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Sunday, 11 January 2015

BBC News

• Could the dining car ever make a comeback?Britain's much-loved traditional railway restaurant car is threatening to make a surprising comeback, writes Adrian Quine.
• Driver dies after car leaves roadPolice are appealing for witnesses after a man dies in a one-vehicle crash in Aberdeenshire.

The Herald

• Revealed: The streets where pollution breaches safety limitsToxic fumes from vehicle exhausts are breaching legal safety limits on 23 busy streets and endangering the health of people across Scotland, according to the latest Government monitoring.

The Independent

• British Airways flight reaches close to supersonic speeds due to strong jet stream Despite departing JFK late, a British Airways flight was able arrive early in Heathrow, notching up close to supersonic speeds on the transatlantic route, thanks to the 200mph jet stream.
• Crossrail faces the prospect of signal trouble from day one Crossrail, the South-East's £15bn new rail line, is on course for a humiliating signalling failure when it opens in 2018.

The Observer

• SpaceX Falcon 9: private space company's floating barge mission failsA historic first attempt to land a reusable rocket on a floating barge – in what would have been a major leap forward in slashing the cost of space travel – has failed.
• Air Asia crash: object on sonar may be fuselage, say searchersIndonesian search teams have said a sonar scan may have located the fuselage of the AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board.

The Scotsman

• Bid to restore Scots inter-city flight networkNEW flights between Scotland’s cities are being planned to help woo long-haul routes to Edinburgh and Glasgow airports and overcome slow road and rail links.

The Telegraph

• Winds batter Britain causing travel chaos ahead of snowFerocious winds cause chaos across the country, toppling power lines, uprooting trees and causing widespread disruption to rail and ferry services
• Patrick McLoughlin: Strike action 'needs more participation'Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin defends proposals that health, education, transport and fire service workers who want to go on strike will have to get support from 40 per cent of union colleagues

Daily Record

• Boss of failed car firm Verve is bankrupt with £2million of debts CHARLIE Adair - whose firm were once Kilmarnock FC shirt sponsors - has had insolvency application accepted.

Mail Online

• Cost of becoming a new driver is now £6,500 with first year's insurance often costing more than the car itself  According to a survey, the cost of becoming a new driver has soared by almost a fifth in the past five years. The typical learner also needs £480 of driving lessons.

This is Money

• Ex-Apple executive Barry Hochfield on track for second Thetrainline payout Barry Hochfield, who with David Braddock made almost £2m selling their IT business in 2007, took part of their consideration for Advanced Smartcard Technologies in Thetrainline shares.
• Raleigh's profits are punctured amid low consumer confidence and competitive market The 127-year-old company is now owned by Dutch firm Accell, but is still based in Nottingham, where it manufactured bikes until 2003.

Network Rail

• Mast damage on St Pancras line - media statement

Birmingham Post

• Birmingham car park sale could pave the way for later redevelopment M&G Real Estate has completed its acquisition of the Royal Angus car park, in Whittall Street, off Steelhouse Lane, from Jam Time for about £9 million.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Almost 38,000 motorists caught speeding in North Wales during 2014 Biker clocked doing 136mph on the A5 in Denbighshire among those snapped by police speed cameras in the region last year 
• Suspected car fire causes disruption to Flintshire stretch of A55Overheated engine causes car to grind to a halt on busy section of road between Northop and Ewloe

Manchester Evening News

• Watch: Bumpy ride for passengers heading into Manchester Airport todayAircraft heading over Stockport and Wythenshawe today had to contend with the strong wind

Nottingham Evening Post

• VIDEO: Nottingham buses in 1998Check out this nostalgic video to see how Nottingham's buses have changed in less than 20 years.The footage, from 1998, captures the old-fashioned Nottingham City Transport green buses, and reveals just how much they've transformed in under two decades.Do you remember travelling on buses like these?
• Trains between Nottingham and London cancelled due to damage from...Passengers travelling by train to London from Nottingham are being warned of cancellations due to high winds.All trains in and out of London St Pancras have been suspended after gales damaged a 30ft mast near railway lines at Harpenden.Overhead wire problems between St Albans and Luton Airpot Parkway are also causing disruption.There is no firm estimate yet of how long disruption will last but it is likely to continue until at least 3pm.Alternative travel optionsEast...
• Lane restrictions on M1 for two months as survey work is carried...Lane restrictions across three junctions of the M1 will be in force from Sunday night.The Highways Agency have confirmed they will be carrying out survey work on the road between junction 23a and junction 25 from Sunday night until March.The closures will take place between 8pm and 9am, and will only be in force overnight and during weekends.A spokeswoman for Highways Agency said: "There will be various lane and slip road restrictions but no full closures, so road users can continue...

Sheffield Star

• Community group secures cash to continue Sheffield waterways clean-upA community group has secured more than £18,000 of funding to improve some of Sheffield’s important waterways.

The York Press

• Young cyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in accident near York - three people seriously injured in separate crash on A64: Update 11.05 pm A 12-YEAR-OLD cyclist has suffered life-threatening injuries in one of two serious road accidents near York.

Wales Online

• Welsh Red Arrow pilot Mike Bowden opens up on life in the REALLY fast lane, and reveals: ˜It's nothing like Top Gun'The RAF fighter pilot from Newport tells all about living life at 600mph... but admits away from the cockpit, he drives a family Ford

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• HS2 headhunts top Australian infrastructure chiefThe head of an Australian infrastructure firm has been poached to play a major role on HS2.

Doncaster Free Press

• Power restored to traffic lights after gale-force winds cause chaosPower has been restored to traffic lights on a busy stretch of road in Doncaster Town Centre.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Warning to motorists after gales bring down trees on roads across the countyDrivers are being warned to take care on Suffolk’s roads today after strong winds brought down a large number of trees overnight.

Peterborough Telegraph

• New Peterborough cycle club on look out for membersA new cycling club has been launched in Peterborough - Thorpe Ventures Community Cycling Club are affiliated to British Cycling as a Go-Ride club.

Reading Evening Post

• Reading MPs urge council to tackle road safety in Caversham and TilehurstRob Wilson and Alok Sharma have been spearheading two campaigns for a zebra crossing near English Martyrs Primary and changes to Albert Road junction

Sleaford Standard

• Bottlenecks are still being causedA bid to deter drivers from causing bottlenecks leaving their cars parked on town streets seems to have only displaced the problem.

Other Regional Press

• Bad weather scuppers ship salvage bid Weather conditions are too unsafe for salvors to begin pumping 3,000 tonnes of water taken onboard by a car carrier which became stranded near to a busy shipping lane.
• Northampton's new £20 million railway station set to open tomorrowRail passengers will finally be able to use Northampton’s new multi-million railway station from tomorrow morning (Monday).
• Road closures for resurfacing worksEvening and night-time closures will be in place at a busy Preston junction as major improvements near completion.
• Winston Churchill funeral train and carriages will go on display at National Railway Museum after restoration project THE National Railway Museum in York has nearly completed a project to restore the train which carried wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s body from his London state funeral to Oxfordshire.

Railway Gazette

• Rail industry news in brief - January 2015 Following an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Polish rail market in 2013, Czech open access...