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Johnson urged to back £3.5bn plan to overhaul railways in Midlands

Plan aims to boost speed and frequency of existing trains and introduce new services

BA’s Heathrow flight monopoly ‘inflates air fares’ [subscription]

A British Airways monopoly on flights at Heathrow is probably pushing up the cost of flying, a study has concluded. Passengers may be paying up to 10 per cent more in fares because of the lack of competition at the airport, its report, published today, said.

Rail services in the north performing worse than during timetable chaos

Up to 92 per cent of trains from Leeds and Manchester ran at total capacity on peak services Northern rail providers struggling so much that its dwindling services are worse than during the timetabling chaos of 2018, a transport body has warned.

Scottish Government will run ScotRail as 'operator of last resort'

THE Scottish Government has put plans in place to run the railways as an "operator of last resort" if ScotRail's performance fails to improve, the Transport Secretary has confirmed.