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Saturday, 12 November 2022

BBC News

• Stirling station renovation uncovers postcards from World War OneAn appeal is made to trace the families of soldiers who received postcards more than a century ago.
• Just Stop Oil: Greens co-leader Carla Denyer criticises some of activists' tacticsCarla Denyer says she supports the right to protest but that not all the group's methods are well-targeted.
• Tube strike: Services slowly return as bus queues formSeven London Underground lines have delays after a 24-hour walkout by RMT members ends.

Financial Times

• Revisiting Metro-land: is the future suburban?A century ago, the Metropolitan Railway lured homebuyers to a commuter paradise on London’s fringes. A historian explores its legacy
• Cathay's pilot exodus persists as pandemic curbs hit moraleQuarantines and demanding schedules prompt flood of resignations, with 30 to 50 pilots leaving each month

The Herald

• CalMac lifeline ferry services storm must not end in privatisationAMID the continuing storm over the Caledonian MacBrayne Clyde and Hebridean ferry services, it has been heartening indeed to hear the Scottish Government rule out both splitting up the network and privatisation.

The Independent

• AA calls for fuel duty cut to be extendedChancellor Jeremy Hunt is being urged to remember the importance of road transport in next week's Autumn Statement.

The Telegraph

• Tube strike disruption spills over into second day leaving commuters stranded
• Just Stop Oil: Officer 'thrown from his motorcycle' responding to M25 protest thanks public for support

Times Online

• Flying taxis get set for take-off over home of the Dam Busters [Subscription]Elstree, home to the film studios that spawned The Dam Busters and Star Wars, is to play host to something new: flying taxis that are expected to be criss-crossing city skies within the decade.

City AM

• Airbus ’colluded’ with EU authorities over Qatar Airways dispute, court told Airbus allegedly colluded with the EU's aviation safety regulator to ensure the authority supported its position in a dispute it had with Qatar Airways, lawyers for the middle eastern airline told a London court today. Airbus succeeded in 'exerting influenc' over the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) by providing the regulator with a â...] The post Airbus ’colluded’ with EU authorities over Qatar Airways dispute, court told appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Just Stop Oil eco Zealots call off M25 blockade as Grant Shapps accuses them of being 'misguided'Business Secretary Grant Shapps spoke out after the eco-zealots called off their M25 blockade following four days of misery for thousands of drivers.
• Owners of emission-free vehicles to pay tax for the first time in bid to plug £7 billion shortfall Electric car owners will have to pay road tax for the first time, as part of 'eye-watering' Budget plans designed to fill a £54 billion hole in the public finances.
• Sajid Javid and Jeremy Vine clash over video of car passing by boy cyclistJeremy Vine, a well-known cycling advocate, took to Twitter to slam the motorist for not going 'dead slow' and said anyone who disagreed should 'cut up their driving licence'.

Sky News

• M25 Just Stop Oil protests sees 58 charged over disruptionA total of 58 people have been charged after Just Stop Oil staged four days of protests on the M25, shutting down parts of Britain's busiest motorway.

Birmingham Post

• 250 electric buses to be introduced to UK public transport fleets after £60m funding deal successWakefield distributor receives eight-figure package to finance imports
• Leeds Bradford Airport starts work on terminal modernisation with check-in hall tech upgradeHall A to be reconfigured and fitted out with latest 'industry-leading technology'

Bolton News

• Potholes - 3 out of 5 drivers feel local roads are worse for themDrivers are now 1.6 times more likely to suffer pothole-related damage than they were in 2006

Bristol Live

• Scooter riders can outnumber cyclists at weekends in Bristol new research revealsAnd only a tiny fraction are ridden on the pavement, researchers have found

Liverpool Echo

• TikTok warning as 'hack' could cost drivers thousands of poundsCar experts have said you could even be sent to prison in extreme cases
• Bus stop branded a joke as no buses stop there for 'seven years'One person esorted to an unconventional method to make his point

Northern Echo

• Stagecoach Sunderland strikes called off as pay deal offeredPlanned strikes at a North East bus service have been called off after a new pay deal has been offered.
• Request for 20mph speed limits in Harrogate and KnaresboroughA call for a pilot scheme to trial 20mph speed limits in certain residential areas of North Yorkshire is being examined.

Burnley Express

• Burnley town centre bus lane abusers to be fined as cameras installedThe cameras will be switched on in St James' Street and Hammerton Street to catch people abusing the bus lane in Burnley.

Cambridge News

• Zero-emission buses to carry Cambridge passengers from next summer seen for first timeThe Universal route will have electric buses from July 2023
• Freight train crashes into Huntingdon station platform causing mass train cancellationsNational Rail have said 'major repairs' will be needed and southbound trains have been cancelled

Reading Evening Post

• India travel requirements from Heathrow as thermal screening takes place for Monkey PoxYou may need to take part in thermal screening as a way of detecting Monkey Pox
• M4 closures this weekend at Slough as smart motorway roadworks continueDrivers face delays on the motorway as a four mile stretch is closed in both directions

Other Regional Press

• Oxford Bus Company is recruiting graduatesGlenn De Sousa has progressed from graduate trainee to manager inside a year - after getting on board Oxford Bus Company's graduate training scheme.
• How your bike can cut through congestion in OxfordRobin Tucker, Co-Chair, The Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (CoHSAT), writes for cycling campaign group Cyclox about Oxford transport, and why it remains a 'cycling city'.

Railnews

• New ASLEF strike will affect 12 operators The train drivers' union ASLEF has called another 24-hour strike at 12 train operating companies on 26 November. The union's general secretary Mick Whelan said: 'We regret that passengers will be inconvenienced for another day. We don't want to be taking this action. Withdrawing our labour is always a last resort for a trade union. 'We have come to the table, as we always will, in good faith but while the industry continues to make no offer - due to the dodgy deal they signed with the DfT - we have no choice.'

Other News Sources

• Major Sussex rail line to be closed for engineering worksTrain services to Gatwick Airport are set to be disrupted this weekend due to engineering works.
• UK drivers £2,500 fine warning for breaking 7 winter driving lawsYou could be fined £2,500 for driving while wearing gloves, coats or scarves, experts have warned

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