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Sunday, 30 March 2025

BBC News

• Cycling plans in Wales at risk, warn campaignersWarning as Welsh government moves focus away from building cycle infrastructure.
• Tech NowCan we clean up air travel? Adrienne Murray explores developments in electric flight.
• Work begins on year-long bridge replacement projectRoad closures will be in force and changes to trains and buses will be in place for 12 months.
• TfL proposes new east London Superloop bus routeTfL launches a consultation about a potential new route linking Rainham and Gants Hill.
• Car finance case could spark billions in driver payoutsMillions of motorists could be in line for payouts depending on the decision of Supreme Court judges.

ITV News

• National Rail 'warned' about repairs before woman was struck by train in PewseyPeople in Wiltshire say they warned National Rail about the danger of closing a footbridge over a railway line in the months prior to a pensioner being fatally struck by a train.

Financial Times

• Maersk warns shipping carbon trading plan would encourage LNG useScheme to be discussed at UN meeting does not sufficiently discourage usage of the fossil fuel, says container group
• England’s road-building budget cut by 5% Allocation to National Highways is lower than current year
• Air travel is ready for the wheelie-suitcase surchargeFree carry-on luggage may seem a bargain, but it often leads to a forced trip to the baggage carousel anyway

The Guardian

• Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat loomsPM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade dealKeir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend to try to persuade Trump not to slap duties on more key UK industries on what he is calling “liberation day&rd...
• Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon MuskFrom Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal governmentThousands of people worldwide protested Elon Musk and his efforts with Donald Trump to dismantle the US federal government on Saturday, with rallies held in front of nearly every Tesla showroom in the US and many around the world – a concerted effort to go after the billionaire’s deep pockets as the CEO of the electric vehicle maker.Protest organizers asked people to do three things: don’t buy a Tesla, sell off Tesla stock and join the “Tesla Takedown&...

The Independent

• Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showroomsCrowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the world’s richest man
• UK ready for trade war as Donald Trump set to unleash tariffs

Times Online

• Airbus boss: Trade war will get worse before it gets better [subscription]Donald Trump is expected to act to protect Boeing, but Guillaume Faury says his company will adapt and that the American economy could suffer

City AM

• Union highlights claims of staff shortages at railway ticket offices A rail union is to hold a series of protests highlighting claims of staff shortages at ticket offices. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT ) said there was understaffing at a number of stations on the West Coast mainline served by Avanti. The RMT said plans to close ticket offices across the country were [...]

Mail Online

• The thousands of Brits falling victim to stowaways: How more than 5,000 migrants were caught trying to sneak into Britain last year by hiding in cars or lorries from Europe - costing unsuspecting victims millions in finesDrivers can be fined up to £10,000 if an illegal migrant is found hiding in their vehicle on their way to the UK, even if they had no knowledge of their existence.

Birmingham Mail

• Drivers face £50 fines depending on date they last washed their carMotorists who go too long without keeping their car sparkling clean have been warned they could face two-figure fines from enforcement officials.
• Labour set to announce major UK change for all petrol and diesel carsTransport Under-Secretary Lilian Greenwood MP revealed the timeline during Parliamentary questions this week.

Birmingham Post

• Blackstone takes stake in UK airports group for £235mThe agreement sees AviAlliance offload some of its holdings in AGS though it will keep a majority stake
• Northumbrian Water reveals project to turn poo into sustainable aircraft fuelThe water company plans to use its Bran Sands Treatment Works site for the innovative project

Cambridge News

• People can now dial-a-bus to visit the National Trust's Wicken FenCambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority want to make the nature reserve more accessible

Other Regional Press

• Opposition gathering pace against plans for new Oxfordshire EV charging stationOpposition is gathering pace against plans for a new drive-through electric vehicle charging station on a major Oxfordshire road.
• Major train disruption planned for Easter on south coastNetwork Rail's £86 million investment programme will lead to line closures and amended services across the country, including on the Wessex route in Hampshire.