Train cancellations hit worst level on record across the country
Other News Sources - TRAIN reliability in Britain has reached the worst level on record after another month of disruption.
Other News Sources - TRAIN reliability in Britain has reached the worst level on record after another month of disruption.
Green Miscellany - Drivers in Devon and Cornwall who use their phones behind the wheel over the coming months face a new weapon in the battle to reduce road danger. A camera system which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect speed, phone use, and whether or not a seat belt is being worn, is being trialled across the two counties. Strategic roads policing The post Cameras to catch UK drivers on their phones appeared first on ETA.
Railnews - Avanti West Coast is restoring some of the trains which were withdrawn last month, but one group of business leaders and politicians is calling for its government contract to be withdrawn. Avanti said there would be further improvements in December. For now, AWC is adding back 70 services a week on the routes between London, the West Midlands and Manchester, with a further uplift in mid-December, when there will be more trains between London and Manchester, Birmingham and north Wales as well as services to Liverpool and Scotland. Читать дальше...
Railnews - The RMT has called a further 24-hour strike on 8 October, as the deadlock over railway pay continues. The RMT will be calling out 40,000 workers at Network Rail and 15 train operators. The walkout will follow strikes by both ASLEF and the RMT on 1 October, and another ASLEF drivers' stoppage on 5 October.
New Civil Engineer - Sizewell C, the Stonehenge Tunnel and Northern Powerhouse Rail feature among a list of 138 projects to be accelerated as part of chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's Growth Plan 2022.
Other Regional Press - 'They are being built everywhere but what's the point?'
Other Regional Press - Jonny Ives, from Cyclox, looks at the implications of the removal of parking spaces from Broad Street in Oxford, for cyclists and other road users.
Other Regional Press - Buses are replacing trains between Didcot, Banbury and Hanborough this weekend.
Peterborough Telegraph - Industrial action will shunt rail services back into dark ages, it is claimed
Peterborough Telegraph - We cannot turn back the clock. Instead, we need to focus our collective energy on developing alternative solutions to meet the new reality
Leeds Live - Those who break the new rules will be issued with fines
Cambridge News - The deputy leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council said Stagecoach had "broken its unwritten social contract with communities".
Cambridge News - Stagecoach has said the cancelled bus routes "have been on life support for many years"
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Dating back to 1912, the badly vandalised red-brick buildings of Blaydon railway station were under demolition 45 years ago in September 1977
Bradford Telegraph & Argus - STRIKES by the RMT and ASLEF unions in October have forced the train operator Northern to advise its customers across the North of England 'Do Not Travel' on three separate dates.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus - More than half of motorist on UK roads are unaware that flashing your lights could result in a fine
Birmingham Mail - A dirty car could land you in trouble
Daily Record - Passengers on ScotRail services were until November 2020 able to consume alcohol before 9pm as well as being able to purchase drinks on certain mainline trains.
City AM - Passengers are warned that some parts of the UK will have zero trains during a strike by the rail unions in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), Aslef, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association and Unite will walk out on Saturday October 1, with further ... The post Some parts of UK to have zero trains next week with rail strike to disrupt London Marathon appeared first on CityAM.
Times Online - ScotRails draconian ban on alcohol must come to an end, opposition politicians have said.
The Herald - EDINBURGH Airport has announced its transatlantic connectivity will grow further next year as Delta Air Lines connects the Scottish capital to the US city of Atlanta.
The Guardian - Network Rail advises passengers not to travel as a third rail union confirmed it would join the strikeNetwork Rail has advised passengers not to attempt to travel next Saturday when coordinated industrial action will wipe out most train services across Great Britain, as a third rail union confirmed it would join the strike.Train drivers in Aslef and signallers and crew in the RMT union will walk out for 24 hours on 1 October at the start of the Conservative conference. They will be... Читать дальше...
BBC News - Buses, trams and rental bikes in Greater Manchester will all sport the same yellow and black design.
A Manhattan Judge ordered Rudy Giuliani to either pay his ex-wife, Judith, previously agreed upon amounts or face repercussions of being in contempt of the court.
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The UFC 279 edition of The Thrill and the Agony focuses on the two top fights atop the pay-per-view card: Nate Diaz vs. Tony Ferguson and Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kevin Holland.
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