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Thursday, 11 September 2025

BBC News

• Mayor 'seething' over train graffitiThe mayor of Liverpool City Region has told of his anger after seeing graffiti daubed across a train carriage.
• Railway station opening date announcedA date has been announced for the latest station to be completed on a new railway line.
• Planned weekend bus strike partly called off Some Unite union members have accepted a pay offer following negotatiations
• Tube strike union boss wants 'summit' with mayorThe RMT union's leader says he wants the mayor to help resolve its dispute with transport bosses.
• Tube strike enters fifth day as bike use soarsTube services remain suspended on the fifth day of a workers' strike over working hours and pay.
• E-bike injuries are a massive burden, say surgeonsFrida, six, is one of the many patients treated at the Royal London Hospital for an e-bike injury.
• Jaguar Land Rover admits hackers may have taken dataThe car-maker previously said there was no evidence that customers information had been taken.

The Guardian

• Limited tube services resume as strikes disrupt London for third dayCentral, Northern and District lines partly running as RMT presses Sadiq Khan for talks over shorter working weekLimited tube services ran on Wednesday as more staff turned up for work on the London Underground, while RMT strikes disrupted the capital for the third day this week.No talks have taken place to resolve the dispute, with the RMT now demanding a summit with the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, in its quest for a shorter working week. Continue reading...
• Almost all German pilots admit to napping during flights in union surveyPilots’ union says the issue has become a ‘worrying reality’ as a result of staff shortages and operation pressureA German pilots’ union has said that napping during flights has become a “worrying reality” for its members, as it sounded the alarm over “increasing fatigue” in the sector.The Vereinigung Cockpit union said it had carried out a survey of more than 900 pilots in recent weeks, which found that 93% of them admitted to napping during a flight in the past few months. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Ferguson Marine: Firm registers 'ongoing uncertainty' alarm on futureThe board of the state-owned firm at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco has admitted disquiet over continuing worries about its future after the delivery of two wildly over-budget and delayed ferries despite promised government funding.
• Businesses warn parking charges are 'killing Paisley town centre'Businesses have demanded Renfrewshire Council rethinks contentious parking charges in Paisley town centre after research suggested the hikes could cost the local economy millions each year.

The Independent

• London Underground Tube strikes: When are they and which lines are affected?Everything you need to know about the walkouts, from the lines affected to the best ways to get to the airport

The Telegraph

• The closed shop that keeps a union stranglehold on the TubeThe power of union bosses to shut down the London Underground in a constant cycle of strikes revolves around an archaic labour deal that enshrines 1970s-era hiring practices.

City AM

• Tube strikes: Union leader says £72,000 salary is not enough RMT chief Eddie Dempsey has claimed that tube drivers on £72,000 a year were not making enough to buy a home in London, reflecting the union boss’ militant position on ongoing tube strikes. The union boss told Times Radio he made “no apologies” for the ongoing strike as he said the salary, which is around [...]
• What happened to Sadiq Khan's promise to end Tube strikes? Sadiq Khan promised there would be no Tube strikes under his mayoralty. So where is he now, asks James Ford.

The Mirror

• Trains could return to holiday island off UK coast for first time in almost a centuryTrains may become available for residents and visitors in Jersey, making a return after nearly 100 years - and it means transport across the island may be easier than ever

This is Money

• How sustainable are EVs and why is the Government only offering grants to 'truly green' electric cars?Labour's Electric Car Grant will only be awarded to sustainable EVs. But what does this mean? How green are EVs really?
• Jaguar Land Rover confirms 'some data has been affected' by recent cyber attackThe car maker had previously stated there had been 'no evidence any customer data has been stolen'.

Birmingham Mail

• Drivers who passed test before certain date handed £5,000 warningData has shown many drivers aren't aware of important changes made to the Highway Code in 2022, and this is more likely to be the case with motorists who passed their tests years ago, such as in the 70s or 80s.
• Drivers fined for misunderstanding 'most confusing' road sign on UK roadsOne in two -an eye-watering and jaw-dropping 50 per cent of drivers - have been issued fines for failing to follow confusing Highway Code rules

Birmingham Post

• New finance director at TransPennine Express Fiona Roberts says she wants to 'shape the future of the railway'

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales railway line vulnerable to extreme weather to shut for four weeksThe Conwy Valley Line will be shut to remove 'all high-risk trees' to minimise the impact of storms

The York Press

• Pavements are for people, not cars – and I’ll keep pressing for change: York MPPavements are for people, not cars – and I’ll keep pressing for change, says York Outer MP Luke Charters

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Calls to ensure West Midlands trains aren't lost when service is nationalisedCalls have been made to ensure trains bought to specifically to serve the West Midlands are kept in the region when the service is nationalised.

Burnley Express

• Law firm hails 'significant win' in battle against mis-sold car financeA Blackburn law firm representing 1.5 million people has welcomed a “significant win” in its case over the mis-selling of motor finance.
• Government gives go-ahead to major Simister Island motorway upgradeA huge motorway upgrade at Simister Island has been given the go-ahead, affecting the M60, M62, and M66 routes by creating a 'northern loop'.

Cambridge News

• Greater Anglia to train more staff in suicide preventionThe train company says it will help keep people safe on the railway

Other Regional Press

• Britain's new longest railway bridge completed near Watford for HS2Years of work has finally brought the completion of Britain’s longest railway bridge, the HS2 Colne Valley Viaduct.
• Councillor worried about 'blanket 20mph' speed limit in townA consultation on lowering an Oxfordshire town's speed limit to 20mph ends this week with one councillor saying nuance is needed in implementation.
• Car finance compensation update as millions could be affectedThe FCA is looking into so-called discretionary commission arrangements (DCAs) and is consulting on a redress scheme for drivers deemed to have been impacted

Rail Magazine

• GWR applies to introduce new Saturday relief service after DfT instructionGreat Western Railway has applied to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for a late-night direct relief service between London Paddington and Reading on Saturdays after being instructed by the Department for Transport to introduce it.

Railnews

• 'Scrap Northern Powerhouse Rail' call ignites political storm A new report from right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange which has been endorsed by Reform UK proposes the scrapping of Northern Powerhouse Rail, triggering a political storm. The report has been written by journalist Andrew Gilligan, a long-standing critic of HS2 who was special adviser to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.

Other News Sources

• Stranraer needs better rail service, says MSPEXPANSION of Scotland?s railway network must include the restoration of services from Stranraer, says an MSP.
• Stranraer needs better rail service, says MSPEXPANSION of Scotland?s railway network must include the restoration of services from Stranraer, says an MSP.
• £330,000 new traffic signals ‘not the answer’ for congestion-hit spotHerefordshire Council is planning £330,000 of works to improve traffic flow in the Commercial Road area of Hereford.
• 'Residents protest against closure of bus route'Residents learnt from notices attached to bus stops, that the highly valued No. 4 bus service linking the Winchester districts of Teg Down, Fulflood and Highliffe to the city centre was being summarily discontinued at the end of August.
• Guildford to Reigate trains won't run for two weeks on major line for Gatwick AirportPassengers wanting to travel on the line will have to use rail replacement buses