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Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 23:15 22 Nov 2025
 
* Rail fares to be frozen in England next year
[0 hours old]: Regulated fares, which include season tickets and off-peak returns, will not see annual price rises for the first time in 30 years, the government announces.

. 'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail
[551 hours old]: Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.

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* UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
[0 hours old]: Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.

* Trump says US plan to end Ukraine war not 'final offer' for Kyiv
[0 hours old]: US President Donald Trump says the plan is not his "final offer" for Kyiv, and security officials are set to meet in Geneva on Sunday.

- Fear and scepticism as Reeves prepares for her big Budget moment
[10 hours old]: The chancellor faces her toughest challenge yet in a Budget that will define the government's future, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

- Girl, 13, arrested on suspicion of murdering woman
[8 hours old]: A woman in her 50s died at her house in Swindon on Friday evening.

* EV grant scheme boost worth £1.3bn expected in Budget
[0 hours old]: But it is also possible electric vehicle owners could face a new tax elsewhere in Wednesday's Budget.

- La Voix drops out of Strictly after injury
[1 hours old]: No contestant is set to leave this week's show, with no dance-off planned and votes set to be carried over.

- Princess Diana's personal designer Paul Costelloe dies aged 80
[6 hours old]: His family issued a statement on Saturday saying they are "deeply saddened to announce the passing of Paul Costelloe following a short illness".

- First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' planted
[3 hours old]: More than half of the 49 saplings grown from the illegally felled tree will be planted in a week.

- Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 22 Palestinians, medical and civil defence officials say
[2 hours old]: Israel says it struck targets in Gaza after an "armed terrorist" crossed the so-called yellow line and fired at soldiers.

- Is time running out for BBC chair Samir Shah after latest resignation?
[11 hours old]: The departure of board member Shumeet Banerji adds to pressure on Shah, the BBC's media and culture editor writes.

- Daily Mail publisher agrees to buy Daily Telegraph for £500m
[10 hours old]: The publisher of the Daily Mail says it is in talks to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph for £500m.

- Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school
[11 hours old]: The kidnapping comes amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.

- New puberty blockers trial to begin after UK ban
[11 hours old]: Those taking part in the study will be children under 16 who are going through puberty.

* Match of the Day
[0 hours old]: Action from seven Premier League matches, including Manchester City’s trip to Newcastle.

- 'Liverpool in full-blown crisis and Slot under severe pressure'
[4 hours old]: The Anfield horror show at the hands of Nottingham Forest was a headlong fall into the abyss for Liverpool, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

- Why this is England's worst defeat in Australia in years
[7 hours old]: England missed a chance to turn fierce Ashes pressure on Australia with self-inflicted defeat in Perth, writes Stephan Shemilt.

* Howe finally beats Guardiola - how Newcastle stopped Man City
[0 hours old]: After previously "trying everything", Newcastle manager Eddie Howe beats Pep Guardiola's Manchester City for the first time in the top flight at his 17th attempt.

* 'Never seen a game like it' - Farrell on SA loss
[1 hours old]: Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says he is "unbelievably proud" of the fight his players showed after receiving a flurry of cards in a hectic defeat by South Africa in Dublin.

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. Cold plunges and kombucha: Do winter wellness trends really work?
[21 hours old]: Experts weigh in on whether cold water swimming, drinking kombucha and taking vitamins can boost your immune system.

. Move over fillers - here's why people are having facial injections made from fish sperm
[23 hours old]: Celebs including Charlie XCX swear by them. But what are polynucleotides and do they work?

. Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test - now we're fighting to get them back
[20 hours old]: The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.

. 'It's a different world now' - man wrongly jailed for 38 years adjusts to life outside
[19 hours old]: Peter Sullivan, who was released after 38 years wrongful imprisonment, on how life has changed.

. Your new favourite band might not be real - does it even matter?
[22 hours old]: As AI-generated music floods streaming platforms, questions bubble over whether listeners are owed more transparency.

. Making films 'is who I am' says Tom Cruise as he receives first Oscar
[121 hours old]: The Mission: Impossible star received the honorary prize after being nominated four times for an Academy Award.

. Parasocial is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year - here's what it means
[113 hours old]: Examples include the parasocial interest shown by fans to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement.

. Pauline Quirke's family on her dementia: 'She's still funny and recognises us'
[137 hours old]: The family of the Birds of a Feather actress say "she's still funny, she's talking, she's happy".

. Why trying too hard may be holding you back at work
[70 hours old]: Perfectionism looks good on paper, but its consequences might be the very thing keeping you stuck.

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. The Week: Immigration Reform, Burnham And The Budget
[100 hours old]: Some migrants to face 20 year wait for settled status.

. Marjorie Taylor Greene v Donald Trump
[31 hours old]: Join Americast for insights and analysis on what's happening inside Trump's White House.

. Fraud victims 'are being failed' by justice system
[19 hours old]: Only a fraction of fraud reports result in a prosecution, new analysis suggests.

. Households face unexpected rise in energy prices in new year
[38 hours old]: Regulator Ofgem says a change in the price cap in January means a 0.2% increase in gas and electricity prices.

. The 'toughest crop': Can tech help cardamom farmers?
[47 hours old]: Sensitive to the weather and soil cardamom is difficult to cultivate - can tech help?

. What taxes apply to electric vehicles and how could the Budget change that?
[34 hours old]: All new cars must be electric or hybrid from 2030, but the government could put new taxes on them.

. Government borrowing for October higher than expected
[36 hours old]: Borrowing was more than £2bn higher than expected in October, latest official figures show.

. The curious case of why Poundland is struggling during a cost-of-living crisis
[39 hours old]: Why - in an age where so many of us are feeling the financial pinch - are some budget shops on UK high streets having such a tough time?

. Graduate jobs under threat from AI, PwC boss says
[44 hours old]: The accountancy giant says artificial intelligence will eventually lead to fewer entry-level positions at the firm.

. Sweaty Betty offers £4k for slogan use and silence
[32 hours old]: Georgina Cox wants clothing firm Sweaty Betty to apologise and pay influencers it works with fairly.

. US and Asia stocks slide as AI jitters persist
[38 hours old]: Strong sales at artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia did little to quell investor worries.

. Vinted blocks 'sickening' sexually explicit ads
[53 hours old]: The online marketplace removed adverts which included a video a user said depicted a pornographic scene.

. Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for record-breaking m
[43 hours old]: The auction shattered the previous record for a price tag fetched for a work by a female artist.

. Channel Tunnel says UK investment 'non-viable' as it halts projects
[51 hours old]: The company claims "unsustainable" levels of taxation has made any future investments "non-viable".

. Almost one million young people still not in work or education, figures show
[56 hours old]: Whilst the figure has dropped slightly, it still equates to one-in-eight young people in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.

. Why an AI 'godfather' is quitting Meta after 12 years
[59 hours old]: One of the pioneers in the current AI boom, he has had disagreements with fellow engineers over the future of the technology.

. Ford boss: 'Now is not the time to tax electric vehicles'
[71 hours old]: Ford's UK boss says it is "not the right time" to tax electric vehicles when demand has already stalled.

. The contradiction at the heart of the trillion-dollar AI race
[81 hours old]: The confusing question lingering over the AI hype is whether it could be a bubble at risk of bursting

. US jobs saw surprising jump in September after slow summer
[55 hours old]: The report, which had been delayed by the government shutdown, gives the first official data on the job market in weeks.

. Good for mortgages, bad for the food shop - how inflation dip affects you
[82 hours old]: The rate of inflation has fallen prompting hopes of lower mortgage rates, but food prices are still rising.

. Nvidia shares rise after strong results ease 'AI bubble' concerns
[62 hours old]: The chip maker says revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to bn.

. Major League Baseball signs deals with Netflix, ESPN and NBCUniversal
[68 hours old]: The media deals will allow the platforms to show select baseball games over upcoming seasons.

. UK inflation rate hits lowest level in four months
[86 hours old]: Prices have been rising more slowly in the twelve months to October but food prices bucked the trend.

. Ex-Harvard president Larry Summers stops teaching as university investigates Epstein emails
[68 hours old]: The former US treasury secretary has faced a backlash over frequent messages to Epstein.

. Dutch government suspends intervention into chipmaker Nexperia
[79 hours old]: The move comes after Beijing blocked exports of the firm's chips in response to the Hague intervening into Chinese-owned chipmaker.

. From florist to drone maker: How the weapon became so mainstream
[192 hours old]: With drones centre stage in Ukraine, military firms around the globe are ramping up their production.

. Will AI mean better adverts or 'creepy slop'?
[104 hours old]: Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.

. The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport
[287 hours old]: From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.

. Fire-blocking chemicals promise safer buildings
[383 hours old]: New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.

. Will quantum be bigger than AI?
[407 hours old]: The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

. The start-up creating science kits for young Africans
[455 hours old]: Stemaide's goal is to bring tech skills to young Africans and prepare them for future jobs.

. Businesses are running out of pennies in the US
[529 hours old]: Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.

. The US bet big with Argentina bailout - is it paying off?
[551 hours old]: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called the Argentine peso "undervalued". But not many people agree.

. Should K-beauty products have to come from South Korea?
[575 hours old]: Sales of Korean skincare treatments continue to soar, but some are now made by overseas companies.

. The South African start-up bringing tech to townships
[623 hours old]: Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.

. These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?
[623 hours old]: It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains on the UK care system

. Why the 5G symbol on your phone doesn't mean you have 5G
[621 hours old]: New research shows that 40% of the time a phone displays the 5G symbol, it is actually using a 4G connection.

. The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla
[647 hours old]: The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.

. Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
[720 hours old]: Plastic recycling plants in Europe are being shut as they struggle to find a business model

. How the outsourcing sector became South Africa's newest goldmine
[744 hours old]: South African firms that do remote work for North American and European businesses growing strongly.

. Community freecycle event expands to third site
[16 hours old]: The "face-to-face" freecycle event is branching out to other locations in the county.

. Toothbrush packs to be given to 'most vulnerable'
[17 hours old]: The £20,000 scheme will provide people in North Northamptonshire with toothbrushes and toothpaste.

. Budget must focus on housing, says shelter resident
[28 hours old]: Two men who have experienced homelessness give their views ahead of the chancellor's budget.

. Gin maker fears further tax increase in Budget
[32 hours old]: A group of politicians wants to see a freeze on excise duty for spirits in the Budget.

. The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
[760 hours old]: Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why

. How Milei's 'Thatcherite' economics divided his nation - but won over Trump
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. Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning
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. The UK car industry is at a tipping point - can it be saved?
[2448 hours old]: Tariffs, Brexit, pandemic havoc... All of this caused short-term disruption - but the impact concealed a deeper problem for the UK automotive industry

. Three bits of good news about inflation drop
[83 hours old]: The UK inflation rate fell to 3.6% in the year to October, but food prices rose again following a dip in September. The BBC's deputy economics editor Dharshini David explains.

. The Egyptian green tech firm looking to cut energy bills
[119 hours old]: Saving System has developed a device that it says can help firms save electricity.

. Why debit cards can cost more than credit cards
[201 hours old]: Are credit cards 'bad' and debit cards 'good'? Martin Lewis explains why it's not that simple.

. The Briefing Room
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