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UK to withdraw from EU aviation safety regulator, Shapps says

Transport secretary says senior figures will gradually return to UK as regulatory powers revert to CAAThe UK is to withdraw from the European Union aviation safety regulator (EASA) after the Brexit transition period, Grant Shapps has confirmed.The transport secretary said many of the most senior figures at the organisation headquartered in Cologne, Germany were British and that they would gradually return to the UK throughout this year as regulatory powers reverted to the Civil Aviation Authority. Continue reading...

Scots ferries row: Counsel warned ministers about state aid over Ferguson nationalisation

THE former managers of the shipyard at the centre of a ferry building fiasco have accused the Scottish Government of having no serious intention of leaving it in private ownership while being warned nationalisation would be subject to EU state aid laws.

Schools and rail stations may close in Scots coronavirus alert [Subscription]

Scottish ministers are to be handed sweeping powers to fight coronavirus as one of the country’s leading doctors warned that the NHS is ill-equipped to cope with an outbreak.

Britain’s most cancelled train services [Subscription]

Commuters in northern England are being hit hardest, new figures reveal