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Wednesday, 23 March 2022

BBC News

• Airbus Broughton workers plan 'escalating' industrial action on payThe Unite union says the action will begin next month unless the firm improves its pay offer.
• Flybe: Airline announces 12 routes from BelfastThe airline is introducing routes from Belfast City Airport to destinations in Britain and Europe.
• P&O: Backlog of freight building up after ferries suspendedHauliers in Northern Ireland are running at 50% capacity after ferries suspended, the industry body says.
• Cycling: Londoners share bike storage issues as part of campaignThe Clean Cities Campaign is calling for better bike storage for cyclists in the capital.
• Inquiry urged amid fears people of colour pay more for car insuranceCharity Citizens Advice calls for inquiry, but firms say ethnicity never affects prices.

Financial Times

• Levelling up chief warns inflation will make tackling inequalities harderAndy Haldane admits cost of living crisis will hit ‘left behind’ areas but insists it will not derail policy

The Herald

• Record holder Josh Quigley calls for helmets to be made mandatorySCOTTISH cycling world record holder Josh Quigley has called for bike helmets to be made mandatory in Scotland.

The Mirror

• P&O Ferries chief executive admits mass sacking of UK crew 'came without warning or consultation'The TUC has urged Rishi Sunak to "come down on P&O like a ton of bricks" in his Spring Statement by ripping up freeport contracts with the firm

Sky News

• Change in law signed off by Chris Grayling meant P&O could sack staff without telling govt, maritime lawyer saysA change in the law signed off by former Conservative minister Chris Grayling cleared the way for P&O Ferries to legally sack 800 staff last week without telling the government, a leading maritime lawyer has told Sky News.
• P&O Ferries to pay £36.5m in compensation to affected workersEmbattled ferry operator P&O has said it will pay out £36.5m in compensation to workers who were fired last week.

Birmingham Post

• Coventry Railway Station undergoes £82m transformationA new station building has been built as well as new entrances, a concourse featuring five shops, lifts and a cycle hub

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• 'Clean Air Zone plan unfair and must be scrapped' - Robbie Moore MPLAST week, local Labour councillors and the Labour leadership at Bradford Council blocked a move to scrap their ill-thought through Clean Air Zone tax.

The York Press

• Why parking has always been a problem in YorkTHE future of a £14 million multi-storey car park at St George’s Field looks to be in doubt now that the council’s deputy leader Andy D’Agorne has spoken out against it.

Other Regional Press

• Self-driving shuttle bus made in Coventry starts trials around Birmingham AirportIt is the latest phase in a project which aims to test out how connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) might be integrated into the transport network

New Civil Engineer

• P&O claims it has saved 3,000 jobs and rescued the companyOne, who asked not be named, said: “This is a total betrayal. It is clear, just as they were due to respond to the government, that they want everyone to think they have done the right thing. I don’t want a payoff, I want the job I loved and gave my life for.”
• Poor transport connectivity costs the North £16bn a year in productivity lossesPoor public transport connections in cities in the North of England is resulting in a loss of productivity worth more than £16bn a year, according to a new report.
• Train derails and crashes into concrete barrier near Newcastle depotThe Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has begun collecting evidence after a TransPennine Express service derailed near the Heaton depot in Newcastle.
• Transformation of disused Leeds rail viaduct begins YOU ARE HERE: LATEST Transformation of disused Leeds rail viaduct begins 23 MAR, 2022 BY SOTIRIS KANARIS Construction work has started to transform a disused Victorian viaduct in Leeds into an elevated urban park. The Grade II-listed Monk Bridge viaduct, located on the west side of the city, was built in 1846 as part of the railway network being constructed in the Wellington Street area. The viaduct went out of use when Leeds Central Station closed in 1967, and it was partially demolished and blocked off after the 1980s.

Other News Sources

• Caterpillar Marine Expanding Hybrid and Electric LineupCaterpillar Marine announced Tuesday it its expanding its delivery of hybrid and electric propulsion and power solutions amid an industry push to reduce its environmental impact.The company said it will leverage hybrid and electric expertise…
• Airline Flybe set to relaunch flights in April after collapseThe regional carrier will operate up to 530 flights per week across 23 routes.