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Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 05:35 04 Sep 2026
 
. Uber launches UK's first robotaxis with a driver - here's what it's like to ride in one
[28 hours old]: The ride-hailing app has launched 15 self-driving taxis, but they will have safety drivers inside.

. Will self-flying planes transform the skies?
[53 hours old]: Autonomous crop-spraying aircraft are leading the way in pilot-free flying.

. Free travel pilot scheme for young people approved
[18 hours old]: The 29-week scheme for those aged five to 18 will run from February and is expected to cost £7.6m.

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and in other news ...

- Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law
[7 hours old]: A film broadcast by Channel 4 shows senior Reform UK figures discussing donations with an undercover reporter.

- Controversial Jackdaw gas field set to be approved in weeks, sources say
[5 hours old]: The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

- Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days
[6 hours old]: A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.

- Watch: Inside court as Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks judge to remove juror
[3 hours old]: The jury now faces a seventh day of deliberations in the triple-murder trial.

* Argentina to sanction oil firms as Falklands dispute with UK heats up
[0 hours old]: Javier Milei reiterates his country's claim on the British overseas territory, saying the "winds of change" favour it.

- Volkswagen board approves plan to cut another 50,000 jobs
[3 hours old]: The group - which includes Audi, Porsche, Skoda as well as the VW brand - plans to cut a total of 100,000 by 2030.

- Girl group Katseye are missing two members, but their tour still dazzles
[4 hours old]: Reduced but resilient, girl group Katseye received a hero's welcome in London.

- 'I lost my savings after a job interview scam'
[4 hours old]: Job seekers, especially Gen Z, are being targeted with fake, booby-trapped recruitment apps.

- 'Miracle' eagle with broken wing spotted back above Scottish coast
[3 hours old]: A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving with a broken wing has been spotted back above Scotland's west coast.



- Could robots be the future of theme parks?
[2 hours old]: Galaxy Robot Park is a 16,500-square-meter venue in South Korea, with attractions including humanoid robots dancing to K-pop hits.

- British army told to stop non-essential training exercises to save money
[8 hours old]: Units in the UK not preparing to be deployed have been told to cut back on training exercises due to cost pressures.

- From cake to pizza: How to get the best birthday freebies (and why there's a catch)
[5 hours old]: Cake, coffee, make-up and burgers are just some of the free things you can get on your birthday.

- Weekly quiz: What has been named TikTok's song of the summer in the UK?
[12 hours old]: How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

- 'Gromit was nearly a cat!': Secrets from 50 years of Aardman
[4 hours old]: Aardman turns 50 with stories of cat-like Gromit, silent Shaun and Chicken Run's Oscar legacy.

- The Papers: 'Foreign donations sting' and 'Argentina threat to Falklands'
[3 hours old]: Reform UK alleged 'foreign donations sting' and Argentine president's looming 'threat' over Falklands are the papers' top stories.

- AI data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost?
[10 hours old]: Advocates say data centres will bring jobs but others worry they will suck up resources while providing little advantage.

- Kenya's chai tea lovers are not happy as the nation's cows run dry
[4 hours old]: Supermarket shelves are emptying, sellers are rationing supplies and prices are rising.

- Fifa accuses Uefa of 'smear campaign' against Infantino
[9 hours old]: The governing bodies have traded blows since Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.

- AI tools that take notes for GPs could miss vital information, study suggests
[6 hours old]: Researchers said the tools - which record consultations - could miss vital things like a patient's facial expressions or emotional state.

- Weekend heat for parts of UK before more rain next week
[3 hours old]: Parts of the UK will experience a short-lived surge of heat this weekend as hotter air from Europe moves in. Temperatures widely will be above 20C, with a peak of 27C in the south.

- US investigating if missile hit Iran wedding, Vance says
[6 hours old]: The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said shrapnel from a missile hit the ceremony and killed four people on Tuesday.

- Watch: Gloria Steinem dedicated her life to fight for women's equality
[10 hours old]: The feminist icon who became leader of the women's liberation movement in the US died on Wednesday at the age of 92, according to her foundation.

- Schools to close early for A66 crash funeral amid safety concerns
[13 hours old]: The funeral of one of five young men killed in the crash with a police car is due to take place.

- Three farmers detained by Israel in Lebanon, village leader says
[9 hours old]: The detentions were reported to the US-led International Monitoring and Implementation Mechanism but Israeli military has not commented.

- Burnham’s Big Economic Choices
[11 hours old]: How is the global economic picture shaping Andy Burnham’s first budget?

- Breaking down Chelsea's staggering 39 summer exits
[12 hours old]: Chelsea are believed to have recouped more than £500m this summer by either selling or loaning out a staggering 39 players.

- Kyrgios given one-month ban for positive cocaine test
[5 hours old]: Nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to tennis after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cocaine.

- 'I was seeing spots' - third seed Auger-Aliassime stunned in New York
[7 hours old]: Third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime says he was "dizzy and seeing spots" in a surprise second-round loss to Karen Khachanov at the US Open.

- Ashes tickets pricing people out of game - Vaughan
[9 hours old]: Former England captain Michael Vaughan says ticket price rises for next year's men's Ashes are "pricing a lot of people out of the game."

- 'Adonis' Gibbs-White's chance to shine - will Tuchel take notice?
[11 hours old]: Morgan Gibbs-White was left out of England's World Cup squad - will his continued good form be impossible for Thomas Tuchel to ignore?

- Is India's internet boom running into an undersea problem?
[4 hours old]: At least 13 of India's 18 intercontinental cables come ashore within six kilometres of Mumbai's Versova beach.

- Nvidia strikes .9bn deal to buy AI platform Hugging Face
[12 hours old]: The deal gives Nvidia control of a leading open-source AI platform and developer community.

- Households warned gas price spike could pile fresh pressure on energy bills
[15 hours old]: Experts warn low storage levels could push up gas prices further, leaving households with higher bills.

- B&Q and Five Guys among firms that paid staff below minimum wage
[15 hours old]: More than 600 companies underpaid staff, with £4m returned to workers, according to the government.

- Trump coin makes him first living president on US currency in a century
[12 hours old]: The US Mint special edition is stamped with a portrait of Trump alongside the words "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST"

- Watch: Trump commemorative coin goes on sale
[8 hours old]: The US Mint began selling gold-coloured (£0.74) coins featuring President Donald Trump's likeness to mark the country's 250th anniversary.

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and in other older news ...

. How Gloria Steinem changed the lives of generations of women
[17 hours old]: The trailblazing feminist spoke out for the legalisation of abortion, same-sex marriage and equal pay for women - but her activism was not without backlash.

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. Has Pete Hegseth lost control of the Pentagon?
[34 hours old]: The US military is losing its senior leaders.

. Why wait? Business grads buying firms to install themselves as CEO
[29 hours old]: Impatient to be the boss of an established company they are borrowing money to fund their purchases.

. Almost half of households do not see benefits of economic growth, report says
[22 hours old]: Analysis has found a "stark" gap in the spending power of households in the north and south of England on average.

. Stingy bosses and spare change: How much should you give to the office whip-round?
[29 hours old]: Office whip-rounds are a staple of working life but they can raise a lot of awkward questions.

. How Victoria Beckham turned her fashion firm around and made it profitable
[29 hours old]: The pop star formerly known as Posh Spice has taken nearly two decades to turn a profit.

. Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules
[23 hours old]: Workers should weigh no more than 19.5st fully clothed so that they can be winched to safety in an emergency.

. Heathrow expansion an 'outdated' risk, mayor says
[23 hours old]: Sir Sadiq Khan is repeating his opposition to a third runway in response to a government consultation.

. Who is Alejandro Betancourt, colourful oil baron behind US-Venezuela oil deal?
[28 hours old]: The 46-year-old figure of international intrigue has an apparent knack for being in the right place at the right time.

. Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night
[39 hours old]: Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.

. Uber to cut over 3,000 jobs in major global restructuring
[35 hours old]: The company says cutting roles would make its operations "simpler and faster".

. Netherlands moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
[35 hours old]: The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".

. Why are UK borrowing costs rising and what does it mean for me?
[41 hours old]: Some government borrowing costs have hit their highest level for 28 years - what does it mean for you?

. Lords call for AI 'kill switch' powers in UK
[37 hours old]: Its backers say it would provide a "vital safety net" against runaway AI systems such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic.

. Kids eat free and loyalty points - six ways to eat out but not break the bank
[53 hours old]: The cost of dining out is getting increasingly hard to swallow - but clever planning can get you cheaper deals.

. 'My parents won't lend me £10k but helped my brother': When families play financial favourites
[101 hours old]: So-called financial favouritism can cause jealousy and resentment long into adulthood. Here is how experts say you can avoid it

. Overcooked? Why robotic pizza makers are failing
[173 hours old]: A string of failures has sapped confidence that robots will take over production at pizza restaurants.

. How Dolly Parton's business savvy helped her succeed far beyond the charts
[197 hours old]: While country music and films brought her fame, her entrepreneurial zeal brought her fortune.

. Firms scramble for battery power in Spain and Portugal
[221 hours old]: After last year's massive power failure Spanish and Portuguese firms are buying battery back ups.

. 'What you see is what you pay' - why some US restaurants are banning tips
[245 hours old]: Tips are central to US dining culture but some eateries think that they are unfair.

. Drought leaves 'barely any apples' to make cider
[239 hours old]: Some orchards are harvesting just a 10th of their usual crop, and facing an uncertain future.

. How landscape gardening is being electrified
[341 hours old]: The switch to quieter electric equipment is not going as fast as some would like.

. Festival hopes for more visitors amid cost rises
[17 hours old]: The festival, which includes workshops, takes place from 11 to 13 September and is in its 32nd year.

. How much should you give towards a leaving gift?
[21 hours old]: We ask workers in London how much they'd contribute.

. Why the UK is dithering over what to do about e-scooters
[1036 hours old]: Why is it taking so long for the government to regulate them, and what are the consequences of delay?

. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
[1565 hours old]: Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

. The furious dispute over what caused Air India flight 171 to crash
[2045 hours old]: The final conclusions of the investigation have yet to be published, although more could become apparent in the coming days.

. How the High Street became a window on our political instability
[2117 hours old]: High Streets have declined in recent years. What does this tell us about the UK?

. The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil
[2373 hours old]: Coffees at some city centre outlets now cost £5. It's a story of tariffs, the climate, Gen Z cultural tastes, and savvy coffee farmers playing the market, writes Faisal Islam

. 'We've raided this shop many times - we keep finding fake cigarettes'
[23 hours old]: There's been an “explosion” in the sale of illegal tobacco in Scotland, according to Trading Standards.

. The struggle to shut down the illegal tobacco trade
[37 hours old]: There's been an “explosion” in the sale of illegal tobacco in Scotland, according to Trading Standards.

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