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Macron’s Election Gamble Gives Europe Brexit Nightmares Again - Bloomberg

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  1. Macron’s Election Gamble Gives Europe Brexit Nightmares Again  Bloomberg
  2. France is heading for a financial crisis that could bring down the eurozone  The Telegraph
  3. The stakes are high in Macron’s gamble  Financial Times
  4. French centrists losing sleep after Macron’s gamble on snap election  The Guardian
  5. World’s cartoonists on this week’s events  POLITICO Europe

What transport policies could improve the UKs productivity?

Transportinfo.org.uk 

Other News Sources - Towns and cities with effective transport within and between them host more productive businesses, which can pay higher wages. But with too few of such places, the UK suffers from low productivity. Making the transport investments we need locally instead of according to national plans would help.

Ardian, Saudi's PIF to buy 37.6 stake in Heathrow, Ferrovial keeps 5

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Other News Sources - Infrastructure giant Ferrovial said on Friday it had reached a new agreement with French private equity fund Ardian and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) to sell the bulk of its 25 stake in Heathrow airport while keeping 5.25.

More Metrocars scrapped

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British Trams Online - The wait for the new Stadler bult trains to enter service on the Tyne and Wear Metro may be continuing (although we have at least seen daylight testing get underway) but that has not stopped more of the original Metrocars head away from Gosforth Depot to be scrapped. Since we last reported on scrappings a further three have now gone.

Work on new Greater Manchester train station will 'begin soon' - where and when it will be built

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Other Regional Press - It follows a recent council report which shared that the project team achieved planning permission for Cheadle Rail Station in 2023/24 and are progressing towards construction on-site. The work will mark the beginning of a major infrastructure upgrade in Cheadle, and one which is set to help transform the area by improving transport links to Stockport town centre and beyond.