Simon Browning
Senior Journalist and Reporter at BBC
@BBCNews Business reporter - keen interest in travel/ transport 💷📈📱✈️🏖👕(DMs open - send me stories)
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tom Espiner |Simon Browning
Heathrow Airport was warned about the "resilience" of its power supply in the days before a fire which shut down the airport for more than a day last month. The boss of a group representing airlines told a group of MPs on Wednesday that he spoke to Heathrow on 15 March about his concerns and again on 19 March.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
businessandamerica.com | Simon Browning
Public ownership of the UK’s railways is not a “silver bullet” for guaranteeing a better service for passengers, the transport secretary has said. Heidi Alexander told a gathering of rail industry leaders in Manchester that cancellations on the state-run Northern are at “more than 10%” and many in the “region have been let down for too long”.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
msn.com | Simon Browning
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Nov 19, 2024 |
yahoo.com | Tom Espiner |Sean Dilley |Simon Browning
Northern Rail has vowed to improve performance as customers hit out at its "rubbish" service. The rail firm, which was nationalised in 2020, cancelled more than 1,000 trains during the recent half term. A senior manager said the firm was "sorry" for its recent performance, which has "not been good enough". Transport secretary Louise Haigh said an improvement plan the firm has proposed would "reduce cancellations and improve reliability for passengers".
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Oct 30, 2024 |
msn.com | Sean Dilley |Simon Browning |André Rhoden-Paul |andre rhoden-paul
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Passport stamped to enter Faro Portugal 🇵🇹 on Monday and again just now on departure. My first EU stamps since UK left EU. And on the day international travel legally resumed post pandemic!! https://t.co/wB34lUS0fA
🛳🏴 Lovely morning in Rosyth - cruise industry, like many others, has had a tough time in the pandemic. But it’s an industry getting ready to sail again... Demand high for UK trips as cruises gear up for a restart https://t.co/jeJeHbaFSj https://t.co/ecYhsSHtra
HOLIDAYS: @grantshapps @BBCBreakfast says 'we don't know on international travel - it depends on both the level of vaccination here but critically elsewhere. We've done 13m+ vaccinations which is more than EU, we'll need to wait for other countries to catch up to do the unlock' https://t.co/jlkA0OlKEU
