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• Sustainable Transport Corridor could create new green spaces

  23-04-2025 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - Efforts to tackle delays facing buses in York could also free up space for new green spaces and seating, depending on the results of an upcoming consultation.
  
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• Timetable revealed for new rail route that passengers can travel on for just £2

  13-12-2025 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  Northern Echo - The timetable for a new train service in Whitby, North Yorkshire, has been revealed, with passengers able to travel for just mp;pound;2.
  
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• ScotRail reveals new AI train announcer after voice row with artist

  13-12-2025 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  Daily Record - The new voice for on-train announcements will now be from recordings of Paisley-based ScotRail employee, Vannessa Sloan.
  
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• ScotRail has new AI announcer after 'stolen voice' row

  13-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The new voice was built using recordings from a ScotRail employee following an ethics complaint.
  
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• Ryanair chief O’Leary plans to hand over to ‘nicer’ successor by 2035

  13-12-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Outspoken boss says he does not mp;#145;want to hang around till 96 like Buffettmp;#146;
  
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• Rail timetable changes in weeks before Christmas

  13-12-2025 01:00 via herefordtimes.com
  Other News Sources - Great Western Railway launches new winter timetable from 14 December. Check GWR train times, Castle Class retirement, Christmas travel advice and service updates.
  
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• Rail disruption expected due to drainage work

  13-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Rail passengers have been warned to expect disruption in Derbyshire this weekend due to planned drainage work.
  
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• Piccadilly line upgrade 'to blow £3billion budget' as passengers told not to expect new trains for a year

  13-12-2025 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - TfL chiefs warn of mp;#39;major challengemp;#39; integrating new high-tech trains with mp;#39;extremely old infrastructuremp;#39;
  
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• Parking restrictions and 20mph speed limit approved for Oxfordshire development

  13-12-2025 01:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - New parking restrictions and a 20mph speed limit have been approved for the Graven Hill development outside Bicester, in Oxfordshire.
  
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• No plans to force drivers to report collisions with cats, government says

  13-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Nearly 11,000 people have signed a Parliamentary e-petition calling for a new law to report collisions.
  
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• Next step in city cross-rail scheme approved

  13-12-2025 01:00 via nation.cymru
  Nation. Cymru - Plans have advanced for the first phase of a major transport project that could eventually see a tramway built between Cardiff Central Station and Cardiff Bay.
  
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• New train station could be years away from opening amid 'scandalous' delays

  13-12-2025 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - A new single-platform train station in Cheadle might be years away from opening after ?scandalous? delays, an MP has said. The project was given planning permission by Stockport council last year and was expected to move ahead in 2025, joining the Mid-Cheshire line to Manchester Piccadilly.
  
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• MPs call on government to turn sections of key trunk road into dual carrigeway

  13-12-2025 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A cross-party group of MPs has united to press the government to dualise a key trunk road.
  
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• More than 90 bus services will operate across West Yorkshire on Boxing Day

  13-12-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - More than 90 bus services will run on Boxing Day across West Yorkshire.
  
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• Major update three weeks after sinkhole appeared on major city road

  13-12-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - The council says it hopes to complete the repairs by the end of next week
  
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• Main Coventry road resurfacing works spark 'terrible driving' as councillor says 'I'm horrified'

  13-12-2025 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press - Coventry Council is reviewing plans for speed cameras on Broad Lane in Eastern Green, subject to funding and police approval, amid safety concerns.
  
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• M4 drivers face closures this week as nine major routes disrupted

  13-12-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Several main roads in south Wales are affected by closures due to roadworks in the days ahead - heremp;#39;s everything you need to know
  
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• In Paris and the Île-de-France region, air pollution has declined significantly over the past 15 years.

  13-12-2025 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;amp;amp;#8230;Road transport, long considered one of the main culprits behind air pollution mp;amp;amp;#8230;zones, the development of public transport, and changing behaviors have contributed mp;amp;amp;#8230; , from local to European. However, Airparif emphasizes that road transport and the residential mp;amp;amp;#8230;
  
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• Highland road bridge to close over safety fears

  13-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The Balnaan bridge carries traffic across the River Dulnain near Carrbridge.
  
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• Gatwick blames mega hike in drop-off fee on business rates spike

  13-12-2025 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Gatwick is set to increase its drop-off fee from mp;pound;7 to mp;pound;10, setting the blame squarely on a coming hike in business rates. The new price, which will see Gatwick become the UKmp;amp;#8217;s most expensive airport to drop off passengers, will be implemented from January 6. A spokesperson for the airport said the fee increase ...
  
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• Gatwick Airport drop-off charge rises to £10

  13-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Drop-off fees will rise from mp;pound;7 to mp;pound;10 at the West Sussex airport from 6 January.
  
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• Gatwick airport blames Budget as it raises drop-off charges by 40

  13-12-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Chief executive says higher business rates worry investors as they prepare to sign off on mp;pound;2.2bn expansion
  
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• DWP confirms Motability changes coming next year as £400 cost rise looms

  13-12-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - The Government has confirmed VAT will apply to Advance Payments and Insurance Premium Tax will apply to Motability Scheme leases from July 2026, with average costs rising by mp;pound;400
  
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• Drop-off charge at Gatwick Airport set to rise again next month

  13-12-2025 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The price hike puts Gatwick at the top of the list for the most expensive drop-off charges in the UK
  
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• Drivers could save up to £3,750 on new car under Government scheme - full list explained

  13-12-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  Daily Express - It could provide significant savings on the cost of a new vehicle
  
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• Disruption as Christmas bus strikes take effect

  13-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Seven bus routes across west London are facing little to no service as bus drivers take action over pay.
  
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• Cost of weekly bus tickets will go up after ‘huge’ council overspend

  13-12-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Oxfordshire County Council are increasing the cost of weekly bus tickets after it found it had made a mp;#145;huge overspendmp;#146;.
  
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• Buses to replace trains on one of Sussex's busiest railway lines

  13-12-2025 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Buses will replace trains on December 14 between Horsham and Barnham via Arundel due to engineering work closing all lines via Arundel
  
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• Bid to slash speed limit fails as residents living in 'genuine fear'

  13-12-2025 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press - Councillor asks that roads around Tile Hill continue to be monitored by highways officers
  
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• Beware airport parking thieves: police warn over spate of car thefts

  13-12-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Drivers also told to take caution after complaints rise about long-stay meet-and-greet servicesTerence Baxter had booked a meet-and-greet service to park his Volkswagen at Heathrow airport while he and his wife went on holiday. The couple handed over the keys at the drop-off site and were driven to the terminal mp;#150; and that was the last they saw of their car. On their return they were informed by the company it had been stolen.Their case comes as airports and police forces ar
  
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