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Construction bosses warn of ‘devastating impact’ of scrapping HS2 link to Leeds
Construction bosses have warned prime minister Boris Johnson that cancelling the eastern leg of the £100bn High Speed 2 (HS2) scheme would have a “devastating” effect on the industry.
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
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- FirstGroup asks investors to put shares out for tender [Subscription]Investors in FirstGroup who are being offered a £500 million windfall will be asked to tender the amount of their holdings that they want to sell in the passenger transport group, rather than the company using the more common share buyback or a special dividend.
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- Kilmarnock's 'disgraceful' bus station seats to be removed after causing outrageCommuters who have struggled with the 'perch bars' that replaced traditional seats at Kilmarnock bus station will be able to rest easier.
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- Calls for Railway Village bus ban over damage to streets and buildingsBuses could be routed away from the town’s historic Railway Village to protect the Victorian buildings and the structure of the streets.
- 'Bus services need to call at Weymouth Train Station'Readers with long memories will recall that I have periodically waged a campaign in these pages to bring a measure of sanity to the idiosyncratic lunacy that is Weymouth Railway Station; one of the very few stations in the world that is completely cut off from the local bus network.
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- 52-seater bus transports 5 children to Waverley school while others sit on waiting listBureaucracy means parents are driving their kids to school behind near empty bus
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