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BBC News
- London bids for driverless car trialsTransport bosses in London are trying to bring Google's driverless cars to the capital for trials.
Financial Times
- Rolls-Royce dividend in focusAnalysts expect 30 per cent cut to dividend when aero-engine maker reports annual results on Friday
The Guardian
- Memorial to man who made the Mallard runs into row over a duckA change to the statue of Sir Nigel Gresley, designer of the world’s fastest steam locomotive, sparks storm on Facebook and Twitter
- ‘The cycling boom is fantastic – but I miss having London to myself’When bicycle courier Emily Chappell first rode through the capital 10 years ago, she discovered a side of the city hidden from other road users. With cyclists in central London forecast to soon outnumber drivers, she looks at how the streets, and her part in them, have changedI was shocked to realise last week that I’m approaching the 10-year anniversary of the day I started cycling in London, as a nervous first-time commuter with a lopsided backpack and a Transport for London cycling map stuffed down my top. As many do, I very quickly fell in love with the city as seen from the saddle of a bi...
The Scotsman
- NTS fights Moray Firth oil ship transfersTHE National Trust for Scotland is challenging plans for tankers to make ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth, claiming dolphins, seals and seabirds would be at risk from spills.
The Telegraph
- Construction firms urge Government to build Heathrow runwayThe bosses of some of Britain's biggest building companies have written to the Chancellor to call for Heathrow expansion
Times Online
- Pollution cameras to snap toxic cars [Subscription]BRITAIN is to get its first traffic pollution cameras — devices that can measure the toxins emitted by every passing vehicle to see if they breach legal limits while also identifying the owner.
- Transport tsar’s sell-off plan will break up Network Rail [Subscription]Transport tsar Nicola Shaw to recommend partial privatisation with lines sold to outside investors
Birmingham Post
- David Cameron criticised over delay in decision on third Heathrow runwayPM criticised over delay in decision on third Heathrow runway as regions left in limbo
Bolton News
- Work to start on £3 million scheme to revamp Newport Street A £3 MILLION scheme to transform shop fronts in one of Bolton’s main shopping streets begins later this month.
Derby Telegraph
- Arriva: More changes announced to Derby bus routes BUS giant Arriva has made more changes to its routes and is set to increase the number of services running from Derby Bus Station.
Manchester Evening News
- Ordsall Chord to feature groundbreaking bridge design to link Piccadilly and Victoria StationsThe bridge will span the river Irwell in Salford
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- 'Hidden cost of flying' highlighted by Eurostar's online calculatorEurostar has launched an online calculator which claims to highlight "the hidden cost of flying".
Yorkshire Post
- £1.2bn for train services a good start, but North needs billions more THE £1.2bn investment planned for rail services across the North of England is a good start but the region “absolutely” needs greater spending on infrastructure and skills, according to the incoming head of First TransPennine Express.
Other Regional Press
- MPs to battle rail cutbacks planMPS in Wiltshire fear changes to rail services between Reading and Taunton mean some trains will no longer stop at Westbury.
- Nearly half of South West Trains passengers dissatisfied with toilet facilitiesDespite customer satisfaction with the train network increasing by 5%, nearly half of passengers have said the toilet facilities on trains are inadequate
- Rhyl passengers benefit from £2.6m station improvementsRhyl station has been revamped as part of Network Rail and Welsh Government’s plans to upgrade station facilities across Wales.
- Train noise row in Reading: Council wants to work with community, despite residents' fears over delaysMeeting planned for Wednesday, February 17 between the council and residents . Tony Page says Reading Borough Council is determined to establish a close link with members of the Bell Tower Community Association in Reading to tackle nuisance noise from the train depot.
- LETTER: Re-instatement of the south to west junction south of Soham near Newmarket is essentialI wish the new Railway Task Force (Ely Standard January 28) every success with their quest to get Soham station re-opened.
- They’re no lemons – bus bosses plan to go even greenerAN ENVIRONMENTALLY friendly bus company is halfway to making its future a whole lot greener.
- Bus routes could be hit by cutsKey Lincolnshire bus routes could face the axe after the county council revealed it could cut funding for certain services.
- Network Rail completes work on Stamford tunnel early Work to rebuild a railway tunnel in Stamford has been finished ahead of schedule.
- Campaigners hopeful of reopening railway line between Cambridge and Haverhill despite City Deal snub Campaigners say they have not been deterred in their efforts to reopen the railway line between Cambridge and Haverhill.
- Ascot residents affected by noisy planes to and from Heathrow fear trial paths are still in useNEIGHBOURS blighted by noisy planes are rallying together following fears trial routes, which were halted prematurely following public outrage, are in use again.
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