Customer News

• Specialist Passenger Solutions (SPS) to run Sizewell C’s park and ride services
• SPS to recruit 400 workers, with 75% expected to be new trainees
• Company builds on success at Hinkley Point C, where it transports over 12,000 passengers daily

• Nationwide’s FlexStudent’s offer is back - 12 months of Just Eat vouchers worth £120, and £100 cash payment, available on accounts opened from 15 July
• FlexStudent also offers interest-free, fee-free overdrafts up to £3k and commission-free purchases & withdrawals abroad
• Nationwide won 48% of UK’s student accounts and served up over half a million (528,000) takeaways to freshers
• New Limited edition card designs – three colours, issued at random (images available)

• Ten-year National Cancer Strategy being developed to transform how the disease is prevented, diagnosed and treated in Wales.
• Strategy will be shaped by a formal call for evidence from patients, carers, clinicians, charities and the public as well as working with international partners.
• Strategy to be published to coincide with World Cancer Day on 4 February 2027.

• Visitor numbers the highest for many years
• Conservation works ongoing, with trainee masons honing their craft
• £1 tickets for Universal Credit recipients to continue

The Cabinet Minister for Finance Elin Jones said:

• Deputy First Minister sets out the route and phasing for a funded childcare offer for all children aged nine months to four years.
• Local authorities expected to make huge strides towards extending the offer to all two-year-olds as a result of recent funding, setting the foundation for truly universal childcare.
• Twenty local authorities expecting to deliver to all two-year-olds by the end of 2026-27.  

Report to be discussed at executive board meeting next week

• Essential £20m upgrade to replace ageing track and strengthen structures, improving safety and reliability for customers
• Upgrades bring major changes for 22 days this summer, with no Southeastern trains at Charing Cross or Waterloo East and services diverted across London
• Plan ahead and check before you travel, as timetables, service frequency and first and last train times will change

New artist’s impressions of Portishead and Pill stations have been unveiled, in a major milestone for the £200m Portishead to Bristol railway line.  

• Council to put greater emphasis to be on preventing homelessness and longer-term housing and support solutions
• Strategy will see the temporary Caversham Road pods site decommissioned by September 2027
• Shift away from large-scale, intensely populated supported housing models mirrors national best practice

The leader of Dudley Council is calling on residents to show their support for local stars Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers and the team ahead of England’s semi-final match tomorrow.

A Stourbridge brewery has teamed up with the Mayor of Dudley to create a special charity ale celebrating the borough and raising funds for a range of good causes.

A young artist from Bradford has seen their winning train seat design brought to life onboard an LNER train after winning a competition celebrating Bradford's year as the UK City of Culture. 

Estyn, Wales’ education and training inspectorate, visited the Federation of Ysgol Brynconin and Ysgol Maenclochog in May and has now published its findings following a full inspection of the Federation.

A new display at the National War Museum in Edinburgh Castle will explore the story behind the Scottish National War Memorial ahead of its centenary next summer.  

Stevens Park in Quarry Bank has retained the prestigious Green Flag status for the second year running.

Dudley Adult and Community Learning (ACL) is celebrating a double success after winning a prestigious regional award and seeing one of its learners shortlisted among the best in the West Midlands.

A Lancashire shop has been forced to shut their doors for three months after Trading Standards officers seized thousands of pounds' worth of illegal tobacco products and vapes.

A statement from Mayor of Hackney, Zoë Garbett, following yesterday’s tragic murder on Downs Park Road on 13 July 2026

UK-based diagnostic health testing company, Regenerus Laboratories, announced that it has secured £8m to accelerate operational and market expansion, and strengthen its diagnostic platform. The funds consist of £5m equity investment from Foresight Group and a £3m R&D grant from Scottish Enterprise.

• Consultation open on updated proposals to improve key central Reading route for cycling and walking
• Proposals include introduction of dedicated cycle lanes, improvements to Castle Hill – IDR roundabout and new pedestrian crossings