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Sunday, 19 April 2026

BBC News

• London Tube strikes: What you need to know Tube drivers who are RMT members are set to strike in April, May and June over working hours.

The Herald

• Ministers scrap ferry failure fines in ?4bn CalMac dealMinisters have scrapped a 20-year-old system of fines for ferry failure in Scotland?s new multi-billion-pound lifeline services deal with CalMac, the Herald can reveal.

The Independent

• Tube strikes: Londoners warned to brace for travel disruption as drivers confirm walkoutMembers of the RMT union will walk out for 24 hours on two days next week

Times Online

• Ministers sack top rail adviser who spoke out over HS2 train debacle [subscription]A leading government adviser has been fired for criticising Whitehall plans to reduce the length of HS2 trains, it can be revealed.
• Why airlines are not panicking over the UK's jet fuel supplies ? yet [subscription]US-sourced jet fuel is on track to account for half the UK's imports in the first half of April. This compares with an average of 7 per cent in 2025

Mail Online

• United Airlines flight diverts and passengers escape on emergency slides amid 'bomb threat' after pilots 'hear beeping device'The New York City-bound plane was rerouted to Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday.

Birmingham Mail

• Drivers hit with 48,000 private parking tickets a day as 13million issued in nine monthsNew figures show that 13.1 million private parking tickets were issued by parking management businesses between the start of April and the end of December last year

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Nine days of rail disruption on Welsh train line for engineering works Works are taking place on the Cambrian Line with buses to replace trains

Wales Online

• 20,000 drivers fined more than £500,000 in less than two years for using Cardiff rat runThe fines are for drivers cutting through Llanishen’s Crystal Glen estate to avoid busier roads - and residents are generally in favour
• Doomed bendy bus scheme led to tragedy and chaos in Swansea city centre - this is where they are nowThe new transport scheme arrived in the city seventeen years ago. It wasn't popular then or after. Now we've discovered where the purple-coloured vehicles finally ended up

Other Regional Press

• Scotland's railway strikes double gold at awards ceremonyScotland's railway has struck double gold at a prestigious annual rail awards ceremony.
• South Yorkshire bus drivers to escalate strike amid pay disputeDoncaster bus drivers claim they are paid less than their Sheffield counterparts
• DVLA cancels thousands of driving licences for over-80s over major concernThe DVLA took action and data shows more than 8,000 licences were cancelled f
• Anger as Lime bikes 'already being dumped in street'The e-bikes for hire from micromobility provider Lime which is running the service in the West Midlands launched earlier this month

EIN News Subscription

• Airlines warn ofEuropean flight disruptions over jet fuel shortages QNA Montreal The head of the International Air Transport Association has warned that parts in case fuel rationing becomesnecessary. European airlines have already raised concerns that