BA first airline to use sustainable fuels from next year December 3, 2021 British Airways (BA) will become the world’s first airline to use sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) produced on a commercial scale in the UK for its flights starting from 2022. The carrier entered yesterday a multi-year supply agreement with US energy company Phillips 66 to use SAFs produced at the Humber refinery, the company’s factory in [...]
Ministers postpone rail fare increase following HS2 cuts backlash December 2, 2021 A UK Government announcement regarding a 3.8 per cent increase in rail fares from March was postponed last week following the backlash caused by the slashing of rail investments in the north. Rail fares in England and Wales will see the biggest increase in nine years, the Guardian reported exclusively after seeing leaked documents. A [...]
No free New Year’s Eve tube journey for Londoners as TfL faces funding crisis December 2, 2021 Londoners will miss out on a free tube journey home on New Year’s Eve after the pandemic has taken a toll on Transport for London’s finances. While party goers have come to expect free travel on the network between 11.45pm and 4.30am, this year revellers will have to pay standard charges. The tradition of free [...]
City Hall Tories call for £12m TfL bonuses to be scrapped in wake of cash concerns December 2, 2021 Sadiq Khan should suspend £12m of planned bonuses to Transport for London (TfL) chiefs in the wake of concerns over the body’s financial position, according to the City Hall caucus of Conservatives. Susan Hall, the leader of the Tories in the London Assembly, said the mayor needs to “get a grip of [TfL’s] wasteful spending” [...]
Drax to double biomass sales and capacity by 2030 as world pivots away from coal December 1, 2021 Power generation giant Drax is looking to double its biomass sales and capacity by 2030, as the world attempts to pivot away from coal. Shares jumped more than 10 per cent to 605.5p per share by mid-afternoon. The goal will see Drax turn the UK’s largest renewable power station into what it says will be [...]
Sadiq Khan admits entire Tube line may close if government doesn’t stump up emergency TfL cash November 30, 2021 Sadiq Khan has confirmed he may have to close an entire Tube line if the government does not quickly come up with a financial settlement for cash-strapped Transport for London (TfL). Khan today said any one of London’s 11 Tube lines could potentially be closed as tensions continue to flare between City Hall and Whitehall [...]
London’s transport system must not be sacrificed on the altar of ‘levelling up’ November 30, 2021 Dare to dream: Crossrail might be about to arrive. Delay after demoralising delay pushed back the original 2018 opening, but Transport for London has hailed the “significant milestone” of the start of trial operations. Thousands of volunteers will help TfL test the £19bn railway over the coming months, with the aim of finally opening the [...]
Shop staff wary of abuse as mandatory mask rules return November 29, 2021 Retail voices have said shop staff must not be expected to be put in harm’s way as compulsory mask rules make a return tomorrow. Londoners will be legally required to wear a mask in shops and on public transport once more from tomorrow, in a bid to prevent the spread of the new Omicron Covid [...]
Two new cases of Omicron coronavirus variant confirmed in London November 29, 2021 Two more cases of the Omicron variant have been discovered in the capital, as England prepares to tighten Covid rules tomorrow. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the two cases have links to travel in southern Africa. The pair are not connected to each other and are not linked to the previously confirmed cases, [...]
George Osborne calls for Sadiq Khan to have more powers over TfL November 29, 2021 Sadiq Khan should be given more powers by central government to run Transport for London (TfL), former chancellor George Osborne has said. Osborne yesterday said the government should stop “trying to micromanage how [Khan] runs TfL” and “let him take responsibility”. Khan and the Department for Transport are currently locked in negotiations over a fresh [...]