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Saturday, 13 May 2023

BBC News

• New off-road bikes to clamp down on people riding dangerouslyThree new off-road bikes are unveiled by police after complaints about people riding them dangerously.
• Lowry bridge across Manchester Ship Canal to get facelift - councillorThe Lowry bridge, which links Salford and Trafford, will get a £777,000 paint job, a councillor says.
• Train strikes: Day of RMT industrial action coincides with Eurovision finalRMT union members from 14 rail companies will walk out on Saturday in a row over pay.

Financial Times

• Come fly first class with meOn life support during Covid-19, airlines are experiencing a boom in premium travel
• Great British Rail: the case for tackling ticket price confusionWhen GBR takes control next year, there is a chance to bring in transparency and uniformity across the network

The Guardian

• Britons face another day of disruptions as train crews stage strikeMost networks will have limited service as RMT members at 14 companies in England walk outPassengers face another day of disruption on Britain's railways on Saturday as train crews stage a 24-hour strike immediately after Friday's action by drivers.Ministers again urged unions to put sub-inflation pay offers to their members, but Labour said the government had 'guaranteed a weekend of chaos' by refusing to hold talks. Continue reading...

The Independent

• More travel disruption for passengers amid rail strike over pay disputeThe latest action comes on the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool.

Times Online

• Honda to bring Chinese-made electric car to Britain [Subscription]Honda is to join the coming invasion of Chinese electric cars into the UK with a relaunched tilt at the zero-emission market in Britain.

Daily Record

• First images of driverless bus as autonomous service is trialled in ScotlandThe Stagecoach buses became the UK's first full-sized autonomous vehicle of its kind to take to Scottish roads this morning.

Mail Online

• Rail union barons are blasted as it emerges 'dozens' of train drivers earn £100,000 or moreDowning Street led a chorus of outrage at the industrial action taking place today and tomorrow, which will hit Ukrainian refugees with tickets to tomorrow's Eurovision Song Contest final.
• British Airways cuts legroom on selected flights to just 28inches, sparking fears for tall peopleBritish Airways revealed the space given in economy has been reduced by an inch on certain planes. Bosses previously said it allowed passengers a minimum if 29inches on all its services
• Worries Sadiq Khan's Ulez will cancel summer as one in three Heathrow staff to be hit by schemeNearly a third of staff who drive to work at Heathrow airport will be hit by the expansion of Sadiq Khan's clean air zone - raising fears that worker shortages could affect holidaymakers.

This is Money

• Do you understand electric cars? Why Peugeot says 77% of Britons don'tThe mainstream car maker says it has surveyed 2,000 UK motorists and just 23% rated their understanding of electric vehicles (EVs) as 'good' or 'excellent'.

Birmingham Post

• EMR expecting to run normal timetable week starting Monday, May 15, despite some union actionAslef general secretary Mick Whelan said pay negotiations with ministers had stalled over past four months
• Number of cruise ship visitors to Northern Ireland passes milestone two million markThe cruise industry is expected to contribute more than £21m to the local economy in 2023.
• Nissan forecasts big rise in global profits despite 'harsh' environmentGlobal results for the Japanese company show that revenues and profits have risen over the last year

Bolton News

• Manchester Airport named among worst in UK for flight delaysManchester Airport has been named one of the worst airports when it comes to flight delays, according to an investigation.
• Motorists urged not to upload dashcam footage to social mediaMotorists have been warned not to post dashcam footage to social media platforms.

Bristol Live

• Bristol Airport: Work begins on huge new airfield solar farmIt will provide 16 per cent of the airport's energy needs

The York Press

• Aslef and RMT rail strikes clash with the Eurovision and FA Cup finalsTrain passengers are warned to plan journeys ahead of time this weekend as union members go on strike.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Commuters losing confidence in trains due to strikes, says West Midlands MayorTrain strikes are causing commuters to lose faith in the region's railways, the West Midlands Mayor has warned.

North Wales Live

• Northern and TransPennine rail strikes information and train travel into Liverpool for Eurovision 2023RMT industrial action means people heading to the city need to check travel times
• Major changes to Wirral roads with 20mph zones and cycle lanesMore significant changes could be on the way

Other Regional Press

• Somerset Council gets additional £5.5m funding for roadworksSOMERSET Council has netted an additional £5.4m to carry out essential repair works across the county's road network.
• Network Rail issue update on Botley Road closure a month onBotley Road is currently closed at the rail bridge to allow for a multi-million-pound development of Oxford Station to take place.
• Unique bright green bus to hit streets of Coventry, Bedworth and NuneatonThe Yutong E12 electric single decker bus will be trialled on National Express Coventry bus routes

C.N.N.

• US wants a recall of 67 million airbag inflators, but the manufacturer disagreesThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for an immediate recall of 67 million airbag inflators due to a dangerous defect, the agency said in a letter to ARC Automotive, a major manufacturer of the component. But the automotive supplier that made the component is disputing the need for it to conduct any sort of broad recall at all.

New Civil Engineer

• Welsh MPs: HS2 has taken £5bn of vital funding away from Wales’ rail infrastructureThe classification of High Speed 2 (HS2) as an England and Wales project is a disbenefit to Wales that is depriving it of £5bn of vital investment in its rail network, according to Welsh MPs.

Railnews

• First of new strikes disrupts many train services The first of several strikes is disrupting train services seriously, because ASLEF drivers have walked out at nearly all train operators in England, with the exceptions of c2c, Merseyrail, Transport for London, Glasgow Subway and Tyne & Wear Metro. Many stations served by the affected operators have no trains at all today.

Green Miscellany

• ’Tesla of e-bikes’ one step closer to productionNobody knows for certain why the governing body of sports cycling decided to ban recumbents from races, but in the summer of 1933, an un-faired, fully recumbent broke the 5, 20, 30, 40, and 50-kilometre records as well as the hour and half-hour records. Less than a year later, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) set up a committee to define… The post ’Tesla of e-bikes’ one step closer to production appeared first on ETA.