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Thursday, 07 April 2022

BBC News

• Cardiff Parkway: New railway station plans approvedCardiff council grants planning permission for a new station in the east of the city.
• London Luton Airport: Government to hold inquiry into growth planThe communities secretary calls in a council's decision to approve Luton Airport's expansion plan.
• Ban cyclists and e-scooter riders using phones, Tory peer urgesBaroness McIntosh wants a specific offence for using a mobile phone while on a bike, e-bike or scooter.
• TransPennine: Passengers urged not to travel by train at EasterRail services in northern England will be hit by strikes every weekend until June over a pay dispute.
• Manchester Airport: Mayor asks government to speed up vetting processIt comes after weeks of criticism over long security queues causing passengers to miss their flights.
• Easter travel: Rail and Tube closures set to disrupt travelling plansTravellers are being warned to expect long delays over the bank holiday weekend.
• P&O Ferries preparing to restart Dover-Calais routeThe firm hopes to get its Pride of Kent and Spirit of Britain ships back in action, subject to inspection.

Financial Times

• P&O hopes to resume cross-Channel sailings next weekDisruption caused by group's on-the-spot sacking of 800 UK-based crew extends into a fourth week

The Guardian

• Outrage over huge pay rises for Manchester Airports Group bossesUnions condemn £2.8m increase in first year of pandemic, when staff took wage cut and hundreds lost jobTrade unions have condemned the owner of struggling Manchester airport for inflating bosses' pay by almost a quarter in the first year of the pandemic even as the wages for staff were cut and hundreds of workers were let go.The north-west hub has been hit by weeks of travel disruption and hours-long queues for passengers, leading to the unscheduled departure of the airport's managing director Karen Smart, who stepped down on Tuesday. Continue reading...

The Herald

• P&O Ferries announces plans to resume sailingsP&O Ferries has announced it is preparing to restart sailings “from this weekend” on routes suspended since it sacked nearly 800 seafarers.
• TransPennine Express warnes of travel disruption over Easter weekendTravellers are being advised to avoid relying on trains over the Easter weekend ahead of an expected strike.

Times Online

• Less means more for Volkswagen [Subscription]Volkswagen will discontinue dozens of its fuel-burning car models by the end of this decade as part of a plan to sell fewer cars and to concentrate on manufacturing more expensive and profitable vehicles.
• Air France Boeing 777 forced to abandon landing as controls ’went crazy’ [Subscription]Pilots came close to losing control of an Air France jet carrying up to 300 passengers as it approached Paris airport yesterday in a potentially disastrous incident that has prompted an official inquiry.
• Airport staff shortages threaten two months of disruption for travellers [Subscription]Passengers face two months of disruption at British airports, which are grappling with staff shortages and delays in vetting new security officers.

City AM

• Union calls to ’beef up’ minimum wage enforcement powers in wake of P&O scandalPlans to make companies pay workers minimum wage will be “unworkable” if enforcement powers are not beefed up, said union TUC today following the P&O scandal. “A lack of enforcement will kick the legs out from under the Government's minimum wage plans,” said TUC’s general secretary Frances O’Grady. “Our weak enforcement regime lets rogue employers [...] The post Union calls to ’beef up’ minimum wage enforcement powers in wake of P&O scandal appeared first on CityAM.
• As travellers are plunged into airport chaos, we must finally lighten the load of their baggageFinally, travel bosses thought they were in the clear. The pandemic restrictions had receded, customers were returning to the skies, and airports were full again. Only now they are too full and sickness among airport staff has created chaos at airports as families, desperate to go away for the school holidays, try to make their [...] The post As travellers are plunged into airport chaos, we must finally lighten the load of their baggage appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Express

• London traffic: Commuters urged to be 'cautious' as 'surface water' to lead to delaysCOMMUTERS have been urged to be

Daily Record

• P&O Ferries announces plans to restart sailings in Scotland 'from this weekend'The firm revealed plans to resume operations for four of its ships for the first time since it sacked nearly 800 seafarers.

Mail Online

• Uber will soon let UK users book train, coach and PLANE tickets through the appFrom this summer, Uber users in the UK will be able to book intercity rail and coach tickets, while flight and cross-channel tickets will be available later this year.

The Mirror

• Easter holidaymakers 'face travel hell' on Saturday at airports as police step inAirports have seen huge queues as they struggle to cope with a surge in demand and now there is set to be more travel chaos on Saturday which is set to be the busiest day of the year
• Hundreds of abandoned bags pictured in chaotic scenes at Manchester AirportA holidaymaker returned with her family from Marrakesh and she filmed the "nightmare" scenes at Manchester Airport where hundreds of bags were left abandoned amidst long queues and delays

This is Money

• Petrol prices: March worst month ever at the pumpsThe UK average cost to fill a 55-litre family car's fuel tank rose to £89.80 by the end of March, which was £6.38 more than it did at the start of the month, analysis shows.

Birmingham Post

• Wizz Air boss says airline could bring more routes to Cardiff AirportWizz Air will launch its new base from the airport with nine routes this week, but Marion Geoffroy said more destinations could follow

Liverpool Echo

• EasyJet and Ryanair warning for those with less than six months left on passport We have put together a guide on whether or not you can fly while your passport is near its expiration date

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Passengers at Manchester Airport 'should arrive three hours early' as plan to address queues unveiled"While the airport expects that there will be some disruption for the next two months, I want people to be reassured that the airport, supported by colleagues in Greater Manchester, are putting in measures to ease it."

Northern Echo

• Going 'green' could prove 'game changer' for region's taxi and private hire sectorAN event outlining the benefits of a switch to electric vehicles (EVs) is being held for members of the North East's taxi and private hire sector, next week.

The York Press

• Government rejects North Yorkshire bus funding bidHARROGATE has missed out on millions of pounds to transform bus services after a funding bid from North Yorkshire County Council was rejected by the government.

Wales Online

• Plans approved for new train station in east Cardiff with 15-storey office towersCouncillors raised concerns about the height of some of the buildings, but welcomed the upgrade in public transport

Reading Evening Post

• British Airways list of cancelled flights from Heathrow as airport chaos continues on ThursdayDisruption in British airports is expected to continue during the school holidays

Other Regional Press

• Kent's roads: Why so much of the county is facing traffic chaosFor a week, the county's roads have been at breaking point - but just what exactly is causing the issues and is the end in sight?
• Oxfordshire County Council pass motion on safer active travelThe county council plans to install more lighting on footpaths and cycle ways, to make active travel safer.
• Huddersfield town centre has enough parking says council after scrapping plans for new multistoreyBut there have been calls to reintroduce spaces on some town centre streets

Other News Sources

• Families can save money on travel over the holiday period as Stagecoach announces its Easter family ticket offerBUS company Stagecoach has announced that customers can save money this Easter with a special offer on its Family DayRider tickets.
• 'Cycle tunnel is what is needed in all weathers on Old Shoreham Road'MORE than 2,000 people have, but some, like Cllr Robert Nemeth say they haven't, signed a petition asking Brighton and Hove city council to install
• New 2km-long cycle path approved by West Sussex County CouncilA SCHEME to build a new two kilometre long cycle path and walkway route has been approved.
• Heathrow and Gatwick Airport: easyJet full list of cancellations as at least 30 flights axed on WednesdayLong queues are likely at Gatwick, with families facing further chaos until the end of the mid-term holidays

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