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Sunday, 21 June 2026

BBC News

• MHKs to vote on £3m horse tram extension planPoliticians are to vote whether to approve £3m of funding to extend the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway next month.
• What is it like on the bus that is a 'lifeline'?The number 65 bus runs between the Cambridgeshire market town of St Neots and through some of the surrounding villages. Passengers feel part of a small community, but the route is under threat, with transport chiefs citing reducing numbers and the cost of about £16 per person. As fears of wider cuts surface, what could these mean for bus services in one county?
• Trains disrupted and station evacuated due to fireTrains were cancelled and a railway station evacuated after a fire broke out in a nearby flat.
• Work aims to connect RAF base to railway stationRoadworks will be carried out to construct of a new footpath from RAF Cosford to Cosford's railway station in Shropshire.

Financial Times

• Nine people in critical condition after fatal UK train collisionInvestigators work to establish what led to the first deadly rail accident in nearly two years.

The Independent

• FAA is turning to AI to reduce the number of close calls between planes at the nation's airportsFederal Aviation Administration reportedly inks deal with Palantir to analyze incident data

The Scotsman

• Fast-growing Edinburgh stands at a crossroads and its trams are keyOnly a truly connected Edinburgh will be able to meet the challenges of the future Edinburgh is changing at a rapid pace. We're the fastest growing city in Scotland, at twice the rate of Glasgow, in the fastest growing region in the country.

Times Online

• 'Ferries on steroids': Scotland's slower and more expensive trains [subscription]Rail industry figures say the beleaguered HS2 scheme mirrors problems with CalMac and leaves Scotland an afterthought in high-speed rail projects
• Qantas unveils £20k suites and workouts on London to Sydney flights [subscription]The Australian airline has revealed the unique jet it will use on its 21-hour non-stop route to Sydney. John Arlidge packs his gym gear

City AM

• Economic benefit of Heathrow expansion slashed by 90 per centHeathrow's third runway could boost the UK economy by just 0.05 per cent, a 90 per cent loss of the economic benefit that had been previously forecast.

Birmingham Mail

• Andy Burnham HS2 pledge for Birmingham-Manchester link backed by ex-ministerAndy Burnham has pledged to revive the HS2 northern leg between Birmingham and Manchester if he became Prime Minister, with his call backed by former rail minister Huw Merriman.

Bristol Live

• Mass transit plans praised... 'Hope it goes ahead''A major problem is the extortionate average cost of installing tram lines per mile'

Derby Telegraph

• Security experience at East Midlands Airport is best in UK and in Europe's top 20Customers are so pleased with the ease of East Midlands Airport's improved security arrangements that they have ranked it number one in the UK and among the top 20 in Europe.

Metro

• Inside major £1,200,000,000 plans to upgrade London Liverpool Street StationLondon Liverpool Street, one of the capital?s busiest train stations, will undergo a major £1,200,000,000 upgrade.

Wales Online

• Major step forward for new transport corridor between Cardiff and NewportThe scheme is planned to deliver a permanent 'high-quality' infrastructure between the two Welsh cities

Other Regional Press

• Poole's Hamworthy railway line could be reopenedA railway line in Poole could potentially be reopened as part of a plan to cut congestion and boos sustainable travel and trade.
• Agreement reached on delivery of Edinburgh tram strategic business caseCouncillors were able to set aside their differences and agree plans for a business case, but not all are in agreement on what the project should look like
• Ellesmere mayor welcomes major overhaul of bus routesThe Mayor of Ellesmere has welcomed changes to bus services in and around the town which he says will maintain strong links.
• First Bus runs disability-friendly bus training eventPassengers are gaining confidence thanks to disability-friendly bus training.
• £1 bus fare used for millions of journeys in Lancashire set to be scrapped from SeptemberMore than nine million £1 bus journeys have been had in Lancashire since 2023 as part of wider bus discount schemes that previously included the £2 cap on all journeys.
• Sheringham bus shelter faces demolition in council u-turnA beloved 1950s bus shelter that survived demolition thanks to an extraordinary sit-in protest has returned to the chopping block in a shock turn of events.
• Inverclyde passengers set to benefit from new timetablesPASSENGERS are set to benefit from a £400,000 cash boost to roll out 'real-time' timetables across Inverclyde.
• Three Bridges Station improvement project costs soarThe cost of long-awaited improvements to a railway station have increased more than fivefold since the scheme was proposed in 2016.

Construction News

• HS2 ramps up counter-fraud attemptsHS2 has overhauled its approach to tackling fraud, newly released board papers reveal. According to minutes of several meetings over a span of months, all published in recent days, the leadership and strategy of counter-fraud activities have been altered on the megaproject.

Other News Sources

• Falkirk Council warned about public's 'consultation fatigue' as it looks again at Grangemouth public transportThe council's attempt at making a 'case for change' was turned down by Transport Scotland last September, despite a consultation costing £50,000 that raised many issues faced by the community.
• New Liverpool John Lennon Airport chairman Clive Condie announcedClive Condie, who brings extensive board-level experience in aviation, infrastructure, and logistics, joins the airport at a time of record passenger growth and expansion.
• HS2 fraud action team expanded to prevent further incidentsNew documents show that the company has shifted from a reactive attitude to one of a 'proactive investigation' In the last few months, the HS2 fraud action team has doubled.
• Largest increase in UK rail passenger numbers is in ScotlandLOW-COST train operator Lumo, which runs services from London to Edinburgh and Glasgow, has been recognised as having the highest increase in passenger numbers for a UK operator in the last year.
• Scientists develop high-speed ion transport membranes for clean energy applicationsResearchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a new class of nanotube membranes that enable exceptionally fast lithium-ion transport.