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Tuesday, 02 April 2024

BBC News

• Train maker says 1,300 manufacturing jobs at riskThe UK's largest rail assembly factory has confirmed it is resuming a redundancy process for 1,300 permanent staff members.
• Rail line to remain closed for at least two weeksNetwork Rail have said they have seen
• Xiaomi electric car buyers face six-month waitThe firm previously said SU7 pre-orders had hit 88,898 within 24 hours of it starting to take orders.

ITV News

• Boughton Station opens after being built by volunteers from scratchA group of volunteers have spent almost two decades building a railway station from scratch.

Financial Times

• Alstom set to mothball Derby plant over HS2 order delaysFactory does not have enough work to keep functioning normally in the coming years
• The big worry for carmakers: what if the EV slowdown is not a blip?Expansion of production is far outstripping demand, raising fears of a misallocation of capital

The Guardian

• No progress made on half of UK government's levelling-up targetsGuardian analysis shows situation has deteriorated in three areas that Michael Gove promised to improveReport card: how the Tories' pledges stack up todayBritain's levelling up agenda stymied from the start - We're forgotten about here': the broken promisesThe Conservatives have been accused of failing to live up to their ambitious agenda for Britain's regions, as Guardian analysis shows no progress has been made on half of their levelling up targets.The analysis of the 12 targets set by Michael Gove in his 2022 levelling up white paper shows there has been no progress in six of them, including ...

Times Online

• Britain’s charging infrastructure is failing drivers [subscription]In the second of a four-part series, we look at why charging hubs for electric vehicles are so difficult to build and ask how the problems can be fixed
• Travel chaos for holidaymakers returning home on Easter Monday [subscription]Traffic jams along the M5 from Devon and Cornwall and train cancellations from London stations bring misery as the Met Office warns of heavy rain

City AM

• Car insurance premiums fall in ray of light for British motorists The cost of car insurance in the UK is slowly starting to fall for the first time, signalling an end to the unprecedented surge in premium prices in recent years.
• Tube and train strikes: Everything you need to know as April and May disruption begins this week It's that time again. Tube and train strikes are set to cause disruption throughout April and May, starting this week. City AM has all the details.

Mail Online

• Is Labour about to shunt its rail renationalisation policy into the sidings? Senior party figures 'have concerns' and refuse to guarantee it will make it into election manifestoLabour could be about to scale back or ditch its flagship transport policy of renationalising the railways, party insiders fear.
• Latest Boeing flightmare as Alaska Airlines plane from Hawaii to Alaska is forced to turn around due to the cabin FLOODING - as flight attendants use paper towels to desperately mop it upAn Alaska Airlines flight from Hawaii to Alaska was diverted back to Honolulu due to a flooded bathroom, filling the aisles with water. The incident occurred 90 minutes into the flight forcing a turnaround.

The Mirror

• Cost of Tory chaos exposed as voters pick up bill for HS2 farce, migration mess and bottled electionLabour Party campaign chief Pat McFadden said the turmoil will just continue if the Conservatives manage to cling to power as he highlighted costs including mortgage hikes

Birmingham Post

• Major jet fuel facility in Port Talbot gets green light in investment creating 150 jobsThe proposal, named 'Project Dragon' and led by US-based firm LanzaTech, will see the creation of a sustainable aviation fuel production facility based in Port Talbot

Derby Telegraph

• Urgent action call as Derby train maker Alstom says it has 'run out of time'The Litchurch Lane factory employs around 3,000 people and supports around 15,000 jobs in the wider supply chain

Morning Star

• Government wastes more than £8bn of taxpayers money, Labour analysis findsTHE government has wasted more than £8 billion in taxpayers’ cash through its U-turns, by-elections and the scrapping of the northern section of HS2, analysis reveals.

Northern Echo

• Two new Stockton and Middlesbrough bus routes start todayTwo new bus routes will be rolled out at the start of April to connect even more communities to public transport.
• Roadworks start on Normanby High Street for 10 to 12 weeksExtensive roadworks are set to disrupt Normanby High Street, with road closures across the area for the next 10 to 12 weeks.

Wales Online

• Travel meltdown in Wales as power failure meant no trains were running between Cardiff and CarmarthenPassengers were urged to travel later on Monday or on Tuesday

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• New flights from Birmingham Airport have been started by easyJetNew flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin have been started by easyJet.

Construction Enquirer

• HS2 work lifts Kilnbridge to record £120m revenueEast London-based concrete specialist Kilnbridge saw turnover jump nearly a quarter to £120m last year as big HS2 jobs moved to peak construction.

Other News Sources

• Union calls for urgent action to save jobs after train firm stops productionUnion leaders have made urgent calls for help to secure thousands of jobs at the UK’s biggest rail assembly site after production lines stopped because of a lack of orders.
• Sussex rail passengers warned to prepare for latest strikesRail passengers are being warned of fresh disruption to services because of strikes and an overtime ban by train drivers in a long-running pay dispute.
• Hailsham motorists face weeks of A22 overnight closuresA main road and nearby thoroughfare are will be partly closed over the next month.