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The third Delivery Plan for Scotland’s National Transport Strategy has been published, highlighting what the Scottish Government is doing to improve travel by road, rail, sea, air and pathway and to help more people access transport.
This Delivery …
Online train ticket retailers are using so-called drip pricing with booking fees of up to £6.45 per transaction, a regulator has found.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said the companies must ensure their booking or finder’s fees are included within …
A flood warning has been issued for the river Severn at Court Meadow, Kempsey and Callow End.
The Environment Agency warned river levels are rising at the Kempsey Yacht Club river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall.
It said flooding of property, roads…
Work began to repair the station earlier this year – more than 20 months after a wall and part of the roof collapsed[1] onto a platform and the track on May 18, 2021.
An investigation into the incident, being carried out by the Office of Road and Rail …
BYD[1], an electric-vehicle maker in China that’s close to overtaking[2] Tesla[3] in global EV sales, shared a video earlier this year that sent shivers through the auto industry. The narrator urged China’s EV makers—all BYD rivals—to “demolish the old…
Emergency crews work to restore service on the East Coast main line between Peterborough and Grantham – Twitter/@RiggeMortiss
Rail passengers have been left stranded by overhead power cable chaos for the fourth time in a week[1].
Hundreds of people…
The Tesla Model 3 needs no introduction. It was the world’s best-selling electric car from 2018 (the year it went on sale) to 2021, when it passed on the sceptre to the Model Y, with which it shares 70% of its components.
It has literally transformed t…
One of the dogs had been “tortured and burned” on Dominica before being rescued
PAWS Chicago/Courtney Frederick
Chicago animal shelter rescues cats and dogs.
A Chicago animal shelter is doing good this holiday season.
Earlier this month, PAWS Chicago…
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailBritain[1] is set to face another four days of miserable weather[2] this week in the aftermath of Storm Fergus and Storm Elin[3]…
Rail users are facing disruption this evening after trespassers got onto the tracks at Liverpool Central station.
Services on both the Wirral[1] line and the Northern line are subject to delay and short notice cancellations. Merseyrail[2] said disrupti…
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Ioniq 6.
If you’re looking for a stylish, innovative and pretty clever car, you’d be hard pushed to find anything better than this year’s Scottish Car of the Year.
The Ioniq 6 from Hyundai took the ho…
Benjamin Hugh Mosley was travelling in the Khamkeuth district of Laos on a moped when he was killed in a crash on November 11.
The 23-year-old insurance consultant who was living in Bransgore had been travelling in the Thabak Village area when he beca…
A man died after being hit by vehicles on the M4 in Wiltshire[1] yesterday evening (December 9). Wiltshire Police[2] said the pedestrian, aged in his 50s, entered the motorway on the eastbound carriageway on foot before being struck at around 6.30pm.
E…
A man has died after being struck by multiple vehicles on the M4 in Wiltshire. The incident happened at around 6.30pm on Saturday[1] (December 9) and caused a full motorway closure until around 11.30am on Sunday.
Wiltshire police said they had received…