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Monday, 08 August 2022

BBC News

• Northumberland Line: Residents call for revised parking plansResidents are calling for the council to revise plans for parking near a new £160m rail line in Northumberland.
• Leicester cycle routes boosted by £1.2m investmentWork will make existing lanes linking New Lubbesthorpe and Meridian Leisure Park with the city centre safer and more attractive, officials said
• Croydon Council opposes ULEZ expansionThe £12.50 charge for the most polluting cars could soon apply to the borough
• London Underground: New data reveals the noisiest sections of the TubeTfL advises noise coming from tracks can be from normal wear and tear, track faults or misaligned joints.
• Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors to buy Ford car plant in IndiaThe American motor industry giant announced last year that it would close its Indian car factories.

The Independent

• ’We are seeing the complete implosion’: Bus service cuts leave many frustratedJust outside Sheffield city centre, Cathie McCartan stood waiting for the number 18 bus. It had been due at 8.45pm. At 9.10pm, she decided she’d had enough. She set off walking the three miles home.

The Telegraph

• Pilot plan for 20mph speed limit on country roads gets green light

Times Online

• Two wheels, not four, hold key to breaking a destructive cycle [subscription]Fifty or sixty years ago, the car industry was a boon to mankind. More recently, however, at least in the cities, it’s been a politically astute lobby group, extracting huge public subsidies but making things worse for most people.

City AM

• Bus drivers join ’summer of discontent’ and announce strike for 19 and 20 AugustLondon bus drivers have joined the UK’s “summer of discontent” and announced a strike for 19 and 20 August following a dispute over salaries.

Daily Record

• Ferry bosses call in cops to deal with 'aggressive customers' as Scots routes disruptedCaledonian MacBrayne boss Robbie Drummond called offers in at two ports after workers were subjected to abuse.
• Uptake of free bus pass for under-22s 'pitiful' as calls for system to be simplifiedScottish Labour has accused the government of “congratulating themselves on a job half done” saying the summer would have been a “perfect time for young people to make use of their pass”.

Mail Online

• Qantas is now asking senior executives to work as baggage handlersQantas is asking high-level executives and managers to work as baggage handlers full time for up to three months - the latest astonishing move from the airline.

The Mirror

• London's grimmest train station is 'post-apocalyptic' and stinks of rotten eggsMeridian Water station only opened three years ago but has already earned a reputation as the worst train station in London thanks to its desolate location and unfortunate stench

The National

• Ferry cancellations result in rationing on Scottish islandsSHOPS on a number of Scottish islands have been forced to ration essential items due to widespread ferry cancellations owing to a broken-down vessel, it has been reported. 

The National [Wales]

• New UK law would treat cyclists who kill pedestrians the same as motorists“Death by dangerous cycling” law would treat killer cyclists the same as motorists, says Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

Birmingham Post

• Bus company failure shows problems in transport system, mayor saysSouth Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard has spoken after the collapse of Powell's Bus

London Evening Standard

• London Underground: New TfL data reveals Tube’s noisiest sectionThe Victoria Line is the section of the London Underground which receives the most noise complaints, according to new City Hall data.

Manchester Evening News

• Do you think the government will listen to Manchester's HS2 appeals?Council leaders in Manchester have once again made an appeal to the government over plans for the HS2 network in Manchester.

Lancashire Telegraph

• Great British Railways’ HQ should be based in the North, says TfNTransport for the North say the Great British Railways’ national headquarters can be anywhere, as long as it’s not based in the south of the country.  

Other Regional Press

• Havering climate activists condemn London City Airport expansion.Today members of Havering Friends of the Earth write in the Havering Daily asking locals to condemn London City Airport expansion plans.
• Doncaster Sheffield Airport to get huge new train station despite uncertainty over futureThe closure of the airport would however result in a loss of the funding

New Civil Engineer

• West Highlands railway resilience boosted by completion of £1.8M investmentThe £1.8M project started in February this year and followed on from emergency work undertaken at the site by QTS after an 80m sector of the rail route was washed away by flash floods in summer 2020.
• Queensferry Crossing bridge cable-cleaning mission beginsStructures specialist VSL will begin a three-month project today to clean all 288 stay cables on the Queensferry Crossing with the aim of preventing ice forming on the cables this winter.
• Great British Railways HQ | What’s the rail heritage of the locations in the running?With a week to go until the public vote closes for the Great British Railways (GBR) headquarters location, we take a look at the rail heritage behind the bids from the six towns and cities in the running.

Other News Sources

• London Southend Airport appoints new CEOLondon Southend Airport has appointed John Upton as new CEO, effective next month.