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Ex-Ferguson Marine chief says nationalisation 'rescue' of ferry fiasco firm is nothing of the sort
A FORMER executive with the shipyard company at the centre of Scotland's ferry building fiasco has warned that the newly nationalised firm is set to fail and warned of the "scandal" of shutting down innovation and business development and concentrating only on the toxic ferry contract.
MPs warn scrapping HS2's Leeds leg 'could wreck pledge to level up UK' and anger 'Red Wall' voters
Ministers are understood to have quietly ordered HS2 Limited to halt planning work on the route, to Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds, over fears about soaring costs.
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- MPs warn scrapping HS2's Leeds leg 'could wreck pledge to level up UK' and anger 'Red Wall' votersMinisters are understood to have quietly ordered HS2 Limited to halt planning work on the route, to Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds, over fears about soaring costs.
The Mirror
- Rail firm fined £6.5m after boy, 11, electrocuted fetching football from wagonHarrison Ballantyne was hit by 25,000 volts from an overhead line at the Daventry International Rail Freight Depot and tragically died from severe burns
Birmingham Mail
- Ten scenes from Corporation Street's craziest week and there's more to comeWork to remove the five-year-old tram track down Corporation Street began a week ago - and with an 11-week target to replace it, the Midland Metro Alliance got stuck right in
Birmingham Post
- 'Exciting' opportunity for West Yorkshire mass transit systemPolitical leaders back bid for major system covering whole of area
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Picture shows passengers packed into Transport for Wales train 'like sardines'The operator said social distancing was becoming more difficult as more people move about
Leeds Live
- One month to bid for slice of £4.2bn transport pie for mass transit dreamWest Yorkshire council workers are bidding for a slice of a multi-billion pound government fund which leader hope will help fund the region's long-awaited and much-delayed mass transit system.
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