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Monday, 08 December 2025

BBC News

• Diesel trains to run on new £144m electric lineA quarter of the trains on the newly-electrified line between East Kilbride and Glasgow Central will still be diesel initially.

Financial Times

• Ukraine’s Black Sea attacks trigger surge in shipping insurance pricesRussian-linked oil tankers and bulk carriers face steepest increases, broker says

The Guardian

• Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car | Phineas FinnThe impending collapse of UK carsharing is an embarrassment for a government attempting to curb the dominance of carsZipcar, the world’s largest carsharing club, is leaving the UK. The company, which operates about 3,000 shared vehicles in Britain, has announced plans to shutter its UK operations at the end of the month. The news comes as a bitter blow to the hundreds of thousands of Britons who regularly rely on carsharing, and is a major setback in efforts to reduce emissions and traffic congestion.I’m particularly gutted. This year I finally learned to drive, specifically in ord...

City AM

• Airbus to rescue UK jobs after striking Boeing deal The world’s biggest aircraft marker, Airbus, is set to announce the rescue of 2,750 UK manufacturing jobs after striking a long awaited deal with rival Boeing. According to reports in The Sunday Times, Airbus will confirm as early as Monday that it will be taking on 1,550 people at a factory in Belfast, and 1,200 [...]

Birmingham Post

• Ryanair adds sixth aircraft to Liverpool John Lennon Airport for summer 2026The airline says the move is part of a $600m investment in the North West

Cambridge News

• The former Roman road ideal for a winter walk recently refreshed with a cycle bridgeThe road once ran for 75 miles but now only a short stretch remains as a footpath