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Sunday, 07 September 2014

BBC News

• Ascot residents demand a halt to Heathrow flight path trialsResidents living in and around the Ascot area have called for flight trials out of Heathrow Airport to be scrapped.
• Regulated rail fare increases cappedTrain companies in England will not be allowed to increase regulated rail fares by more than the rate of inflation, George Osborne announces.

The Guardian

• Free bus passes under threat and the pensioners who are fighting backA campaign to save a much-treasured freedom, will deliver a petition with 140,000 signatures to No 10 (by bus of course)
• Rail fares to match inflation rate for another 12 monthsGeorge Osborne announces train tickets will be held in real terms and pinned to RPI rate for another year
• Northern Ireland fuel laundering linked to Tilbury docks container deathPSNI raid on fuel plant in County Tyrone follows death of Meet Singh Kapoor, whose body was found in a container last monthPolice in Northern Ireland are linking a people-smuggling operation in which a Sikh asylum seeker died with a suspected illegal fuel plant in County Tyrone. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Rail fare rises will be capped, says George OsborneGeorge Osborne announces that rail fares will rise only by the rate of inflation in 2015, as train firms lose flexibility to raise individual regulated fares

Mail Online

• Tories are all at sea over Clacton Tube: Residents of Essex town left baffled after survey question about local Underground services, despite nearest stop being 60 miles away The party asked the bizarre question in a survey ahead of the by-election triggered by their MP Douglas Carswell’s defection to Ukip. 

Derby Telegraph

• Derby firms win slice of major rail programme RAIL businesses from Derby and Derbyshire have landed big contracts with Hitachi Rail Europe on the Government's giant Intercity Express Programme.

Journal Live

• Hitachi Rail Europe shows firm support for North East suppliersThe long list of main suppliers to Hitachi Rail Europe's givernment train programme has been revealed - including three from the North East

London Evening Standard

• Network Rail chiefs cut board out spending decisionsNetwork Rail bosses have been blasted by union and industry leaders after attempting to “free-up board time for more strategic issues”.

Manchester Evening News

• Transport bosses' anger after funding blow for disabled access at stationsTrain stations in the region were denied cash by central government

The York Press

• Twelve bus services delayed by roadworks in York Roadworks on two important parts of the York road network are causing delays on 12 different bus services including four out of the city's six Park and Ride services.

North Wales Live

• Controversial parking system at Liverpool John Lennon Airport looks set to stayAirport bosses say new arrangements are now

Other Regional Press

• Exeter’s bus Real Time Information system to be ripped out EXETER’S obsolete bus Real Time Information system is to be ripped out.
• Lincoln MP: rail improvements ‘might be announced imminently’It looks like good news might not be too far down the line for students who have to travel cross-country to reach Lincoln.
• Don’t bother electrifying the rail lines - we haven’t got enough trains’Rail experts have warned multi-million pound plans for much needed electrification across the north risk making no difference because of a lack of trains to run on them.
• 'We'll be the centre of the rail universe'Over the past few years it seems to have been full steam ahead for Oxfordshire’s growing rail network, and the growth doesn’t seem to be showing any sign of stopping. Damian Fantato reports.
• Pothole patcher machine can mend 150 repairs to roads every dayPotholes are filling up fast across Central Bedfordshire thanks to a new repair technique introduced last month.

Global Rail News

• Network Rail awards £1.6bn regional framework contractsNetwork Rail has awarded regional framework contracts worth a combined £1.6 billion to an assortment of rail industry suppliers.

Other News Sources

• 'Living in a war zone:' Residents, mayors blast O'Hare noiseIf constant jet noise wasn't bad enough, airplanes dropping mysterious substances is now a concern, local leaders told Federal Aviation Administration and Chicago officials Friday.
• Toronto airport expert recruited to noise committeeThe chair of the Region of Waterloo's airport noise committee has been temporarily replaced by a Toronto airport expert due to concerns about conflict of interest.
• Nine named for £1.6bn rail frameworksNine contractors are set to share in £1.6bn of railway work after winning places on a series of 20 framework agreements with Network Rail.