliant".
Airportwatch
- Northern voters need new transport links to make levelling up a reality [subscription]ow many jobs can you reach within 90 minutes on public transport from your front door? H
Coach and Bus Week
- Stagecoach in Wales reacts to Unite union demandsStagecoach in Wales has criticised the Unite union for fuelling what it says are ‘fantasy pay demands’ and threatening to disrupt bus services in Wales which it said provide a ‘lifeline’ for communities and businesses.
- Mellor to embark upon ‘exciting’ next phase in UK growthMellor is set to receive significant investment and expects to undertake an ‘exciting’ repositioning of its business activities for 2022. The company says a focus on technology, people and facilities will be ‘front and centre’ of the next phase in the development of the Mellor brand as it moves to position itself as a major player in the UK bus market.
- DfT introduces further PSVAR exemption for rail replacementChris Heaton-Harris MP, Minister of State for Transport, has written to the Rail Delivery Group to congratulate it on a providing a Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (PSVAR) compliance rate of 94% for both planned and unplanned services between May and July 2021.
- First South West take control of Somerset Passenger SolutionsThe Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor construction staff transport service provider is now fully in FirstGroup ownership after it acquired the remaining shareholding from partner JJP Holdings
New Civil Engineer
- Boost for Stansted Airport expansion as judge throws out challengeA High Court judge has dismissed Uttlesford District Council’s latest challenge to expansion at Stansted Airport as “unarguable”.
- Plan to reinstate abandoned Portishead railway overcomes another planning hurdleAnother hurdle has been overcome for the proposed Portishead branch line, with the National Trust withdrawing its objection to the scheme’s development consent order (DCO) application.
- Integrated Rail Plan | When will it be published and what will be in it?The future of the UK’s major rail projects including High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail has been hanging in the balance for much of 2021.
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- Strike threats at Stagecoach and Arriva subsidiaries over payStagecoach South Wales and union Unite are set for talks with ACAS on Friday 8 October in a bid to avert a strike threat over drivers’ pay. It comes against a backdrop of growing industrial unrest over rates at several of the group’s subsidiaries and as strike action threatens to spread to Arriva’s operations in North Wales and the North West.
- Diamond Bus starts to place battery-electric retrofits into serviceRotala subsidiary Diamond Bus has begun to introduce its first zero-emission vehicles to the West Midlands as part of a five-bus battery-electric retrofit project of existing diesel examples in partnership with electric drive systems specialist Magtec.
- McGill’s ‘ready to invest’ in further zero-emission busesMcGill’s Buses has placed the first of its Yutong E12s into service in Renfrewshire and says that it is “ready to invest” to ensure that the transition to zero-emission bus operation
Other News Sources
- HS2 opens up annual ‘meet the contractor’ eventHigh Speed Two Ltd is preparing to host its biggest ever ‘meet the contractor’ event.
- Network Rail invites the public to comment on capacity upgrade proposals through ElyMonday the 18th of October will provide an opportunity for the public to get involved with the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme which aims to get more trains running through Ely by adding to their rail capacity and bringing more reliability for passenger services running to key locations.
- Bicester gets new near maintenance-free footbridgeA first of its kind, near maintenance-free bridge has been installed in Bicester to make crossing the railway safer for both pedestrians and cyclists.
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