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Friday, 08 January 2021

The Guardian

• If Boris Johnson had any vision he would invest in people, not buildings | Simon JenkinsThe prime minister can't resist his hi-vis and hard hat, but spending on quality of life and culture would be better for our communitiesWhat do politicians desperate for headlines always promise? They promise to build something. On the day I heard my penniless local youth club was about to close, Boris Johnson offered a staggering £100m every week for 20 years to build just one new railway, HS2.Last weekend it was announced that two-thirds of small youth clubs in England were facing closure, with 20% already closing or closed and 30% likely to go by June.

Times Online

• Trains and coach services face massive reduction as pandemic travel falls [subscription]Rail and coach services will be dramatically cut because of falling passenger demand during the pandemic, it was announced yesterday.

Bolton News

• Plans to END traffic jams outside Bolton railway station THE concourse and entrance to Bolton railway station is to be rebuilt with a new road off Newport Street serving passengers.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• £161m improvement work at Leeds train station completedThe new Platform 0 at Leeds station will allow more trains, more seats and fewer delays for rail passengers using the station, including the many thousands of Bradford residents who usually travel to Leeds for work on a daily basis.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Mask concerns increase personal rail security complaints to highest for seven yearsConcern about passengers not wearing masks has increased complaints about personal security on trains to their highest level for seven years.

Bucks Free Press

• Major London station closure to disrupt journeys on Sunday Chiltern Railways have confirmed that there will be no trains running in or out of London Marylebone station on Sunday, January 10.

Kent Online

• Exciting DLR and Crossrail plans will finally put Kent on the London Underground mapIt could connect Bluewater Shopping Centre and Ebbsfleet international to the capital

Other Regional Press

• Councillor takes on rail firm over noisy train 'nightmare'Trains using the town's central station use a turnback facility and regularly wait in nearby sidings - but locals claim the noise is 'hell'

Railnews

• Minister resists calls to cancel HS2 The transport minister responsible for HS2 has dismissed suggestions that HS2 should be cancelled, along with an allegation that the government ordered work to start early last year to ˜bail out™ the construction industry.