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Monday, 07 September 2026

BBC News

• Train journey to mark birth of UK high speed railPreparations are under way for a commemorative train journey to mark the birth of the UK's first high-speed rail service.
• Minister to meet Jaguar Land Rover boss as thousands of job cuts expectedSpeaking to the BBC, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds ruled out a bailout for the company.
• CrossCountry cancels trains due to driver shortageA number of CrossCountry rail services have been cancelled on Sunday due to a shortage of train drivers.

Financial Times

• Indonesia shuts airports as volcano eruptsIndonesia has closed eight airports and cancelled hundreds of flights as a volcanic eruption spread ash across the country.

The Telegraph

• Civil servants bungle numbers on Heathrow's third runway [subscription]Department for Transport officials misused an 'appraisal tool' when assessing the benefits of expansion

Times Online

• Polish shipbuilder hiring as Ferguson Marine cuts 70 jobsRemon towa announced hundreds of positions overseas on the seven-ferry loch-class programme after the nationalised Scottish yard lost the £175m contract
• Drivers face long delays to get licences back after ill health [subscription]DVLA is repeatedly missing the target of 50 working days to clear people as medically fit to drive, which could make it difficult for some to get back to work
• Airlines warn of 'blank cheque' for Heathrow cost overruns [subscription]Civil Aviation Authority report finds that the airport has run up extra construction costs of £600 million and passengers will likely have to pick up the bill

City AM

• No bailout for Jaguar Land Rover, says business secretary Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said the government will not bail out Jaguar Land Rover after it announced plans to slash 4,000 jobs. Reynolds has spoken to PB Balaji, chief executive of Britain’s biggest carmaker, and is due to meet with the company’s leadership in the coming days.  But he told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg [...]

The Mirror

• CrossCountry cancels nearly 70 trains over driver shortage - Manchester and Birmingham hitCrossCountry has cancelled more than 70 trains today due to a driver shortage, with services between Manchester and Birmingham among those worst affected by the rail disruption

Bristol Live

• New station entrance set to open at Temple Meads in 'significant milestone'The new entrance will open from 4pm on Monday (Sept 7) and provide direct access between Bristol Temple Meads and the University of Bristol's new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.
• Ryanair and Virgin issue ticket price increase and schedule cut updatesRyanair says some airlines may not survive this winter
• New station entrance set to open at Temple Meads in 'significant milestone'It is expected to create a new gateway to the city

Edinburgh Evening News

• Tram progress on the right lines but can't be the terminus - Jo DavidsonMany of the world's great thinkers from Winston Churchill to Mark Twain have argued that the blind pursuit of perfection can sometimes be the enemy of progress.

London Evening Standard

• Richard Branson's next stop: Paris and beyond as he takes on EurostarThe billionaire businessman faces a David-and-Goliath battle to challenge Eurostar's 30-year monopoly and bring some Virgin magic to the cross-Channel route

Manchester Evening News

• Heywood is one of Greater Manchester's biggest towns but locals say there is a major issue holding it backThe Rochdale borough town has no trams running through, no train stations and a bus service that takes around an hour to get to Manchester city centre. The journey time between Heywood and Manchester is around 30 minutes by car.

Sheffield Star

• 'Wealth fund' brought in to find funding for major South Yorkshire development projectsMajor projects which have been proposed in South Yorkshire have included the expansion of the South Yorkshire tram train scheme, with calls for it to serve Stocksbridge; as well as the re-opening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport; and the proposed Don Valley Corridor of advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries.

Wales Online

• Trains cancelled and disruption expected due to Transport for Wales staff shortageTransport for Wales (TfW) has said services between Carmarthen and Pembroke Dock will be cancelled due to a shortage of train crew. It says it is laying on buses for passengers to complete their journey.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• 'I won't hold my breath': Dudley Council leader reveals new date for long-delayed tram lineDudley's much-delayed tram service will not open now until November, the council's frustrated leader has revealed.

Cambridge News

• Cameras on school streets 'a sensible move' whilst others say they 'don't get it'Cambridgeshire County Council is considering using ANPR cameras to enforce school streets, which restrict car movements at drop-off and pick-up times to reduce pollution and encourage walking and other active travel methods
• ‘Extensive’ work still needed on A1 near Peterborough after man died in 2024 lorry crashNational Highways anticipates that the road will be permanently repaired in 2027

My London

• 'Sadiq Khan needs to help Londoners struggling to get home by extending the Night Tube'Westminster City Council is also calling on the Mayor of London to invest in more visible policing

Other Regional Press

• Tom Hayes MP called for faster trains to London WaterlooTom Hayes, the Labour MP for Bournemouth East, has urged South Western Railway (SWR) to reintroduce faster weekday trains to London Waterloo, reducing travel times to around one hour and 35 minutes, similar to those in the 1980s.
• Freight train noise worries ahead of Saxmundham line worksNine days of works to upgrade a key rail junction as part of the Sizewell C project have raised "significant concerns" over night time noise from trains.
• Magor and Undy Walkway to be first of five new stations under £14bn Welsh rail planLOCAL campaigners who fought a 'David and Goliath' battle have been hailed as heroes behind a decision to build a new rail station.
• Talks underway over future of Platform 1 Pacer train abandoned inside Huddersfield Railway StationTalks are underway about the future of an old Pacer train now abandoned inside the soon-to-be-restored Huddersfield Railway Station.
• Jaguar Land Rover facing 'perfect storm' expert says as firm set to cut 4,000 jobsDr Charles Tennant has outlined the issues facing the Midlands car manufacturer as a huge round of redundancies was announced
• Coventry city centre e-bike riders failing to comply with pedestrian zone cycling banA council study found three quarters of e-bike riders flouted regulations requiring them to dismount and walk through Coventry's pedestrian precincts, as the city looks to renew its Public Spaces Protection Order
• Landmark for Coventry's Lime e-bikes and e-scooters as one million rides logged across regionLime's shared e-bikes and e-scooters have clocked up more than one million rides across the West Midlands since launching in April, with Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull, Sandwell and Wolverhampton all part of the region's growing micromobility network.

Insider Media

• Consultation on Doncaster Sheffield Airport airspace proposals reaches halfway mark - more than 1,000 responses receivedA consultation on proposals to reinstate controlled airspace and introduce arrival and departure routes at Doncaster Sheffield Airport has reached its halfway point, with more than 1,000 responses already recorded.

New Civil Engineer

• Saxmundham rail junction to be upgraded ahead of Sizewell C freight servicesSaxmundham rail junction on Suffolk's East Suffolk line is planned for a major renewal this autumn to improve resilience and reliability in advance of future freight trains delivering construction materials to Sizewell.

Rail Advent

• Alstom signs 3 billion euro deal to bring new trains to CanadaAlstom has revealed that it has signed an agreement with Canada's national passenger rail operating company VIA Rail Canada, under which it will design, engineer, manufacture and support a new Long Distance, Regional and Remote (LDRR) fleet.
• Chiltern extends railhead low adhesion monitoring trialTrain operator Chiltern Railways and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK have announced that they have extended their joint trial of monitoring rail adhesion by twelve months.

The Business Desk

• New £23m Bristol Temple Meads entrance opens to serve 2.5 million passengers a yearA new eastern entrance at Bristol Temple Meads will open from 4pm on Monday 7 September, marking a significant milestone in the transformation of one of Britain's busiest railway stations.

Other News Sources

• Transport minister talks A55, road tolls and 'no guarantees' on ending bridge misery'This cannot be kicked any further down the road. We need to start dealing with the things that are ahead of us'
• Stephen Flynn infuriates civil servants with lax attitude to work as Swinney plot to 'bury' rival bears fruitStaff believe the First Minister has sought to 'bury' his leadership rival by handing him the dreaded transport brief