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Sunday, 10 May 2026

BBC News

• Railway which inspired Thomas the Tank Engine marks 75 years since becoming world firstTalyllyn Railway was first in the world to be run by enthusiast volunteers.
• Why is fuel getting more expensive?Mat Trewern explains why overseas conflicts cause rises in fuel prices for the public.

The Guardian

• ‘A long road ahead’: could community car-sharing help UK hit climate targets?East Midlands electric car club helps residents and cuts emissions – but the need for a volunteer-led scheme reflects a much wider problemIn the aftermath of the Covid pandemic Miriam Stoate, a regenerative farmer from rural Leicestershire, noticed that too many people in her small village in England’s East Midlands were struggling to get around.Although there were plenty of cars parked in Tilton, too often she found some of the village’s residents did not have access to one when they really needed it. Continue reading...
• Air travel was already miserable. Now we get to pay more for it! | Dave SchillingSpirit Airlines helped turn flying into a fee-based nightmare. Now it’s gone, and fuel prices are soaringForgive me for not mourning last week’s demise of Spirit Airlines, the company responsible for making flying absolutely terrible. Due to rising expenses and billions of dollars in debt, Spirit shut down abruptly last Saturday, stranding thousands of customers who were unaware that an entire business meant to transport them through the sky was about to shutter for good.Spirit was struggling for years, but it all got so much worse thanks to the soaring cost of jet fuel caused by t...

Times Online

• P&O Ferries hits holidaymakers with Iran war fuel surcharges [subscription]While Brittany Ferries says extra levies constitute 'profiteering', P&O will impose extra charges of between £7.50 and £27 per car per leg

Daily Express

• Virus infected ship docks at Tenerife as officials insist outbreak is 'not another Covid'Its voyage has ended with three dead and a further five infected, as fear grips locals the contagion will spread once it makes landfall.

Mail Online

• British airport stops flights from today as it closes for good after 90 years to be replaced by green energy plantA UK airport has officially ceased all flights from today as it closes for good after operating for 90 years.
• All 22 Britons onboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship to be airlifted to quarantine at hospital dubbed 'Camp Corona' after housing people flown home from China during CovidThey will be transferred to Arrowe Park Hospital on The Wirral, Merseyside, the centre used to isolate travellers returning from Wuhan in China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is Money

• British Airways owner IAG sees profits hit by £1.7bn jet fuel shockThe update from Luis Gallego came as the conflict continues to choke off crude oil flows from the Middle East.

Birmingham Mail

• New rule meaning DVLA likely to take more over-70s off the roadsThe Government has announced tougher rules for older drivers

Bristol Live

• Concerns grow over Airport expansion as some say 'expand Cardiff instead'Bristol Airport has submitted major expansion plans
• 22 British passengers and crew on MV Hondius hantavirus cruise ship set to return to UKThe Foreign Office confirmed that 30 passengers and crew are British, with 22 still on board the MV Hondius as the ship heads to Tenerife ahead of a repatriation flight to the UK [WORLD NEWS]

Metro

• Major UK train operator faces 'significant' shake-up within monthsTrain services between London Paddington, the South West and Wales will be brought into public ownership later this year.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• HMRC confirms new VAT fuel scale charges for older car drivers in 2026The new VAT road fuel scale charges will remain in place until April 30, 2027

Cambridge News

• Cambridge bus gate fines top £1m – readers call to 'increase the fines'CambridgeshireLive readers have been reacting to news that more than £1 million in fines have been issued to drivers caught illegally using the Mill Road bridge bus gate in Cambridge

North Wales Live

• Jet2 update says passengers making key booking change 'for protection' after Martin Lewis warningExperts have said they believe indicate Britain could 'be worst hit' by a jet fuel shortage

Other Regional Press

• Why can't Britain build railways on time anymore? Birmingham-Manchester rail link pushed back to the 2040sBuilding railways, it would appear, has become a notoriously difficult task, writes Dr Steve McCabe
• Railway line out of action for more than a weekA long stretch of railway track serving two main towns will be closed for engineering works for nine days later this month.

Railnews

• Great Western renationalisation date revealed FirstGroup’s National Rail Contract for Great Western Railway will be renationalised on 13 December, after Chiltern Railways has returned to public ownership on 20 September.