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Cardiff Council's new climate change cabinet member on city's 'startling' air pollution figures
The cabinet member for the newly created post, Caro Wild, said tackling air pollution will be a top priority
Friday, 24 June 2022
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- Rail strike: Isle of Wight services runs as normal despite walkoutThe Isle of Wight is one of the only places in the country where train services are running as normal despite rail workers going back on strike.
- More rail strikes extremely likely, says union bossTravellers are facing another day of disruption on the second day of strikes, as half the network closes.
- TfL: Sadiq Khan warns Tube and bus cuts are imminentTransport for London has had its emergency funding deal extended until 13 July, the government has said.
- Network Rail strike: Scotland likely to see more 24-hour walkoutsThe RMT's Mick Lynch says if negotiations continue to fail, Saturday's 24-hour strike may not be the last.
- Toyota recalls electric cars over concerns about loose wheelsThe bZ4X is the Japanese motor industry giant's first mass-produced all-electric vehicle.
- British Airways Heathrow staff back summer strikes over payAbout 700 workers at Heathrow Airport vote in favour of industrial action during the summer holidays.
Financial Times
- Rail chief threatens to go over union’s head on UK strikesNetwork Rail boss proposes polling staff directly on modernisation as Thursday action set to cripple services
- UK faces summer of travel chaos as strike threats spreadBA check-in staff at Heathrow vote to walk out during school holidays and rail talks break up without deal
The Guardian
- Rail strikes show Tories have moved on since promises to defend workers’ rightsAnalysis: New laws aim to make it easier for firms to use agency workers to break strikes, tilting the balance of power towards employersRail strikes – latest newsWhen P&O Ferries bypassed unions and replaced 800 seafarers with agency workers in March, the prime minister, Boris Johnson, said his government would “defend the rights of British workers”, and the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, brought in new rules that would make sure workers “are not undercut by employers”, he said. Three months later, the tune is very different.New laws announced by the government on Thursday aim to ...
- Rail strikes: commuters stay home on day two of action as talks resumeMaintenance and train company staff in parallel negotiations as ministers plan to use agency workers to break strikeThe second 24-hour national rail strike has emptied railway stations across Great Britain as commuters opted to work from home while ministers pushed ahead with controversial plans to allow agency staff to break strikes.Talks resumed between the RMT union and rail industry bosses as 40,000 union members at Network Rail and across 13 train operating companies downed tools. No firm progress was reported, with a third strike due on Saturday, as the two separate sets of negotiations ...
The Telegraph
Times Online
- Edinburgh tram strike threat risks more chaosThe second day of a UK-wide rail strike resulted in a skeleton service across Scotland and industrial action is now looming on Edinburghs tram network.
- British Airways workers at Heathrow to strike this summer [subscription]Holidaymakers face a summer of chaos at Heathrow after British Airways employees voted to strike.
- Rail bosses hope redundancy compromise will end RMT strikesRail companies and unions edged closer towards a deal yesterday, senior rail sources said.
Birmingham Mail
- Why so many planes leave Birmingham Airport in the early morningThe peak time for customers to be at the city airport is between 4am and 8am
Birmingham Post
- Britishvolt to develop larger format EV cell tech for high performance sports cars The news comes in the same week that Britishvolt strengthened its partnership with WMG, University of Warwick
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- 109m Huddersfield Road scheme will include 100 new crossingsA 109 MILLION scheme to boost public transport use, cycling and walking between Bradford and Huddersfield has made a major step forward.
Bristol Live
- More travel chaos as British Airways workers at Heathrow Airport vote to strike this summerThe union revealed 95 per cent of its workers had voted in favour of strike action this summer
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Denbighshire taxi fares to rise as drivers petition for help amid soaring fuel costs Councillors accused of making decision 'on a hoof'
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Northumberland bus route named one of the country's most scenicThe AD122, which connects several sites along Hadrian's Wall from April to October, was named among operator Go Ahead's most scenic UK bus routes
Wales Online
- Cyclists express frustration over parked cars in Cardiff railway underpassCyclists in Cardiff have expressed their irritation after the positive impact brought on by an improved pedestrian and cycle ramp was soured by dozens of cars using the adjoining underpass to park in. Work was recently carried out to improve and widen a pedestrian and cycle path along Taffs Mead Embankment in Cardiff - work that has been praised by cyclists and pedestrians alike.
- Plans revealed to transform Cardiff Bay train station and build new Butetown stationProposals would also see a new station constructed in Butetown
- Cardiff Council's new climate change cabinet member on city's 'startling' air pollution figuresThe cabinet member for the newly created post, Caro Wild, said tackling air pollution will be a top priority
Business Live
- Cardiff Council's new cabinet member for climate change Caro Wild on pollution and congestion chargesCaro Wild said addressing air quality issues in the city is a top priority
Coach and Bus Week
- New South of England home for Alexander Dennis as Trident House facility opens in FarnboroughThe refreshed Alexander Dennis, Plaxton and AD24 logos will be rolled out gradually over the coming months, replacing the existing identity that had been in place since Alexander Dennis was established in 2004
New Civil Engineer
- Caerphilly Council unveils 80M worth of levelling up bidsCaerphilly County Borough Council (CCBC) will apply for 80.6M from the governments levelling up fund to aid in delivering three regenerative projects.
- Network Rail granted powers to expand Oxford stationThe Department for Transport (DfT) has granted Network Rail a Transport Works Act Order (TWAO), enabling the rail operator to formally acquire powers to expand Oxford station.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- Scheduled coach networks see demand boosted by rail strikesScheduled coach service providers reported an uptick in demand in the run up to the first in a series of rail strikes being held on 21 June, with additional departures put in place on some routes.
- Scotland extends Network Support Grant Plus to OctoberThe Scottish Government has extended its Network Support Grant Plus (NSG+) mechanism to support the recovery of bus services to 9 October. While the move has been welcomed by the industry, concern has been raised that difficult decisions on service provision will continue to be unavoidable when NSG+ payments cease.
- Wrightbus onsite recruitment office to help expand workforceWrightbus has established an onsite recruitment office to coincide with the expansion of its workforce.
- Stagecoach: More to be done to bring women into engineeringMore needs to be done to attract female engineers into the bus industry, Stagecoach has said as it celebrates those already within its business on International Women in Engineering Day.
Transport Network
- Rail usage doubles after Covid collapseOfficial figures released by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that a total of 990 million journeys were made in Britain over the last year.
- DfT begins council traffic fines roll-outThe first tranche of local authorities in England are set to get new powers to fine motorists for moving traffic violations next month after ministers approved their requests and laid an order before Parliament.
- Council urges calm as LTN wars break outOxfordshire County Council has urged residents and road users to engage constructively with its consultation on trial low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) after vandalism costing 12,000 in a month.
- South Western Railway (SWR) has appointed Stuart Meek to its leadership team as chief operating officer, following the retirement of Mike Houghton earlier this year.Mr Meek, who starts in the post in August, is moving from the Go-Ahead Group where he has been operations director for the past three years, leading operational and business development projects for rail and bus in the UK and internationally.
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- Gatwick and Heathrow: Brits will have to pay new visa waiver fee when visiting EU countriesThe new visa waiver ruling comes into effect from spring next year
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