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Multi-million-pound funding package for school transport
New funding for local authorities to ease pressure on public transport as children return in September
Yorkshire bus crisis: Why vital services being lost could damage region's economic recovery
The potential collapse of smaller bus operators because of the coronavirus pandemic could hamper rural Yorkshire's economic recovery and leave vulnerable communities isolated.
MSP makes plea to Sturgeon over Wick Airport
Nicola Sturgeon is to be asked to help secure the future of Wick John O'Groats Airport as "a matter of urgency".
Sunday, 09 August 2020
BBC News
- Coronavirus: Aviation workers protest at Belfast InternationalThree MPs joined the demonstration, which called on Westminster and Stormont to help save jobs.
- Manchester city centre tram stops closed for nine daysMarket Street and Shudehill stops will shut as part of maintenance work before September.
- Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll passable using Old Military RoadA convoy is escorting traffic on the Old Military Road after a landslip in Argyll at the Rest and Be Thankful.
Department for Transport
- Multi-million-pound funding package for school transportNew funding for local authorities to ease pressure on public transport as children return in September
The Guardian
- Air India Express black boxes recovered at Kerala crash siteBoeing 737 crashed on landing in heavy rain, killing at least 18, including the two pilotsFlight data and cockpit voice recorders have been recovered from the wreckage of an Indian passenger aircraft that crashed in the southern state of Kerala.The Air India Express plane, which was repatriating Indians from Dubai because of the Covid-19 pandemic, overshot the runway of the Calicut international airport in heavy rain near the city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut. Continue reading...
Times Online
- Cycling boom proves a moneyspinner for fleet-footed British manufacturers [subscription]If there’s an order for 1,000 bicycle brakes, Ian Weatherill can deliver the goods within days. Aluminium washers? He can do those, too. His factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, churns out hundreds of thousands of top-of-the range components for manufacturers racing to meet the growing demand from bike enthusiasts.
Daily Record
- Beauty spot car parks and ferries rammed as Scots travel to soak up warm weatherPark rangers warn drivers to 'park responsibly'.
Mail Online
- Rail body calls for sleeper trains to use Channel Tunnel due to rise in post-Covid eco-tourismInternational overnight train services are being revived to cater for a growing demand from those who want to travel in an environmentally-friendly way.
Belfast Telegraph
- 2,750-ton road bridge inching into place for HS2 worksThe engineering operation over the M42 near the NEC in Birmingham is part of building work for the high-speed rail interchange station.
Bolton News
- Fresh boost for buses and trams through pandemicBUS and tram services across Greater Manchester will receive extra support to help them ramp up services ahead of expected increases in use in September.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Claim that Government announcement on bus funding is ‘stop gap’ solutionA GOVERNMENT announcement that emergency funding for bus services will continue in the short term is just a "stop gap" solution - according to local transport bosses.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- 'Ridiculous' bus service cut sparks covid fears - if you can even get on itThe Arriva service from Rhyl to Llandudo has been slashed from five buses an hour to just one
Yorkshire Post
- Yorkshire bus crisis: Why vital services being lost could damage region's economic recoveryThe potential collapse of smaller bus operators because of the coronavirus pandemic could hamper rural Yorkshire's economic recovery and leave vulnerable communities isolated.
Bucks Free Press
- TV star campaigner Chris Packham speaks out over 'disappointing' court ruling on HS2Environmental campaigner and TV star Chris Packham says the case for HS2 should be revisited despite a disappointing Court of Appeal ruling.
Cambridge News
- 'If we only consider cyclists and motorists when planning we lose something'Columnist Robin Heydon is a passionate cyclist, but even he laments what he believes to be the short-sightedness of transport infrastructure plans and wishes like other countries we could go bigger
Other Regional Press
- MSP makes plea to Sturgeon over Wick AirportNicola Sturgeon is to be asked to help secure the future of Wick John O'Groats Airport as "a matter of urgency".
- The complicated story behind the beautiful Knaresborough viaductThe Knaresborough viaduct crashed into the river during the first attempt at building it and was detested upon completion
- What could Jaguar Land Rover do next?The Coventry car maker is at a crucial crossroads
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Government extends coronavirus support for buses and trams, as total funding tops £700 millionEngland’s bus and tram services will receive extra support worth up to £256 million to help them ramp up services ahead of expected increases in public transport use in September, the Government has announced. Bus services across the country will receive up to £218.4 million of support over the next eight weeks, with rolling funding at up to £27.3 million per week afterwards until a time when the funding is no longer needed. Alongside this, tram services have access from today to up to £37.4 million investment over 12 weeks, at a rate of up to £3.1 million a...
Rail Advent
- Manchester to Leeds to be electrified – £589 Million funding announcedTo kickstart upgrade work on the TransPennine route between Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced £589m in funding.
Other News Sources
- Changes made to some Borders bus services to accommodate pupilsScottish Borders Council has confirmed the school transport arrangements that will be in place from Tuesday (August 11) to support the return of young people to school.
- New funding package for English school transportNew funding for local authorities to ease pressure on public transport as children return in September Education secretary Gavin Williamson said the investment means that more students will be able to travel on dedicated home to school and college transport, creating even more capacity where it is needed most New dedicated school and college transport to get take thousands of students to school or college in England in the autumn term, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced today. To support the national priority for all children and young people to return to full-time ed...
- Support extended for English buses and tramsBus and tram services in England will receive extra support worth up to £256m Transport minister Baroness Vere said the new funding would ensure that sufficient service levels were available as the economy opens up and more people use public transport England’s bus and tram services will receive extra support worth up to £256m to help them ramp up services ahead of expected increases in public transport use in September, the government has announced today. Bus services across the country will receive up to £218.4m of support over the next eight weeks, with rolling funding at up t...
- Multi-million-pound boost to encourage environmentally friendly transportMORE park and ride spaces and electric vehicle points are set to be launched in Winchester as the city council has been awarded £5.65 million to to support lower carbon travel.
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