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Sunday, 23 April 2023

BBC News

• North Western Road Car Company buses to return to roadsVisitors can take a trip down memory lane on the red and cream North Western Road Car Company buses.

Financial Times

• Business travel has not bounced back - and there is no guarantee it willHigh air fares, flexible working patterns and climate change concerns will continue to weigh on the industry

The Guardian

• Cycle hire: how poor parking put a spoke in the wheel of city schemesThe boom in e-bike rental schemes may be good for the planet, but dumped bikes have become a dangerous urban blightOn the narrow streets of Soho, the bright, bulky silhouettes of London's many hire-scheme bikes are visible on every turn - parked freestanding on roadsides, in docking stations, whizzing past slow-moving traffic and (a particular bugbear for many Londoners) lying horizontal across pavements, sometimes in piles.The proliferating schemes - the biggest of which include Transport for London's (TfL) Santander Cycles, founded in 2010, and relative newcomers Lime, HumanForest, Dott and ...
• Eurostar urged to carry adrenaline injectors in first-aid kit after medical alertA doctor was shocked to find no anti-allergy pens on board the train, though operator says law forbids it at presentA junior doctor is calling for lifesaving adrenaline auto-injectors to be carried on Eurostar after caring for a young child who suffered an allergic reaction on the service.Dr Raphaelle Debray, 26, who is French and works for the NHS, was en route to Paris when she responded to an appeal for a doctor. She requested the onboard medical kit and found it contained only some plasters and a defibrillator. In contrast, international guidelines state that commercial airlines should car...

The Herald

• The Jacobite: How Scotland's iconic train became a runaway successIt is widely recognised as one of the greatest and most scenic railway journeys in the world.
• Floods, drought, ferry disruptions. Highland climate change mappedStorms that have brought down trees, washed away roads, dried-out waterways, bins blown through the air, a rise in the number of clegs and disrupted ferries.

Times Online

• New young drivers to be banned from giving their friends a lift [Subscription]Ministers target under-25s with ’graduated driving licence’

Mail Online

• New drivers aged under 25 could be banned from carrying young passengersRoad safety charity Brake say drivers of a similar age are four times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash if they are driving with others - claiming peer pressure leads to young motorists showing off.
• Stricken £3.2BN Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales reduced to acting as a scrap yardEssential pieces of equipment are being ripped out of the stricken warship, a move that raises questions over its long-term future.

Birmingham Post

• Siemens on track for first Goole train builds within a year as pride in realising vision underlined'Mass recruitment' will begin in coming weeks with eyes on huge employment prize as orders are won for new rolling stock

Bolton News

• UK drivers warned of £2,500 fine for driving with chipped windscreenAlmost 80% of motorists are unaware that driving with a chipped or cracked windscreen could lead to three penalty points and a fine

Bristol Live

• Ryanair delivers blunt response to passenger moaning about random seat allocationA customer wasn't happy checking in eight people

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Tell us where the worst pothole in the North East is and which roads are a nightmareWe have set up a poll asking people across the region where the worst potholes are - give us your views here

Other Regional Press

• New TUI route to Tunisia from Bournemouth Airport for 2024Bournemouth Airport has announced it will be expanding its operations with a second TUI aircraft for summer 2024 - and a new route also announced.
• Everything you need to know ahead of 10 weeks of traffic misery on Thanet WayA contraflow system and a series of overnight closures are planned for a busy dual-carriageway. Here is what to expect
• Spain flight cancellation warning to Brits travelling over in MayPilots working for a Spanish airline are staging a strike over ongoing labour disputes
• Coventry road nets council close to £500k in penalty chargesNearly 12,000 fines were issued to motorists relating to the bus lane on Warwick Road in 2021/22

Other News Sources

• Crowded and late Herefordshire trains make travel a 'nightmare'YOUR correspondent from Leominster, who complained about the awful service on the Marches Line (Transport for Wales 'ignoring' dangers of overcrowded Hereford trains), is quite right to complain about the standard of service provided by Transport for Wales.
• People will die if Herefordshire potholes are not eradicatedWITHOUT doubt, every candidate in the forthcoming local election will express concern at the state of the county's roads.
• Right decision but years too late over smart motorwaysIT is the right decision, if a belated one, to partially scrap smart motorways. The nearly-finished scheme from Winchester to Southampton will not be used and others are being scrapped nationwide, although there are still hundreds of miles where they are still operating.

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