A historic drought is happening across southern Africa, including in Zimbabwe. Farmers report losing as much as 70% of their crops. USAID announced an additional $39 million to help Zimbabweans as the lean season—when food is scarcest—approaches.

In October 2023, the government announced significant changes to the HS2 programme Our latest National Audit Office report examines whether DfT and HS2 Ltd are effectively managing their response to the changes in the HS2 programme to protect and maximise vfm 🧵 1/9 nao.org.uk/reports/hs2-up…

Yet another expert body confirms the urgent need to find a solution to West Coast Mainline capacity after the last government's decision on HS2. bbc.com/news/articles/…

A pay agreement has been reached between Unite and KeolisAmey, the Metrolink operator. The industrial action, which was scheduled to take place between Thursday 25 and Saturday 27 July, has now been cancelled. Tram services will operate as normal across the three days.

6/ Tuesday 3rd September Committee of the whole House and remaining stages of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

🧵1/ Thread on the #Southport anti-migrant and anti-Muslim disinformation and propaganda. In this thread I highlight key spreaders of disinformation, the chronology, and some points about some of the inauthentic activity evident. I will focus on X.

🚍 Today Andy visited the Alexander Dennis factory in Falkirk building new zero-emission buses for our Bee Network. Bringing buses back under public control isn’t just delivering better services for our residents - it’s helping support jobs and train apprentices up and down the country.

Take a look at our latest #BeeNetwork Bus Punctuality Report for 4-10 August. 🚌 Total average this week: 84.8% Total average last week: 81.1% Note: This chart relates to all services under local control. Find out more. 👇 tfgm.com/ways-to-travel…

2006-2007 a hell of a year for bus stations.

Great to have services back up and running.

Take a look at our latest #BeeNetwork Bus Punctuality Report for 24-31 August. 🚌 Total average this week: 83.2% Total average last week: 82.7% Note: This chart relates to all services under local control. Find out more. 👇 tfgm.com/ways-to-travel…

It’s very unfair how people with least money pay more for energy and transport because they can’t get the discount from direct debits or paying upfront. Thanks to GM’s credit unions, we’re fixing this by letting people buy our new £800 Bee Bus Annual via £15 weekly payments. 👍🏻

Al Hasan has taken 9 wickets in the match and now has a chance to contribute to a winning run chase.

A proposal to build a new 50-mile railway line as a cheaper but slower alternative to a scrapped section of HS2 has been unveiled ⬇️ trib.al/X1dvqP1

Plans unveiled for cheaper high-speed alternative to scrapped HS2 northern leg theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/s…

Interesting first test for the new govt’s position on new transport infrastructure in the north: long awaited study commissioned by mayors calls for new line up the west coast - or the corridor falls over within the decade on.ft.com/4gpg7Cx

Pleased to have played a small part in this work.

Totally brilliant idea, can't wait to give this a try. trams ~ ambient ~ trambient play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Last week I wrote in The Bolton News about how Greater Manchester and the Bee Network is leading the way on publicly owned transport and how we're benefitting already in Bolton South and Walkden #BoltonSouthandWalkden theboltonnews.co.uk/news/24624575.…

We’re already seeing how the Bee Network is delivering for people across Greater Manchester.🐝 We will ensure that every community can enjoy the same benefits, through the biggest overhaul to buses in a generation .🚍