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Funding fears for new Cardiff Central Square bus station
Funding for Cardiff's new bus station has not been decided nine months before it is scheduled to open, a council report reveals.
Grayling hopes Brexit brings new apprenticeships in train
Still haunted by the Bombardier debacle in Derby, the Department for Transport seems eager to build rail skills at homeThe Bombardier train factory teetered on the brink of closure in 2011, when it lost a key contract for British carriages to Germany. The Derby site survived, but the debate over protecting high-value domestic jobs from foreign competition rumbles on, especially with Brexit on the way.Memories of the Bombardier furore are still fresh at the Department for Transport, it seems, because the latest ministerial incumbent appears determined to ensure that manufacturing work stays wit...
Brexit brain drain 'will put the brake on driverless cars'
Restricting the flow of skilled workers will damage Government hopes of the UK becoming a world leader in a key industry of the future, according to a report by Oxford University.
Thousands of rail passengers complain about tardy trains ... now they have to wait SIX MONTHS for compensation payments
Arriva Trains Wales take on extra staff to deal with around 9,000 complaints from fed-up customers
Sunday, 19 March 2017
The Guardian
- Government under fire for 'cash for cabs' school transport planChancellor’s plan to provide transport to selective schools for children on free school meals could cost up to £5,000 per pupilNew grammar school pupils could be ferried up to 15 miles by taxi to their schools, at a cost of up to £5,000 per pupil every year, despite cuts to last year’s general school transport budget for disabled and disadvantaged pupils. The government has said it would invest £5m a year to fund transport for the poorest pupils to reach grammar schools so costs were not a barrier to a selective education for pupils who received free school meals or whose parents claimed maxim...
The Scotsman
- Surge in Scottish drivers plugging into electric carsThere has been a huge upsurge in drivers moving over to electric cars in the past year, according to new figures.
Times Online
- Upwardly mobile runabout for the Beats generation [Subscription]Driving small cars can be intimidating, especially when it feels like everyone else on the road is hell-bent on your destruction.
Mail Online
- Volkswagen dieselgate row sees 64k drivers sue VW has refused so far to offer any compensation to motorists in the UK – although financial compensation has been offered to drivers in the US, Belgium and Spain.
- Brexit brain drain 'will put the brake on driverless cars' Restricting the flow of skilled workers will damage Government hopes of the UK becoming a world leader in a key industry of the future, according to a report by Oxford University.
This is Money
- UK drivers to pay average of �1k for car insurance by 2018 Confused.com estimated that premiums will creep up from the current �767 average to over �1,000 due to hikes in insurance premium tax and changes to the personal injury discount rate.
Network Rail
- Mardy Road Bridge to temporarily close for upgrade work as electrification of the South Wales Mainline continuesMardy Road Bridge in Cardiff will close to road traffic from 20 March 2017 until autumn 2018, as essential work to upgrade the railway continues in preparation for a new fleet of electric trains which will improve journeys for passengers.
Birmingham Post
- This key city car park is set to almost TRIPLE the charge for Saturday shoppers Saturday car parking cost to jump from £3 to £8.50 for five hours - and a Sunday deal is axed, too
Bolton News
- Busy town centre road to become one way A MAIN town centre road will become one way as a bus is lane is created as part of the multi-million interchange development.
Peterborough Telegraph
- A47 plans could see new road builtA brand new A47 could be built to replace the existing road to improve safety and congestion problems.
Other Regional Press
- Call for safer roads for school children A PLEA for safer crossings has come from parents and residents of a Bicester estate that says it is 'cut off from the town'.
- Restrictions due to resurfacing work around a Weymouth housing estate A MAJOR programme of road surfacing work is underway around a Weymouth housing estate.
Other News Sources
- Caught on camera: Some of our most shocking examples of driving in SurreyFrom a motorbike leaving an M25 junction at the last moment, to a woman eating cereal at the wheel, there is some shocking driving out there
- Vintage motorcycles to take to the streets for annual Sunbeam Pioneer run The bikes will pass through the streets of Tadworth, Kingswood, Reigate, Woodhatch and Horely
- Uber driver fined after 'abusing the system' by illegally plying for hire in Guildford The driver agreed to take a licensing officer on a journey that was not pre-booked, voiding their insurance
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