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YOU WONT BELIEVE: 7 - What They Never Told You

Train drivers’ strike over? Now fix the real problems with the railway

New transport secretary, Louise Haigh, was right when she vowed to end three years of strikes swiftly on taking office.

The Independent UK

Train drivers’ dispute likely to end after ‘no-strings’ pay offer

Average salary of a train driver, without overtime, would rise from £60,000 to £69,000 if Aslef members vote to accept

The Independent UK

Aslef train drivers reach deal that could end rail strikes after two years of chaos

Last long-running dispute between unions and English train companies will be resolved if members back offer

The Guardian - UK

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Virgin Atlantic transatlantic advert banned for misleading consumers

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received five complaints

The Independent UK

Rail strikes hitting London and other parts of Britain could be over 'quickly,' says Aslef union boss

Mick Whelan raised hopes that walk-outs would stop after talks in Whitehall

Evening Standard

West coast fares could rise to incentivise people ‘to not travel by rail’, UK watchdog says

DfT told to look into lessening demand amid reduced capacity after HS2’s second leg axed

The Guardian - UK

Public will be encouraged NOT to travel after HS2 axed, new report finds

RISHI Sunak’s decision to curtail HS2 means the public may need to be incentivised not to travel by train, according to the UK’s public spending…

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'Years of delay' before new HS2 station at Euston gets off ground, warns public spending watchdog

Report lists disastrous impact of Rishi Sunak’s decision to delay high-speed rail link

Evening Standard

Labour to hold talks with Aslef over rail strikes next week

New government aims for rapid resolution to dispute that has disrupted train services for more than two years

The Guardian - UK

Train drivers talks to resume in bid to break two-year deadlock and put an end to rail strike misery

Aslef union says train drivers have not had a pay rise for five years

The Independent UK

New train station beside 4,000-home redevelopment of former Ford factory delayed until end of 2027

Beam Park station due to have c2c trains to Barking, Grays and Fenchurch Street

Evening Standard

Government U-turn is causing long security waits, says Birmingham airport boss

Exclusive: Nick Barton says passenger anxiety levels are ‘off the scale’ but says everyone is getting through security in under an hour

The Independent UK

Airports hit out after last-minute changes to hand luggage rules

The move has caused concern among airport bosses who say they fear staff will not have enough time to respond

The Independent UK

London City Airport forced to reintroduce 100ml liquid rule as airport bosses slam ministers for passenger confusion

Airports have hit out at the Government’s reintroduction of 100ml limits for liquids in hand luggage at some terminals in the UK

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Airport security U-turn: passengers face 100ml liquids rule again over equipment concerns

Exclusive: Farce for travellers as carry-on rules ordered to revert ahead of busy summer travel season

Evening Standard

E-scooter hire firm Voi threatens to pull out of 'too heavily regulated' London

The company says it could instead choose to deploy a fleet of 20,000 e-bikes across the capital as they face less strict rules

The Independent UK

Self-driving cars on roads ‘as soon as 2026’ as Bill becomes law

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the deployment of the vehicles will be ‘a real boost to both safety and our economy’.

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UK Plans To Ban Gas Motorcycles Aren't New, But There's More To It

The UK Department for Transport announced a broad decarbonization strategy in 2020, updated in 2021. Both plans specifically mention bikes. Here's an update.

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Evening Standard

Major London road bridge could stay shut for months as council says it can't afford £25million repair bill

Local MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith has accused the Redbridge Council of talking ‘absolute nonsense’ about fixing the bridge

Evening Standard

'Progress at last' - Sadiq Khan welcomes reports Government could pay for £1bn Euston HS2 tunnel

Rishi Sunak had pledged last year that the cost of the 4.5-mile tunnel would be covered by the private sector

The Guardian - UK

Cuts to England’s cycling and walking budget challenged in court

Campaigners say loss of £200m from active travel budget is illegal and resulted from Treasury pressure

Evening Standard

London mayor election: Sadiq Khan wants TfL to run more commuter trains

Bid to seize control of Southeastern metro services and Great Northern trains

The Guardian - UK

Aslef drivers to hold more train strikes in early May

Rolling 24-hour walkouts to halt many services on c2c, Thameslink, Southeastern, LNER and more

Evening Standard

Hammersmith Bridge: 'At least five more years until it reopens', Londoners told on 5th anniversary of closure

The Grade II* listed crossing was hurriedly closed to vehicles five years ago

TechRadar

'Headlight dazzle' is getting worse on modern cars – and now the UK government is finally investigating

The UK's Department for Transport has launched an investigation into the brightness of modern headlights, following a petition from 10,000 drivers.

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