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- Cycle routes in Wales 'need to be safer and connected'New figures show 5% of adults cycle at least once or twice a week compared with 61% of adults who walk.
- Free bus travel for young offered by Welsh ConservativesThe party claims travel costs can be a
- Man pinned to floor outside museumVideo shows a man being held to the ground, after a car hit people near the Natural History Museum.
- Bus users urged to have say on servicesBus customers are being asked to give their thoughts on the quality and reliability of services.
- Scottish jobseekers offered free rail travelPeople will be able to make two return train journeys a month free of charge to attend an interview.
- Further tariff of 80% imposed on import of C-Series planeThe US Department of Commerce again rules against the aerospace firm in its dispute with rival Boeing.
Financial Times
- Police rule out terror after museum car crash Driver arrested after 11 injured in central London collision
The Guardian
- The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last daysAs managers scrambled to save the firm, there were few clues anything was awry â it was even still holding recruitment daysIn the week running up to the collapse of Monarch Airlines, one crew member noticed that something was awry. The soap had run out on a flight back to Gatwick and a request to replenish supplies was left unanswered. A few days later, on Monday this week, Monarch was no more: almost 2,000 staff would be laid off and the travel plans of 860,000 passengers would be disrupted.Her concerns about toiletries aside, Shelley Matthews didnât notice serious problems at the carrier, de...
- Ryanair chief operations officer to quit crisis-hit airlineMichael Hickey is first executive to resign at embattled airline following scrapping of thousands of bookingsRyanairâs chief operations officer will leave the crisis-hit airline at the end of the month, its chief executive, Michael OâLeary, has announced.Michael Hickeyâs resignation comes after the Irish airline had to scrap the bookings of more than 700,000 passengers last month due to an apparent shortage of pilots, having failed to plan for enough leave for staff. Continue reading...
- Electric cars key to driving change in UKâs energy supply industryThe ability to make vehicle batteries part of the national grid will become reality next year, forcing utility firms to rethink their relationship with customersYou drive home and plug in your electric car, telling an app how many miles you need the next day. As you eat dinner, relax and sleep, your energy supplier takes control of your battery, using it to buy power when itâs cheap, selling it back later when high demand pushes prices up.The company offers national and local power grids services from your battery, making more money that it will later split with you, perhaps as âfree milesâ fo...
The Herald
- 11 hurt as âroad traffic accidentâ in London sparks terror alertEleven people have been injured and a man detained by police after a car ploughed into pedestrians in one of Londonâs busiest tourist areas, sparking a terror alert.
- Car ploughs into pedestrians in London sparking major terror alertA CAR ploughed in to pedestrians in one of Londonâs busiest tourist areas yesterday afternoon injuring 11 people and sparking a major terror alert.
- Driven round the bend by rude drivers and late, dirty buses? Now's your time to blow the whistleBUS passengers dismayed at poor service and bad-tempered drivers can vent their frustration in a new national survey launched today by Citizens Advice Scotland, as the organisation vows to âtake actionâ on the worst cases.
- Glasgow and Edinburgh both back 20mph speed limitA BID to make 20mph speed limits the norm on roads in residential urban areas across Scotland has been backed by two SNP local government chiefs.
The Huffington Post
- Natural History Museum Incident Sees Nigel Farage And Katie Hopkins Forced To Backtrack Over 'Scaremongering' Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins have been accused of grossly irresponsible scare-mongering over their reactions to a car striking pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum. Despite police insisting the incident - which injured 11 people - was a road traffic collision, former UKIP leader Farage told Fox News that officers were clearly treating it as a terrorist incident. Certainly while we have heard nothing official, the Metropolitan Police are clearly not only treating this as a terrorist incident, but it looks to me like they expect there could b...
Times Online
- Economy travel cover it simply wont fly [Subscription]Spending a little bit more on your holiday insurance can help protect you if an airline fails
- Extra Ł9.6m scrambled to lift Prestwick out of nosedive [Subscription]The total amount of taxpayers money given to Prestwick airport has soared by more than 45% this year, from Ł21.3m to Ł30.9m.
- Glasgow stations air nine times WHO limit [Subscription]The operators of Scotlands underground rail system have been urged to take urgent action after tests revealed the extent of air pollution on the network.
- Monarch airlines collapse: why the owners stand to lose much less than creditors [Subscription]While the airlines creditors lick their wounds, its owners have much less to lose
- Revealed: Monarch owners secret deal with Boeing [Subscription]The secretive owner of Monarch Airlines, which collapsed last week, drastically cut its exposure to losses through a back-door deal with aerospace giant Boeing.
- London museum crash: terror panic as car hits tourists [Subscription]Eleven people were injured yesterday when a car ploughed into pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum in London, prompting panic and fears of a terrorist attack.
Mail Online
- Self-driving trains could run in London The mainline rail network will be populated by self-driving trains for the first time under plans to massively increase the number of services at city centre stations.
- Ryanair's Michael Hickey quits over flight cancellations The budget airline has said Michael Hickey, its chief operations officer, will leave the company at the end of the month. Ryanair has been heavily criticised for axing thousands of flights.
- Dramatic moment hundreds ran for their lives Dramatic video footage obtained by the Mail shows hundreds of terrified tourists fleeing the scene as the black Toyota Prius mounted the curb outside one of London's busiest attractions.
- Driver hits pedestrians outside Natural History Museum Eleven people have been injured after a car mounted the pavement and mowed down pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum in London this afternoon.
The Mirror
- Drivers left furious at queues of 'more than two hours' to get out of city centre car park Many irate motorists in Cardiff gave up and went for a coffee instead
This is Money
- MOT data reveals UK regions where cars are likely to fail MoT data has was released ahead of the Governmentâs plans to push a first test back to the fourth year instead of third. Experts say it will put lives at risk by letting 385k âunsafeâ cars on the road.
- Paddy Power boss in pole position for top Uber job The beleaguered firm is on the lookout for a new boss for Northern Europe after Jo Bertram quit last week as the company continued its row with Transport for London.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Network Rail accused of taking too long to address poor condition of stationA TOWNâS former mayor has welcomed news that repairs should start soon on the townâs railway station â but asked why the building had been neglected for so long.
- Fall-out continues as Council orders private company to refund fines at controversial car park PEOPLE are still being chased for fines by the operators of a car park which has been ordered to shut down by Bradford Council, it has emerged.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Free bus travel for young people promise from Welsh Conservatives Scheme would follow similar one run by Labour Welsh government that started in 2015 but was cut after 18 months
London Evening Standard
- Ryanair operations chief resigns after thousands of flights cancelled amid scheduling debacle Ryanair's chief operations officer will leave the company at the end of the month, the crisis-hit airline has announced.
- Euston Tube station evacuated as police respond to security alertA busy London Tube station was evacuated as police responded to a security alert.
- Self-driving trains to run on London's rail network for first timeSelf-driving trains will run on London's rail network for the first time.
Northern Echo
- Drivers warned of disruption as roadworks get underway in Durham and Chester-le-StreetDIVERSIONS will be in place while a programme of resurfacing and street light replacement takes place over the next few weeks.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Where can you expect to find roadworks on East Angliaâs major roads this week?Work will be taking place over the next week at a number of major roads throughout East Anglia. These are some of the troublespots drivers may want to be aware of:
North Wales Live
- See Liverpool's secret rail tunnels which linked world-famous Mersey waterfrontThe Waterloo and Victoria tunnels still survive under the city's streets
Peterborough Telegraph
- Full list of road closures for Great Eastern Run in Peterborough this weekendResidents are being warned of road closures during the Perkins Great Eastern Run tomorrow.
Other Regional Press
- Get on our trikes say bicycle firm foundersA SMALL tricycle business in Southwick is beginning to make waves on a national scale after its creations attracted the attention of some big names in the delivery industry.
- Southampton Airport announces 'beautiful' new flight destination HOLIDAYMAKERS from Hampshire will be able to fly direct to a holiday destination famed for its association with a famous musical.
- Could 'reminder' stickers in every taxi be one solution to 'car dooring'?STICKERS in every taxi in Oxford, reminding passengers to look carefully before opening a door into traffic, have been proposed as one solution to the problem of 'car dooring' in the city.
- READY TO GO - Roads completed ahead of Bicester Village expansionA MAJOR redesign of one of the busiest spine roads heading into Bicester town centre is finished weeks ahead of the massive expansion opening at Bicester Village.
- A19 widening: When will it be completed? And what will it cost? Work to add a third carriageway between Norton and Wynyard is due to commence in 2020 :: It is expected to cost up to Ł128m
- Bus ploughs into traffic sign and railings outside Huddersfield Bus Station A 324 service bus from Meltham in town centre smash
- Could Jaguar Land Rover be planning the Rover's return?The Coventry car maker is said to have a war chest available to buy new brands
Other News Sources
- Frimley Green traffic lights: Councillors support residents in two-year campaign for traffic option review"We are fighting this plan, as we dont believe that it works for residents," said Councillor Max Nelson
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