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Calls to extend Glasgow underground hours after COP26
Campaigners worried about women's safety want the underground to stay open beyond 18:00 on Sundays.
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The owner of British Airways will plunge to losses of €3 billion this year, despite getting its flying schedule back up to more than half the levels it was operating before the pandemic.
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BBC News
- COP26: Newgale road could be destroyed in 15 yearsThis road to be lost to coastal erosion by 2036, but replacement plans are on hold.
- HMS Queen Elizabeth: Life on board Royal Navy aircraft carrierAble Rating William Augustine shows the BBC around the Royal Navy aircraft carrier as it heads home.
- Calls to extend Glasgow underground hours after COP26Campaigners worried about women's safety want the underground to stay open beyond 18:00 on Sundays.
Financial Times
- BA owner IAG banks on reopening of transatlantic routes to revive businessAirline group warns it will lose £3bn this year after being shut out of its most lucrative market
The Guardian
- China, shipping and Brexit: why UK may face Christmas toy shortageTo get on to shelves, Chinese-made items must overcome shortfall in electricity and workers, as well as shipping crisisAt a toy factory in south-east China, boxes of plastic dart guns are stacked across the floor. Sometimes, so many packages pile up that they stretch into the production area, slowing the work of making more toys.What to do with all the blaster guns, which have been sold to retailers in the UK but cannot find room on ships to get them there, is a problem for Nick Mowbray, the co-founder of Zuru Toys. The company expects to generate about $1.1bn (£815m) in revenue this year than...
- Suez Canal to raise fees, heaping pressure on global supply chainsWith shipping industry still recovering from Ever Given crisis, transit tolls are increasing by 6% The Suez Canal Authority is increasing the fees it charges ships passing through the critical waterway, in a move expected to pile further inflationary pressure on global supply chains. It will seek to capitalise on the recovery in cargo trade by raising its transit tolls by 6% from February, 11 months after the canal was blocked for nearly a week by the Ever Given container ship. About 12% of international trade passes through the canal, which is the shortest maritime route between Asia and Euro...
The Herald
- COP26 Glasgow: Friday and Saturday protests bring two-day road closures GLASGOW is bracing itself for travel chaos with more than 20 city centre streets closing over course of the next of 48-hours.
The Independent
- Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill The House has passed a $1 trillion bipartisan plan to rebuild roads and bridges, modernize public works systems and boost broadband internet, among other major improvements to the nation's infrastructure
Times Online
- Charles trains eye on locomotives of future [Subscription]The Duke of Rothesay reminisced about journeys on the royal train when he was shown cutting-edge technology that could power locomotives of the future.
- British Airways owner IAG warns of approaching £3bn annual loss [Subscription]The owner of British Airways will plunge to losses of €3 billion this year, despite getting its flying schedule back up to more than half the levels it was operating before the pandemic.
Daily Express
- Palma airport shut down after passengers illegally invade runway - 'Made a run for it'PALMA AIRPORT has been paralysed after a plane made an urgent landing to save a passenger's life.
Mail Online
- Majorca's airport on security lockdown after 20 people on flight bound for Morocco barged off planeThe flight was diverted to the holiday island so a passenger suffering diabetes could be taken off the plane. The plane was heading from Casablanca in Morocco to Istanbul in Turkey.
- Grant Shapps calls on killjoy rail bosses to back down and end the ban on George the dogGeorge the dog's owner Richard Bunce, 54. is the station master at Horsley Railway station in Surrey. South Western Railway has banned his pooch from the station.
The Mirror
- Airport shutdown after passengers flee plane forced into emergency landingFlights bound for Majorca were diverted to Menorca, Ibiza and the Spanish mainland after Palma Airport closed following a reported runway invasion by passengers
This is Money
- Volvo says electric car making emissions are 70% HIGHER than petrolVolvo said the C40 Recharge has a far lower carbon footprint during 'use phase' and if clean energy was used things would improve.
Birmingham Mail
- Scaring people to pay early as Clean Air Zone penalties slammedA resident said the appeal process is designed to scare people into paying fines early
Birmingham Post
- Bristol clean air zone confirmed for summer 2022 after Government backs plansSome £42m has been made available for greener transport initiatives in the city centre
- Vehicle tracking specialist aims to put the brakes on courier van theft with new tech solutionAutomatic immobilisation trigger developed by East Yorkshire team - even when the keys are in the ignition
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Call for West Yorkshire to improve 'despicable' HGV parking facilitiesA COUNCILLOR has urged West Yorkshire to bid for cash to improve its
Northern Echo
- Teesside Stagecoach drivers to strike at Hartlepool and Stockton depotsA BUS company has said it is
- UK drivers warned over major law change coming in NovemberDrivers will not need to do anything as their driving licences will be updated automatically as the new law comes into effect.
- Uber urged to avoid Darlington but some residents welcome serviceINVITING global taxi provider Uber into Darlington could take all the business away from local firms, the town's leading taxi company has said.
The York Press
- 'Listen to taxi drivers not car-hating cyclists on road closures'I am with CP Hird (Groves closures just shift traffic elsewhere, Letters, November 3) on the extra pollution caused by increased time-delaying traffic jams due to the Groves being blocked off.
Wales Online
- The main road in Wales set to be lost to the sea in just a few years' timeThere are fears that the route, which runs alongside businesses and a popular beach, will be underwater in the very near future due to rising sea levels brought about by climate change
- Transport schemes in Swansea to focus on pedestrians, cyclists and bus passengersDrivers won't be forgotten, but council chiefs are keen that fewer journeys are made by car
Cambridge News
- DVLA warning: Drivers urged to check their licence as deadline approaches2.5 million drivers need to take action
Other Regional Press
- HS2 tunnelling machines clock up two miles of diggingGiant machines digging the first tunnels for HS2 have covered more than two miles, according to the firm building the high-speed railway.
- South Western Railway train service disruption in SouthamptonDISRUPTIONS and delays are expected across Hampshire railways today and over the weekend.
- Passengers flying from Amsterdam grounded due to Teesside International Airport 'closure'An aircraft experienced 'technical issues' on landing and has led to a delay to services
Railnews
- Confidence grows in rail supply chain FRIDAY BRIEFING: Confidence grows in rail supply chain ++
Railway Gazette
- Rail’s growth agenda evaporates as Treasury takes controlUK: As the COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow, following the UK government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, fears are growing across the rail industry that Treasury pressure on cost and revenue will lead to a smaller railway emerging in the post-pandemic era. Having spoken to a range of senior figures across the industry over recent weeks, almost all on condition of anonymity, Rail Business UK can confirm widespread concern that significant investment spending is coming to an end after three decades of growth in rail use, with potentially significant implications.
Other News Sources
- More disruption on roads in Blackburn with Darwen from next weekThere is set to be more disruption on the roads from next week as the council has released a list of upcoming works which could affect journey times across the borough.
- Stagecoach announces major bus changes in Guildford and Woking with new routes addedArriva routes in the area are being run by other operators following its proposed Guildford depot closure
- Falcon Coaches no longer set to take over Arriva bus depot in GuildfordArriva said that talks surrounding the deal had not progressed
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