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Friday, 05 September 2014

BBC News

• Fight to save Deeping St James Victorian signal boxCampaigners are fighting plans to bulldoze a Victorian signal box.
• VIDEO: Crying baby's family thrown off busA mother with two children, one only 15 months old, was forced to get off a bus because the driver said the noise of the child's crying was disturbing him.
• VIDEO: Fifty years of the Forth Road BridgeThe Forth Road Bridge is celebrating 50 years since it was opened by the Queen on 4 September 1964.
• VIDEO: More carriages for South West TrainsSouth West Trains is to get 150 new carriages to help ease overcrowding on services into London Waterloo.

The Guardian

• Go-Ahead enjoys leaping profits as it takes over rail franchiseGo-Ahead is set to start operating the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern commuter franchise from 14 September

The Herald

• Major boost for easyJet and Ryanair RIVAL low-fare airlines easyJet and Ryanair both carried an increased number of passengers last month.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Chancellor agrees to explore rail link to Leeds-Bradford Airport after pressure from MP GEORGE Osborne has agreed to explore a rail link to Leeds-Bradford Airport, after pressure from an MP.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Chancellor hails Rolls-Royce as 'great British success story'...CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer George Osborne today hailed Rolls-Royce as

London Evening Standard

• Super hi-vis jackets, smart locks and clever navigation... bikes just got badass There’s pretty much only one good thing about autumn: I get to dig out my cycling jacket. As a dedicated two-wheeler, I was once no fan of the dark season. In just a few weeks many of us will be setting off for the office before sunrise and leaving after dark — creating a sense that London lives in permanent low light, and an increased worry that the capital’s motor traffic will have a harder time spotting us on the roads.

Sheffield Telegraph

• 950 refunds after bus gate error hits driversAlmost 950 Sheffield motorists are to be refunded £57,000 in fines after being caught on camera driving through a bus gate which signs said they could use.

This Is Local London Network

• £7m funding gap as Kingston Council haggles with TfL over mini-Holland project Six months after winning a share of the Mayor of London’s £100m cycling initiative, the authority has fine-tuned its plans for the scheme and found costs may soar to more than £41m.

Carlisle News & Star

• Bus fire closes town centre road A school bus fire forced the closure of a town centre road.

Doncaster Free Press

• Isle MP lobbies rail minister over line retentionNorth Lincolnshire MPs met with the Rail Minister, Claire Perry MP, to lobby her for the retention of the direct Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport train. This line also serves Barnetby, Scunthorpe and the Isle of Axholme.

North Wales Live

• Campaign group says bringing the HS2 will have 'extraordinarily powerful economic benefits' for Liverpool High Speed Rail - Linking Liverpool group is lobbying government to rethink new High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) route

Other Regional Press

• Unity among Kirklees councillors in support for High Speed 3 linking northern citiesClr Light says they're building HS3 for future generations - even if he needs a zimmer frame by then
• HS2 route decision will be made in autumn says ministerBUSINESSES and homes which could be 'blighted' by HS2 plans will have to wait until autumn to find out if the Government will change its mind on a £1 billion spur line.
• My debate on HS2 - David Mowat MPON Tuesday I spoke in a specially convened debate in Parliament about the effect that the Initial Preferred Route (IPR) for HS2 would have on Warrington, alongside Warrington North MP Helen Jones.
• Claims that £1m spent on no-go transport scheme PLANS to overhaul traffic in Dorchester have come under fire after it emerged that almost £1million has been spent with ‘nothing at all to show for it’.

Global Rail News

• Transdev awarded new Luas operating contractThe operator of Dublin’s light rail network, Transdev Dublin Light Rail Limited, has been awarded a new five-year operating contract.
• Consortium pushes case for reinstating Oxford-Cambridge rail linkThe UK’s East West Rail Consortium has published a report promoting the economic case for reinstating the Varsity Line between the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Aviation Industry

• The good (and the bad) news about United Airlines' new Dreamliner deliveryFirst the good news: United Airlines today became the first North American-based carrier to take delivery of the Boeing 787-9, a stretch version of the Dreamliner that will fly further and accommodate more passengers than does the original version of the Dreamliner that United also flies. Now the bad news : It appears United passengers in Chicago will see little or nothing of the newest plane to enter the United fleet for the foreseeable future.
• LOT Polish Airlines returns to operating profit in AugustLOT Polish Airlines reported it moved into profit on its core business eight months into the year. read more
• Lufthansa pilots to strike Friday afternoonLufthansa Group pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, will strike for six hours Friday, which will affect short- and medium-haul flights from Frankfurt Airport. read more
• O’Leary to stick with Ryanair for ‘another couple of years’ Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has committed to stay on for at least another couple of years and said he is unfazed by the departure of two of his most senior executives. read more
• BA offers free upgrades to First for Club World passengersClub World passengers have until December 31 to use the offer

Other News Sources

• Virgin Atlantic announces plans to strengthen its network and invest in customer experience Virgin Atlantic has announced its plans to grow to record levels of sustained profitability by 2018. Building on its existing two year recovery plan, which is on target to deliver an annual...
• An animated knight is the star of Air Malta's new in-flight safety video which has been rolled out recently onboard the airline's Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft fleetsAn animated knight is the star of Air Maltarsquo;s new in-flight safety video which has been rolled out recently onboard the airlinersquo;s Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft fleets. nbsp; In ...