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The five favourites to replace John Healey as defence secretary

Here are the runners and riders to replace John Healey as defence secretary following his shock resignation

The Independent UK

Ministers want 60% of pupils in England ‘actively’ travelling to school by 2035

Exclusive: Transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, says cycling and walking plan focuses on ‘everyday travel needs’

The Guardian - UK

New train service between London and Scotland suspended after just one week

Lumo currently only has one train on the new West Coast Main Line service

The Independent UK

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New London to Scotland rail service suspended just a week after starting

Lumo began running trains between Euston and Stirling on May 25

Evening Standard

Trains from London Victoria to Gatwick to double as railway nationalised

Gatwick Express services will increase this summer and double by the end of the year

Evening Standard

‘One day I thought, that’s enough’: the people fighting back against pothole-riddled roads

The dire state of roads has provoked pothole vigilantes and become a political flashpoint from Manchester to Manhattan. How did we get here?

The Guardian - UK

HS2 bosses enjoy £500 taxpayer-funded dinners as high-speed rail project’s costs spiral

Exclusive: Critics say board members should spend less time in ‘high-end cocktail bars’ and more time ‘driving down the cost’ of the beleaguered project

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HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery

The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

First look at new Great British Railways branded train ahead of public ownership

A Southern Class 387 train in Brighton was given the makeover

The Independent UK

HS2 Cost Hits £102 Billion With Trains Delayed to 2039 as Ministers Blame Tories for Obscene Overspend

Britain's HS2 rail project could cost up to £102 billion, with services delayed until 2039, as ministers blamed Conservatives for soaring costs and setbacks.

International Business Times UK

HS2 cost increase is ‘terrible news’, says rail boss

The new target opening schedule for HS2 is between May 2036 and October 2039

The Independent UK

Does the HS2 reset mean anything new for the railways? Simon Calder’s analysis

Travel Correspondent Simon Calder assesses the latest stage of this disastrous flagship rail project

The Independent UK

HS2 costs soar past £100billion with trains not running from London until at least 2036

Trains are not expected to begin running between Old Oak Common and Birmingham’s Curzon Street station until between May 2036 and October 2039

Evening Standard

HS2 to cost up to £100bn amid 11-year delay as trains to be slower

HS2 could cost more than £100 billion, may not open until 2039, will have trains that run 11 slower than planned, and is too expensive to cancel…

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The Guardian - UK

HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander blames Conservative government for ‘obscene increase in times and costs’

Evening Standard

HS2 could cost more than £100bn and may not open until 2039, says minister

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons she was ‘angry’ about the ‘obscene increase in time and costs’.

The Independent UK

HS2 may not open until 2039 and could cost more than £100bn, warns minister

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons she was ‘angry’ about the increase in time and costs

Evening Standard

HS2 trains to run slower than planned to save money

The Press Association understands Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander will announce the maximum speed of the trains will be 320km/h (199mph).

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The Guardian - UK

HS2: Heidi Alexander to set out true cost of rail project – and when trains will begin to run

Transport secretary to give budget details of troubled high-speed line, which backers hope will stay well below £100bn

The Independent UK

Air boss warns airlines cannot continue ‘absorbing cost’ of jet fuel shortages

The head of the International Air Transport Association says an inevitable consequence of rising fuel prices will be an increase in air travel

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian refinery accused of sacking union members is key to UK plan to tackle jet fuel shortage

Heidi Alexander says part of answer to strait of Hormuz crisis is importing more fuel from US and west Africa

Evening Standard

Police should not be above scrutiny, Zack Polanski says over Golders Green post

The Green Party leader was responding after Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley wrote an open letter criticising him.

The Guardian - UK

Polanski says he would discourage ‘globalise the intifada’ chant but warns against march bans

Green party leader says specifically outlawing controversial phrase would restrict freedom of speech

Evening Standard

Starmer leadership rivals should ‘give their head a wobble’ – Cabinet minister

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s warning comes after the PM urged Labour not to repeat the Conservative Party mistake of ‘political infighting’.

The Guardian - UK

UK airlines given green light to cancel or consolidate flights to conserve jet fuel

Carriers examining which flights can be cancelled with least disruption under plans to avoid summer travel chaos

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