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Thursday, 16 February 2023

BBC News

• Anglesey: Plans to axe new bridge an 'insult' to localsA road review recommends parking the plan as all major road building in Wales is scrapped.
• Welsh bus users face 'skeleton service' in funding cutsThere were calls for the Labour-Plaid Cymru deal to be renegotiated amid fears for the network.
• Flybe: Administrators unable to find buyer after collapseAdministrators confirm that rescue talks have ended without a deal for the troubled airline.
• HS2: Residents say they cannot sleep due to construction workA HS2 spokesperson says agreed noise levels
• Lufthansa tech failure leaves planes groundedThe airline's systems are back up after a major IT failure disrupted thousands of passenger's journeys.

Financial Times

• Eating your young: US airlines poach pilots from regional affiliatesHigh-flying wages for captains and first officers ripple through stretched aviation industry

The Guardian

• Electric car enthusiasts tantalized by new idea: converting old vehiclesWhile a boutique industry around converting vintage cars to electric is growing, it’s an exclusive, cost-prohibitive oneOver the next decade, millions of new battery-electric trucks, SUVs and cars are forecast to hit the market globally. In the US alone, Joe Biden is pushing for 50% of all new cars sold in 2030 to be zero-emission vehicles.What happens to all of the old gasoline- and diesel-powered cars that are on the road right now is trickier. One idea that’s recently been in the spotlight is converting them to electric vehicles. Toyota made waves when it showcased two vintage Corollas that...
• In praise of the ˜15-minute city the mundane planning theory terrifying conspiracists The frightening prospect of greener, people-friendly streets and convenient amenities has sent the online right and Tory MPs into a tailspin. There's an international socialist conspiracy afoot, and it wants to make it easier to walk to the shops. Fringe forces of the far left are plotting to take away our freedom to be stuck in traffic jams, to crawl along clogged ring roads and trawl the streets in search of a parking spot.

Times Online

• Inflation fall driven by lower transport prices. [subscription]Headline inflation slipped for a third consecutive month in January as the price of petrol, air and coach travel fell, but it remained in double digits.

City AM

• Boris Johnson brands ULEZ expansion a mad lefty tax Boris Johnson has branded Sadiq Khan's plans to expand the ULEZ across the capital a mad lefty tax and accused him of bankrupting TfL

Birmingham Post

• Urgent need for Welsh Government to outline alternative transport plans following roads review, say businessesBusiness organisations have been reacting to the news that high profile road projects in Wales are being scrapped
• Gauging systems supplier to Airbus and Rolls-Royce expands into new Filton officeThird Dimension specialise in both hand-held and automated measurement equipment and is looking to grow its workforce in South Gloucestershire
• Flybe to be wound down as administrators end hunt for buyerThere has been 'significant interest from a number of credible parties' according to administrators but no deal could be completed in tight time frame

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bus 'hot spots' in Bradford to be tackled after £41m Government grantHOT spots in Bradford that bus operators say can prevent them from delivering a reliable service could be tackled thanks to millions in Government funding.

Bristol Live

• Aerospace Bristol set for £470K council rescue package after financial struggleHome of the last flying Concorde has struggled to repay a loan

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North-South divide 'widening' as Menai crossing poll reveals widespread anger over road cutsThe results of a poll run by North Wales Live suggest a growing anti-Cardiff sentiment
• Decision to scrap North Wales road plans will leave residents feeling 'Cardiff Bay is as remote as Westminster'Former Welsh minister for economy and transport Ken Skates said this type of announcement 're-enforces that feeling of remoteness and a desire to have decisions made more locally'

The York Press

• Transport for York: 6 questions the city council must answerYork Civic Trust transport expert Prof Tony May ooutlines some questions the city council still needs to anwser about its draft transport strategy for York

Wales Online

• Swansea Airport's licence has been suspended againThe operator has been given two weeks by the Civil Aviation Authority to come up with a plan to address safety management failures

Yorkshire Post

• Bishops across Yorkshire join calls for government to end bus cutsBishops in Yorkshire have urged Rishi Sunak not to cut bus services across the region.

Other Regional Press

• Train stations planned for Newport, Cardiff, Magor to fix M4 trafficA new £2.7 million study was announced by the UK and Welsh Governments earlier this month to explore options for new rail links between south Wales and England.

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 changes Manchester tunnel design to prevent floodingHS2 Ltd has altered its design for the project's Manchester tunnel to reduce future flood impacts in West Didsbury.
• First track installed for £145M rail upgrade between Sheffield and ManchesterThe first pieces of track for £145M upgrade to increase the number of fast trains running between Sheffield and Manchester have been laid.
• Rethink rail investment to slash transport emissions, thinktank urgesThe UK needs a fundamental shift in its rail investment priorities to help slash carbon emissions in the transport sector, according to thinktank Greengauge21.

Other News Sources

• Greater Anglia's old trains will be gone by the summerGreater Anglia is preparing to take its last older trains out of service by the summer of this year as takes delivery of the final Alstom Aventra trains for its commuter services.
• Warning that bus services across West Yorkshire could be axed if Government funding is withdrawnBus services in West Yorkshire could face further cuts if the Government doesn’t extend the Bus Recovery Grant into April.