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Monday, 06 April 2015

BBC News

• VIDEO: Can technology improve traffic lights?Fiona Trott reports on new technology giving drivers more information on - and even power to control - traffic lights.

Financial Times

• New York port body ‘damaged’ by scandalsTransport network struggles to reform image amid criticism over spending
• German air safety watchdog probed before crashInspectors reported to be concerned at low staffing and access to medical records

The Herald

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Daily Record

• Airline bans booze on a notorious flight from Scotland to party island IbizaRYANAIR told passengers travelling from Glasgow Prestwick to the Spanish isle that they will no longer be able to take alcohol on board.
• Bus passengers escape injury after double decker crashes into railway bridge near Inverness EARLY reporter suggested a number of passengers had been injured but Police Scotland confirmed everyone emerged from the incident unscathed.

Mail Online

• Return trip: Honest cabbie hands back £10,000 cash to passenger who left it in the back of his taxi  Mohammed Nisar, 55, had been driving sole trader Adrian Quinn to Walsall train station when the passenger hopped out of the car without his rucksack which had £10,000 in cash inside.
• Mother of four from Birmingham stranded in Tenerife after thieves stole her passport ID during family holiday and 'Ryanair staff refused to fly her home in case she was an illegal immigrant' Loushanna and Shawn Craig, from Erdington, had gone away to the island for a three-day break, but they were marooned on the island for up to two weeks after her biometric ID was stolen.
• Lufthansa did not tell aviation regulator that Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz had previously struggled with depression Sources at the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) said they were never made aware of the 27-year-old's mental health issues and only learned about them following the disaster.
• What a load of cobbles: Fury after historic road is ripped up to make smoother surface for cyclists Cobbles on the road, which runs alongside the Bristol Floating Harbour and dates back to the 19th century, will be lifted from their current place and cut in half before being relaid again.
• Rail ticket machines still don't give you the cheapest deals: Passengers could save a third by buying at a booking office despite code of practice being introduced  Travellers could save as much as a third of the cost on some routes, simply by paying for their travel at a booking office or another ticket machine yards away but operated by a rival train company.

Bolton News

• Passengers' Easter travel woes RAIL passengers spoke of their frustration after just one train stopped at Bolton station over the Easter weekend.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Parking boost for BRI as part of new £28m hospital wing MORE parking spaces are to be created as part of Bradford Royal Infirmary’s new £28m hospital wing when work starts this week.
• Motorway speeding offences are halved NUMBERS of motorists fined or prosecuted for speeding on West Yorkshire's motorway network tumbled by more than half last year, compared to 2013.

London Evening Standard

• Holborn Fire: Road closures to remain in place a week after underground blaze Roads surrounding an underground blaze which raged in central London for nearly two days are unlikely to be fully open almost a week on, affecting businesses and public transport.

Sheffield Star

• Sheffield ‘could miss opportunity of a lifetime’ over HS2 locationSheffield will miss out on the ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ if the city’s new high-speed railway station is based at Meadowhall, council bosses have warned.

Wales Online

• Police help with traffic congestion at Barry Island after reports of people stuck in their cars for four hoursSouth Wales Police said it has received 'a large number of calls' regarding traffic congestion at Barry Island and has officers at the scene

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• M6 lane closed 70 times by glitchesThe fourth lane of the M6 was shut to Midlands motorists on more than 70 days last year because of technology faults, it has emerged.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Campaigners’ fears over speed limit riseA West Yorkshire-based road safety charity has branded new higher speed limits for lorries as “short-sighted”.

Yorkshire Post

• Miliband gives unequivocal backing to High Speed RailED Miliband has promised to deliver HS2 to Yorkshire if Labour wins the election ending speculation the party is considering delaying the scheme to shift spending to other projects.

Bucks Free Press

• Plans for new store car park approved A department store in High Wycombe has won the right to extend its car park by more than 200 spaces.

Carlisle News & Star

• Police warning as thieves target parked cars Police are warning motorists to keep valuables in their vehicles out of sight after a spate of thefts over Easter.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Engineering work disrupts train travel to Felixstowe and SaxmundhamRail travellers will face bus journeys instead today and tomorrow on two Suffolk routes due to engineering works.

North Wales Live

• Stagecoach reports rise in sales across Merseyside for its student bus passes Sales for the Unirider Plus pass are up by 24.2% in Liverpool and by 116% in Chester

Other Regional Press

• Grimsby Telegraph published HGV speed limit changes to come into effect from tomorrowHGVs will be allowed to travel faster on single carriage roads from tomorrow.The move has been backed by the Freight Transport Association which says the new speed limits will improve road safety for all road users.HGV national speed limit on single carriageway roads will be increased from 40mph to 50mph from tomorrow, Monday, April 6.The Department for Transport (DfT) revealed in July 2014 that the change to the national speed limit on single carriageways in England and Wales would come into...
• Trespass on tracks leads to holiday trip delays AN incident of trespass on the rail line between Swindon and Didcot Parkway did little to help commuters struggling to travel during Easter engineering works over the weekend.
• Railway firm makes safety promise after near miss THE steam railway company suspended by Network Rail after a near-miss with a 100mph First Great Western service near Royal Wootton Bassett last month has promised to address all safety concerns.

C.N.N.

• Copter crash kills Malaysian business leader, 5 others

Other News Sources

• QATAR AIRWAYS PRIVILEGE CLUB LAUNCHES NEW GLOBETROTTER CAMPAIGNQatar Airways Privilege Club, the five-star airlinersquo;s loyalty programme, has launched the new Qatar Airways Globetrotter campaign exclusively for members to earn bonus Qmiles and travel...

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