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Saturday, 24 February 2024

Financial Times

• Red Sea crisis causes surge in container ship costs, warns CMA CGM French group suffers Q4 losses as weak demand and lower freight rates last year bite
• Thomas Woldbye, the Dane now charting Heathrow's futureFormer Copenhagen airport head will need to smooth relations with airlines and make a decision on a third runway

The Herald

• Glasgow airline Loganair unveils new chief executiveA former Wizz Air and easyJet executive has been appointed as the new chief of a Scottish airline.
• Glasgow Council seeks £40bn with net zero investment teamGlasgow City Council has unveiled plans to seek private investment to fund the 'massive challenge'of reducing the city's carbon emissions .

The Independent

• Wizz Air named worst short-haul airline in Which? survey of UK passengers The Hungary-based airline's customer service and value for money disappointed for the second consecutive year

City AM

• Bakerloo Line extension takes one step closer as £8bn plans unveiled Amongst the proposals include the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead, and a West London Overground line, as well as a second crossrail linking the south west and north east.

Mail Online

• No wonder the retailers on this London road - once a favourite haunt of Nigella - are in despair . . . How draconian Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes have DEVASTATED this thriving streetWandsworth Bridge Road used to be a destination shopping street, but has since fallen on hard times. Thirty out of the 77 commercial units are vacant - a whopping 39 per cent.
• The best and worst airlines for 2024 named by Which? - Jet2 is No.1 for third time and BA is among the worstBA was once so confident of its reputation, it used 'the world's favourite airline' in its advertising campaigns. But it has been voted among the worst airlines for 2024.

This is Money

• DVLA reveals how many classic cars over 40 years old are still on the road todayAround one in eight classic cars - motors over 40 years of age - still owned in Britain today are declared off the road by their keepers. Here's how the numbers breakdown.
• Half of EV drivers also have a back-up petrol or diesel car for when they want to do longer journeysConcerns about range anxiety and the charging infrastructure is why around half have a second car with a conventional engine.

Sky News

• Worst airlines for customer satisfaction revealedThe worst airlines for customer satisfaction have been revealed

Birmingham Mail

• Driving law experts want to make this change to make the roads saferIt's prompted calls for motorway driving to become a mandatory part of all driving lessons.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Manchester Airport to drop 100ml liquid rule for passengers New security scanners are being brought in to allow passengers to carry more than 100ml of liquid on their flights
• The North Wales 'road to nowhere' that could finally lead to pot of goldThe road off the A5 has barely been used since it was built nearly 20 years ago

Liverpool Echo

• Queen Anne ship captain can't wait to be back at Cunard's 'spiritual home' LiverpoolMassive crowds are expected to gather in 100 days on June 3 for Queen Anne's maiden call and Naming Ceremony

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• TUI increases luggage allowance for travellers so they have more room to pack 'home comforts'A survey from TUI shows that almost half of UK travellers pack teabags when they go abroad, while others don't travel without their slippers
• Coast Road bus lane plan flatly denied as Newcastle City Council announces £6.5m upgradesTransport chiefs insist they have no plans to install a bus lane on a section of the Coast Road

Northern Echo

• Major works to alter trains in Durham, Darlington, YorkshireNetwork Rail engineers will be carrying out major upgrades to the East Coast Main Line between York and Newcastle in March.
• Announcement about funds from HS2 cancellation to be madeOn Monday, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to reveal how more than £2bn of reallocated HS2 funding will go to local authorities across the North.

Wales Online

• The £2.7m transport interchange 'hardly anyone uses'But Vale of Glamorgan Council has promised more bus and train services will follow the sole operator stopping there now

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Bridgnorth Cliff Railway to offer locals free trips when attraction finally reopens next monthThe boss of Bridgnorth's Cliff Railway has pledged to give the town's residents free travel when the attraction finally reopens next month as a 'thank you' for their support over the many months it has been closed.

Cambridge News

• New car tax changes from April 1 will cost petrol and diesel drivers hundreds of poundsThe new Vehicle Excise Duty rates will come into effect from April 1, 2024, and will hit some drivers harder than others

Other Regional Press

• More traffic restrictions and new cycleway coming to Coventry city centreThe proposals are set to be discussed at a council meeting this week
• Oxford residents bemoan congestion near traffic filter trialOxford residents have complained about vehicles blocking the road as work begins on a controversial traffic filter trial.