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Teachers fail to escape £400 parking tax as details are unveiled
Teachers in Scotland won’t be exempt from a proposed new Workplace Parking Tax, it has emerged, after details of the controversial plan were unveiled last night.
Third tram extension part of ten-year plan for Edinburgh
A city centre tram loop would be built in the heart of Edinburgh under the biggest proposed transport overhaul of the Scottish capital in living memory.
Welsh gov pushes for diversity in bus drivers
Business Wales, part of the Welsh Government, has launched a new pilot scheme to help bus operators recruit a more diverse range of drivers.
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BBC News
- Clutha inquiry: Helicopter modifications 'could have prevented crash'A senior engineer tells the Clutha inquiry fuel pump modifications could have prevented risk of human error.
The Telegraph
- Controversial airline ‘protection’ tax could add 50p to the cost of all flights [Subscription]Airline passengers are to be taxed 50p on every ticket purchased to bolster the protection available to those left stranded abroad when a carrier collapses.
London Evening Standard
- Blue Moon lunar lander: Amazon's Jeff Bezos unveils spacecraft he plans to blast off to the moonAmazon boss Jeff Bezos has announced plans to land his newly-unveiled Blue Moon spaceship on the lunar surface.
Aviation Industry
- Air France to begin voluntary redundancy plan for ground staff Air France plans to launch a voluntary redundancy plan for short-haul ground staff at a works council meeting May 13. read more
- Norwegian offers staffing options to deal with Gatwick crew surplus Scandinavian LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle is offering staff part-time working and unpaid leave in a bid to get around a temporary crew surplus at London’s Gatwick Airport. read more
- Eurowings to open first Eastern Europe base in PristinaLufthansa’s lower-cost affiliate Eurowings will open its first Eastern Europe base, in the Kosovo capital of Pristina, from June 19. read more
- OP-ED: How lower aviation fuel taxes boost local economiesEach year, a handful of cities, counties or states contemplates higher taxes on jet fuel to raise funds for projects that do not benefit the flying public or shippers, such as construction at airports used solely or predominantly by owners and operators of private aircraft.
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- UPDATE 2-French airport privatisation delayed by referendum bidShares in French airport operator ADP closed nearly six percent lower after the constitutional council approved plans for a referendum that could delay or block the government’s plans to sell shares in the company.
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