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Sunday, 29 January 2023

BBC News

• Flybe administration: Scramble to change plans after airline ceases tradingThe airline said it was ceasing trading and cancelling all flights, affecting 75,000 passengers.

Financial Times

• Flybe cancels all flights after entering administration for second time UK airline only began flying again under new owners in April 2022 after collapsing during the pandemic

The Guardian

• Four problems that Britain’s crisis-hit railway must solve to surviveWhat do Britain’s railways need to do to get back on track? In a brief interval between strikes, the RMT’s Mick Lynch was asked by MPs whether industrial action was damaging rail. The union leader answered: “What about the days when we’re not on strike, when it’s absolutely useless as well?”

The Telegraph

• How the EV revolution is killing the small family car. subscription]Of the many “firsts” that define our teenage years, it is often our first car that we remember most fondly.
• How the boss of London City plans to revolutionise airport security. [subscription]Robert Sinclair wants to use state-of-the-art technology to transform travel experience

Times Online

• How did HS2 become a £100bn money pit? [subscription]France, Germany and Spain build high-speed rail networks for tens of millions per mile. Here it’s £300m
• High sickness rates for train drivers is adding to the chaos of rail strikes. [subscription]Industrial action isn’t the only thing disrupting Britain’s railways, train drivers are absent through illness seven times as often as the rest of the UK’s workforce

Birmingham Post

• From Bristol Airport expansion to the A303 - these are the key South West transport stories for 2023From plans for new rail stations to controversy over Bristol airport expansion, Hannah Finch takes a look at some of the biggest projects in the pipeline and what’s coming for the year ahead.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• U turn on parking charge plan at popular West Yorkshire parks welcomedThe scrapping of plans to charge drivers for parking at green spaces across Leeds has been welcomed by opposition councillors in the city.
• Bradford Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charges branded 'disgraceful'TWO men have hit out at the Council over Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charges in Bradford.

Bristol Live

• Bristol Clean Air Zone complaint as man's new Euro6 diesel compliant in Bath but not hereHe received a ticket after taking his wife to hospital

Liverpool Echo

• Part of Merseyside with a rail line but no trainsOne woman said it takes her fives buses to get to and from the project she works for

Northern Echo

• Darlington's transport aims questioned as free parking is approvedA scheme to continue two-hours free parking in Darlington has been criticised for jeopardising a council’s green transport ambitions.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Mick Lynch: RMT members will decide whether to accept offer to end deadlockRail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union leader Mick Lynch has said its members will decide whether to accept an offer to end the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
• Hundreds of new electric buses on the way for the West MidlandsHundreds of new electric buses are on the way for the West Midlands thanks to a £150 million cash injection.

Other Regional Press

• £400k platform change at Inverness station 'cannot be justified'Easier access to your trusted, local news. Subscribe to a digital package and support local news publishing.
• Rural villages face being left behind with more bus services axedVillages face being left behind after more bus services were reduced or cut completely in the past few days – with the future of the Ceredigion network very much in doubt.
• Photos show work to replace bridge next to Broxbourne station as project takes 'major step forward'Work to replace the bridge next to Broxbourne station has taken a “major step forward” says Network Rail, which thanked passengers and residents after six days of intensive work. Network Rail is replacing the central spans of Nazeing New Road Bridge during a four-month road closure, but the main work over the railway took place between January 13 and 18.
• MP takes on house builder after residents complain about new estate's 'shabby' roadsSimon Clarke wrote to Taylor Wimpey bosses over highway remedial works that have yet to be completed and said he hoped they would be done imminently

Aviation Industry

• How To Reach London's Six Commercial Airports By RailBeing the country's capital city, London functions as an aerial gateway for the United Kingdom. It is served by six airports, with varying degrees of proximity to the city itself: City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Southend, and Stansted. Each has good public transport links to central London, which we shall now explore further.

Other News Sources

• Campaign to stop 'irresponsible' cut to only bus from Chew Valley into Bristol"The plan to leave rural areas with zero bus services is irresponsible of both WECA and B&NES"
• Opening of University railway station in Birmingham delayed for third timeUniversity rail station has been delayed a third time over inflationary pressures.
• Rail line could link Ribble Valley with Manchester and create extra 80k passenger journeys a yearA service could operate between stations on the Settle-Carlisle line to Clitheroe, east Lancashire and Manchester Victoria
• Easier access to rail is one step closer for North CornwallEasier access to the national rail network from places like Bude and Holsworthy is one step closer to becoming reality.