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Saturday, 22 April 2023

BBC News

• 'Better roads for cyclists could have saved our daughter'Emma Newman was killed in a crash with a lorry in Glasgow city centre in January.
• RMT: London Underground stations closed 2,115 times last yearThe union blamed the closures on government cost savings and station jobs being cut.
• London day travelcards could be phased outThe daily paper tickets would no longer be sold or accepted on Transport for London services.
• TransPennine Express worst for train cancellationsThe troubled rail operator cancelled around one in six of its trains last month, the regulator says.

The Guardian

• TransPennine Express was worst UK rail operator for cancelled trains in MarchData from regulator showed TPE made almost 1,000 cancellations, more than one in six of its servicesMore than one in six TransPennine Express trains were cancelled in March, according to data from the rail regulator, the worst performance of any rail operator in the UK.The Office of Rail and Road figures showed that almost 1,000 TPE trains were fully or partly cancelled over its latest reporting period. The figures included trains cancelled the night before - known as p-coding - which were until recently excluded from the reported figures. Continue reading...
• Is car finance the next PPI? Claims management firms cause concernDrivers could be missing out on full compensation amid rise of third-party firms submitting claimsUK consumers were this week urged to avoid the 'plague' of claims management firms targeting people who may have been mis-sold a car finance deal. It has prompted suggestions that these firms may regard car finance as 'the next PPI'.Complaints about car finance lenders almost doubled in the last financial year, driven by an increase in third-party firms submitting claims on behalf of individuals. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Scottish flights, holidays: TUI expands at Glasgow AirportPackage holiday giant TUI has announced plans to increase its number of aircraft based at Glasgow Airport from four to six in summer next year.

The Independent

• Flight attendant won't let plane leave until passengers clean up mess dropped in the aisle 'She has let us all know that we were not raised right and she is disappointed in all of us,' a passenger onboard said

Mail Online

• Smart motorways: Road bosses warned about lack of hard shoulder after deathAnne Pember, a senior coroner, has written to road bosses warning that the lack of a hard shoulder means 'there is a risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken'.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Llandudno to lose direct train service to Manchester Airport in move slammed by Senedd memberTransport for Wales will run the service to Bangor - meaning passengers heading to seaside resort will have to change at Llandudno Junction
• Snowdonia steam railway's 'draconian' block on 50-year-old lake walk routeA locked gate and railings have been erected to stop trespassing along a stretch of Llyn Padarn used regularly by locals
• Uproar in Snowdonia over 'crazy' decision to flush railway scheme down the pan over surging tourist poo fearsTrain buffs now wonder if future tourists will be forced to 'take a dump' before heading to parts of North Wales

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Rail operator Northern gives managers £1,800 bonus during worker pay disputeThe move has angered staff who haven't had a pay rise in four years

The York Press

• York Bus Forum hits out as city's worst bus stop 'made even worse'
• 'Tory pledges about better York train service off the rails'Tory train promises are off the rails

Cambridge News

• Multi-million pound project to widen Cambridge busway agreed after recent deathsThe decision was unanimously agreed by councillors
• Letters: 'Cycle-friendly city? These atrocious roads won't be fixed until a cyclist hits a car'Readers have their say on Cambridge's potholes, local elections, Mill Road and more

Get Surrey

• Esher Railway Station commuters up in arms as flooded pathway stops them accessing platformsThe bridge on one side of the station is closed, and the pathway is flooded, meaning commuters have missed their trains into London

Other Regional Press

• Oxford bus operator blames lengthy delays on Botley Road closureHeavy congestion was reported around the south of Oxford, with the ring road particularly badly affected.

New Civil Engineer

• Bam Nuttall to begin works to fix 40-year-old landslip problemA landslip problem that has plagued a Northumberland community for over 40 years is finally due to be fixed after an engineering solution was found.
• Call for update to the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline 3.5 years after last one was issuedThe Railway Industry Association (RIA) is demanding that the government publish its supposedly annual Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP), following a hiatus since 2019.
• Road realignments denied on £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans Pennine upgrade for fear of increased flood riskThe Planning Inspectorate has rejected National Highways’ application to realign two roads as part of its £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans Pennine upgrade as they might increase flood risk in the area.

Railnews

• Mystery fuel problem cuts South Western services An emergency timetable has been introduced on South Western Railway diesel services west of Basingstoke, after drivers reported that the speed of their trains was reduced. The problem, affecting trains from Salisbury and Exeter depots, has been identified as being caused by their fuel, although no further details have been released.