Injured man's family thank 'saviour', £700k funding for harbour repairs and Doncaster Council wishes to reopen airport. Today's headlines with Rachael Grealish - Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Rachel Grealish and here are today's headlines.
00:06 The family of the taxi driver who was involved with a major crash has thanked the motorist
00:11 who stopped and pulled him from the car, calling him a saviour.
00:15 The crash also led to a four-month-old baby being transported to hospital with life-threatening
00:21 injuries.
00:22 More than £700,000 of funding for harbour repair projects in Scarborough and Whitby
00:29 is set to be approved by the Council.
00:32 Approval of the funding would allow the Council to bid for external funding for the delivery
00:36 of both schemes.
00:39 And finally, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority has approved the major next step
00:44 in reopening the region's airport.
00:47 The approval gives Doncaster Council access to £138 million from the authority funding
00:54 to work with potential investors and negotiate a leasehold agreement.
01:01 That's all for today.
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01:08 Have a great day now, bye!