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Boris Johnson to give HS2 green light despite Tory fears
PM will promise range of other infrastructure projects to appease nothern votersBoris Johnson will give the final go-ahead to the first phase of the controversial HS2 high speed rail link early this week – despite fears over spiralling costs and strong opposition from at least 60 Tory MPs.The prime minister is expected to make an announcement to parliament on Tuesday approving construction of the line between London and Birmingham, two days before conducting a wide-ranging reshuffle of his cabinet. Continue reading...
Scottish ferries fiasco: competition watchdog issues stark warning to ministers
COMPETITION watchdogs have expressed concern at the nationalisation of the shipyard at the centre of a ferry building fiasco and warned it may impact the wider industry in future.
Boris Johnson revives 20billion plan for bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland
The Prime Minister, is about to receive the results of a feasibility study into a combined bridge and tunnel connection at the narrowest, 20-mile gap between Northern Ireland and the British mainland.
Sunday, 09 February 2020
BBC News
- Mother and daughters told 'too big' for business classThree woman are fighting for refunds after Thai Airways forced them to sit in economy seats.
- Storm Ciara: Flights cancelled as UK braces for galesAir, rail and ferry passengers face disruption as weather warnings come into place across the UK.
The Independent
- Storm Ciara: Tens of thousands of airline passengers hit by cancellationsAt least 18 long-haul departures from Heathrow have been grounded, mainly on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic
Times Online
- Aerospace leader Paul Everitt heads 150m plea to chancellor to fund tech for green flights [Subscription]Aerospace bosses have called on the chancellor to pump an extra 150m a year into cleaning up aviation and developing new technology for green flights.
Daily Express
- Storm Ciara: 200 flights CANCELLED as brutal storm morphs into WEATHERBOMB HUNDREDS of flights have been cancelled hours before the brutal Storm Ciara slams into Britain with violent gusts of 90mph paralysing the UK.
This is Money
- Wizz Air chief's VERY provocative plan to cut carbon on short flights is to BAN business classJozsef Varadi is convinced air travel's heyday is far from over. In fact, the 54-year-old Hungarian says air travel can - and must - play a big part in the future of global business and leisure.
Sky News
- Flight carrying Britons evacuated from coronavirus epicentre lands in UKAn evacuation flight carrying Britons out of the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, has landed in the UK.
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- Multi-million pound expansion at Elstree Aerodrome opens to the public A multi-million-pound expansion at an aerodrome has been designed to make it the new “heliport choice of the capital”.
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- New state-of-the-art aircraft launched by Coastguard TWOnew state-of-the-art aircrafthave taken to the skies, to help the coastguard save lives.
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