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Sunday, 21 June 2015

BBC News

• Roadworks warning for Wrexham bypassMotorists are warned about lane closures around the Posthouse Roundabout between Wrexham and Chester due to over-running roadworks.
• Lorries causing rural 'bedlam'Lorry drivers ignoring weight restrictions on minor roads are causing
• Disruptive passenger diverts planeA transatlantic flight is diverted to Belfast International Airport because of a disruptive passenger.
• Disruption to East Midlands trainsEast Midlands Trains services to and from London are being disrupted while improvement work is carried out, the firm say.

The Guardian

• Levy on frequent leisure flyers proposed to make airport expansion unnecessaryProposed tax would only hit better-off who holiday more than once a yearPlans for a “frequent flyerâ€� tax to curb demand for leisure flights and make a new runway in south-east England unnecessary have been unveiled by an influential group of transport campaigners, environmentalists and tax experts.Ministers, and candidates seeking to be the next mayor of London, including Tory hopeful and green campaigner Zac Goldsmith, are being urged to back the proposals, which supporters argue in a letter to the Observer would relieve ministers at a stroke from having to make the invidious choice between e...
• Britain replaces migrant search and rescue ship with smaller naval vesselHMS Enterprise to take over UK contribution to migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean in apparent scaling down of capabilityBritain is replacing the Royal Navy flagship that has saved the lives of more than 2,900 Mediterranean migrants with a survey vessel just half the size.The HMS Enterprise, which is 3,700 tonnes and 90 metres long, will take over from HMS Bulwark – 19,000 tonnes and 176m – as part of what the government has called its “intelligence-led effortâ€� in an attempt to tackle the migration crisis. Continue reading...

The Mirror

• Ryanair plane unfair as charity lotto winner must pick €1m prize from 125 envelopes Ryanair charity scratchcards offer a €1m prize but then the winner must correctly pick the envelope their prize is in

This is Money

• Landfill clear-up 'would add £500m' to Heathrow runway cost, claims report commisioned by Gatwick The report from environmental consultancy RSK Group was submitted to the Airports Commission which is due to announce this month which of the two airports should be allowed to expand.

Birmingham Mail

• Cat survives three week 2,200 mile journey from Cyprus trapped in shipping containerVets believe moggy Miss Pickford survived by licking condensation from the walls of the container on her gruelling voyage - can you give her a home?
• Harborne Carnival road closures and bus diversions - full list hereHarborne Carnival is the second biggest in Britain - only Notting Hill is bigger - and is the only one of its kind in Birmingham

Birmingham Post

• Free ride for lucky commuters as city gives away 5,000 bikes A total of 40 bikes were handed over to their new owners in Victoria Square - the start of a 5,000 bike giveaway under the council’s Birmingham Cycle Revolution scheme.

Bristol Live

• The Bristol Post published What's going on here? Signs say Bristol road's speed limit is...Residents in a Bristol road are flummoxed after new signs seem to suggest the speed limit outside their house is both 20mph and 30mph.A family who live in the Ely Grove cul-de-sac off Sylvan Way in Sea Mills spotted the confusing signs go up yesterday.A sign on one side of the street says the speed limit is 20mph, while another on the opposite side of the road facing the same way says 30mph.Meanwhile, a sign put up on the other side of one of the posts – informing drivers of the speed...
• The Bristol Post commented Cycling fever hits the city with roads closed and thousands...Bristol has proved it is a cycling city as hundreds have got on their bikes to bomb around the centre for the cycling Grand Prix today. The event – the first of its kind – hit the centre at 2pm. It saw a number of teams cycle a 1.3km figure-of-eight course starting next to College Green. Still ongoing, it will finish at 8.00pm. With the aim to put Bristol on the sporting map and encourage more people to cycle, it seems that the event achieved its objective. One man said: "Anyone...

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph commented Scooter users should take a 'driving' testTHE debate about speeding mobility scooters in Derby has reared its head again.It comes as Elsie Rayson, a mobility scooter user herself, told how she has witnessed other users going "far faster" than the 4mph speed limit for pavements and pedestrians.She was responding to a letter in which a Derby mum reported she was "pulled out of the way" of a speeding scooter in the Intu Derby shopping centre.Only a few years ago, Spondon mum Caren Jephson launched a petition, which...

Manchester Evening News

• Petrol prices in Greater Manchester reach a six-month highMotorists driving less as cost of filling up average car goes from £55 to £64

Nottingham Evening Post

• TomNorton published Thousands get on their bike for Cycle Live NottinghamIts not the way some dads might choose to spend Father's Day but Jeremy Pye is planning on a 100 mile bike ride.The 42-year-old was at Victoria Embankment this weekend for Cycle Live Nottingham, a two-day festival combining the Nottingham City Ride on Saturday and the Great Notts Bike Ride on Sunday. Jeremy, of Cosby Road, West Bridgford cycled the shorter City Ride on Saturday with his two girls Isabelle, 5, and Amelia, 3, and wife Emma, 35. He is now getting ready to head out with 20 others...

The York Press

• Bike rally is back after three year absence A MUCH-LOVED weekend of all things two wheels returned to the city after a three year absence.

This Is Local London Network

• Commuters call for 'digusting' station stench to be cleaned up Commuters have called for a stench at a train station to be cleaned up after two months of no action.

Bucks Free Press

• Four people injured after car crashes into stationary ambulance on M40 Four people were injured after a car crashed into the back of an ambulance that was attending another incident on the M40 today.

Other Regional Press

• Olympian advice on keeping your bike safe Olympic gold medal winning cyclist Geraint Thomas wants to help his fellow cyclists avoid having their bike stolen
• Western Daily Press published Britons taking their car abroad can look forward to cheap fuel...UK pump prices may be pushing up, but Britons taking their car abroad will face considerably lower fuel costs this summer, according to a Post Office Travel Money survey.The price of petrol and of diesel has fallen compared with this time last year in all 22 European countries surveyed, with UK motorists likely to particularly notice just how low the cost of diesel is on the continent.The surveyed countries include not only Ireland but also the UK, where - despite the recent rise in fuel -...
• Train commuters get a preview of new Oxford Parkway station’s services to London THE timetable for trains which will operate from the new Oxford Parkway station in October has been released.
• Sign up to keep your bike safe in Oxford CYCLISTS in Oxford have been getting their bikes registered with the police so they are easier to trace if they are stolen.
• Leicester Mercury commented MAILBOX: The new anti-cyclist bandwagonSo it appears the new anti-cyclist bandwagon to climb aboard is the one regarding Leicester's city centre pedestrianised areas, i.e., Gallowtree Gate, Humberstone Gate and High Street.The Leicester Mercury letters page has received numerous letters highlighting the "shared" area between pedestrians and cyclists.The first point, and an important one to clarify, is that cycling is allowed on the above mentioned areas; the council permits it and the police have no powers to prevent...
• Grimsby Telegraph published Train company threatens legal action over sacked conductorRAIL bosses who controversially sacked a Grimsby train conductor have announced they will take legal action against the union representing him.The announcement comes after the youth who "surfed" the train at Grimsby Railway Station, which led to Glenn Watson's sacking, told the Grimsby Telegraph that the conductor's actions "saved his life".As previously reported, Mr Watson was dismissed by First TransPennine Express for allowing the train to pull out of the station while...
• NewsdeskGy published Where will the mobile speed camera van be this week, beginning...The mobile speed camera van operated by Safer Roads Humber will be at a number of locations next week.It will be on Clee Road on Monday, on the A180 at the Great Coates junction on Tuesday, College Road, East Halton on Wednesday, Louth Road, Scartho on Thursday, and the A18 Barton Street on Friday.Safer Roads Humber has fixed cameras located on the A46 Laceby bypass and average speed cameras are in operation on Peaks Parkway, Grimsby (40mph).National speed limits – the maximum speed limits...
• CitizenNews commented Gloucester Race for Life parking and traffic guideAs women across the county assemble their pink gear for tomorrow's Race for Life, make sure you are prepared to get there and park up in time.A number of roads will be closed during the event at Gloucester Park and the area is expected to be very busy.Between 9am and 12noon South Gate Street and Parliament Street will not be accessible for vehicles.Bus services 10, 12/12A and 66 will not be able to serve stops on those streets and will be diverted.Motorists should be able to find spaces at the...
• CitizenNews published Caught on camera: YOUR photographs of 'ignorant' parking across...Is there any excuse for bad parking? Maybe…But in these cases there is nothing to justify an apparent disregard for other road users.These pictures have been sent in by Citizen readers who are at the end of their tether.Tesco, BrockworthDave, from Wotton, sent in this picture of an Audi. He said: "They could barely be bothered to even drive their car into the parking space."Near Upton St Leonard's SchoolAnother chap was less than impressed here. He said: "Here are cars...
• CitizenChip commented Gloucester Mayor to get new rideThe Mayor and Sheriff of Gloucester will soon be travelling around in a fancy new set of wheels as the current ageing civic car is put out to pasture.For the last ten years Gloucester's dignitaries have been travelling in a black Ford Galaxy to various events across the city.But now the vehicle is starting to show its age and the local authority has agreed to a replacement after its maintenance costs began to increase.Earlier this year the authority considered whether to purchase a new car,...
• Bikers drive through the night to deliver lifesaving service DURING weekdays and working hours NHS Blood and Transplant transport thousands of litres of blood across the country every week.
• Sign up to keep your bike safe in Oxford CYCLISTS in Oxford have been getting their bikes registered with the police so they are easier to trace if they are stolen.
• Two arrested and three cars seized following fatal road collision in Northamptonshire todayTwo men were arrested and three cars seized this afternoon after a fatal road collision in Northamptonshire this morning.
• Holme Valley residents left stranded in Huddersfield as last bus home fails to showAnger as passengers including children abandoned by First Bus
• Five things you must see at Coventry Transport Museum From art deco designs to the cars of the future - the newly-refurbished museum has everything!

Railway Gazette

• World rail market June 2015 France: A consortium of Sopra Steria Consulting, HaCon and Cereza/Groupe Talan is to supply HaCon’s...
• Rigid overhead installed in UK tunnelUK: Furrer+Frey’s Rigid Overhead Conductor Rail System has been installed in UK for the first time,...

Other News Sources

• British police probe whether dead man on London office roof was jet stowawayPolice are investigating whether a man found dead on the roof of an office building in London had stowed away on a British Airways jet flying in from Johannesburg. There is speculation that the individual, who has not yet been identified, fell from the undercarriage of the plane as it came into land at Heathrow airport. Another man was found in the jet’s landing gear after it had touched down. Miraculously, he was still alive, but unconscious and in a critical condition. “We’re obviously very concerned about this. It’s a terrible tragedy for the people losing their lives and being in...
• Maersk Line 'Global Carrier of the Year'Maersk Line has been named Global Carrier of the Year at the Containerization International Awards 2015. It also took home the Shippers’ Choice award, which is
• World's Largest Cruise Ship Takes to the WaterThe hulking shell of Royal Caribbean’s “Harmony of the Seasâ€� — the world’s largest cruise ship — entered the water in France on Friday. It’s expected to take its maiden voyage in 2016.
• China Southern joins Stansted’s cargo networkChina Southern Cargo will become the latest major carrier to join Stansted Airport’s global cargo network when it begins a new service to Guangzhou tomorrow.
• StartUp Britain bus tour arrives in CambridgeStartUp Britain's Summer Bus tour - which aims to unleash entrepreneurship across the country by providing inspiration, resources and advice to aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs - arrives in Cambridge on Wednesday (24th June) on Sydney Street.