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Wednesday, 03 August 2022

BBC News

• Arriva North West bus drivers strike continues as talks collapseThe walk-out by Arriva North West bus drivers has seen the majority of the region's services cancelled.
• Manchester Airport: Trafford Council criticises ongoing disruptionThe government's response to the issues at Manchester Airport has been
• BA extends sales ban on Heathrow short-haul ticketsThe airline suspends sales for two weeks in response to the airport's cap on passenger numbers.

ITV News

• Crunch time for transport finance deal as another strike looms on London Underground and OvergroundTransport chiefs are less than 24 hours from a crunch decision on the future of London's bus and Tube network.

Financial Times

• Maersk raises profit forecasts for third time this year as supply chain hit persistsContainer shipping group says normalisation in freight rates will take longer than expected
• Travellers face higher fares after BA extends suspension of Heathrow ticket salesPassengers booking last minute likely to suffer most as carrier halts short-haul flight sales
• Uber: maiden free cash flow gives hope to business modelUpbeat message from group comes three months after CEO declared days of free spending were unsupportable

The Guardian

• UK petrol prices not falling in line with wholesale cost – RACDrivers are paying nearly £9 more for a tank of fuel than they should be, data showsPetrol prices at the pumps are not falling fast enough and in line with wholesale price drops, according to the RAC.Over the last eight weeks, the average price paid for unleaded by drivers across the UK has only dropped by 9p a litre– all of which came off in July – despite wholesale petrol prices falling by 20p in the same time period. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Last minute British Airways flights from Heathrow may not be available 'until September'

Times Online

• Ferry fiasco blamed for ’clearance by stealth’ of island communities [subscription]Hebridean communities are at “breaking point” after the repeated failure of the publicly owned ferry service was blamed for food shortages and disruption to the tourist trade.
• Monmouthshire council reverses new 20mph speed limitA Welsh council is backtracking on a 20mph speed limit, just months before the Welsh Labour government is due to introduce it as a blanket measure.
• British Airways takes thousands more short-haul seats off sale [subscription]British Airways has removed thousands more seats from sale just hours after suspending short-haul bookings for a week.

Daily Express

• Oil price slump: Fuel crashes to £77 a barrel sparking joy for UK motoristsOIL PRICES fell by around one percent early on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of OPEC+ producing countries.

Mail Online

• Tube and London Overground workers set for 24-hour walk-out in row over pay, jobs and conditionsMembers of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will walk out on August 19, in between strikes on August 18 and 20 on Network Rail and 14 train operators.

Sky News

• 'Big four' supermarkets failing to reduce petrol prices in line with falling wholesale costs, RAC warnsThe "big four" supermarkets and several other retailers are failing to reduce petrol prices in line with falling wholesale costs, the RAC has warned.

Bristol Live

• Bristol Clean Air Zone: Council workers door-knocking to prepare for start dateThe local authority is visiting residents in Lawrence Weston and Filwood

Nation. Cymru

• New transport interchange for Barry approvedPlans for a major upgrade to a train station in Barry have been given the go ahead.

Northern Echo

• Extra £600k given to Scarborough train station improvementsScarborough Council has agreed to spend an additional £600,000 on progressing its station “gateway” redevelopment.

Other Regional Press

• Hundreds of new parking spaces as £20m transport hub approved, despite objectionsA telecommunications firm said mobile phone coverage would be temporarily lost until a replacement mast was intalled
• Campaign to speed-up trains to London gathers steamWokingham Borough Council are working on a campaign to improve train journey times between Wokingham and Waterloo station.
• Plan to re-open railway station in North Derbyshire town is welcomedA feasibility study has been launched to assess if a railway station should re-open in Clay Cross as a part of £24.1m town development deal.
• Frustration builds over lack of progress on major rail project in BicesterFrustration is brewing over a lack of progress and transparency from ’national conservative politics’ and a major rail company.
• Kent roads chief: 'Close the port and build it elsewhere'The county council lead for transport says relocating the Port of Dover to a larger site would end disruption for travellers crossing the Channel.
• 'You think traffic's bad now - you just wait!'Industry figures fear even worse travel disruption next year when new biometric border rules are due to come into force at the cross-Channel ports.

New Civil Engineer

• Hydrogen device by backed Skanska to slash emissionsSkanska bosses believe a hydrogen-powered device the contractor has trialled could create “big savings in carbon and cost”.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• DVSA opens smart tachograph remote interrogation trialFor the first time, DVSA can remotely interrogate certain aspects of the data held by smart digital tachograph head units in moving vehicles after it commenced a trial of the necessary equipment.

Other News Sources

• The Watercress Line creates knitted railway replica to celebrate Love Your Railway 2022A GIANT yarnscape will celebrate the heritage of Hampshrie historic railway The Watercress Line.