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Wednesday, 08 April 2015

BBC News

• Lights change to white to cut energyStreet lights across Cardiff are changing colour from yellow to white as part of a drive to save energy and money.
• Exit checks begin at UK bordersData on all passengers leaving the UK is to be collected and handed to the Home Office under a scheme beginning at ports and border crossings.
• VIDEO: Clearing the way for A82 motoristsForestry workers begin felling thousands of trees in the Great Glen in an effort to stop landslides blocking the main A82 road.
• Airport security staff walk outSecurity staff at Scotland's regional airports begin a 48-hour strike over their pay and conditions.

Financial Times

• Flybe blasts Gatwick for ignoring regionsSaad Hammad calls for more details on take-off and landing slots, and charges for domestic flights

The Herald

• Strike begins at regional airportsSecurity staff at Scotland's regional airports from Shetland to Kintyre and Orkney to the Western Isles started a 48-hour strike over pay and conditions.

The Scotsman

• French strike to hit UK air passengersBRITONS flying to and from France face travel disruption due to a 48-hour strike by French air traffic controllers and transport workers.

The Telegraph

• Exit checks: what you need to knowThe Home Office is introducing new checks on travellers leaving Britain by rail and sea. How will they work and will the new requirements cause any problems?
• Travellers face border queues and strike actionPassengers heading to and from France this week face being caught by a French air traffic controllers' strike and potential delays caused by new Home Office checks

Mail Online

• Two mile Victorian railway line, The Rhondda Tunnel, could be reopened as a cycle tunnel The disused Rhondda Tunnel in South Wales was closed 50 years ago as part of the sweeping Beeching Report, which spelled the end for thousands and stations across the rail network.

The Mirror

• Government demands answers from bus companies on why oil price fall not passed to customers The RMT transport union said if bus services were run under public ownership the oil price windfall could have reinvested in services and lower fares

Network Rail

• Easter engineering works update - completed successfully and on timeHundreds of thousands of passengers and freight users are benefitting today after more than £100m of investment and improvement work was completed successfully.

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham Airport French services hit by strike actionTravellers urged to check with their airline as carriers forced to cancel flights during two-day strike by French air traffic controllers starting on Wednesday

Birmingham Post

• Farage claims business backing for HS2 is 'to gain contracts' Outspoken UKIP leaders reiterates stance that party would scrap high-speed rail link amid fears it would benefit London more than Birmingham

Derby Telegraph

• Rail firm agrees to act on 'unfair' Derbyshire fares to Birmingham A TRAIN company has thanked an MP and the Derby Telegraph after its attention was drawn to ticket prices that could have been putting people off using a rural station in Derbyshire.

London Evening Standard

• Make phone calls on the Tube - new wifi service to launch this week Commuters will soon be able to make phone calls and receive text messages on the Tube using a new wifi service launching this week.
• 'Sometimes cycling in London isn't all that bad': cyclist films moment car passengers offered her high five A cyclist has filmed the moment a group of car passengers offered her a friendly high five as she travelled through central London.
• Gatwick and Luton flights set to be disrupted after French transport workers strike Holidaymakers travelling from Gatwick and Luton airport face travel disruption tomorrow due to a planned 48 hour strike by French transport workers.

Northern Echo

• What have MPs ever done for bikers? WOULD-be MPs will get the chance to sell themselves to the region’s bikers next week (Thursday, April 16).

Sheffield Telegraph

• Apology for tram problemTravel bosses have apologised to passengers delayed by a broken-down tram in Sheffield.

This Is Local London Network

• Lord Adonis joins calls to save bus route Former Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has backed calls to save a bus that connects Golders Green with central London.

Wales Online

• Cardiff council's seven bus lane cameras raise more than £500,000 during first three months of schemeThe number of drivers caught has gone up for the third month in a row, figures have shown

Yorkshire Post

• Queues to leave Britain as passport checks for all are rolled outPASSPORT checks on all travellers leaving Britain are being introduced from today amid fears of long queues for departing passengers.

Bucks Free Press

• New £25million road resurfacing programme 'biggest of its kind' says council A £25million scheme to repair some of the county’s most ravaged roads has begun, with over 220 projects in the pipeline next year.

Doncaster Free Press

• Aviation team grows at Robin Hood AirportBosses at Robin Hood Airport said new appointments in its Aviation Development Department will strengthen efforts to grow passenger numbers and continue to develop airline relationships.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Fire at Stansted Airport catering buildingAn investigation will be held into the cause of a fire at a Stansted Airport catering building.

North Wales Live

• Liverpool John Lennon Airport warns flights could be disruptedFrench air traffic control strike could delay flights

Sunderland Echo

• Green light for crossing plan at busy Sunderland junctionA CROSSING is to be made safer for pedestrians after councillors pushed for improvements.

The Shields Gazette

• Geordie passenger stopped by airport security staff after pease pudding mistaken for SemtexA PASSENGER flying from Newcastle Airport was pulled aside at security after staff thought his pease pudding was the plastic explosive Semtex.

Other Regional Press

• Lincoln rail passengers could be paying more for train wi-fiLincoln rail travellers are paying some of the highest prices in the country for on-board wi-fi.
• Leicester station could get extra platforms and tracks to beat Midland Mainline congestionExtra platforms at Leicester station and more tracks are being proposed to combat congestion on the Midland Mainline.
• Delayed transport minister promises better rail services to and from Portsmouth to LondonIF THERE was ever proof that improvements need to be made to rail services then this was it.
• On Yer Bike: The wheels are in motion for better cycling provisions It's finally here, the news British cyclists have been waiting for: real rules enshrined in legislation, imposing a proper commitment to further cycling as a mode of everyday transport.
• Train passengers hit by second signalling problem today with delays of an hour and A420 work hitting Botley Road TRAIN passengers travelling between London Paddington and Oxford are facing delays of up to an hour tonight. And the closure of the A420 westbound at Cumnor is also causing woe on the roads for motorists heading west out of the city.
• New passport checks raise fears of delays Exit checks will affect cross-Channel and Channel Tunnel travellers
• Road closures plans for final roundabout works on Western BypassWorks on the final stages of the roundabout on Bromham Road at Deep Spinney are pressing on as the Western Bypass continues to take shape.

Railway Gazette

• Sofia airport metro link opensBULGARIA: An extension of Sofia metro Line M1 to the airport opened on April 2. Following an...

Aviation Industry

• Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary's new 'nice guy' act boosts passengers 28%Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies Michael O'Leary's new
• Flybe turns around financial fortunesRegional airline set to break-even following restructure
• Flights cancelled ahead of French strikeAir traffic controllers to hold 48-hour stoppage

Other News Sources

• Rail 768: The mystery of the freight railway that never happenedInfrastructure planning is an imperfect business and the railways are a clear illustration of that. Indeed, one feature of Britain’s railways is that they were never planned out in a systematic way but, rather, came about as a result of raw capitalist enterprise mitigated, only slightly, by Parliamentary considerations.
• Cosco to Order 10 Triple-E MegashipsChina's shipping and ports giant China Cosco Holdings is planning to order at least 10 Triple-E megaships capable of moving 19,000 containers apiece as the shipping
• Winchester transport boss gives assurances over impact of Friarsgate car park closure WINCHESTER will have no problem coping with the closure of the Friarsgate Multi-Storey car park, Council was told.