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Saturday, 09 November 2024

BBC News

• Revised train services due to staff shortagesTwo train operating companies are warning of a reduced services throughout the day on Saturday due to a shortage of train crew.
• 'Ghost buses' and cut services: Passengers complain as bus cap risesThe frequency of rural bus services in England has reached a historic low but fares are now rising.
• Plan for Tube drivers' work week to be discussedProposals include discussing how to introduce a restructured working week.

Financial Times

• British Airways owner IAG reports bigger than expected profitsPassenger demand in key transatlantic routes and within Europe boosts earnings

The Independent

• Flights and shipping disrupted as North Korea jams GPS signal, South Korea saysDozens of civilian aircraft and vessels impacted as North Korea jams GPS signals from across the border

Times Online

• New all-electric Jaguar must wait until 2026 [subscription]Company says ?weaker and inconsistent demand? played a part in the delay
• British Airways owner IAG to buy back shares after strong recovery [subscription]The airline group has eliminated more than ?3 billion of its net debt position and reported a 15% increase in operating profits in the third quarter
• BA owner joins chorus of alarm over national insurance rise [subscription]Businesses have estimated that costs from Rachel Reeves?s budget will add up to over ?500 million

Mail Online

• Sadiq Khan accused of 'sell-out' as Tube drivers are offered a four-day week, paid lunch breaks and an above-inflation pay rise to stop London Underground strikesThe deal on offer involves cutting drivers' working hours by 2.5 hours a week, putting them on a four-day, 35-hour week. They would also get a 4.5 per cent pay increase, twice the rate of inflation.
• Backlash as BA axes flights to Bahrain and Kuwait - two of UK's most important allies in the Middle EastBritish Airways is facing a backlash after axing flights to two of the UK's most important allies in the Middle East. The flag carrier is scrapping direct services to Bahrain and Kuwait.

This is Money

• Now Bentley backtracks on its EV pledge: British luxury brand to delay going fully electric by five years to 2035 due to slump in demandThe British luxury firm's original 2030 deadline to transition away from the internal combustion engine has now officially been scrapped.
• E-scooter riders 'more likely to jump red lights than cyclists', London study findsA shocking 41% of e-scooters observed across 80 different busy junctions in the capital ran red lights.

Sky News

• At least 20 killed in Pakistan train station bombingAt least 20 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a train station in Pakistan.

Birmingham Mail

• Funding to stop major cut in West Midlands bus services set to be agreedOperators say around 30 per cent of bus services in the region would be at risk if the grant wasn't there

Birmingham Post

• Hitachi confirms 'really positive talks' with Government over North East train factoryHitachi concerns were raised about the long-term future of the County Durham plant, which employs around 700 people, earlier this year
• Pay-as-you-go payments on rail's South Wales Metro expandedTransport for Wales has added the contactless payment scheme to a further nine stations
• Bolt could face £200m payout after tribunal rules drivers are workers, not contractorsThe ride-hailing app has lost a legal challenge against classing its drivers as 'workers' which could land the firm with a £200m bill and open the door to thousands of people gaining employment benefits from the company.

Bolton News

• Train company issues 'do not travel' warning again this weekendA rail company has again issued a 'do not travel' warning for this weekend.
• Plans for major projects to improve transport links in the NorthThe Chancellor and Transport Secretary have announced plans for two major projects in the North of England

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Rail customers asked to check travel plans as TRU works take placeNetwork Rail has issued a reminder to customers to check before they travel due to Transpennine Route Upgrade works.

Bristol Live

• Watch: 24 hours of ‘chaos’ after bollards installed in BathVideo shows driver after driver heading up the lane, only to meet the bollards and be forced to reverse back out on to the junction

Cambridge News

• New Cambridge busway offering alternative to ‘deadly’ road takes step forwardCambridgeshire County Council will be asked to apply for permission to build the Waterbeach to Cambridge busway.

Other Regional Press

• ?Penistone Line? receives transformative fundingSTATIONS and tracks along a well-used train route which passes through Barnsley will benefit from a multi-million pound funding package which will improve the frequency of services.
• Campaign group calls for 'urgent changes' to be made after serious crashA local cycle campaign group are calling for more safety measures to be implemented following a crash in Summertown.
• SUV’s still dominate most desirable vehicles list, with electric cars slowly catching upThe almost three decades old craze for SUVs looks to still be going strong
• Inside the plane graveyard for British Airways' iconic aircraft an hour away from CoventryThe British Airways' Boeing 747 fleet was retired after the pandemic put the airline industry in crisis - and the Cotswolds is now home to a plane graveyard

Other News Sources

• Project to improve M25's busiest junction takes 'huge stride forward'Two new bridges have been installed around Junction 10 on the M25 meaning Hampshire drivers will hopefully face less congestion in the future

EIN News Subscription

• Ryanair issues warning to passengers as it apologises for flight delays across Europeflight delays caused by European ATC staff shortages today Nov which is affecting all European airlines. ATC services, that the EU Commission take urgent action to improve Europe’s recent budget. However the budget airline says that this move will
• The sky-high plan for massive airships to deliver cargo across the outbackto move freight? The airship mode of transport could unlock vast potential published in the Journal of Air Transport Management in 2020, said it Flying Whales airship is currently being certified by the European Union Aviation
• Paris goes car-free in attempt to curb air pollutionwill help reduce noise and air pollution in the capital’s centre. The air in Paris is currently ranked m3, according to the New European Environment Agency. To protect health environmentalist deputy in charge of transport at the city hall had