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Saturday, 06 May 2023

BBC News

• Passengers advised new train timetables imminentWest Midlands Railway and Chiltern Railways will be changing train times from 21 May.
• Clapham Common: Passengers smash Tube train windows in fire alertFootage on social media shows people clambering to escape from the train at Clapham Common Station.
• King Charles and Camilla remind railway passengers to 'mind the gap'The King and Camilla, Queen Consort have recorded a safety message for rail and Tube passengers.
• Further delay to Orkney's Alfred joining CalMac fleetThe Orkney-based MV Alfred has been chartered at a cost of £9m to ease pressure on west coast services.

Financial Times

• British Airways owner IAG and Air France-KLM predict summer boomAirline group benefits from resurgence in demand and drop in fuel costs

The Herald

• CalMac ferry chaos MV Hebridean Isles is sidelined for third monthCALMAC ferry services remain in a state of turmoil - as it emerged that one of its oldest vessels has been sidelined for nearly three months.
• Sutherland spaceport: Ground broken on UK's first vertical launchpadIt is to be a lynchpin of the UK's burgeoning space industry and the place where rockets will ascend into the atmosphere up to a dozen times a year.

Times Online

• Edinburgh airport wants to offer US immigration clearance within two years [Subscription]Chief executive says facility would ease travel and boost passenger numbers
• British Airways owner IAG lifts profit forecast [Subscription]Higher fares for leisure travellers and falling jet fuel prices have lifted IAG, the owner of British Airways, back into positive territory.
• Passengers smash windows to escape ’smoke filled’ Tube train in Clapham station [Subscription]Passengers were forced to smash the windows of a London Underground train to escape what they described as smoke filling the carriages.

Mail Online

• Trapped commuters on London tube smash glass to escape smoke-filled train at Clapham Common stationFootage from Clapham Common tube station showed passengers rammed against the doors as people on the outside tried to pry them open.

This is Money

• 'Charge-point anxiety' hits the switch to electric carsThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said it expects plug-in battery electric vehicles to account for 18.4% of new sales this year

Birmingham Post

• EMR set to reintroduce more rail services between Leicester and LincolnThe train operator said there will be 14 more services each week as of Sunday, May 21
• Northern Ireland new car sales climb as supply bottleneck easesCar sales climb 6.8% with 3,432 sold in April

Wales Online

• 'All factors' will be considered in discussions over the future of Swansea's troubled airport - campaigners toldThe council had agreed a new lease with the existing operator, then the Civil Aviation Authority provisionally suspended the airport's operating licence due to a 'systemic failure of safety management'
• Row erupts over state of Swansea's roads with 'fancy projects' blamed 'It's all well and good having these fancy projects and what have you, but if you can't get to them because the roads are in a hell of a mess there's no point in having them.'

Other Regional Press

• Oxford LTNs and pollution: 'Suffering' residents feel 'trapped'Householders in East Oxford have said they experience more congestion outside their homes due to low traffic neighbourhoods
• Oxfordshire road closures announced by National HighwaysOxfordshire's motorists will have a number of road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.
• Red Arrows coronation flypast: Times, routes and where you can see themThe flypast will take place on May 6 to mark King Charles III's coronation
• Traffic mayhem from coaches transporting cruise passengersWeymouth residents say it is 'chaos' after coaches transporting cruise ship passengers caused traffic mayhem in residential streets.

Railnews

• RMT members vote in favour of more rail strikes An RMT ballot of its members at 14 train operating companies in England has resulted in a substantial majority in favour of continuing strikes in the dispute over pay. Both the Rail Delivery Group and transport secretary Mark Harper say the result is ‘disappointing’. The turnout was almost 69 per cent, which met the legal requirement for a turnout of at least 50 per cent, and the vote gives the RMT the right to call more strikes until November.

Other News Sources

• BAE Systems provides update as AGM takes placeBAE Systems has said it is on track for 2023, and provided updates on apprenticeships and orders for its fighter jets and other products.

EIN News Subscription

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