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Simister Island: M60 'anomaly' to be fixed by 'missing link'
A £340m scheme to correct the only English motorway where drivers leave it to stay on it is revealed.
Thousands of Nissan cars could be fitted with emission-cheating devices, law firm claims
Hundreds of thousands of Nissan cars could be fitted with emission-cheating devices, a law firm has claimed, and they may be breaching emissions limits by up to 15 times when driven.
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
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- Coronavirus: Some pupils 'could face school transport problems'Schools are due to reopen on 29 June but not all councils will be making provisions, a union warns.
- Coronavirus: Parents face decision over school transportSome councils will only run transport for specific groups of pupils when schools return on 29 June.
- The Dumfries and Galloway Council roads contract that lost £3mHow did a council maintenance deal which had previously delivered a surplus return a major deficit?
- Coronavirus: Manchester Airport Terminal Three reopeningThe airport closed two of its three terminals in March as flights were hit by the pandemic.
- Simister Island: M60 'anomaly' to be fixed by 'missing link'A £340m scheme to correct the only English motorway where drivers leave it to stay on it is revealed.
- East Coast Main Line to get £350m for digital signal systemThe new digital signals will increase capacity, frequency and reliability, the government says.
- Lawsuit alleges defeat devices in Nissan petrol carsNissan and Renault deny their vehicles are equipped with devices designed to cheat emissions tests
- Coronavirus: One in six UK car industry jobs could be lost, warns trade bodyThe industry's trade body says it needs help to restart production and prevent more redundancies.
Financial Times
- One in six UK auto jobs at risk once furlough ends, says trade bodySMMT also warns post-Brexit tariffs with EU will push car output to 1950s level
The Guardian
- Scrap Stonehenge road tunnel plans, say archaeologists after neolithic discoveryExclusive: Discovery of prehistoric structure is another reason to give up ‘disastrous white elephant’ schemeLeading archaeologists say a £1.6bn scheme to build a road tunnel through the historic Stonehenge landscape should be scrapped altogether after the sensational discovery nearby of the largest prehistoric structure ever found in Britain.Mike Parker Pearson, professor of British later prehistory at University College London, said: “This is just another reason to give up this disastrous white elephant of a scheme.†Continue reading...
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- American Airlines sets its sights on $3.5bn boost [Subscription]American Airlines is to further bolster its finances by raising as much as $3.5 billion as it braces for a slow return to service in the wake of Covid-19.
- Cancelled cruises land Saga with £44m bill to pay back customers [Subscription]Saga has paid back £44 million to customers whose travel plans have been disrupted by the pandemic.
- Nissan accused of manipulating emissions tests for petrol cars [Subscription]Nissan has been accused of manipulating tests for 100,000 petrol cars in an escalation of the long-running emissions scandal. A law firm claims that the manufacturer may have fitted a form of “defeat device” — designed to cheat emissions tests — to a petrol version of the popular Qashqai.
- Virgin and Nasa team up to sell space station trips [Subscription]Virgin Galactic has joined forces with Nasa and will solicit and train private paying passengers for trips to the International Space Station.
- MPs demand travel firms issue customer refunds [Subscription]The government has been asked to “urgently intervene” to prevent airlines and holiday companies from withholding billions of pounds worth of refunds for cancelled trips.
Daily Express
- Elon Musk sets date for major Tesla 'Battery Day' announcementELON Musk has set a date for a meeting which is set to reveal significant advances in electric carmaker Tesla's battery technology.
Daily Record
- 'The banter is gone' as buses changed by facemask rule and empty seats Our columnist Annie Brown gets on board with Scotland's bus drivers on first day of mandatory face coverings rule.
Mail Online
- 250,000 killer cars remain on Australian roads three years after dad died due to deadly airbagHuy Neng Ngo, 58, died minutes after a relatively minor collision in Cabramatta on July 13, 2017 due to a faulty airbag in his Honda CRV.
- Pictured: Tube passengers are STILL flouting face mask rulesCommuters on London's Jubilee Line were pictured this morning without a face covering or with one hanging down from their chin, despite the threat of a £100 fine or being kicked off the train.
- Commuter train going wrong way on London Tube line avoids crashTwo trains nearly crashed into each other near a Chalfont & Latimer London Underground station on Sunday night after one went the wrong way up the track near Buckinghamshire.
- Thousands of Nissan cars could be fitted with emission-cheating devices, law firm claims Hundreds of thousands of Nissan cars could be fitted with emission-cheating devices, a law firm has claimed, and they may be breaching emissions limits by up to 15 times when driven.
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- UK motor industry calls for a government 'restart package'A report by the SMMT concluded that 'up to one in six jobs are at risk of redundancy' as 'the harsh reality of the Covid crisis for the UK's £18.6 billion automotive sector is laid bare.'
Birmingham Mail
- West Midlands asks Government for £3.2bn to save region's economyPlans include cheaper homes for 'Covid heroes' such as nurses, new city centre development and a new light rail scheme
- Latest UK Foreign Office travel advice to Spain, France, Portugal, GreeceDr Hilary Jones, the Good Morning Britain resident expert, has advised against travel - telling Brits air travel was how coronavirus spread in the first place
Birmingham Post
- £3.2bn economic blueprint unveiled for West Midlands' recoveryBusiness and political leaders have today outlined the funding they are seeking from the Government in order to kickstart a post-lockdown fightback
- Bentley Motors to make compulsory redundancies The company had hoped to achieve the 1,000 redundancies through a voluntary release programme
- Automotive industry calls for restart package amid warnings of huge job lossesThousands of jobs have already been cut as a result of coronavirus lockdowns and there are fears for workers currently on furlough
Bolton News
- Advice from Manchester Airport as flights resume MANCHESTER Airport is advising customers of a range of new safety measures, as flying resumes to a range of destinations from today (Monday, June 22).
- VIDEO: New M60 loop road could slash Simister Island queues BLUEPRINTS for a new loop on the M60 could provide an answer to the missing link at Simister Island.
- Three points and £100 fines for parking fails call made MOTORISTS who park on a pavement should receive a fine, penalty points or even community service, according to a new study.
- Plans for Bolton Metrolink route to Radcliffe see new bid submittedA BID to secure funding for a tram link between Bolton and Radcliffe has been submitted to the government.
- Public in favour of bus changes that could affect BoltonAndy Burnham has announced that the residents of Greater Manchester have voted overwhelmingly in support of Greater Manchester's proposed bus franchising scheme.
Bristol Live
- When 'vital' M5 roadworks will start and how traffic will be affectedThe works will take place around the junction 19 exit for Portishead
London Evening Standard
- Congestion charge hike begins as critics say it will 'hammer' LondonersThe congestion charge increased to £15 today and had its hours of operation extended as critics claimed the changes would
- UK car industry warns 1 in 6 jobs could be lost to coronavirus and BrexitThe UK car industry has called for a financial support package and warned that 1 in 6 jobs could be lost due to coronavirus.
The York Press
- Map of safety measures proposed for York's roads EVERY York resident, worker and visitor is being given their chance to say how they think the city’s roads can be made safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
Cambridge News
- Location for new Cambridge South railway station revealedThe station will provide better rail access to those in South Cambridgeshire and better connections across the southern fringe of the city
Other Regional Press
- District council and MP lock horns as battle over free parking in Hitchin beginsBim Afolami MP has called on North Hertfordshire District Council to make their Hitchin car parks free, in an attempt to help bring the town centre “back to life”.
- PickMeUp bus service is withdrawn but could returnTHE PickMeUp bus service, which passengers summoned using an app, has now been withdrawn following a two-year pilot scheme.
- 'Real-time' bus journey updates will be sent to your phoneOxfordshire's bus passengers will be the first in the country to benefit from a new service providing personalised real-time journey updates, helping them to travel safely as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease.
- Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco sell cheap petrol in Oxfordshire SUPERMARKETS and petrol stations have been slashing prices on fuel since lockdown started back in March – offering drivers cheaper prices at the pump.
- Road where biker was left critically injured is a 'racetrack', residents sayA 53-year-old biker is fighting for life after latest collision on stretch of highway where speed cameras are planned
Railnews
- Government confirms digital go-ahead for East Coast Main Line Funding worth £360 million for the replacement of conventional lineside signalling with digital train regulation on the southern section of the East Coast Main Line has been announced by transport secretary Grant Shapps.
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- Virgin Atlantic to restart flights to 20 destinations this summer Virgin Atlantic has announced a plan to restart passenger flights to 17 additional destinations from August.
- 'Strange and surreal': What it's like using the London Underground during lockdownA trip from Guildford in to London looks a lot different now
- Rapid EV charging points to be installed at 10 major UK shopping hubs Retail estate developer Brookhouse Group has opened rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging points at seven of its busiest retail parks and unveiled plans to install chargepoints at three more locations by the end of 2020.
- Tesla targets cobalt-free batteries in bid to minimise environmental impact Carmaker Tesla has unveiled an ambition to use cobalt-free batteries in all of its electric vehicles (EVs), in a drive to minimise the environmental and social impact of its supply chains and boost the longevity and recyclability of its technology.
- Passengers on Brighton transport say face covering rule is 'not enforced'PUBLIC transport users have slammed the mandatory face covering policy and say it “makes no sense when it is not being enforcedâ€.
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