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The Latest Breaking News from Grant Shapps

Shapps urged to show ‘political willing’ to end rail strikes

Scottish transport minister Jenny Gilruth has demanded action ahead of the latest stoppage by Network Rail staff

Insider UK

Transport Secretary urged to show 'political willing' to end Network Rail strikes

THE SCOTTISH Government is urging Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to intervene and end the dispute between the RMT and Network Rail.

The National (Scotland)

Another union announces rail strikes as travel chaos looms

Thousands of staff at seven rail operating firms to walk out on 18 and 20 August, TSSA says

The Independent UK

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Inside Greater Manchester's summer of strikes as thousands of workers walk out

The country is set for unprecedented industrial action this summer

Manchester Evening News

If our datacentres cannot take the heat, the UK could really go off the rails

It is understandable that railway infrastructure could not cope with last week’s temperatures, but why did Google and Oracle’s facilities go offline?

The Guardian - UK

'Grant Shapps is nowhere to be seen while holidaymakers face travel chaos'

The UK Government now has less clout than it had as an EU member, as we also see over refugee and migrant Channel boat crossings. Hard-working Brits are seeing their holidays being turned into a nightmare

Daily Mirror

UK travel latest: Dover chaos set to continue on Saturday amid blame game over six-hour queues

Asked whether he can reassure travellers planning a trip over the coming days that the backlog will ease, Port of Dover boss Doug Bannister said: ‘I really wish I could’

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The Mancunian Way: An act of love

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Manchester Evening News

Transport Secretary sticks it to Andy Burnham for supporting rail strikes and the mayor is NOT happy

"The North’s economy has an eye to the future; it cannot be served by a railway, nor elected Mayors, stuck in the past."

Manchester Evening News

UK Government repeals key trade union law so agency workers can cross picket line

RMT boss Mick Lynch dubbed the move “unethical, morally reprehensible and impractical”

The National (Scotland)

The Mancunian Way: Stubbed toes in A&E

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Wednesday July 20, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Transport Secretary insists Britain must be ready for more extreme weather

On Tuesday, London Heathrow saw a provisional high of 40.2C.

The Independent UK

Green aviation fuel first praise as Jet Zero Strategy sees government commit to five plants by 2025

Phillips 66 to more than double production after celebrated first commercial supply

Birmingham Post

The Northern Agenda: Road and rail links struggle in the great Northern meltdown

As temperatures reach 40C the Transport Secretary admits our infrastructure can't cope

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - UK

Two UK rail mainlines close as fire blocks another London route

East coast mainline to Leeds and Midland mainline to Derby shut as track temperatures approach 62C

Manchester Evening News

Hottest day ever recorded in UK as temperatures still 'likely to rise'

Today's temperature has beaten the previous record of 38.7C recorded in 2019

Evening Standard

Warmest night on record as temperatures expected to top 40C

Forecasters expect the record for the UK’s hottest day to be smashed on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Shapps admits rail network cannot cope with extreme heat as track hits 62C

Network Rail said temperatures on the rails can rise to 20C higher than air temperature, sometimes causing them to ‘expand, bend and break’.

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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says UK railways 'can't cope' with this weather

The government minister admits the whole system needs replacing and it will take 'decades'

Daily Mirror

Bucking railways and melting roads will take 'decades' to fix for the climate crisis

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it would take 'decades, actually, to replace it all' to make Britain's infrastructure more resilient to high temperatures

Manchester Evening News

Manchester to Leeds journey times to be slashed as upgrade budget trebles – but government still won't listen to local leaders

The Manchester to York route will be fully electrified

The Independent UK

‘Decades’ to fix buckling rail lines and melting tarmac for climate crisis, cabinet minister warns

Grant Shapps says rail network only built to withstand 35C – because it was ‘never imagined’ that UK would face higher temperatures

The Independent UK

Hottest night on record for UK as temperatures set to rise to 41C on Tuesday

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has conceded Britain’s transport network cannot cope with the extreme heat.

The Guardian - UK

Temperature passes 40C for first time; London fire brigade warns of ‘huge surge in fires’ – as it happened

London Heathrow records hottest ever temperature; London mayor Sadiq Khan says major incident has been declared

Evening Standard

Britain will face transport problems for decades during heatwaves, says Transport Secretary

Extreme hot weather grinding parts of the UK's transport network to a halt is a problem that will take "decades" to solve, the Transport Secretary said on Tuesday.

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