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Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 10:35 03 Apr 2026
 
- Major Euston rail disruption across Easter weekend
[9 hours old]: West Coast Main Line services will not run to London Euston station for six days from Good Friday.

. Prepare for turbulence - how a prolonged Middle East conflict could reshape how we fly
[200 hours old]: The Gulf's hub airports made long-distance travel cheaper - but now their future looks unclear.

. The real impact of roadworks on the country - and why they're set to get worse
[1976 hours old]: There is a fine balance between the benefits of improved infrastructure, versus the cost of disruption. Does the country have it right?

. Why the railways often seem to be in such chaos over Christmas
[2457 hours old]: Parts of Britain’s rail network will close for engineering work over the festive period - but is that the right time to do it?

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and in other news ...

* Artemis II leaves Earth's orbit on track for far side of the Moon
[0 hours old]: The mission's last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of the Earth's orbit for the first time since 1972.

- 'Trust us, you look amazing': Artemis II astronauts speak from space
[2 hours old]: The crew on board the Artemis II spoke by video link, sharing messages for their families and experiences of the trip so far.

- M&S boss calls for more action on crime and abuse of staff
[2 hours old]: Thinus Keeve's comments come days after an M&S store was targeted during disorder in south London.

- Trump removes US Attorney General Pam Bondi
[9 hours old]: Bondi's time as top US law enforcement officer was overshadowed by her handling of the Epstein files.

- Crisis staff found 'unforgivable scene' at convicted undertaker's funeral home
[10 hours old]: An international crisis team was drafted in after police raided Hull's Legacy funeral home.

- Marmalades may need to be relabelled under post-Brexit food deal
[10 hours old]: The breakfast favourite will be legally renamed when Britain aligns with new EU labelling rules.

- Police offered support to tackle rising threats against MPs
[10 hours old]: Reports of crimes against MPs have more than doubled since 2019, reaching almost 1,000 last year.

- Myanmar's coup leader who set off a brutal civil war becomes president
[2 hours old]: General Min Aung Hlaing has been chosen as the next president by the newly-elected parliament.

* Cuba to release more than 2,000 prisoners, as pressure from US mounts
[1 hours old]: US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo.

- Judge dismisses most of Blake Lively's claims in harassment lawsuit against Baldoni
[10 hours old]: The judge left in place three allegations against Baldoni, meaning the civil trial will go ahead next month.

- 'I ended up paying £500': Your subscription trap stories
[10 hours old]: Many readers have experienced the ordeal of cancelling a subscription.

- The Papers: UK's 'most evil funeral director' and 'Back to the moon'
[5 hours old]: A funeral director pleading guilty to preventing lawful and decent burial dominates Friday's papers.

- Arlo Parks: 'I got out of my head and into my body'
[10 hours old]: The singer-songwriter found herself on the dancefloor. On a new album, she asks us to join her.

- 'We fell off the face of the earth': Dad and daughter raced across world but had to keep it secret
[4 hours old]: Molly Clifford and her father are part of this year's line up for the BBC's Race Across the World.

- The thorny issues facing F1 over racing, qualifying and safety
[4 hours old]: Andrew Benson analyses what we have learned during the first month of the new F1 rules, and the problems that need to be addressed.

- Ros Atkins on…the cost of the Iran war
[15 hours old]: The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a closer look at US costs as it continues its war with with Iran.

- Who is Christopher LaNeve, set to lead the US army?
[2 hours old]: He will replace Randy George, who was asked to step down from his post by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

- What De Zerbi needs to do to turn Tottenham around
[3 hours old]: Tony Pulis explores why Tottenham are in such a mess and what their new manager Roberto de Zerbi might do to change things as they seek to stay in the Premier League.

- 'Only Lauren can match her' - Price in talks to fight Shields
[4 hours old]: Welterweight champion Lauren Price is in discussions to fight undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields at middleweight.

* A maverick untamed? Why Cherki splits opinion
[0 hours old]: Rayan Cherki caused a social media stir at the Carabao Cup final - and the Manchester City midfielder will hope to steal the show again in Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool.

- Hurtling towards relegation - but can Port Vale shock Chelsea in FA Cup?
[1 hours old]: Six thousand Port Vale fans will travel to Chelsea on Saturday to cheer on the struggling League One side in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

- Oil prices jump and shares drop after Trump threatens more Iran strikes
[11 hours old]: The US president said he'll bring Iran "back to the Stone Age" but gave no detail on ending the war.

- Pharmaceuticals face 100% tariffs in US - unless firms strike a deal
[11 hours old]: The order does not affect generic medicines, the most commonly used in the US.

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and in other older news ...

. Weekly quiz: Why did bananas cause a stir in Orkney?
[17 hours old]: How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

. 'I haven't slept for days': Iranians describe mounting desperation after a month of war
[17 hours old]: Ordinary people from various parts of Iran describe expanding strikes, economic pain and fear of repression.

. 'Be serious... don't speak every day': Macron criticises Trump approach to Iran war
[19 hours old]: The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader's sometimes contradictory stance on the US-Israeli war against Iran.

. Watch: Trump's shifting deadlines for ending Iran war
[16 hours old]: The BBC's chief international correspondent analyses the US President's latest White House address.


. Iran's focus on survival means same regime still firmly in place
[19 hours old]: Tehran is showing resilience despite Trump's claims of regime change, writes BBC Persian editor Amir Azimi.

. Prince William praises £20m milestone for Bowelbabe fund
[17 hours old]: The Bowelbabe fund, set up by Dame Deborah James in 2022, helps to support Cancer Research UK.

. BBC boss Tim Davie says it was 'very clear' Scott Mills had to go
[18 hours old]: Outgoing BBC boss Davie says on his final day Scott Mills' sacking "was a real shock to the organisation".

. Funeral fraudster who kept bodies and ashes was 'living beyond his means', ex-worker says
[16 hours old]: Robert Bush conned the bereaved while living in luxury and enjoying foreign holidays.

. 'Unbelievable!': Backshall overjoyed at rare sighting of orcas
[17 hours old]: Steve Backshall spotted two of the UK's last surviving orcas which he described as one of his "greatest British wildlife moments".

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. NASA Returns To The Moon (And Beyond)
[17 hours old]: Nasa launch first crewed mission around the moon in 50 years.

. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in an award-winning musical
[76 hours old]: Exploring the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams

. New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and get refunds
[24 hours old]: Consumers will be able to cancel unwanted subscriptions 'at the click of a button', the government said.

. A year on: Four ways Trump's tariffs have changed the global economy
[23 hours old]: US tariffs stand at the highest rate in decades. But what has the impact been?

. Petrol and diesel prices see biggest rise on record in March
[25 hours old]: The cost of filling a vehicle jumped at the sharpest pace than any other month, the RAC said.

. JLR sees sales recover after cyber attack
[17 hours old]: Work at plants in Solihull, Halewood and outside Wolverhampton restarted in October.

. Elon Musk's SpaceX set to be worth trillion with planned public listing
[26 hours old]: The company’s public stock debut is set to be one of the most valuable in history, and could make Musk the world's first trillionaire.

. Estate agents accuse Rightmove of charging excessive fees
[49 hours old]: The online listing portal is now being pursued in a class action, launched on behalf of potentially hundreds of estate agents.

. Warning Iran war 'shock' could push up mortgages for 1.3m homeowners
[46 hours old]: Higher energy prices could lead to higher borrowing costs for homeowners, the Bank warns.


. Energy bill help would be based on household income, Reeves says
[49 hours old]: The chancellor tells the BBC it is "too early" to say exactly who would get help but hinted any support would not arrive until the autumn.

. Minimum wage rises to £12.71 an hour as firms warn of impact
[43 hours old]: Many businesses have said they will have to pass higher wage costs onto customers.

. From water to council tax: How the bill rises (and one drop) affect you
[58 hours old]: A string of bill increases have taken effect but minimum wage and benefit rises will help some to pay them.

. Topps Tiles to close 23 stores over rising costs
[48 hours old]: Topps Tiles says eight stores have already closed - with the rest to shut over the next six months.

. IndiGo names former British Airways chief Willie Walsh as CEO
[51 hours old]: The announcement comes days after former CEO Pieter Elbers quit in the backdrop of a flight cancellation crisis.

. Thousands lose their jobs in deep cuts at tech giant Oracle
[50 hours old]: It is thought that thousands of people may have lost their jobs at Oracle, one of the world's largest tech companies.

. Oil briefly falls below 0 and shares jump on Trump Iran war pledge
[48 hours old]: European stock markets opened higher after the US president said the conflict would "end very soon".

. Asia's migrant workers debate if Gulf jobs are worth deadly risk of Iran war
[58 hours old]: Iran's strikes on Gulf states have been especially hard for migrants who have long supported these economies to lift their families back home from poverty.

. Oil nears highest price since start of Iran war
[59 hours old]: The US-Israel Iran war has halted almost all traffic in a key waterway and the price Brent crude has surged.

. 'I sent eight letters': Drivers hope for payout from car finance redress scheme
[71 hours old]: Millions of motorists could be entitled to compensation with the financial regulator setting out how to apply

. Housing market to soften amid Iran war fallout, Nationwide says
[71 hours old]: The lender says the market regained momentum in March, but rising mortgage and energy costs could hit consumer confidence.

. US petrol price tops for first time since 2022
[64 hours old]: The Iran war continues to push up prices at the pump for US motorists.

. Are domes and spheres the future of entertainment?
[82 hours old]: Rivals are emerging for the Las Vegas Sphere - are domes and spheres the future for entertainment?

. Why Chinese tech companies are racing to set up in Hong Kong
[106 hours old]: Mainland firms are using the territory to test products and as a springboard for global expansion.

. How will car finance compensation payments work?
[71 hours old]: Millions could be entitled to compensation as a result of commission arrangements between lenders and dealers.

. The spiky cactus fruit giving Indian farmers a cash boost
[177 hours old]: Indian farmers are turning to dragon fruit as a profitable alternative to mangoes and coffee.

. The homeless teenager who became a successful advertising boss
[201 hours old]: Greg Daily has swapped sleeping on friends' sofas for running a popular digital marketing company.

. Would you build your own apps?
[249 hours old]: Start-ups are offering tech for novices to create apps with the help of AI.

. US weight-loss drugmakers slash prices in fight to win customers
[267 hours old]: Weight-loss drug prices are falling in the US - but can the example be repeated?

. Germany has a shortage of workers - so it's turning to India for help
[273 hours old]: The European nation, struggling to find skilled staff, is giving jobs to young people from India.

. 'Club vibes without the hangover': The twenty-somethings going out - in the gym
[296 hours old]: Young people are driving a gym boom as more fitness spaces are transformed into vibrant hangouts.

. Home working, long leases and rise of parking apps - what went wrong for NCP
[319 hours old]: How could a company that charged as much as £65 for a day's parking fail to turn a profit?

. Colombia's budding tech scene needs a cash boost
[345 hours old]: Colombia has become a tech hub for Latin America, but attracting investors is a challenge.

. How Finnish supermarkets are central to the country's defence
[369 hours old]: The chains all have detailed plans to follow in the event of the nation going to war.

. Is it possible to build a plastic-free home?
[417 hours old]: Using plastic in construction is cheap and easy, but some are trying to radically cut back its use.

. Ukraine's urgent fight on the financial frontline
[441 hours old]: The war-torn country is battling to secure crucial funding from the IMF and EU, as well as putting up taxes.

. Can plastic-eating fungi help clean up nappy waste?
[513 hours old]: Cost and convenience have made disposable nappies dominant - can start-ups compete?

. Why has Trump eased sanctions on Russian oil - and will it help Putin?
[497 hours old]: The US said easing sanctions on Russian oil would provide only a limited financial boost to Putin.

. National Minimum Wage rises this week
[17 hours old]: Around 2.7 million people are set to receive a pay rise this week as the national minimum wage goes up by 50p to £12.71 for over 21s.

. New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions
[18 hours old]: A crackdown on "subscription traps" could save the average person nearly £170 a year, according to the Department for Business and Trade.

. What is the triple lock and how much is the state pension worth?
[18 hours old]: The triple lock guarantees that the state pension is not overtaken by inflation or wage increases.

. Families praise charity for Easter holiday support
[27 hours old]: Live Well North East holds fitness classes for parents which cost £4 but offers free childcare.

. The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
[147 hours old]: Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why

. Sir John Curtice: Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers
[345 hours old]: Will the pursuit of a closer relationship with the EU risk courting electoral disaster by alienating Brexit-backing voters?

. 'Affordability is the biggest thing' - Conservatives mixed on economy under Trump
[177 hours old]: Conservatives gathered at the annual CPAC conference in Texas were mixed when asked about their feelings on the current economy.

. Who knew Lord Sugar is a table tennis fan?
[178 hours old]: The Apprentice candidates try to sell a table tennis set live on TV.