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Sunday, 22 March 2026

BBC News

• Bus operator condemns removal from city stationCoach operator FlixBus has been served notice to stop operating from Leeds Bus Station. The company was due to expand its services from the station next month.
• 'Weca needs to control its own bus network'Greater Manchester's mayor has called on West Country transport bosses to take control of their bus network.
• Extra Sunday services confirmed by train companyExtra Sunday rail services will give passengers in the East Midlands greater flexibility and choice, according to the operating company.
• Will Northumberland Line success help more open?On 29 March the final station, Bedlington, opens on the Northumberland Line marking the completion of the project to reopen the route from Newcastle to Ashington.
• Locomotive fundraiser moves full steam aheadThe fundraising efforts of volunteers at a heritage railway are moving full steam ahead to buy and renovate a historic locomotive.

Financial Times

• Trump sets 48-hour deadline for Iran to open Strait of HormuzUS president threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if waterway is not opened for shipping
• Private jets face $50,000 ‘war risk’ insurance costs to land in Gulf Some operators refuelling outside region to minimise time spent on the ground

The Guardian

• Trump threatens to send ICE to airports on Monday amid DHS funding standoffPresident attacks 'Radical Left Democrats' after homeland security funding bill again sinks in Senate
• ‘The stakes are enormous’: how a prolonged Iran war could shock the global economyDonald Trump’s ‘little excursion’ is likely to have long-term effects, from oil prices to inflation to growth, say experts. In the days after the US and Israel first bombed Iran, financial markets bet the economic fallout from Donald Trump’s “little excursion” in the Middle East would be short-lived.“There are risks from higher oil prices longer term. But this is a tail risk,” one US-based fund manger said after the airstrike killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The Scotsman

• Ferry chiefs reveal when CalMac's next new fleet will arrive - days before first vessel's passenger debutAll four of CalMac's Turkish-built ferries should reach Scotland within a year - five months ahead of schedule

The Telegraph

• Heathrow's new car parks to cost more than Gatwick's second runway [subscription]Airport to spend £72,000 per parking space and passengers risk picking up the tab
• Britain's 10 greatest public transport icons [subscription]As the 'Boris Bus' reaches the end of the road, we look back at the planes, trains and automobiles that have transformed how we travel

Times Online

• HS2's latest challenge Cutting the speed of its trains to save money [subscription]Every extra 1mph of top speed increases the troubled rail line's costs by £1 billion. And now it emerges the plan was to ship the trains to China for testing

Daily Express

• Best small car for UK roads named and it's not a MINI, Peugeot or FordA group of motoring experts have compiled a list of the best small cars on sale in the UK with one winner coming out on top

Birmingham Mail

• Rachel Reeves confirms drivers doing 6,000 miles a year to face new £180 chargeDetails of the new tax targeting certain vehicles have been set out
• Rachel Reeves confirms new £455 charge for owners of specific modelsA shake-up of motoring tax rules has been announced by the Government

Bristol Live

• Brislington resident blocks 'dangerous' lamppost EV chargers and says they're 'not needed' "These EV lampposts are a great idea, but here it’s not needed and it would be unsafe"

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Inside the eerie A483 'bus graveyard' frozen in timeWhat was once a bustling garage and petrol station is now a silent corridor of decaying steel

Wales Online

• Rapid 100mph trains and six new stations to transform Cardiff rail networkBusiness case submitted for railway upgrades between Cardiff Central and Severn Tunnel Junction to enable proposed stations including Cardiff Parkway, Newport West and Magor

Lancashire Telegraph

• Burnley MP tackles PM on access to Manchester Road stationBurnley MP Oliver Ryan has won a promise from Sir Keir Starmer that he will have a meeting with the government's rail minister to discuss making the town's Manchester Road station fully accessible.

Other Regional Press

• Essex bus operator to scrap airport stop on key route from next monthAn Essex bus operator will scrap a stop at an Essex airport on a key route from next month. It is one of several changes being rolled out by operator First Essex.

C.N.N.

• What's ahead as Trump threatens to send ICE agents to airports while TSA workers go unpaid during shutdownAs a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn't agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.

Aviation Industry

• President Trump Wants To Replace TSA Officers With ICE Agents If DHS Funding Halt ContinuesPresident Trump is looking to take executive action to deploy Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE) agents at airports across the US if the partial government shutdown continues. The plan could be implemented as early as the beginning of the work week, despite backlash and the legalities of the matter being raised.
• 5 Airports With The World's Most Efficient International Transit ConnectionsInternational transit efficiency is no longer a vague concept; it is precisely measured by how many viable flight connections an airport can generate within a defined transfer window. According to the latest data from OAG, hubs like London Heathrow Airport (LHR) with over 59,000 connections to 226 destinations, and Istanbul Airport (IST), with 82,733 connections to 327 destinations, dominate global rankings because of their dense airline networks and tightly coordinated schedules.

Other News Sources

• Easter rail disruption between London Waterloo and WeymouthRail passengers in Dorset will face major disruption this Easter due to essential engineering work on a key route.
• CalMac May Deploy Islay Newbuild to Serve Arran RouteThe west-coast operator has confirmed that the newbuild island namesake is now on standby and could instead enter service on the Firth of Clyde.
• All TfL transport upgrades planned for 2026 including new trains and toiletsTravelling in London can feel like doom and gloom sometimes, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel with some major transport upgrades coming up.