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Tuesday, 05 August 2014

BBC News

• New bus route replaces axed serviceA government-funded bus replaced a route cut last year by Arriva.
• Northern cities unveil transport bidFive cities in northern England are set to unveil a joint £15bn plan to improve road and rail connections in the North.
• Whiplash assessment charges slashedCharges for medical reports on people in England and Wales who say they have suffered whiplash are to be cut in a bid to tackle the

Financial Times

• Osborne vows to revitalise northMr Osborne’s intervention comes months before the general election where the Conservatives are worried about losing key seats in the area to Labour

The Guardian

• East coast mainline pays taxpayers £1bn sparking fresh reprivatisation furyFranchise returned record £235m in final year as a state company but Department for Transport says decision is finalAnger is growing over the return of the east coast mainline to private hands after it emerged that it had generated £1bn for UK taxpayers since 2009.The east coast mainline paid a record £235m back to the government in its final full year as a state-owned company, a 12% increase on the previous year. That means the franchise, run by Directly Operated Railways (DOR), has returned more than £1bn to the public purse over the past five years, sparking re...

Mail Online

• Rail commuters are hit by up to 40,000 bogus parking fines: 'Pirates' accused of demanding money from commuters using the wrong law Fines of £100 a time were handed out when drivers stayed beyond the permitted period at car parks belonging to Chiltern Railways managed by Met Parking Services.

Birmingham Post

• Revised New Street Station plans go before planning chiefs Proposed changes to the £600 million development include alterations to the stainless steel cladding and amendments to access ramps

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Revealed: The single speed camera trap which catches thousands of...A STAGGERING 18,000 motorists were caught by one speed trap in Derbyshire.Cameras at one set of road works were responsible for a near doubling of the number of fines handed out in a year.Figures show nearly 39,000 people were snapped in the county breaking the limit in the 12 months to June, compared to just over 22,000 the previous year.And with a minimum fine of £100, the money raised from issuing them will have risen by at least £1 million.A new report has revealed that the huge...

London Evening Standard

• One plane every 90 seconds for 13 hours if Heathrow third runway is built Tens of thousands of people in west London will lose half of their daily noise-free moments if a third runway goes ahead, campaigners said today.
• Letters to the editor: Rail public ownership is real deal Labour's rail-fare increase cap is obviously sensible and necessary. People in London and the South-East are now trapped between on the one hand exorbitant housing costs, and on the other rail transport costs which are inescapable but escalating wildly out of control. But ending the flexibility for train operators to levy up to RPI plus one per cent in fare increases will ease the situation only so far. The root of the problem is the impact of privatisation, which adds remorselessly to costs and broke up what should be an integrated rail system into more than 100 parts.

Manchester Evening News

• £15bn 'One North' transport plan to upgrade creaking road and rail networksThe 15 year wish-list is to be presented to the Chancellor

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• £15bn plan to revolutionise transport in Newcastle and the NorthReport by leaders from five Northern cities will be put to Chancellor George Osborne today

Wales Online

• New M4 relief road 'wholly unnecessary' says transport consultantConsultant Neil Anderson of Capital Traffic has made a submission to the Welsh Government urging it to reconsider its decision

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Launch of £15bn transport blueprint across the NorthChancellor George Osborne will be challenged to back a £15 billion plan to revolutionise transport across the North today.

Yorkshire Post

• Rail firm 
‘pays huge 
sums to 
taxpayers’A transport union is stepping up its fight to stop a key London to Scotland rail franchise, which covers York, Leeds and Doncaster, being re-privatised after revealing the public sector company currently running it is paying “massive sums” back to taxpayers.

Bucks Free Press

• East of town 'one huge interchange' if M40 junction plans go ahead A NEW motorway junction near Flackwell Heath would turn the east side of High Wycombe into one giant interchange, according to a councillor opposing the plan.

Doncaster Free Press

• £56m airport link road well under wayConstruction work on a £56m airport link road has reached an important stage in its journey.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Stansted Airport offers top tips on supply chain opportunitiesMore than 120 delegates from local and regional businesses gathered at Stansted Airport last week to pick up some top tips about how to do business with companies at the airport.

Other Regional Press

• First World War memorial and plaques unveiled at Letchworth railway stationA ceremony to remember Letchworth’s fallen servicemen took place at the town’s railway station this afternoon to mark 100 years since Britain joined the First World War.
• Gateway transport plans are criticised WOLVERCOTE residents have claimed transport proposals for the Northern Gateway business park scheme were “rushed throughâ€� without enough consultation.
• Northampton’s ‘Boris bike’ cycle scheme is off to a good startA ‘Boris bike’ style cycle hire scheme in Northampton has had a promising start - with more than 350 rentals in the first two weeks.
• Driverless car competitionRibble Valley MP Nigel Evans has welcomed the opening of a national competition designed to introduce driverless cars to UK roads.

Aviation Industry

• British Airways boss: ‘Flying over Iraq is safe’BA CEO Willie Walsh defends decision to keep flying over Iraq

Other News Sources

• Stansted Airport offers top tips on supply chain opportunitiesOver 120 delegates representing local and regional businesses gathered at Stansted Airport last week (July 29) to pick up some top tips about how to do business with companies at the airport.
• Sussex MP makes fuel plea A SUSSEX MP has called on petrol retailers to introduce pre-payment across the board to cut down on fuel theft.
• RMT: East Coast delivering £235m a year for the taxpayerUnion issues fresh call against re-privatising line