Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Nigel Harris

Rail is on track for managed decline, with fare rises only part of the problem

The Man Who Pays His Way: Increasing unreliability and more expensive tickets will drive passengers away

The Independent UK

Allotment holders who have been on Bridgend site for decades face eviction

The group of allotmenteers from Bridgend hope to get confirmation of a new site before they have to leave their old one

Wales Online

NT coroner finds Finke Desert Race safety measures 'entirely inadequate' prior to 2021 spectator death

The inquest found Nigel Harris, 60, died from multiple blunt force injuries after being hit by a competing trophy truck in 2021.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

2023 Finke Desert Race car section to proceed with new safety measures following permit uncertainty

Finke Desert Race organisers have been issued a permit for the car section of this year's event, after a spectator died in 2021.

ABC News

Motorsport Australia 'intends' to issue permit for cars component of Finke Desert Race, subject to board approval

The national motorsport regulator says it intends to issue a permit for the cars component of the 2023 Finke Desert Race "subject to specific safety measures being implemented", amid uncertainty over the status of the event.

ABC News

Coroner hears more should have been done to ensure spectator safety before Finke Desert Race death

The national motorsport peak body has told a court it failed to do enough to keep people safe in the years leading up to a spectator's death at the Finke Desert Race in 2021.

ABC News

How the Finke Desert Race in Alice Springs grew into the ultimate off-road motorsport challenge

Almost 50 years since its inception, the Finke Desert Race has grown into a huge event as more interstate riders saw the appeal. Now, the race president is exploring new ways to support its swelling popularity.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘The railways aren’t fit for purpose’ – so what do ministers propose?

Train Talk: What the passenger wants is clear – now the government has to deliver

The Independent UK

HS2 will go to Euston after all, chancellor confirms

‘I don’t see any conceivable circumstances in which that would not end up at Euston,’ Jeremy Hunt says

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt: No ‘conceivable circumstances’ in which HS2 stops short of Euston

The Chancellor made the comment amid reports plans for the high-speed railway could be downgraded again to save costs.

The Independent UK

Cancelling HS2 to Euston would be 'height of folly', rail group says amid fears for Birmingham-Manchester leg

Chancellor insist scheme will happen; one analyst says 'If you’re flying into Heathrow, you don’t want to go to Southend'

Birmingham Post

Wales fan in Tenerife ‘deflated’ by Iran defeat but determined to enjoy holiday

Nigel Harris, 60, said it would have cost him and his wife ‘seven or eight thousand pounds’ to go to Qatar.

The Independent UK

Staff shortage and heavy rain blight weekend train journeys

The National Rail Awards 2022, scheduled for 15 September, have been postponed due to strikes by Aslef and RMT

The Independent UK

Finke Desert Race committee members refuse to give evidence at coronial inquest into death of Nigel Harris

The Northern Territory Coroner has described the silence from Finke Desert Race committee members as "extraordinary" at a coronial inquest into the death of a spectator.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Coronial inquest hears safety measures 'lacking' at Finke Desert Race where spectator Nigel Harris was killed

A coronial inquest has heard spectators were standing within two metres of the Finke Desert Race track when a man was fatally struck by a vehicle last year.

ABC News

Finke Desert Race introduces sweeping new safety regulations following death of spectator

The infamously lightly regulated desert race will introduce audience exclusion zones for the first time.

Daily Record

Falkirk Tories struggle to pick up transfer votes as they lose three councillors

Falkirk Conservatives had an unexpected win in Falkirk North despite losing three seats.

Daily Record

Falkirk Council election 2022: New faces, but no majority for SNP

SNP fail to get their hoped-for majority despite being largest party, taking 12 of the council's 30 seats, with Labour once again the second biggest party.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record

Falkirk Council elections 2022: More change ahead for Denny and Banknock

Residents in Denny and Banknock will choose from seven candidates fighting to win one of four seats

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps under fire for bizarre videos and ‘zero interest’ in railways

Transport secretary’s unusual interventions raise eyebrows as well as questions over his commitment to the day job

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department for Transport

Scottish National party

Great British Railways

Scottish Labour Party

39 stories

34 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.