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Wednesday, 04 February 2026

City AM

• Fix Hammersmith Bridge to jolt Britain out of degrowth daydream The seven-year closure of Hammersmith Bridge is emblematic of British decline. The government must now take responsibility, says Neil Garratt “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” We might picture a bewhiskered Victorian Londoner contemplating those words in Arthur Conan Doyle’s latest novel, The Sign of the Four, [...]

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Tyne Tunnel toll increase confirmed with higher prices set to come into force later this yearThe cost of driving through the Tyne Tunnel will rise by 10p for cars and 20p for large vehicles from May this year, it has been confirmed

Kent Online

• Taxpayers to lose £120m a year as new firm to pocket toll charge revenue from Lower Thames Crossing and Dartford CrossingA private firm will pocket revenue from the Lower Thames Crossing and the Dartford Crossing, with taxpayers expected to lose £120 million a year.