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Sunday, 05 October 2025

BBC News

• Greater Anglia gearing up for state ownershipA rail firm covering the East of England said it was "absolutely focused" on keeping up its high standards as it gears up for re-nationalisation.
• Belfast bus lane times to be extended and roadworks pausedThe changes follow complaints of traffic congestion last year.
• Widespread damage as Storm Amy 'hit harder' than expectedNetwork Rail said high winds brought more than 170 incidents on the lines while thousands of homes remain without power.
• Rail firm fined £1m over train passenger's death Bethan Roper was killed in 2018 when she leaned out of a droplight window on a moving train.

The Herald

• Almost 200 incidents of Storm Amy damage hit Scotland's railwaysMore than 170 separate incidents of weather-related damage have been reported on Scotland's railways as engineers and response crews race to repair the damage and get trains moving.

The Independent

• Storm Amy batters Britain with cars smashed and trees downed as weather warning extendedTens of thousands of people were left without power on Saturday

Times Online

• Jaguar Land Rover in £500m supplier bailout as state ‘rescue’ stalls [subscription]Britain’s biggest carmaker is to offer its thousands of suppliers a lifeline by lending them hundreds of millions of pounds to weather hacking crisis

Mail Online

• Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mphBethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.
• Storm Amy leaves trail of destruction as 42,000 homes still without powerA massive clear-up operation was underway last night after 100mph Storm Amy crippled the country's transport network and left thousands of homes without power.

Birmingham Mail

• M6 motorway shake-up scrapped in u-turn with drivers set to benefitMotorists on the widely-used stretch of motorway have been handed a big boost this week.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Storm Amy disruption as fallen trees block roads and communities left without powerA boat also struck a bridge in Gwynedd, parts of the A5 and A483 were shut, with ferry crossing cancelled amid the severe weather

Wales Online

• M4 road closures and roadworks to hit drivers in Wales this week There are closures along the M4 expected this week

Burnley Express

• MP raises concerns as three week roadworks causing disruptionAn East Lancashire MP has raised concerns as to why three weeks of roadworks are set to take place during the day in Bacup.
• 'You'll be ticketed' - Blackburn drivers slammed as kids ride without seatbeltsTwo in every five cars stopped were found to be travelling with at least one child who was not wearing a seatbelt

Other Regional Press

• Rail passengers warned of continued disruption after Storm AmyAvanti West Coast said following Storm Amy, services continued to be disrupted today, Sunday October 5.
• Transport strategy 'not doing enough for Hampshire'A regional transport strategy has come under fire for being “vague and unambitious” by Hampshire councillors
• Five rules e-bike riders must stick to or risk breaking the law A number of people have lost their lives on e scooters and e bikes
• Free bus travel for Dorset college-age teens 'unlikely due to cost'FREE bus travel for 16–18-year-olds in Dorset is unlikely to happen – because of the costs.
• Number of passengers arrested after being caught smoking on planes at Birmingham Airport revealedIt follows a Freedom of Information Act request to West Midlands Police

Other News Sources

• Council to pay Lidl £50,000 to make this spot more cycle-friendlyHerefordshire Council is to pay nearly £50,000 to Lidl to make the layout in front of its new Hereford supermarket more cycle-friendly.
• Bus strikes in Brighton and Crawley called off after pay deal acceptedPlanned strikes by over a thousand bus workers have been cancelled after workers voted to accept a new pay deal..
• Two-year closure of Brighton taxi rank and bays announced by councilA taxi rank and parking bays are to be temporarily closed.

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