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Tuesday, 13 December 2022

BBC News

• Port of Felixstowe: Workers accept pay deal after strikesThe UK's busiest container port had seen two walk-outs by staff in a row over pay.
• London snow: Weather brings transport to a standstillOvernight snow into Monday causes problems for the city's trains, Tube, roads and airports.
• Scottish rail travellers face five days of disruptionScotRail services will be severely reduced until Sunday because of the latest RMT strike.
• Train strikes: Widespread delays expected as latest walkouts beginAbout 40,000 rail workers will start walking out on Tuesday in a row about jobs and pay.

Financial Times

• Shipping line Maersk appoints new chief to deal with ‘challenging outlook’Head of Danish group’s ocean and logistics business to take over from company veteran Søren Skou
• Six days of travel disruption set to startPassengers urged not to travel as RMT leads strike action across transport network

The Guardian

• Ministers think trains are just too much bother. That’s why they are so relaxed about the strikesAs fewer and fewer people use them, it seems railways are regarded as no longer essential – especially in the north

The Herald

• Ministers 'u-turn' over state-control of Caledonian Sleeper franchiseSCOTTISH Government may not strip outsourcing firm Serco of the £800m franchise to operate overnight rail passenger services between Scotland and London - two months after indicating it would be nationalised.

The Telegraph

• Thousands of RMT members rebel against Mick Lynch over 9pc pay offer – but strikes still go ahead36.4pc of balloted trade union members voted against their leader

Times Online

• Pavement parking ban ’confusing’. [subscription]Plans to prohibit pavement parking in Edinburgh before a national ban comes into effect risks confusing motorists, campaigners say amid plans to increase traffic wardens’ powers.

City AM

• Maersk appoints logistics boss Vincent Clerc to top job Maersk has appointed shipping veteran Vincent Clerc to the top job as outgoing boss Soren Skou stepped down after over six years at the company’s helm.   Chairman Robert M. Uggla said Clerc – who has led Maersk’s ocean and logistics branch since 2019 and will take over from Skou on 1 January – was the [...] The post Maersk appoints logistics boss Vincent Clerc to top job appeared first on CityAM.
• Rail strikes: More competition could see unrest become a thing of the past Government cannot continue to abdicate responsibility - it is time to bang some heads together to end the rail strikes The post Rail strikes: More competition could see unrest become a thing of the past appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Record

• Around of half of young people in North Lanarkshire are already taking advantage of free bus travelOver half a million people have enjoyed more than 33 million journeys

The Mirror

• Month of rail strikes to cause travel chaos from today with 48-hour walkout in pay rowTrains are set to run from 7.30am to 6.30pm on this week’s strike days, although many areas will be left with no services at all, including most of Scotland and Wales

Birmingham Post

• First TransPennine Express and Northern Trains bosses to be questioned by MPsThe chairman and CEO of Transport for the North are also due to appear in front of MPs
• 'Flights unaffected' by Border Force strikes, says Birmingham Airport chiefTransport hub warns of peak time delays at passport control but says its agreed flight schedule will go ahead as planned on strike days

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Clean Air Zone featured in Chris Whitty's report into pollutionA REPORT by the Government’s Chief Medical Officer says Bradford’s Clean Air Zone has helped highlight the city’s pollution problem, but needs to win “hearts and minds” to be truly successful.

Bristol Live

• Uber drivers striking as customers urged not to book cabsThey will be holding a protest outside their office on Upper York Street at 1pm, Wednesday

Liverpool Echo

• Millions to be spent getting major city transport projects finishedTens of millions of pounds are to be spent getting some of Liverpool’s major transport network projects across the line including the much maligned Lime Street development.

London Evening Standard

• Unite members accept pay offer and call off planned rail strike actionMembers of Unite at Network Rail were set to join members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in taking action this week and again in January.
• Scotland’s transport minister calls on UK Government to end rail disputeScottish minister has called on the UK Government to end a rail dispute that will have a catastrophic impact on Scotland’s train service.

Manchester Evening News

• Rail chaos will continue over Christmas as latest pay offer rejectedThe RMT are striking over pay and conditions

Wales Online

• New taxi app designed for women's safety launches in CardiffRideSafe allows passengers to choose whether they would like a male or female taxi driver

New Civil Engineer

• TfL delays Rotherhithe Tunnel refurb until Silvertown Tunnel is opened A major refurbishment of the Rotherhithe Tunnel will now not take place until the Silvertown Tunnel is opened in 2025.

Other News Sources

• Nearly £2 million available for transport and logistics projectsThe Department for Transport has ... announced a fund totalling £1.85 million available to start-ups that are developing ’transport technologies of the future’.
• Wrexham headteachers call for more post-16 transportHEADTEACHERS have expressed frustration with the lack of post-16 school transport provided by Wrexham Council.