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Tuesday, 21 February 2023

BBC News

• Parking fines: Pavement parkers face £70 fines under new plansCouncils in Wales will have the powers to keep walkways clear after a pilot scheme in 2021.
• Remote driving in UK from abroad should not be allowed, says Law CommissionThe Law Commission of England and Wales says remotely driven vehicles are a
• ULEZ: More than 1m people outside London to be hit by expansion - reportThe government is being urged to extend a scrappage scheme to help drivers in the home counties.
• HS2: Foam pool appears near construction site in west LondonThe brown bubbles worried local residents about the environmental impact of the leak.

Department for Transport

• Launch of the minimum service level consultation for railAnnouncing a consultation on setting minimum service levels for passenger rail.
• £56 million of public and industry funding electrifies chargepoint plans across the countryNew LEVI capability funding also announced to help local authorities plan for new chargepoint infrastructure.

The Guardian

• Upholding Qantas’s decision to sack staff would weaken workplace rights, union warnsThe airline is seeking to overturn in the high court a finding that it illegally outsourced 1,700 ground handler jobs
• Tory MPs don’t take buses – they just destroy them for the rest of usWhen I was a kid in the 1980s, you could casually lose 40 minutes waiting for a bus. Now, after 13 years of Conservative rule, public transport is on its knees again

Times Online

• Call for urgent law to limit use of driverless carsThe law should be urgently changed to prohibit the remote operation of vehicles without a safety driver, a high-level review has said.

Network Rail

• £164m overhaul for key cross-border rail lineThe West Coast main line will close for 16 days in March as Network Rail engineers deliver a vital programme of work to upgrade Carstairs Junction.

Birmingham Post

• Harland and Wolff to make frame at Devon yard as part of new dealsThe shipbuilder has said it has secured six contracts for work across all its sites worth more than £10m
• £4.8m expansion of Humber Container Terminal completesABP has added 17,600 sq m to Hull site
• £36m investment into green hydrogen pioneer GeoPura paves way for growth GeoPura – which has bases in Newcastle and Nottingham – secured the funds from industry leaders

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Snowdonia heritage railway station plans move step closer as updated plans are submittedThe Beddgelert proposals are a redesign of a former application which was approved

Nation. Cymru

• UK Government urged to outlaw remote driving of vehicles from overseasRemote driving of vehicles from abroad should be banned in the UK, a Government-commissioned review has found.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• MP demands reopening of road after frustrated residents complain Halesowen and Rowley Regis MP James Morris has demanded the re-opening of Station Road in Old Hill.

Other Regional Press

• West Sussex to get £1.8m from Government to increase electric vehicle chargepointsWest Sussex drivers will benefit from £1.8 million in Government and industry funding for increasing electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced today (Tuesday, February 21).
• New two-way Nuneaton cycle link plan to be unveiledIt will be shorter than originally planned
• New two-way Nuneaton cycle link plan to be unveiledIt will be shorter than originally planned

C.N.N.

• United Airlines introduces a new family seating policyUnited Airlines has a new seat map feature that will help families with children under 12 find seats together free of charge, the airline announced on Monday.

New Civil Engineer

• Third Menai crossing will not happen ’anytime soon’ due to lack of fundingThe Welsh Government does not have the funding for any new major road projects, according to deputy climate change minister Lee Waters.
• Network Rail replaces 143-year-old Yorkshire rail bridgeAmcoGiffen has replaced a 143-year-old rail bridge deck in Yorkshire on behalf of Network Rail.

Other News Sources

• Golden recognition for GWR apprentice teamThe apprentice team at Great Western Railway is celebrating golden recognition at the start of National Apprenticeship Week, while one of its shining stars has scooped a top accolade.
• Yorkshire to receive £5.3m new EV chargepoint fundingYorkshire drivers will benefit from £5.3m in government and industry funding for increasing electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints.