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Debate on future of Scotland's second busiest ferry route
Highland Council is assessing how it runs the Corran Ferry, prompting worries from some about the service's future.
Serco boss Rupert Soames: ‘Pain of new Calendonian Sleeper trains is over’ [Subscription]
Caledonian Sleeper now offers good service, claims Rupert Soames
HS2: The North needs high‑speed link [Subscription]
Civic leaders are calling on Boris Johnson to give the rail project the green light — or risk the wrath of the Tories’ new voters
Bus companies get £1.6m to go green
YORK has been awarded more than £1.6 million in funding to help replace or refit up to 93 buses in the next 12 months.
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BBC News
- Reuniting Welsh train passengers with their lost propertyGill Miles is on a mission to reunited rail passengers with their belongings, from her office in Newport.
- Debate on future of Scotland's second busiest ferry routeHighland Council is assessing how it runs the Corran Ferry, prompting worries from some about the service's future.
Financial Times
- Treasury pushes for £2bn Stonehenge tunnel to be axedTransport secretary at odds with senior figures who say road project is bad value for money
- Carmakers say diverging from EU regulation will cost ‘billions’Chancellor’s Brexit plan threatens UK manufacturing and consumer choice, auto industry says
Times Online
- Serco boss Rupert Soames: ‘Pain of new Calendonian Sleeper trains is over’ [Subscription]Caledonian Sleeper now offers good service, claims Rupert Soames
- Uber at risk of Birmingham ban amid London row [Subscription]Uber will be denied a new licence in Birmingham until a safety dispute in London is resolved, potentially setting a dangerous precedent for the ride-sharing giant in Britain.
- Electric vehicles: Small petrol cars set to vanish from Britain [Subscription]Rules designed to favour electric cars, even enormous SUVs, mean fuel-efficient smaller petrol cars might disappear, according to Europe’s largest car manufacturer.
- HS2: The North needs high‑speed link [Subscription]Civic leaders are calling on Boris Johnson to give the rail project the green light — or risk the wrath of the Tories’ new voters
- Electric cars get extra sparkle from tax breaks [Subscription]Business owners can write off much of the cost from company profits
City AM
- Boeing reveals new software issue could further delay 737 Max return to serviceBoeing has revealed it is addressing a new software issue on the grounded 737 Mac which could further delay its [...] The post Boeing reveals new software issue could further delay 737 Max return to service appeared first on CityAM.
Mail Online
- Enormous sinkhole opens up on a road just metres from a popular beach after devastating stormThe road gave way on Tingira Crescent at Sunrise Beach after heavy rainfall lashed the region on Sunday.
This is Money
- Buyers circling baggage handler SwissportA firm that handles baggage at some of Britain's largest airports may be about to change hands for up to £2.3billion.
Birmingham Mail
- Solihull family 'stopped from boarding easyJet flight' after row over cabin baggage Accountancy firm manager Ahmed Huwait and his university lecturer wife say staff at airport stopped them from boarding an easyJet flight after a row over the size of their cabin luggage - forcing them to miss a day's work
Bolton News
- Concern over potholes 'big enough to fall in' A HOMEOWNER has warned that potholes near his house could cause serious injury to people - after he fell into one and hurt his hand.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Here's why there were so many train enthusiasts on West Yorkshire stations today YHundreds of rail enthusiasts turned out at stations and lineside locations today as a pair of heritage diesel locomotives made their way through the county on a farewell railtour.
- More mobile speed cameras could be rolled out across district, report reveals MORE mobile speed cameras could be rolled out in the district, a report to councillors has revealed.
Bristol Live
- Protesters march along Bristol road in cardboard bus chanting 'First Bus go away''Hey hey, ho ho, First Bus has got to go,' rang out on The Horsefair
- Trains delayed by hours as people travelling to Bristol left in confusionOne woman was stuck near Swindon for more than two hours
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Section of A55 to close for three nightsMaintenance work is being carried out on a stretch of the expressway
- The latest technology Airbus is bringing to its planes to make flights better for passengersThe technology aims to 'enhances the user experience for everyone on board'
London Evening Standard
- Black boxes of airliner shot down in Iran will be sent to Ukraine, reports sayThe black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner which was accidentally shot down by Iranian forces this month will be sent to Ukraine, Iran's Tasnim news agency has reported.
The York Press
- Bus companies get £1.6m to go greenYORK has been awarded more than £1.6 million in funding to help replace or refit up to 93 buses in the next 12 months.
Other Regional Press
- Stolen goods to pay for Cornwall road safety projects Money raised through the sale of seized stolen goods is to be used on making Cornwall’s roads safer.
- Villagers want changes to A337 between Lymington and New Milton after two-car crashCAMPAIGNERS are demanding more improvements to a Hampshire junction where a toddler miraculously escaped unhurt in a two-car crash.
- Teesside Airport bosses in 'detailed' talks with more than one airline over regional connectionThe update was given at a meeting - with an announcement made within the next few months
- Gritters out as icy blast to hit KentRoads are being treated and motorists warned as falling temperatures are set to create treacherous conditions tonight.
- Brexit travel advice: ABTA updates information for British holidaymakers after January 31 deadlineThe UK is on track to leave the EU on January 31 - and the country will then enter a transition period until December 2020
- First Wessex's Service 6 between Bridport and Beaminster will cease operating‘Continuing losses’ on a bus service linking two west Dorset towns has forced operators First Wessex to cease running it.
- Warning to drivers as temperatures plunge 'Watch out on the roads' is the warning to motorists as temperatures plunge in Dorset.
Other News Sources
- Why Herefordshire's little buses didn't workNORTH Herefordshire MP Bill Wiggin's call for thinner buses on country lanes may not have been as revolutionary as some might have thought.
- City council airs plans for electric car chargers (as usage on the up) PLANS are afoot for Winchester City Council to be at the forefront of electric vehicle charging as it proposes to spend thousands on points across the district.
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