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Thursday, 23 November 2023

BBC News

• Birmingham Airport passenger numbers bounce backThe airport is hoping to serve some 18m passengers a year in the next decade.
• Ceredigion: West Wales Airport plans upgradeCeredigion's West Wales Airport hopes a site overhaul will attract
• Northern Ireland buses and trains to halt in 24-hour December strikePublic transport will stop on 1 December after workers vote for a industrial action, unions say.
• Mourne mountains flood road forces residents on two-mile detourThe idyllic Ballykeel Road in County Down is continually flooded and impassable, locals say.
• Glasgow First Bus driver strike halted after new pay offerAbout 1,200 drivers were due to walk out in Glasgow as part of a seven-day strike from Friday.

Financial Times

• Open skies model for aviation is colliding with climate changeDutch plans to reduce growth of Schiphol airport are a proxy for the debate over the future of the airline industry

The Guardian

• Rishi Sunak's net zero delay 'will slash demand for electric cars'OBR analysis suggests higher energy prices and interest rates could reduce proportion of new cars sold that are electric from 67% to 38%Britain has downgraded its forecasts for the takeup of electric cars over the next seven years as higher financing costs and rising energy prices threaten to cut the incentive for drivers to replace combustion engines.The latest forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), released alongside the chancellor's autumn statement, said that just 38% of new vehicles sold in the UK in 2027 would be electric, down from the 67% it predicted in March. Conti...

The Herald

• First Bus strike called off in Glasgow after new pay offerPlanned strike action by drivers working for Glasgow's main bus company has now been suspended as union members consider a new pay offer from the company.

The Independent

• Taking the train home for Christmas or New Year? Here's when to travel by railExclusive: Rail engineering projects over the festive season are set to trigger widespread disruption for train travellers, from southern England to Northern Ireland

Daily Record

• Bus drivers suspend Glasgow strike action after pay offer improvedUnite industrial officer Willie Thomson said: "Following intense conciliation talks with First Bus, a significantly improved pay offer has been put to the workforce."

This is Money

• Nissan to announce it will build two new electric cars in Sunderland after months of talks with the GovernmentThe decision to build new electric models of Nissan's Qashqai and Juke cars will protect thousands of jobs and boost the local economy in Sunderland after months of talks with the government
• A fifth of motorists waste £140 of fuel a year by driving with all four tyres underinflated, study findsA garage in Wales checked 100 vehicles over the period of one month and found that 72% had tyres not inflated to the recommended levels.

Birmingham Mail

• UK drivers given petrol and diesel rules 'until March at earliest'Fuel duty on both petrol and diesel is 52.95p per litre and this rate has been frozen since 2011 - but retailers have to play their part and pass on the lower rate to customers.

Bristol Live

• £9m from Clean Air Zone charges to fund Bristol buses and road repairsCity council proposed budget includes higher fees to tie the knot at register office and raft of care reforms
• 'Son of Concorde' which could fly New York to London in 1.5 hours step closer to take-offOne completed it is hoped one Concorde route would see flights from New York City to London up to four times faster than what's currently possible

Daily Post (North Wales)

• 'You couldn't make it up' as passenger's trip delayed because driver's own train is also lateJason McLellan, Labour Leader of Denbighshire County Council, was at Chester station waiting for a Transport for Wales train

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Nissan to announce two electric models for Sunderland plant, reports sayThe move expected in an announcement on Friday would safeguard thousands of jobs in the North East

Northern Echo

• New electric cars to reportedly be built at Sunderland Nissan factoryCar manufacturer Nissan is expected to reveal a electric car manufacturing deal worth almost £1bn to the North East this week, Sky News reports.

Wales Online

• Transport for Wales bosses grilled over trains, delays and its huge compensation billThe firm is responsible for Wales' struggling train services
• Huge battery factory, solar farm and electric car charging hub for Swansea takes big step forwardIt's anticipated the project would create hundreds of jobs and there are also plans to harness green energy to heat buildings in Swansea

Wrexham.com

• Transport for Wales challenged over “plateauing” of passenger numbers post covidMSs questioned representatives of Transport for Wales about passenger numbers, new trains and a review of timetables. ‌​‌‌​​​‌‍‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​‌‌​​‍‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍‌​​​​‌‌​‍‌​‌​‌​‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍‌​​‌‌​‌​‍‌​​​​‌‌​‍‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌​​​‌‌​‌‍‌​​‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌​‌​‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‍‌​​‌‌​‌​‍‌​​​‌​​‌‍‌​​‌‌​‌​‍‌​​​‌‌​​

Other Regional Press

• Doubt cast on Middlesbrough Mayor's pledge to strip out controversial cycle laneMayor Chris Cooke insists it is still his hope to see the cycle lane removed after promising to do so in his election campaign
• Oxford Brookes electric buses are officially launchedOxford's ambitious drive to achieve net zero by 2040 has been boosted with the official launch of new electric BROOKESbuses
• Mirfield speed limit reduction near new supermarket does not go far enough, say objectorsA 30mph stretch will be extended so a new supermarket can be accessed

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Menzies Aviation Expands Cargo BusinessMenzies Aviation has renewed and secured new key cargo contacts with airlines at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR). The contacts include working with Thai Airways Cargo, Middle East Airlines, Royal Air Maroc Cargo, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines Cargo and Tarom. One of the contacts involves handling and airside trucking services to be delivered by Menzies for Thai Airways. This includes 14 turns per week as teams oversee more than 16,000 tonnes of vegetables and fresh fish transported from Thailand to the UK. Karl Aldwinckle, Vice President Cargo – Europe, said: &...

Other News Sources

• Cycle Winchester calls for bike buses to help kids cycle to schoolCycle Winchester is calling for more people to launch their own bike bus, to help more children cycle to school safely.

EIN News Subscription

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