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Sunday, 11 February 2024

BBC News

• M4 closures Newport: Motorists warned of disruptionParts of the M4 around Newport will be closed for essential repairs over the next three weeks.
• Hammersmith Bridge temporary cycle lane set to openThe 137-year-old bridge remains closed to motor vehicles but a cycle lane will open for 10 weeks.
• Calls to sort upcoming Eurostar passport checksHS1, the owner and operator of the Eurostar line, says plans for the system are

Financial Times

• Drone delivery may be cheap but it doesn’t fly with the publicIn the US, concerns about accidents, noise and interference with other aircraft outweigh interest in convenience
• Ships diverted from Red Sea pump out more emissions in bid to speed upOperators ditch ‘slow steaming’ to compensate for longer journey around the Cape of Good Hope

The Guardian

• Pilot in hospital after crash-landing plane into garden in WalesSolo flyer airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after hitting tree in back garden of house in Bodffordd, AngleseyA pilot who crashed his plane into a garden in Wales has been airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.The unidentified pilot, who was alone in the plane, “ploughed down into a tree” in the back garden of a house in Bodffordd, a small village in Anglesey, north Wales. Continue reading...

City AM

• Rail maintenance workers to begin eight-day strike in pay dispute Rail maintenance workers will begin an eight-day strike on Saturday in a dispute over pay.

Daily Express

• Taxi Tax will be 'nail in the coffin' for taxi drivers and hit customers 'like a train'EXCLUSIVE: Taxi driver Saf Khan said the transport situation in some areas was so bad drivers were picking up customers from bus stops.
• The tiny military airport that only flies 150 passengers once a week to the same placeThe future of this unique airport remains uncertain, but its recent passenger flights showcase a glimmer of hope for aviation aspirations.
• The 10 'worst airport terminals' in the UK - three of them are in the same cityWhich? has revealed the worst airport terminals in the UK using a passenger survey covering queues, security, bag drop and seating.

Daily Record

• Taxpayers shell out £6.5m to maintain £34m fleet of controversial eco ferriesThe three hydro ferries run short routes on the west coast but have been hit with fuel and engine issues have led to hundreds of cancelled sailings.

This is Money

• Councils call for ban on pavement parking across EnglandThe demand for enforcement powers comes more than three years after the Department for Transport wrapped up a consultation into pavement parking, which has seen no action taken as a result.

Bristol Live

• The 14 Bristol roads that will be pothole-free by the end of MarchThe scheme of works has been funded by the Department for Transport at a cost of £850,000, and road users should expect some disruption during their closure
• New Bristol train station taking shape as build reaches 'milestone'The station is being rebuilt 60 years after its predecessor was axed as part of the Beeching Cuts

Daily Post (North Wales)

• RECAP: Plane crashes into Anglesey housing estate Air ambulance transported pilot after plane reportedly landed in garden
• New A55 roadworks in Gwynedd and Conwy this week as full closures start on major Flintshire schemeDriving the length of the A55 is about to get a bit tougher
• Minister who scrapped village's bypass admits 'slow' progress on alternative road Llanbedr has been waiting for years for road to relieve its traffic headache
• Council still 'investigating' how its two '£500,000' electric buses will be usedModern, eco-friendly vehicles kept at depot for months

Liverpool Echo

• New hourly rail services to run from Liverpool this weekTransport for Wales will reintroduce hourly rail services between Chester and Liverpool from Monday

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Ten weeks of closures, diversions and speed restrictions on the way for M54Motorway road closures, diversions and speed limits will be put in place for bridge repair and maintenance works on the M54.

Cambridge News

• Petrol and diesel owners may have to 'reconsider' having cars as April 1 change approachesMotorists will see increased car tax charges with vehicle excise duty set to rise from April

Other Regional Press

• Council earmarks £3m to buy 'disgusting' multi-storey car parkA council could be set to splash £3 million of taxpayers' cash on a “disgusting' town centre multi-storey car park scrawled in graffiti.
• Oxfordshire buses set to get priority at crossroadsBuses are to get priority at traffic lights at a busy crossroads in an Oxfordshire town.
• Watlington Relief Road plans criticised by businessesPlans for a Watlington Relief Road in Oxfordshire have been criticised by some high street traders.

Other News Sources

• Hackney drivers to return to Winchester Railway Station taxi rankFollowing eight months of disputes, hackney carriage drivers will be reclaiming the taxi rank outside Winchester Railway Station.
• No trains in the Woking area this Sunday as SWR warns of engineering workReplacement buses will replace the services
• Why the London Underground was never extended to Croydon It was very nearly on a Tube line