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Sunday, 09 November 2014

BBC News

• WW1 'For the Fallen' train arrives at London's King's Cross stationA train decorated to commemorate the start of World War One arrives at London's King's Cross station before travelling to Edinburgh.
• Public meeting on controversial buswayResidents who say their lives have been blighted by the construction of Greater Manchester's first busway are set to meet transport bosses.
• Huge ship fuel business is bankruptThe world's largest ship fuel supplier, Denmark's OW Bunker, has filed for bankruptcy after alleged fraud, prompting a scramble by ships for fuel.

The Guardian

• Give our cities power to prosper and all Britain will flourish tooThe country’s great conurbations are, currently, civic pygmies. George Osborne has made a start by giving Manchester more autonomy. Now more must follow
• Wherever you build new infrastructure, jobs will follow. So build it in the northThe pressure on the south-east to expand is unnecessary. State investment could put northern cities centre stage

The Herald

• Airport's better boarding plan takes offGlasgow Airport is to invest more than £3 million extending one of the airport's three piers, allowing more passengers to board planes without stepping onto the asphalt aprons.

The Independent

• Train delays are the worst for seven years Rail passengers are suffering more train delays than at any time for seven years, Network Rail board minutes reveal. One in every 11 trains is significantly behind schedule since April this year, according to the organisation which runs the UK's major rail lines and major stations.

The Telegraph

• Metric measurements to be used on road signs for first timeIn a move which will anger traditionalists, signs showing height and width restrictions will start to carry measurements in both feet and inches and metres and centimetres

Mail Online

• HS2 staff 'trying to bully and buy off' residents who fear their communities will be blighted by 225mph line Grandmother Gill Stockdale revealed HS2 staff visited her Staffordshire home and tried to strike a deal after she raised objections about the high-speed rail link.

Birmingham Post

• 'Game-changing' electric car to go on sale in Birmingham showroom Birmingham is chosen as first location outside South East for new Tesla dealership.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Increase in biker death toll in Wales leads to pledge from transport minister25 motorcyclists have died on Welsh roads in first nine months of the year and Edwina Hart says she will act to stop the increase

Liverpool Echo

• Frustration for Liverpool parents after design changes mean double pushchairs no longer fit on Arriva busesOne mum recently had to wait for six buses to go by before one arrived that she could fit her daughter's buggy on

Sheffield Star

• Jobs boost at Doncaster railway firmInternational rail construction and technology company Rhomberg Sersa has expended its operations in Doncaster.
• British Transport Police: ‘Miracle’ that train in 80mph South Yorkshire crash did not overturnTransport police have said it is a ‘miracle’ a train involved in an 80mph crash in South Yorkshire did not overturn after vandals drove plant machinery on to the line.

The York Press

• Railway line campaigners seek council support CAMPAIGNERS hoping to re-open the York to Beverley railway line have hosted a meeting in York to try to garner support from local authorities.

Blackpool Gazette

• Are you sick of ramshackle trains?Fylde rail campaigners have welcomed calls from deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to abolish outdated “cattle trucks” currently in use on Fylde’s railway lines.

Burnley Express

• Padiham cyclists to get £15k showpiece track in Park RoadKeen cyclists can test their skills on a £15,000 showpiece pump track that is set to open in Padiham.

Carlisle News & Star

• Anger that councillors won't get final say on Carlisle parking charges A councillor says he’s angry at being denied a final say over how controversial on-street parking charges will be imposed in Carlisle.

Doncaster Free Press

• Jobs boost at Doncaster railway firmInternational rail construction and technology company Rhomberg Sersa has expended its operations in Doncaster.

Sleaford Standard

• Sleaford MP pushes Permanent Secretary to visit Lincolnshire to see challenges being faced on school transportSleaford and North Hykeham MP Stephen Phillips has challenged the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, Chris Wormald, on his understanding of challenges faced in rural areas like Lincolnshire.

Other News Sources

• Protest against bus cuts organised in Lewes A RALLY to campaign against Sussex bus cuts takes place today.

News from Europe

• EC transport chief demands a SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY to end 'air traffic gridlock'Brussels' officials are pushing for countries in the 28-member bloc to bring an end to "gridlock in the skies" above Europe, by urging them to be more flexible about airspace.