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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is considering changing road laws so cyclists have to abide by 20mph speed limits or face penalties. Less than a fortnight after vowing to create a “death by dangerous cycling” law that will treat killer cyclists the same as motorists, Mr Shapps said he wanted to stop certain behaviour on the roads.

Leaders in Greater Manchester have joined the Mayor of London in condemning Avanti West Coast to cut the number of services to and from the capital. City-region mayor, Andy Burnham, leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, and London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have penned a letter to the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, asking for an urgent meeting to restore the full timetable.

Mayor Andy Burnham has blasted Avanti West Coast following the decision to suspend ticket sales and reduce Manchester to London trains to just one an hour. It comes as it has limited its timetable due to an “unofficial strike”.

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The UK has experienced its hottest day on record, with the temperature reaching 39.1C in Charlwood, Surrey today, according to provisional Met Office figures. The previous UK record was 38.7C, recorded in Cambridge University Botanic Garden on 25 July 2019.

A long-awaited upgrade for trains between Manchester and York via Leeds and Huddersfield will have its budget tripled, the government has announced. The Transpennine Route Upgrade, which will slash journey times and fully electrify lines, will be worth up to £11.5bn when it is done in the next 15 years.

Holly Willoughby revealed a saucy secret earlier this week. This week the ITV This Morning star, 41, set pulses racing when she revealed she wore a custom 1960s bunny girl corset - complete with a fluffy tail - under her wedding dress when she married TV producer Dan Baldwin in 2007.

Love Island star Tasha Ghouri’s dad has issued a lengthy statement over vile ableist abuse his daughter has received. The model is the first deaf contestant to ever appear on the hit ITV2 dating show.

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The Government is stepping in to reduce disruption at airports with passengers saying they look like scenes from 'a disaster movie' according to customers. Manchester Airport has been the point of criticism for months but trouble at airports has been reported across the country.

Millions of trains passengers are being told not to travel as the biggest rail strikes in a generation kick off today. Workers on 13 lines and Network Rail are walking out on June 21, 23 and 25 over pay, conditions and 2,500 maintenance job cuts.

Every train ticket office in England could be shut down according to new plans from the government. It would leave passengers needing to buy their tickets online, according to The Times. The move will save £500million a year and is reported to be ready to roll out from September.

EasyJet cancelled more flights on Sunday, as travel mayhem across the country continued for thousands. People flying to and from the UK faced more disruption, with flights being cancelled by easyJet and Wizz on Sunday (June 5).

Passengers looking to fly away this weekend should take just one carry-on bag with them and not check in luggage to avoid delays, a union boss has said.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the Prime Minister after photos appearing to show him raising a glass at an alleged Downing Street party during the second coronavirus lockdown emerged.

Drivers are now facing an automatic £100 fine if they flout 'red X' lane closures on smart motorways. As safety cameras are updated and improved, the new technology will be able to detect vehicles ignoring the 'X' signage and police may even issue fines without the need to catch motorists in the act.

Andy Burnham has highlighted the staggering cost of rail travel in the UK by pointing out it's cheaper to fly to Jamaica than to get a train from Manchester to London. In a tweet that has been liked more than 14,000 times, the Mayor of Greater Mancheste r shared a screenshot of £369.40 anytime return ticket from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston for Monday morning.

A rail ticket sale aimed at getting passengers back on the trains and offsetting the cost of living has been branded a ‘meaningless soundbite’ by critics - while others hope it could help the Government see the light about our over-priced network.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned Boris Johnson from ever entering Russia. The UK prime minister and members of his Cabinet are on a list of people sanctioned by the Kremlin over 'hostile actions of the British government'.

Nicola Sturgeon has been banned from entering Russia after she was sanctioned this morning along with other British politicians as part of a Kremlin “stop list”.

Scrapping a branch of HS2 will result in ‘clear economic detriment’ to Wigan and ‘undermine’ Levelling Up commitments, local leaders say.

A Greater Manchester MP has claimed he has been given "assurances" by the transport secretary that a planned HS2 link line is to be scrapped.

It's place in railway history is assured because of its part in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first inter-city railway which took goods and passengers to local cotton mills and factories in the 19th century.

sang Amy's iconic song Rehab in a bid to impress the judges, Sheridan Smith, Adam Lambert, Beverly Knight and Jason Manford. However, when host Olly Murs asked the panel for their critique, Sheridan broke down in tears as she remembered the 'beautiful soul'. he pair had become close friends after meeting in a queue for London club Proud Galleries in Camden.

A furious row has erupted between councillors over the decision to bid for a new national transport body to base its headquarters in Bolton town centre.

Heywood is in the running to become home of Great British Railways. The new public body will bring together track and train in a ‘once in a generation’ reform marking the end of a quarter century of fragmentation.

Britons heading abroad will no longer have to worry about many of the travel rules and regulations, as a number of rules have now been scrapped for UK travellers. Up until now, there were multiple different procedures in place for those wishing to fly to a different country, including mandatory covid tests, and various different forms.

The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from Friday, with the Easter holidays just around the corner. Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced that the need to complete a passenger locator form will be dropped later this week.

The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from this Friday, in a move that has been welcomed by the travel industry.

All of the UK's remaining Covid travel measures including passenger locator forms will be scrapped on Friday, the transport secretary has said.