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Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 07:35 13 Nov 2025
 
. Learner driver failed theory test 128 times, report says
[40 hours old]: The theory test was introduced almost 30 years ago to test a learner's knowledge of road rules.

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

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- I can't take any more of this, Andrew told Epstein, released emails show
[2 hours old]: The former prince's reaction when he heard about a newspaper inquiry was among more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate, including some mentioning Trump.

* What we know about new Epstein emails that mention Trump
[0 hours old]: In emails released by Democrats, Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls". The White House says they are an attempt to "smear" the president.

- UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in north Wales
[1 hours old]: Three small modular reactors are confirmed for the site, with the potential for up to eight.

- Chris Mason: Unpicking a messy day for the government
[2 hours old]: The Prime Minister is "incandescent" at way all of this has played out, writes BBC's political editor.

- Hospitals knew a heart device led to more patients' deaths - but they kept using it
[9 hours old]: Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.

- 'It's a great day' - Trump signs spending bill to end longest shutdown in US history
[3 hours old]: He signed it into law just hours after the House of Representatives voted 222-209 to approve it.

- 'Stop touts fleecing fans': Dua Lipa and Coldplay urge quicker crackdown on ticket resales
[4 hours old]: The stars sign a letter asking the government to take action after promising to cap resale prices.

- How Ukraine is fighting to hold on through another freezing winter amid Russia's growing attacks
[1 hours old]: Almost four years of conflict have taken their toll and the war of attrition is continuing on the homefront - but many Ukrainians are fighting to keep morale high.

- Type 1 diabetes is worse in young children - now scientists know why
[4 hours old]: They show cells that control blood sugar are more vulnerable in early childhood.

- Treasure finds in England reach record high - see how many were unearthed in your area
[5 hours old]: Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.

- Catherine's Christmas service to feature stars including Kate Winslet
[3 hours old]: This will be the fifth time that the Princess of Wales has led the Together at Christmas carol service.

- 'There's a bit of anxiety': Stranger Things creators on spin-off plans
[7 hours old]: After five seasons the show is coming to an end, but a spin-off is already in development.

* The Papers: New 'bombshell' Epstein emails and 'Streeting goes to war with No 10'
[1 hours old]: New emails suggesting Donald Trump knew about the conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dominate Thursday's papers.

- Anthony Zurcher: Democrats left bruised after historic shutdown yields little
[4 hours old]: Trump emerges from the shutdown having made little in the way of substantive concessions to Democrats in Congress.

- Thirteen hours by touch – inside one of the world's longest exam days
[8 hours old]: South Korea's national college entry exam is notoriously hard - but blind students face unique challenges.

- France wary of enemy that never went away, 10 years after Bataclan attacks
[7 hours old]: As France marks 10 years since the Paris attacks, an ex-girlfriend of a jihadist survivor is arrested for an alleged plot of her own.

- Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate
[4 hours old]: Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.

- Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand Skims hits bn valuation
[5 hours old]: The company says it plans to open more physical shops and expand the business around the world.

- Drugs disguised as tea keep washing up on this S Korean holiday island
[1 hours old]: Some 28kg of ketamine have been found washed up on the island's beaches in the past two months.

- Leonardo DiCaprio honours British primatologist Dame Jane Goodall at funeral in US
[11 hours old]: The actor remembered the primatologist as “gentle, curious, funny, and absolutely unstoppable."

- British couple held in Iran are on hunger strike, son says
[13 hours old]: The couple are losing hope and feel let down by the UK government, Joe Bennett says.

- Heineken UK cuts Foster's alcohol strength to 3.4%
[12 hours old]: The brewer said the change could lead to cheaper pints.

- Cardiff's overnight visitors could be first in Wales to face £1.30-a-night tourist tax
[13 hours old]: Cardiff council wants to bring in a levy that it hopes would raise £3.5m a year.

- The great number nine decline - where have England's strikers gone?
[1 hours old]: BBC Sport takes an in-depth look at why England lack centre-forward options behind Harry Kane - a far cry from when the likes of Les Ferdinand only won 17 caps.

- Earps return 'talk of Manchester' but Middleton-Patel steals show
[7 hours old]: Manchester United's victory over PSG was significant - but conversation before, during and after was dominated by goalkeepers.

- What's up with Wales and Spurs 'mystery' Johnson?
[2 hours old]: Brennan Johnson should be a key player for Wales but, as well as being in and out of Spurs' team, he finds himself out of favour for his country.

* NI the 'strongest we've been' - Peacock-Farrell
[1 hours old]: Northern Ireland goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell feels Michael O'Neill's squad is "the strongest we've been" as they prepare for Friday's crunch World Cup qualifier away to Slovakia.

- Rolfo & Malard score as Man Utd beat PSG
[9 hours old]: Manchester United continue their winning run in the Women's Champions League, beating Paris St-Germain on Mary Earps' return to Old Trafford.

* UK growth slower than expected in third quarter
[0 hours old]: The 0.1% growth was pulled down by issues in the manufacturing industry, official figures show.

- £220 ‘for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online
[13 hours old]: Many took aim at the high price online, while others made fun of its striking likeness to a piece of footwear.

- SSE to invest £33bn in upgrading Scotland's electricity grid
[13 hours old]: The company plans to spend two-thirds of that to upgrade wiring and increase high-voltage grid capacity to get power from the north to customers in the south.

- Driving test rules to change in bid to stop bots booking slots
[13 hours old]: The Transport Secretary has announced new measures to tackle the continuing backlog of driving tests.

- AI will slash headcount by two-thirds - retail boss
[12 hours old]: Buy It Direct boss Nick Glynne said increased taxes on business in the UK had sped up the process.

- US ends penny-making run after more than 230 years
[15 hours old]: Pennies today cost nearly four cents each to make - more than twice the cost of a decade ago.

- Will Starbucks staff strikes hit turnaround plans?
[15 hours old]: The coffee giant is returning to its roots to boost sales but labour tensions could derail the strategy.

* Parents' 'laughter and tears' at adopting siblings
[0 hours old]: Emma and Mike, from North Yorkshire, urge others to consider adoption as the number doing so falls.

- Charity's appeal to give pushchairs to families
[1 hours old]: One mother was forced to use a shopping trolley to take her child to a health appointment.

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. Americanswers on 5 Live! Why is Donald Trump threatening to sue the BBC for billion?
[59 hours old]: And how will the U.S. government shutdown end?

. Will We See Trump v BBC In Court?
[37 hours old]: How likely is it that President Trump’s threat to sue the BBC will end up in court?

. Aliens are invading in this sci-fi Spielberg epic
[612 hours old]: Roy Neary has an encounter with an alien spacecraft and becomes consumed with the desire to see it again

. The remarkable story of an everlasting Hollywood icon
[73 hours old]: The epic story of a Hollywood star whose life and talent blazed like no other.

. Thousands of NHS staff to lose jobs after Treasury approves £1bn pay-off deal
[22 hours old]: The compromise deal would allow the NHS to overspend this year.

. Ryanair scraps printed boarding passes to go fully digital
[17 hours old]: The airline is only accepting digital boarding passes from Wednesday.

. Building society pledges to keep branches open
[31 hours old]: It says its current network of 696 branches will remain until at least 2030.

. UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon
[31 hours old]: Sales have risen by 6% so far this year, analysts say, after a string of post-pandemic falls.

. Two popular gay dating platforms removed from Apple app store in China
[28 hours old]: The removal of Blued and Finka has raised concerns amongst the LGBT community in the country.

. Jet2 to offer flights from Gatwick for first time
[21 hours old]: Flight destinations include Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Malta, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria and Cyprus.

. Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation
[21 hours old]: Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says that the rethink does not mean that payouts will necessarily follow.

. Lib Dems call for 5% VAT cut for pubs and restaurants
[20 hours old]: The party also wants to axe the renewables levy from bills, funded by a windfall tax on big banks.

. Two meals for : Why China's youth are not spending
[32 hours old]: Economic uncertainty is encouraging some young people to cut back on their spending.

. Andrew shuts down Pitch@Palace business
[38 hours old]: The closure of the former prince's start-up competition Pitch@Palace marks his step away from public life

. UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens
[39 hours old]: Latest official data ahead of the Budget later this month shows it is the highest rate since 2021.

. India's start-ups fire up public markets amid valuation concerns
[31 hours old]: Start-up fundraising has raised uncomfortable questions about valuations, but signals a maturing ecosystem.

. Vinted users outraged by sizing changes
[40 hours old]: The popular second-hand shopping app has changed how sizes are categorised.

. Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion jailed over £5bn Bitcoin stash
[40 hours old]: Qian Zhimin bought cryptocurrency using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, say police.


. Lloyds' use of staff bank data during pay talks 'concerning'
[40 hours old]: The bank looked at anonymised information about spending habits, saving rates and salary increases.

. The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport
[55 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
[151 hours old]: New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.

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

. The start-up creating science kits for young Africans
[223 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
[297 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?
[319 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?
[343 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
[391 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?
[391 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
[389 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
[415 hours old]: The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.

. Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
[488 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
[512 hours old]: South African firms that do remote work for North American and European businesses growing strongly.

. Protests and food poisonings test Indonesian president's first year in office
[584 hours old]: Prabowo Subianto's promises of dynamic economic growth and social change have faced major challenges.

. How good is the battery in a used electric vehicle?
[656 hours old]: Companies are offering tech they say can accurately test the health of batteries in used EVs.

. Netherlands' renewables drive putting pressure on its power grid
[680 hours old]: Homes asked to use less electricity as network is overloaded by the rush to wind and solar power.

. Why AI is being trained in rural India
[668 hours old]: Smaller Indian towns are becoming centres for training and correcting artificial intelligence models.

. One in four missing meals due to cost pressures - report
[16 hours old]: New report says parents of under 18s are among the groups most affected by cost of living pressures.

. The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
[528 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
[715 hours old]: Ahead of Milei's visit to the White House - amid protests and anger on the streets back at home - Ione Wells unravels the paradox that Argentina's president has created

. Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning
[1400 hours old]: Months of preparations have gone into this state visit - but the Lord Mandelson question is not the only concern troubling insiders.

. The UK car industry is at a tipping point - can it be saved?
[2216 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

. Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may well come at a high price
[2504 hours old]: The US president considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour

. The savings account offering a 50% bonus - with a catch
[135 hours old]: Martin Lewis explains Help to Save, which is open to some people on universal credit.

. Former shop worker has 'nightmares' over abuse at work
[205 hours old]: A former retail worker from Dundee backs a campaign asking shoppers to treat staff with respect.

. US and China's different reports of their trade meeting
[333 hours old]: Donald Trump says the US can sign a trade deal with China "pretty soon" following talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea