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Friday, 10 April 2026

BBC News

• Penalty charges rise in crackdown on fare dodgingThe penalty passengers will have to pay for travelling on a National Express bus without a valid ticket will increase in the West Midlands from £70 to £100.
• Plans for area around HS2 station set for approvalHS2 Ltd has revised its plans for the public areas around the Birmingham site.
• Borders Railway extension business case due by late 2027It could ultimately pave the way for extending the rail line from Tweedbank to Carlisle.
• NI group wins grant to develop self-driving busesThe consortium includes a Ballymena bus manufacturing firm and Queen's University, Belfast.
• Ships remain cautious approaching Strait of Hormuz amid fragile ceasefireOnly a few vessels have crossed the strait since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to BBC Verify analysis.
• Petrol and diesel prices rise again as concerns grow over ceasefireMotoring groups have warned drivers not to expect a significant drop in costs soon.

Financial Times

• Chinese and Indian airports chase hub status amid Iran disruptionThe Iran war has granted airports in China and India a rare chance: the opportunity to anchor global travel.

STV

• Ferry disruption due to failure to invest in fleet, says CalMac bossCalMac has faced an 'unprecedented' level of disruption with almost a third of its fleet unavailable this week

The Independent

• British Airways drops key Middle East route and cuts flights from Heathrow to Dubai, Doha and Tel AvivThe airline will step up flights to India and Africa as it pivots away from Gulf

Times Online

• UK to back JLR battery plant from £700m fund for electric vehicles [subscription]Government to provide support for Jaguar Land Rover's new Somerset gigafactory, workforce training and smaller green vehicle firms to scale up
• Low-traffic schemes aren't so toxic, after all [subscription]LTNs became a culture-war battleground but the evidence now is that people rather like them

Network Rail

• Smoother journeys for Ely passengersPassengers travelling through Ely this spring will soon benefit from smoother journeys as essential weekend engineering work to improve reliability takes place on one of the busiest parts of the region's rail network.
• Euston station fully reopens after six days of major railway upgradesThe West Coast Main Line has reopened to passengers after six days of major railway improvements between Milton Keynes and London Euston.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• West Yorkshire artist brightens up station subwayIf you're heading to Castleford, be sure to take a look at striking public artwork by the Wakefield-based artist Ellie Way.

Northern Echo

• Newcastle‑trained Lumo apprentices to drive West Coast routeA new group of apprentice train drivers have completed their training in the North East and are preparing to launch a major new rail route.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Major Birmingham HS2 plans for 'characterful' public spaces set for approval - full details hereMajor plans to create 'characterful' public spaces around the new HS2 station in Birmingham city centre have been recommended for approval.

Yorkshire Post

• Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Reform says it supports reopening despite warning over 'catastrophic' loan recallReform UK's Doncaster leader has insisted the party supports reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport, as he seeks to recall a £57m loan which has got the project off the ground.

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster Reform UK leader hits back at MPs as airport row rumbles onThe leader of Reform UK in Doncaster has hit back at the city's four Labour MPs as the row over funding for re-opening Doncaster Sheffield Airport rumbles on, telling them his party supports the re-opening and adding: 'What we don't support is committing £57 million of Doncaster taxpayers' money without giving councillors the full facts.

Other Regional Press

• MP launches petition to restore reliable, regular X84 bus serviceLEEDS North West MP Katie White has launched a petition calling for the X84 bus service serving Otley to be restored to a 30 minute frequency, following mounting complaints about reliability, overcrowding and confusing timetables.
• Concerns over Translink split development for Co Down bus depotThe Saintfield site has been labelled an eyesore at the entrance to the village since it was closed down over a decade ago
• ScotRail celebrates bumper Easter weekend passenger numbersNew figures released by ScotRail have revealed a leap in passenger numbers during the Easter weekend.

Construction Enquirer

• Plans go in for first phase of 1.6m sq ft Mix ManchesterA planning application for the 1.6m sq ft phase one of Mix Manchester has been submitted by the joint venture partnership behind the UK's first airport-based science, innovation, and manufacturing campus.

Construction News

• HS2 records more than 2,300 near misses in four yearsHS2 has recorded more than 2,300 near-miss incidents in the past four calendar years, Construction News can reveal. A serious near miss last September saw a beam strike a crane basket with two workers inside, as a gantry crane was being disassembled at the Green

New Civil Engineer

• Upgrades needed on 'very busy' section of Cambridgeshire rail lineEngineers will renew nearly 1km of track, replace six sets of points and renew old sleepers and ballast in the vicinity of Ely station, in Cambridgeshire, later this month.

Rail Advent

• CAT UK and DB Cargo sign new 7-year contract for Jaguar Land Rover car train serviceDB Cargo UK has signed a seven-year contract with CAT UK to transport finished vehicles from Jaguar Land Rover's Halewood plant in Merseyside to the Port of Southampton.

Rail Business Daily

• Telent and South Western Railway deepen long-term partnershipTelent has secured a new multi-year maintenance contract with South Western Railway (SWR), building on a relationship of more than 15 years that supports critical passenger systems across SWR's network.

Rail UK

• Euston station fully reopens after six days of major railway upgradesThe West Coast Main Line has reopened to passengers after six days of major railway improvements between Milton Keynes and London Euston.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Go-Ahead names MDs for East Yorkshire and Brighton and HoveThe Go-Ahead Group has made two Managing Director appointments for its regional bus companies, with Matt Ashton to take up that position with Brighton and Hove Buses and Metrobus, and Matt Kitchin to do the same with East Yorkshire Buses. Both will take effect from the summer.
• First Bus restructure continues with senior leadership changesLatest work builds on previous changes that established three operating units for the business
• Stagecoach celebrates first year of Guernsey bus service contractOver 1.7 million passengers carried and more than 1.3 million miles covered by operator already

Other News Sources

• Community 'devastated' as Hythe Ferry to go into liquidationFury has erupted from a community after Hythe Ferry was put into liquidation.
• New leadership team in place at First BusFirst Bus has confirmed a number of changes to its Managing Directors across the UK.
• HS2 plans to divert local stream for new railway lineA local stream is set to be diverted by HS2 to allow the new railway line to pass. HS2 has submitted plans to re-route the unnamed watercourse below the line near Offchurch.
• LNER and Network Rail roll out advanced monitoring technology to detect faults early and improve performance across East Coast Main LineNew AI driven monitoring systems help LNER and Network Rail detect infrastructure faults early, improving reliability and reducing disruption across the network.
• Tunnel to Heathrow could be privately funded under revived rail link plansA refreshed economic study into the proposed Western Rail Link to Heathrow (WRLtH) says that it has strengthened the case for the long-delayed scheme, with lower estimated costs, improved financial viability and the potential for private investment to fund key elements of the project.