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Monday, 13 October 2014

BBC News

• Ascot residents meet over Heathrow flight path trialsHeathrow Airport bosses are to meet with residents in Ascot, Berkshire, over the ongoing trial of new potential flight paths.
• Government seeks buyer for EurostarThe UK government is seeking buyers for its 40% stake in the cross-Channel passenger train operator Eurostar to help boost the public finances.

Financial Times

• UK train rolling stock owner sold offPorterbrook manages 5,900 passenger and freight units
• TransPennine struggles to seat passengersShortage of diesel trains on overcrowded routes
• Osborne aims for pre-poll sale of EurostarChancellor hopes to raise sum in low hundreds of millions to help lower public debt

Times Online

• Foreign buyers hitch wagon to Porterbrook [Subscription]One third of trains change hands as rolling stock continues to lure buyers two decades after privatisation

Reuters News

• Consortium buys British train leasing company PorterbrookA consortium of infrastructure investors, including the alternative investment arm of German insurance group Allianz (ALVG.DE), has taken over British rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance [PTKRL.UL].

Daily Express

• Osborne to signal start of Eurostar saleGEORGE Osborne was due today to fire the starting gun on the sale of Britain’s stake in Eurostar.

The Mirror

• Mum lucky to be alive after 'low-flying PLANE rips tiles off roof and into garden' Sharon Ward says a plane landing at nearby Birmingham Airport caused
• Tories anti-British rail as new survey reveals three quarters of private rail contracts are owned by foreign statesThe vast majority of contracts are owned by France, Germany and Netherlands, and Labour are this week set to call for an inquiry to tackle the problem

Birmingham Mail

• Kitts Green mum 'lucky to be alive' after freak airplane 'vortex' rip tiles from her roofSharon Ward said she believed the drama was sparked by planes landing at Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Post

• Giant Birmingham site for HS2 College developmentA 3.3-acre site – the size of two football pitches – is being cleared at Ashted Lock on Birmingham Science Park Aston

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Politicians call for safety measures on moorland road after third fatal crash in five years CONCERNED politicians have called for action to improve safety on a
• Council leader lobbies for Bradford benefits to HS2 project THE leader of Bradford Council has met with HS2 bosses to lobby for local rail improvements to be included in the £46 billion scheme.

Wales Online

• Conservatives attack Welsh Government over use of Cardiff Airport for overseas trade missionsTories claim Labour Ministers 'don't have confidence to use airport for their own foreign trips'

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Disruption on Staffordshire and Walsall trains as work starts on rail trackRail track between Staffordshire and Walsall will have to be lowered as part of the multi-million pound electrification of the Chase Line, leading to disruption for train commuters.

Yorkshire Post

• Ministers criticised over foreign running of British rail servicesA TRADE union has called on MPs to hold an inquiry into the role of foreign companies in UK railways after producing figures showing three-quarters of rail franchises are now operated by overseas firms.

Other Regional Press

• LETTER: Disgust at Lincolnshire County Council transport budget cutsI’m deeply disappointed that LCC have plans to slash the public transport budget. Although we don’t have the exact details yet, Anita Ruffle, LCC’s transport manager, revealed that some services could be cut as much as 30%.
• £7m roadworks near completionA six-month motorway roadwork scheme is set to end later this month.
• Coventry MP speaks out during HS2 impact visit to Warwickshire Jim Cunningham MP raises concerns over compensation and the environmental impact on city

Airportwatch

• Oxford London Road eight-month roadworks beginMajor roadworks, expected to last eight months, have begun on one of Oxford's busiest roads.

Other News Sources

• Plan to install new Darwen traffic lights could be scrapped PLANS to install new traffic lights at the junction of Birch Hall Avenue and Blackburn Road could be scrapped, council bosses have confirmed.