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Sunday, 14 September 2025

BBC News

• Gatwick rail line closes for 13 days for upgradesA railway line between Surrey and Gatwick Airport will close for almost two weeks to allow level crossings and signals along the route to be upgraded.
• How can the Ferguson shipyard have a future?Scottish shipbuilding is enjoying a renaissance, but will the small shipyard at the centre of Scotland's ferries saga be a part of it?

Financial Times

• Spanish airport owner accuses Ryanair of ‘lies’ over flight cutsAena chair says airline is using it as a scapegoat to dodge customers’ wrath over cancellations

The Guardian

• ‘Extreme nausea’: Are EVs causing car sickness – and what can be done?Phil Bellamy’s daughters refuse to ride in his electric car without travel sickness tablets. Are there other solutions? It was a year in to driving his daughter to school in his new electric vehicle that Phil Bellamy discovered she dreaded the 10-minute daily ride – it made her feel sick in a way no other car did.As the driver, Bellamy had no problems with the car but his teenage daughters struggled with sickness every time they entered the vehicle.

Daily Record

• A third of cyclists and E-bike riders running red lights at Glasgow junctionsResearch at 20 of Glasgow’s major intersections has revealed a startling number of red light offences daily.

The Mirror

• 'Game-changer' new battery type sees Mercedes EV travel 748 miles on one chargeThe Mercedes EQS is the first car to be fitted with a solid-state battery, which offers a higher energy density, quicker charging times, improved safety and a longer lifespan

Bolton News

• 200 years of railway history celebrated on the region's train tracksNorthern has revealed a newly decorated train carriage at Manchester Victoria to honor the UK's railway heritage

Yorkshire Post

• Yorkshire's Labour mayors step up pressure on government over rail fundingYorkshire's three Labour mayors have reiterated calls for the government to help fix the region's dysfunctional rail network ahead of the party's conference later this month.

Bucks Free Press

• High Wycombe MP meets with bus bosses amid parents' cancellation 'concern'High Wycombe MP has called for 'reliable buses' in the town after meeting with the managing director of Carousel Buses.

Other Regional Press

• More nighttime buses and a Sunday service? MP's delight at what new bill could mean for ShrewsburyNew powers that could pave the way for extended evening and Sunday bus services in Shrewsbury would be a "game changer", an MP has said.
• Cambridge South is right to be ambitiousCambridge South is not your ordinary edge of town railway station. Gone are the hundreds of car parking spaces, limited service patterns and middle-of-nowhere characteristics
• MP welcomes reinstatement of early rail service from Worcestershire Parkway to Birmingham New StreetTHE MP for Droitwich has welcomed the return of early morning services from Worcestershire Parkway to Birmingham New Street station.
• Inside Huddersfield Railway Station as work reaches halfway pointWork has hit the halfway point on the upgrade at Huddersfield Railway Station

Rail UK

• Alstom's Widnes site welcomes its first-ever passenger serviceAlstom has welcomed the first-ever passenger service in to its Widnes modernisation facility.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Bus rapid transit in the UK: are we missing a growth opportunity?With tram gaining traction in the public transport debate, bus rapid transit could likewise be better employed, say some in the industry ? but challenges remain

Other News Sources

• Slough Borough Council leader: Heathrow ExpansionHistorically, Heathrow Airport employs about 8,000 Slough residents and is Slough's biggest employer - our growth and prosperity is greatly dependent on theirs.