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Monday, 01 June 2020

The Guardian

• Greece to resume flights from UK on 15 June with strict rulesInternational passengers from ‘high risk’ Covid-19 areas will be tested and potentially quarantinedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGreece has announced it is ready to “welcome the worldâ€�, and that it will resume flights to the country’s two major airports as of mid-June, including from the UK. Seeking to clarify a previous announcement, the centre-right government said all air links with Athens and Thessaloniki, the northern capital, will be reinstated from 15 June “in a bridge phaseâ€� before direct flights to mainland and island destinations restart on 1 Ju...

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Bid launched to reopen rail line between Newcastle, Gateshead and the Team ValleyThe Department for Transport is considering an application for funding to bring the forgotten line back to life

Reading Evening Post

• Why Reading is on the London tube mapReading, Twyford, Maidenhead, Slough and Langley are officially on the TfL map

Other Regional Press

• Welsh Government to invest up to £65 million in train servicesTHE WELSH Government will invest up to a further £65 million into train services over the next six months.

Other News Sources

• ScotRails delays in Glasgow after train tracks melted in the heatSCOTRAIL has warned of a 10 minute delay to rail services going through Glasgow after today's high temperatures caused tracks to melt.