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Sunday, 23 November 2014

BBC News

• Leicester's Haymarket bus station scheme sees shops demolishedWork has begun on demolishing a row of shops as part of a £13.5m bus station redevelopment.
• Kenilworth railway station design is selectedDesigns for a new railway station in Kenilworth have been unveiled. It follows a public vote, which Warwickshire County Council said had "overwhelmingly" backed a traditional design based on the original building, which closed in the 1960s.
• M56 near Manchester Airport to closeA motorway near Manchester Airport is being closed as part of a £5.5m project to replace a weakened bridge.
• Terror police arrest man at HeathrowA 19-year-old man is arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism, police say.
• Minister urges coach access for wheelchairsMore than one third of bus stops used by the UK's main coach operator cannot accommodate wheelchair users, despite its fleet being able to carry them.

The Guardian

• Trams are back in fashion. So is a sense of collective imagination about our citiesLight rail is transformative, almost magically so. Cities around Australia and the world see it as the key to renewing depressed downtowns and sprawling suburbs
• London must move faster on air pollutionThe UK needs to speed up improving air quality and the capital must take a stronger lead

The Observer

• Rail, road and bus spending is the way to bridge the north-south divideWhile London provides a model of integrated investment, elsewhere growth is slowed by fragmentation and bottlenecks

The Telegraph

• HS2 'slowly dying’ as Euston terminus plan grinds to haltDesign work on HS2 at Euston station "stopped" due to scheme's "costs and benefits" being "unaffordable", according to minutes seen by The Sunday Telegraph.
• 11 things that should be banned from public transportAs New York's transit agency clamps down on 'man spreading', Michael Hogan rounds up 11 other habits that we shouldn't have to put up with on the way to work

Mail Online

• First Great Western launch appeal to reunite lost teddies with their owners  First Great Western trains have launched the appeal by issuing adorable mug shots of the bears, which have been left on carriages and platforms in a bid to reunite them with their owners for Christmas.

The Mirror

• Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin vows to stop motorists using mobile phonesThe MP backed the Sunday Mirror’s Drive Phone Smart campaign and told how he will step up the battle in the coming months

Birmingham Post

• Jaguar Land Rover pledges to produce a self-drive car within 10 yearsJaguar Land Rover told MPs it plans to build cars which gave motorists the option of driving for themselves or letting the vehicle take over.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Old railway stations to reopenMOTHBALLED railway stations are set to reopen after more than half a century after services for stops at the platforms were written into the next ScotRail franchise.

London Evening Standard

• Eurostar drama as passengers are left stranded in total darkness for up to nine hours More than 1,000 Eurostar passengers were left stranded without water and in total darkness for up to nine hours today when two high-speed trains ground to a halt in a northern France.
• Nissan hold back new black cab over emission zone plan Nissan today suspended plans to launch a new London taxi before Christmas amid doubts triggered by proposals for an Ultra Low Emission Zone.

Manchester Evening News

• City chief slams Heathrow's 'desperate' attempt to woo Manchester business leadersHeathrow Airport bosses have approached Greater Manchester business leaders to garner support for expansion in the south-east

This Is Local London Network

• Age of Brunel revisited as Crossrail work starts at Stockley Park THE spirit of Brunel is alive after railway construction began on a 120m bridge that will be used by Crossrail services from Heathrow to London.

Bucks Free Press

• Beaconsfield cycle campaigners receive two national awards VOLUNTEERS and councillors behind the new £500,000 cycle network in Beaconsfield have been recognised nationally for their hard work and have now received two awards.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Train services in Suffolk return to normal after freight train breakdownRail passengers faced some disruption this morning after a freight train broke down.

Railnews

• Plan to link HS2 to Birmingham New StreetTHE West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority and the Rail Delivery Group are proposing that HS2 should be linked to the existing railway in central Birmingham so that some trains could serve New Street station as well as the new Curzon terminal planned alongside Moor Street station. The suggestion has come at the same time as an independent think tank has concluded that high speed rail is a catalyst for economic regeneration.