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Cathay Pacific data hack hits 9.4 million passengers
The Hong Kong airline said personal details including passport and credit card numbers were accessed.
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The number of flights cancelled at British airports has almost doubled in just 12 months after a rise in air traffic control strikes and bad weather.
Central line strike: TfL commuters face Tube chaos as union announces new strike on same day as Piccadilly line walkout
Hundreds of thousands of commuters will be hit by a double Tube strike after the RMT union announced a Central line walkout on the same day as industrial action on the Piccadilly line.
Thursday, 25 October 2018
BBC News
- Edinburgh Trams: Decision on extension in early 2019Councillors will make a final decision on whether to proceed with Edinburgh's trams to Newhaven in early 2019.
- New hope for reopening Aberystwyth-Carmarthen rail lineA bid to reopen a railway line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen more than 50 years after it closed has received more backing following a feasibility study.
- Serial Birmingham car-jackers used tow truck for theftsPolice say a
- Ryanair racism: Mayor says victim has Barcelona's full supportMayor Ada Colau calls for Ryanair to change its procedures after a man's racist rant on a flight.
- Pothole problems: Call to fix Welsh roads before building new onesThere are calls to repair Wales' damaged roads as a priority before new ones are built.
- Luxury cars crushed as transporter hits low bridge in PerthThe roofs of at least two new Range Rovers were seriously damaged in the accident in Perth.
- Firms urged to use other routes if no-deal Brexit threatens vital drugsFreight firms will be urged to use Belgian ports if delays at Calais threaten vital drug shipments.
- Superbikes developer in receivershipThe developer behind the plans for the multi-million pound Lake Torrent project in Northern Ireland has gone into receivership.
- Rex McCandless: Inventor who revolutionised motorbikesRex McCandless may not be a household name, but his designs can be seen on streets the world over.
- Roadside pollution 'public health crisis'Transport bosses call for government funding to tackle high levels of roadside nitrogen dioxide.
- Manchester city centre 'unexploded tank cartridge' closes roadsA 100m cordon was set up and several buildings evacuated following the discovery in Manchester.
- Tube strike: Action to impact three London Underground linesThe Central, Piccadilly, and Waterloo and City Lines will all close for 24 hours on 7 November.
- Crossrail: London 'to bear cost' of delayed line openingThe £15bn route is Europe's biggest infrastructure project and will link Heathrow to Canary Wharf.
- Cathay Pacific data hack hits 9.4 million passengersThe Hong Kong airline said personal details including passport and credit card numbers were accessed.
The Telegraph
- The famous Tube station that commuters cannot useWhile every Londoner will reserve the right to complain about Transport for London’s services, it’s hard to deny the capital’s transport network is a remarkable feat of engineering and logistics. The world’s oldest underground railway network, London Underground incorporates 11 lines, 402 kilometres of track and 270 stations, and handles up to 5 million passengers per day. Across its buses, trams Overground services and more, TfL as a whole facilitates more than 31 million journeys daily.
Times Online
- Road safety inspectors given the power to seize unsafe vehicles [Subscription]Road safety inspectors are being given powers to seize and immobilise buses and lorries that are found to be dangerously defective during roadside checks.
- Assembly line slump leaves car production lowest in three years [Subscription]Car production in Britain has fallen by almost 17 per cent to a three-year low as the crisis in the industry deepens.
- Court reveals Stobart chief’s £18m bonus [Subscription]Stobart Group is to disclose details of an £18 million bonus to be paid to its chief executive in the latest round of the boardroom civil war with a former boss.
- Tesla motors ahead with first profit in two years [Subscription]Shares jump 11 per cent after company hails ‘historic’ results
- The future is driverless [Subscription]In a new Sky documentary, Sue Perkins discovers how lives will be changed by driverless cars
- Cancelled flights at British airports double in a year [Subscription]The number of flights cancelled at British airports has almost doubled in just 12 months after a rise in air traffic control strikes and bad weather.
Reuters News
- UK car production slumps in SeptemberBritish car output fell by 16.8 percent last month, hit by new emissions regulations, model changes, trade tensions and uncertainty over diesel policy and Brexit, an industry body said on Thursday.
City AM
- Musk comes good on profit pledge as Tesla rolls into the blackElon Musk delivered Wall Street his long-promised pledge of putting Tesla in the black late this evening, with shares soaring more than 12 per cent after the bell as the company produced its largest quarterly profit ever.
- Cathay Pacific rocked by data breach hitting as many as 9.4m passengersHong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific has become the latest airline to be stung by a vast data breach this afternoon, after admitting that someone gained “unauthorised access” to information of up to 9.4m passengers.
- Flying high: Boeing sets sights on record-breaking yearShares in Boeing rose today as the company said it was on track to deliver a record year of plane sales.
Mail Online
- Britain is named second worst for flight delays in Europe with the number of cancelled flights almost doubling from last yearBritain is the second-worst country in Europe for flight delays and cancellations, according to a report.
Network Rail
- How we moved a river: re-routing a waterway and protecting the environmentTo save a railway and preserve the area surrounding it, we moved a river.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Scottish airports hit out at air tax ‘special treatment’ for Inverness AirportScotland’s busiest airports have expressed impatience at delays to cutting air taxes caused by Inverness Airport enjoying special treatment.
- Edinburgh tram extension decision delayed for three monthsA DECISION on whether to go ahead with the tram extension down Leith Walk and onto Newhaven has been put off for three months, council chiefs announced today.
London Evening Standard
- King's Cross station evacuated during rush hour due to fire alertKing's Cross station has been evacuated in rush hour due to a fire alert.
- Central line strike: TfL commuters face Tube chaos as union announces new strike on same day as Piccadilly line walkoutHundreds of thousands of commuters will be hit by a double Tube strike after the RMT union announced a Central line walkout on the same day as industrial action on the Piccadilly line.
- Running for the Tube? Adidas release TfL trainers inspired by London UndergroundBuy a pair of kicks and get a £80 Oyster card free
- Cathay Pacific hack: 10 million airline passengers have passport and card details stolen in major data breachAlmost 10 million Cathay Pacific airline customers have had their most personal data stolen as the company warned it suffered a major data breach.
Northern Echo
- Highs winds put paid to Darlington railway station footbridge installationTHE installation of a new bridge that will link the Central Park development with Darlington Railway station has been delayed.
- Tees-Scotland rail link as port operator eyes growthA PORT operator has launched a rail service connecting the Tees with Scotland to meet demand and open up further growth opportunities.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Revealed – ‘Unsightly’ state of Ipswich’s old and crumbling roadsAgeing concrete roads which have fallen into disrepair should be given improvements to bring them up to scratch, councillors have said.
- Traffic chaos fears over 17-MILE diversion for village roadworksSuffolk villagers are to face a huge diversion next week when a short stretch of road closes for a month.
Other Regional Press
- Cycle route upgrades pledged for LocheeLochee’s cycle routes will be upgraded and an improved cycle path through Dundee docks will open this winter as the council hailed its two-year cycling strategy a success.
- Plans to take petition opposing bus service changes to City HallPeople campaigning against proposals to cut part of a “community” bus route are taking their fight to City Hall.
- Angus students ‘left behind’ as bus service faces cutsStudents in Forfar are being left “abandoned” due to a cut in bus services, it has been claimed.
- New Greater Anglia employees become CATS to help passengers during disruption as scheme reaches second birthdayGreater Anglia has boosted the number of staff taking part in its new Customer Actions Teams to help even more passengers during disruption as the initiative reaches its second birthday.
- Trains to and from Scarborough cancelled yet againYesterday, passengers travelling to and from the coast experienced disruption due to trains either failing to complete their journeys or departing from York rather than Scarborough.
- Campaign gains momentum after three pedestrians hit by cars in two weeks The road safety campaign started by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who was struck by a car on Dracaena Avenue is gaining momentum.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Bristol mayor Marvin Rees plans to boost bus travelPlans to double the frequency of buses on main routes and passenger numbers have been announced by Bristol's mayor.
Rail Magazine
- EXCLUSIVE: GB Railfreight revisits plans to operate unwanted High Speed TrainsHigh Speed Trains operating for GB Railfreight are once again being considered as an option by the operator.
Rail Technology Magazine
- 'Vital' upgrade work to West Yorkshire's signalling system has been completedNetwork Rail has completed “vital” upgrade works to the signalling system used between Pudsey, Bradford, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Huddersfield and Shepley as part of the Great North Rail Project. The project sees a new state of the art Rail Operating Centre in York taking control of...
- Watchdog forced to postpone closure of London Overground ticket offices after 'unprecedented and overwhelming' responseThe closure of 51 London Overground ticket offices has been put on hold by London TravelWatch after a campaign by the RMT union. The watchdog was forced to temporarily suspended the plans after they received over 7,500 objections from passengers, which it described as “unprecedented and...
- Age of UK's rolling stock decreasing thanks to a range of new fleetsThe average age of trains in the UK has decreased following the introduction of new fleets, figures from the ORR show. The rail regulator has revealed figures showing a 0.6-year reduction in the average age of UK trains in 2017-18 compared to last year. Govia Thameslink Railway has the youngest...
Aviation Industry
- Ryanair, Spanish pilots’ union ink recognition agreementRyanair has signed a recognition agreement with the Spanish pilot union SEPLA to cover all its directly employed pilots in Spain, the Irish LCC said Oct. 24. read more
- Cathay Pacific data breach affects 9.4 million passengersCathay Pacific Airways has discovered an IT security breach to its information system, which contains passenger data of up to 9.4 million people. read more
- BA works out the meaning of customer serviceBritish Airways has announced a company-wide initiative to train and empower its staff to be more service orientated. read more
Other News Sources
- Partnership sees Rolls-Royce develop intelligent shipping systemsCompanies, Rolls-Royce and Intel are collaborating on designs for sophisticated intelligent shipping systems that could make commercial shipping safer.
- Stobart Group predicts surge in passengers using Southend AirportThe number of passengers using Southend Airport to rise to two and a half million in 2019
- Arora Group set to open London Heathrow T4 hotelsArora Group will open a new hotel in Heathrow Terminal 4. The Groups says that Crowne Plaza London will be largest hotel opening in the UK in 2018 and the largest hotel complex directly connected to a British airport terminal – the development includes a second hotel Holiday Inn Express London.
- Improvement work begins at TPE depotModernisation of TransPennine Express’ (TPE) train maintenance depot on Leeman Road, York, is now underway.
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