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The M5 in Exeter and the M25 in Kent were swamped with camper vans and caravans heading to the coast as they made their weekend getaway on what has been dubbed 'Super Saturday'.
Concerns raised over number of cancellations on South Western Railway train services
Concerns have been raised over the number of cancellations on train services operated by struggling franchise South Western Railway.
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- Coronavirus: UK PM's father says he hopes for 'air bridge' with GreeceBoris Johnson's father Stanley has defended his trip to Greece, which critics said broke lockdown rules.
- Scotland's papers: 'Flights fiasco' as Scots told to staycationSome holiday accommodation reopens but differences in quarantine rules for visitors from abroad persist across the UK.
- Coronavirus: UK government's quarantine-free list 'absurd'Portuguese leaders say the country's exclusion from a list drawn up by the UK government is
Financial Times
- US sends aircraft carriers into South China Sea Show of strength as Beijing conducts exercises in contested waters around Paracel Islands
- Tata Motors closes in on successor to Jaguar bossOwner of UK’s biggest carmaker whittles down shortlist, with decision as early as next week
The Guardian
- Driving lessons resume in England but learners face long wait for testDriving tests to be prioritised for key workers whose tests were cancelled due to Covid crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLearner drivers gearing up to hit the roads as lessons and theory tests restart in England may face a lengthy wait before they can pass their practical.Although instructors can resume business on Saturday following the coronavirus lockdown, driving tests will be prioritised for those whose tests were cancelled as a result of the crisis. Continue reading...
- Rolls-Royce faces a long haul back to high-flier statusWith aviation revenue barely off the ground, the company will have little good news to give at this week’s trading updateTransport yourself back to another time, another, more innocent, world: January 2020. Warren East, chief executive of jet engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce, is losing a sympathetic but by this time well-lubricated audience for his keynote speech at the aerospace and defence industry’s annual shindig. The word coronavirus is still firmly confined to the foreign sections of newspapers (even if Asian markets are starting to get jittery), and the industry is readying itself for an...
- ‘They're all passing the buck’: UK travel firms flout the law on holiday refundsThousands of UK travellers face long struggle to get their money back for trips cancelled because of pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTravellers whose trips are cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic face a summer of stress as companies rewrite the rules to avoid refunding them. Thousands of holidaymakers have been struggling since March to get their money back, and the problem is likely to worsen now the government has eased the ban on travelling abroad.Summer bargains advertised by travel firms could be scuppered if new lockdowns are imposed in the ...
The Independent
- Boris Johnson's father defends trip to Greece amid criticism The Foreign Office currently recommends avoiding 'all but essential' travel
Times Online
- Emirates’ Tim Clark: the Zoom era? No! Travel will come roaring back [Subscription]Emirates’ lead pilot reckons passenger numbers will double by 2030, despite changes wrought by the virus
- Help us restart flights to New York, airlines plead [Subscription]Airlines led by Virgin Atlantic are desperately lobbying ministers for quarantine rules to be relaxed to reopen the transatlantic route.
- Cycling proficiency: Now adults get free cycling lessons [Subscription]Cycling proficiency tests, which have given children the freedom of the road since shortly after the Second World War, are to be offered to adults from next month.
- Where can I go on holiday? Destination list causes ‘utter confusion’ [Subscription]Travel firms are begging ministers for clarity, saying conflicting advice is putting Britons off booking flights
Mail Online
- Getaway gridlock! Caravans stuck in huge jam on M5 as over 10 million motorists hit the road todayThe M5 in Exeter and the M25 in Kent were swamped with camper vans and caravans heading to the coast as they made their weekend getaway on what has been dubbed 'Super Saturday'.
- Cruise industry leaders confirm the days of the traditional buffet are overOn-board entertainment could also be cut as part of a range of changes to cruise liners, which are still banned from entering ports in Spain until 'the end of the coronavirus crisis'.
This is Money
- Sir Stelios to blast 'dishonest' easyJet boardEasyJet has tapped investors for £419million to survive the coronavirus crisis - and needs shareholders to approve about £140million of that at the meeting.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Rail boss explains why Leeds gets lions share of local investment A RAIL representative has explained to West Yorkshire Councillors why so much focus is placed on Leeds when it comes to network improvements.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Watch as the Welsh Pony locomotive steams for the first time in 80 yearsEngineers and volunteers have worked for six years to bring the loco, built in 1867, back to fully working order on the Ffestiniog Railway
Liverpool Echo
- Boris Johnson's dad defends jetting to Greece during lockdownStanley Johnson, 79, said he was on "essential business" as he needed to "Covid-proof my property"
- We rode Northern Rail to see how face mask rules are workingFace masks, eerie stations and 'travel safe' officers are part of the new normal
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- The easy mistake that could be adding over £500 to your car insuranceThe money saving guru has said you could save hundreds by correcting the simple mistake
Other Regional Press
- Bluestar backs plans for new bus lanes in SouthamptonPLANS to introduce new bus lanes into the city have been praised by a Southampton bus operator.
- New bus gates will 'ban' motorists driving through Oxford city centreCARS will not be able to drive through the centre of Oxford when new measures come into force next month.
- Roadworks on busy Botley Road to start this monthA HUGE roadworks scheme along Botley Road will begin later this month.
- Rail services ramped up from Sunday to meet post-lockdown demandServices will increase from around 70% of pre-lockdown levels to 85%
- Letter: Weymouth harbour businesses not consulted over plans The Council has not consulted with local businesses, commercial fishing or charter boats, which operate businesses from the harbour on harbourside pedestrianisation.
- Concerns raised over number of cancellations on South Western Railway train services Concerns have been raised over the number of cancellations on train services operated by struggling franchise South Western Railway.
Other News Sources
- What's good for London isn't necessarily right for Herefordshire WITH regard to the proposed closure of market town centres in Herefordshire, these proposals are loosely based on a government policy designed to a) cut down air pollution from traffic in city centres, especially London and b) reduce overcrowding on public transport, which may be contributing to the spread of Covid-19.
- The Watercress Line to welcome passengers from July 11 THE Watercress Line steam railway has announced it will reopen on Saturday July 11.
- Train delay times have reduced in Sussex, report findsDELAY times for trains have reduced in the last year, according to a new report by the rail regulator.
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- Eurostar resumes service to Amsterdam from 9 July, reverts to stop in Brussels for return journey … restart from 9 July, the rail company announced on Wednesday. … Plans for new high-speed rail to connect U.K. to … a Thalys service to a Eurostar train. This is where passport checks … against all non-essential international travel. Featured image by George …
- Leicester police on patrol at stations as locked-down residents are told not to leave Covid-hit city … county. Officers were inside Leicester railway station on Thursday and Friday … ' advice while Transport for Wales said public transport should only be … in talks to join an EU plan to secure supplies of …
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