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Sunday, 17 December 2023

BBC News

• Translink: NI buses and trains cancelled for third dayIt was the third strike this month, with traders and shoppers facing disruption ahead of Christmas.
• Central line trains revamp under wayBBC London's transport correspondent has been to see a refurbished Central line train.
• London's Ulez-scrapped cars cannot go to Ukraine, Sadiq Khan saysLondon's mayor says he cannot legally change the Ulez scheme and send scrapped vehicles to Ukraine.
• More big shipping firms stop Red Sea routes after attacksMSC, the world's largest shipping group, becomes the fourth company to divert ships following attacks.

Financial Times

• Ryanair boss O'Leary on course for €100mn bonus Airline's shares hit record high, inching closer to target price €21 for share option reward

The Independent

• Welsh drivers set to be fined for exceeding blanket 20mph speeding limit Hundreds of thousands have complained that the 20pmh blanket limit across Wales is 'foolish'

Times Online

• Rishi Sunak intervened to keep his ’VIP’ helicopter rides [subscription]MoD had planned to stop renting private craft to save money for other projects

City AM

• Petrol prices fall to lowest level in more than two years Petrol prices are at their lowest in more than two years, the RAC has said.

Daily Record

• Jet2 plane forced into return to Glasgow airport after smoke spotted in cabinThe Jet2 flight LS161, travelling from Glasgow to Geneva, Switzerland, signalled the alert to make a diversion shortly after its departure this morning.

Mail Online

• Fury as drivers are told cars that would be scrapped under Sadiq Khan's Ulez rules can't be sent to the Ukraine frontlineThe London Mayor wrote a letter to his counterpart in Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, explaining how tweaking the scrappage scheme to export vehicles to Ukraine was not possible.

The Mirror

• Rail chaos fears as solar storms could cause 'signal failures and accidents'Brits could face transport chaos from solar storms giving off geomagnetically induced currents, with disruptions to railway signalling and possible accidents, say scientists in a new study

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Council admits it can't afford to properly maintain roads and car parksA pause on spending means vandalised toilets will close and road markings will be left unpainted
• The group using sailing skills of the past to reopen historic trade routesThe project aims to harness the power of the wind to transport goods by sail around the coasts of Wales and beyond

The York Press

• Flying Scotsman's future being 'carefully considered' by NRMA York Museum has provided an update about one of its prize locomotives ahead of its centenary celebrations.

Wales Online

• The roadworks which are causing traffic chaos every day in one part of Cardiff Works are expected to continue in Canton until March 2024

Bucks Free Press

• Driving in bus lane offence not enforced – councilMotorists who drive in bus lanes are not currently being fined, Buckinghamshire Council has admitted as it is not enforcing the offence.

Other Regional Press

• Residents get the hump over 'bus only trap' failureHousing estate residents are growing increasingly frustrated over the failure of a 'sump buster' to stop traffic 'rat-running' past their homes.