Very good. Under 17 Car Club u17cc.org is another organisation working hard in this area to improve young driver standards, which could have a large positive impact on terrible stats for people killed and seriously injured on our roads.

I’m interested in the ways to improve young driver training as a method of tackling the high level of newly-qualified drivers killed and seriously injured - page 11. Some AA comments on tax and EVs will stir debate, but the safety stuff is key.

Really good analysis of mid-range electric cars by Alex Robbins in the Telegraph today. Spoiler alert: the Skoda Enyaq comes out well vs Tesla, Volvo etc

Torrid time continues for Red Funnel (IoW Ferries) passengers:

Red Jet: Services cancelled over crew shortages bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Gatwick was worst UK airport for flight delays in 2023, says CAA. Departures average 27 mins behind schedule. Followed by Luton and Manchester. Bournemouth and Bristol surprisingly make the worst 10 in the list. Southampton is 13th.

In the studio tonight, to question why absolutely nothing is being done to change the way we prepare young drivers for life on the road, despite strong evidence of how to cut the rising death rate. With Jo Kent on BBC South and featuring Edmund King OBE

How much? Research today suggests Oxford is the most expensive railway station car parking outside London at £31.50 for 8 weekday hours, with Gatwick Airport the most expensive in the capital region at £50. Chelmsford & Southampton Central among the cheapest, say Moneybarn

Freight train derailed: some shots of today's GB Railfreight incident on Network Rail Western at West Ealing.

Freight train derailment: latest from Network Rail. It reckons getting the train back on the rails will take another 12 hours.

Freight train derailment at West Ealing: first pic of GB Railfreight aviation fuel train

Freight train derailment: Network Rail Western says train passed a red signal at 0610 and three wheels of the locomotive came off the tracks at West Ealing. One of the four lines has now reopened. This is the busiest part of the Great Western, so significant impact.

A freight train has derailed at West Ealing. All GWR and Elizabeth Line trains to Paddington affected. Appears the loco came off the tracks but not wagons, which are normally used to carry fuel. Happened before 0630.

Watch a train as it hits a tree. Why does this happen?

Filming a very disruptive four-month closure of the main north-south road across Salisbury Plain. It’s to install power cables for the Stonehenge tunnel. The tunnel has yet to clear the final legal hurdles, but this is early preparatory work on the ground. A303 Stonehenge

Again.

A way with words: here's Sir Michael Holden Michael Holden on the state of the industry in the latest issue of Rail Review:

Paul Clifton Driver H. Potter Peter Mugridge Graham Eccles It would be remiss of the Minions not to mention that there is an appeal afoot which hopes to make slam doors at Waterloo (and elsewhere) something everyone can enjoy again!

A retweet would be very much appreciated!

gofund.me/817cd331

Blimey. I had forgotten that day: the last slam-door train at Waterloo. Thanks for finding it - not seen this in a couple of decades! Driver H. Potter - one for you!

The chalk winterbourne past my house is simply bursting with new life.

Big news for Bournemouth Airport today