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Thursday, 12 November 2026

City AM

• Heathrow boss defends 'mindless' terminal reshuffle The boss of Heathrow Airport has been forced to defend his decision to separate Virgin Atlantic from its partner airline Delta, after the carrier's chief executive threatened to challenge the decision 'extremely hard'. Thomas Woldbye said the west London hub's recent reshuffle of terminal occupancy would allow 2.5m more travellers through Heathrow every year and [...]
• Government supports Heathrow third runway, Healey says The government has thrown its weight behind Heathrow's third runway expansion for the first time since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. John Healey told the Treasury Committee that the Andy Burnham government 'was behind a third runway at Heathrow' and lamented the thicket of regulation preventing it from being approved sooner. 'Successful airports are very [...]
• Christmas strikes put Tube drivers straight on the naughty list Yet more Tube strikes in the run up to Christmas risk making calls for a driverless Tube network irresistible, argues James Ford As Father Christmas is making his list of who has been naughty and who has been nice this year, one suspects that, somewhere near the top of the naughty list, will be the [...]

Birmingham Mail

• Auditors say 'weak and fragmented' as West Midlands tram extension delays laid bareThere have been delays to major Metro service extensions in Birmingham and the Black Country

Birmingham Post

• Andy Burnham needs to deliver on fair funding for rail in WalesThe recent UK budget has brought to the boil simmering tensions between the UK and Welsh governments.
• 'We must ensure companies survive' - leading automotive group speaks amid concerns over supply chainA new report says the country is at risk of losing critical suppliers to major car makers

Bristol Live

• Bristol Airport locals lodge official complaint over hundreds of night flightsThey say the local council isn't doing enough to stop them

Cambridge News

• Notorious bridge struck for second time in less than two weeksThe bridge is known as one of the 'most bashed' railway bridges in Britain