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Saturday, 17 December 2022

BBC News

• Rail: Transport for Wales and unions agree pay dealThe Welsh government calls for the UK to follow suit to stop ongoing rail strikes over the holidays.
• Peak ScotRail fares to be scrapped for six monthsThe pilot scheme to encourage more people to travel by train will begin next year.
• Train strikes to disrupt weekend before ChristmasPeople are being advised not to travel on the railways as workers continue strikes on Saturday.
• BA and Virgin halt ticket sales to Heathrow on strike daysThe airlines were asked by the airport to

Financial Times

• Trial over paint dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways to be splitAircraft manufacturer insists the jets are safe and says no other regulator has grounded them

The Guardian

• HS2 protesters who occupied tunnel near Euston station to face retrialHigh court overturns acquittal of six activists charged with aggravated trespass at London siteSix environmental activists who occupied a tunnel close to Euston station in protest against the HS2 rail project last year face a retrial after their acquittal was overturned in the high court.Charges against the protesters in connection with the occupation in London were dismissed by a judge in October last year. Continue reading...
• Rail strikes: passengers face fresh wave of weekend disruptionPeople urged only to travel if absolutely necessary on last weekend before ChristmasTrain strikes resume despite hopes of breakthroughRail passengers face another day of reduced services on Saturday as thousands of Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) staff continue a 48-hour strike.People have been urged to only attempt travel if absolutely necessary on the last full weekend before Christmas, with only a skeleton service running and all train journeys ending by early evening. Continue reading...

City AM

• Workers at Rolls-Royce car plant receive pay increase after strike threat Workers at one of Rolls-Royce’s automotive plants have received a pay increase of up to 17.6 per cent following the threat of strikes. Staff at the Goodwood plant in West Sussex will receive a salary hike of 10 per cent plus a £2,000 lump sum.  This means an increase of 16 per cent for the [...] The post Workers at Rolls-Royce car plant receive pay increase after strike threat appeared first on CityAM.
• Unacceptable: Aviation regulator slams Wizz Air over complaints and refunds The UK aviation regulator has slammed Wizz Air for its “unacceptable” behaviour when it comes to passengers’ complaints and refunds.  The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reported that the low-cost carrier ranked as the worst airline for escalated complaints, with 811 grievances per million UK passengers.  Escalated complaints are complaints taken to alternative dispute resolution schemes [...] The post Unacceptable: Aviation regulator slams Wizz Air over complaints and refunds appeared first on CityAM.
• FirstGroup nears completion of £122m greyhound property portfolio sale  Transport service provider FirstGroup has finalised the sale of all but two of its US legacy greyhound property portfolio to Twenty Lake Holdings in a £122m deal.  The post FirstGroup nears completion of £122m greyhound property portfolio sale  appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Record

• Eco campaigners call for universal free rail travel to be introduced after peak fares axedFriends of the Earth Scotland said the six-month pilot removing peak rail pricing was a 'step in the right direction'.

Sky News

• Business secretary hopeful of strike resolution as rail workers prepare for another day of industrial actionRail workers have entered the second half of their latest 48-hour strike - as the business secretary says he is hopeful that a resolution can be found "sooner rather than later".

Birmingham Post

• Tributes to Chiltern Railways founder Adrian ShooterEngineer was a pioneer and one of the first to lead a rail operator as a private venture following the Government's 1990s privatisation programme
• Transport for Wales agrees pay deal with rail unionsThe news comes as the rail unions continue to be embroiled in a dispute with other train operators

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Transport for Wales agrees deal with rail unions - but it won't bring all disruption to an endThe overall deal includes a base line pay increase of around 4.5%

The York Press

• York-based LNER celebrates pre-pandemic customer numbersA YORK-BASED train firm continues to recover from the pandemic as customers return to rail, topping a data table for the sixth consecutive quarter.

Wales Online

• Call made for far more electric cars and vans in council's fleet of 796 vehiclesCllr Neil Lewis reckons at least half of these vehicles should be battery-powered

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Avanti West Coast handed millions of pounds of taxpayer-funded bonuses – LabourShadow transport secretary Louise Haigh called the payments a ‘scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money’.

Cambridge News

• Councillors slam 'heartless' Stagecoach plans to increase tickets prices before ChristmasCouncillors from Cambridgeshire County Council have come out strongly against the change saying announcing the price increases just before Christmas was "heartless".