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Sunday, 07 December 2014

BBC News

• Rail fares to rise by at least 10pFares on Arriva Trains Wales services are to go up by at least 10p from 2 January 2015.

The Guardian

• Readers' assignment: public transportYou’ve sent in some great assignment ideas for GuardianWitness so we’ve started a bi-weekly series based on your best suggestions

The Herald

• First Batmobile put up for auctionThe earliest known officially licensed car of comic book superhero Batman has been put up for auction.

Times Online

• Labour rounds on bus ‘cartel’ [subscription]EXECUTIVES at Britain’s leading bus companies are receiving millions in pay and bonuses while customers are hit by fare rises and route closures, according to research by Labour. Michael Dugher, the shadow transport secretary, accused them of cashing in while passengers suffer, in the opening salvo of a campaign against “bus barons” that follows its attack on energy firms.

Mail Online

• Heathrow Airbus in near miss with drone that ghosted into Britain's biggest airport undetected by air traffic control A passenger plane had a near miss with a drone as it landed at Heathrow, in the first such incident recorded at Britain’s biggest airport. The AIrbus A320 was at 700ft when it spotted the drone.

The Mirror

• Thousands of bus routes axed as bosses cash in with massive pay risesFares have gone up by 25%, while 1,300 routes have been axed and bus bosses made £500million in one year alone

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Rail fares increase for district could have been worse, says passenger spokesman AN increase in season ticket prices for rail users in Bradford district could have been a lot worse for passengers, according to the head of a transport users group.

Manchester Evening News

• Business set to take off as direct Manchester-China flights start on MondayAirline chiefs will descend on Manchester Airport on Monday for the inaugural Cathay Pacific flight, to jet in and out four times weekly

The York Press

• Councillors and MP row over ring road cash YORK councillors have hit back at accusations from the city's Tory MP that they are failing in the push for improvements on York's outer ring road.

Bucks Free Press

• Gerrards Cross looks set to miss out on being the next garden city It was announced earlier this week that Bicester could be next to receive 13,000 homes and this is despite national media reports earlier this year suggesting Gerrards Cross was in line to see an influx of development.

Burnley Express

• Apology for ‘faulty signals’ traffic chaos in BurnleyThe traffic chaos that engulfed Burnley’s roads at the opening of new traffic lights yesterday morning was due to faulty timings, according to Lancashire County Council.

Crewe Chronicle

• Rail leaders outline shared vision for HS2 More than 100 people joined key players from the region’s railway industry at the Next Generation Rail Cheshire event

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster commuters facing 2.5 per cent price hikeDoncaster rail commuters will have to fork out for above-inflation rises in the cost of their season tickets in the new year.

North Wales Live

• Merseyrail trains suspended on Wirral after rail replacement bus has roof ripped offMiraculously nobody was injured in the dramatic incident which happened in Rock Ferry

Northamptonshire Telegraph

• More closures as A14 work enters final monthsDrivers will once again have to prepare to find alternative routes with the A14 to be subject to another round of overnight closures.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Road safety advice for Peterborough pupilsStudents at schools across Peterborough have been given road safety advice through a new theatre production.

Other Regional Press

• Rail operators are cashing in with a price hike on tickets at what is officially East Anglia’s busiest railway station. Rail operators are cashing in with a price hike on tickets at what is officially East Anglia’s busiest railway station. Read more: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Footfall-Cambridge-train-station-closes-10m-rail/story-25217927-detail/story.html#ixzz3LCbgdr60 Follow us: @CambridgeNewsUK on Twitter | cambridgenews on Facebook
• Anger in Slaithwaite as renovation vans block main shopping street car parkCo-op contractors blamed for congestion
• Tube memorabilia to go on sale in Dorchester AN EXCITING collection of items relating to the London Underground are going under the hammer in Dorchester.

Airportwatch

• Middlesbrough Transport Bridge revamp costs rise to £4mThe cost of renovating Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge has risen to more than £4m, council bosses have admitted.

Other News Sources

• Boris faces up to London's air quality crisis with £330m green spree 2,400 hybrid buses, zero-emission taxis and 10,000 street trees will all be coming to London as part of new plans announced by Boris Johnson in a bid to tackle the capital's air pollution problems.
• Commuters hit by new price increases as season tickets rise by 2.5% on Southern and other fares by 2.1% Hard-pressed commuters will fork out more on their rail fares next year after industry-wide price increases.