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Monday, 16 May 2016

BBC News

• Port boosted by cruise ship callsFishguard Port is to receive 19 cruise ship calls this year, making it one of the most popular cruise destinations in Wales.
• Train services to airport tripleThe number of train services running from north Wales to Manchester Airport each week triple from Monday.
• VIDEO: Eurostar boss: 'Oh, he's French!'Nicolas Petrovic, chief executive of Eurostar, offers the business advice he wishes he'd been given before he started out, for the BBC News series CEO Secrets.

ITV News

• Gatwick campaigners take their fight to Downing StreetCampaigners fighting a new runway at Gatwick Airport are heading to Number Ten Downing Street today. They're releasing new research, claiming extra traffic in the area will cause serious air pollution.

The Guardian

• Alight here? Britain's railway request stopsAs Paul Merton concludes his TV series Secret Stations, the author of the book that inspired the show says there are many more obscure stations to visit
• Heathrow Airport bosses to net bonus if third runway awardedOwner’s annual report shows executives would benefit personally from any expansion despite past denials
• Bus crashes into shop in north-west LondonMore than a dozen people injured as doubledecker smashes into store front in HarlesdenAt least 17 people, including four children, were injured after a double decker bus crashed into a shop on a busy high street. The vehicle smashed into a store front near the junction of Harlesden High Street and Manor Park Road in north-west London at about 2pm on Sunday. Continue reading...
• The Welsh valleys road with some of the UK's worst air pollutionHeavy traffic sees A472 at Crumlin record highest nitrogen dioxide outside London – and residents fear for children’s healthThe rush hour is not a good time to be out and about on the A472 as lorry after lorry climbs out of the south Wales valley town of Crumlin and heads up and over towards Pontypool.“It’s pretty terrible,” said Deanna Harwick, a mother of two young children, who lives in a terrace lining one side of the heaving road. “We can’t have the windows open because of the fumes so in the summer the house feels pretty airless. I don’t let the children play outside, not just because of...

The Herald

• Surge in cross-Border bookings as Virgin launches expanded Edinburgh-London timetableCROSS-BORDER rail bookings are on the rise following a bid by the main East Coast operator to lure passengers away from air travel.

The Scotsman

• Flying Scotsman reaches Scotland after 11th hour Network Rail U-turnHUNDREDS of people queued to get a closer look at the world’s most famous locomotive yesterday after Flying Scotsman arrived in Tweedbank following a historic first trip on the re-opened Borders Railway.

The Telegraph

• Dozens of MPs urge the Government to agree on a third runway for Heathrow by the end of JulyDozens of MPs are urging the Government to decide on whether to give the green light to a third runway at Heathrow airport within the next 10 weeks.

Mail Online

• Queen's Speech to introduce legislation that will allow driverless cars The Department for Transport has said such cutting-edge technologies are crucial to the country’s economy and that its proposals will help deliver jobs.

The Mirror

• Rail staff, postal managers and civil servants set to go on strike this week The RMT union at Southern Railway will stage a walkout in a row over the role of conductors and driver-only trains

Network Rail

• Steel and sustainability: Managing wildlife habitats collaboratively on Network Rail owned landRailway tunnels, cuttings and bridges aren’t just core parts of the rail network – they all make ideal homes for wildlife, offering many biodiverse habitats for animals and plants to thrive in.
• Innovative new Rail Ambassador scheme launchedA new voluntary Rail Ambassador scheme for young people has been jointly launched by Network Rail and British Transport Police to help improve safety near the railway.
• Duke of Cambridge launches taskforce on male suicide drawing on rail industry expertiseThe Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and the Duke of Cambridge are today (Thursday 12 May) launching a unique coalition to tackle the issue of male suicide, including Samaritans and frontline services from land, sea and air.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Yorkshire should summon spirit of Grand Depart to make high-speed rail a success, think tank says YORKSHIRE should summon the spirit behind its Tour de France Grand D�part to make the arrival of high-speed rail an economic success, a think tank has said.
• New £29m cycle superhighway 'used as a car park' INCONSIDERATE motorists have been condemned for

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Arriva to TRIPLE the number of trains running from North Wales to Manchester Airport But Network Rail feared the increase would bring “unmanageable pressure” on the railway for its passengers

London Evening Standard

• 'Drunk US air marshal' removed from Heathrow flight by policeA US air marshal has reportedly been removed from a passenger jet at Heathrow after he was found to be intoxicated.
• Ryanair flight to Manchester evacuated after 'bomb' alertA Ryanair flight to Manchester was evacuated at an airport in Norway after a bomb scare triggered by the "suspicious" behaviour of two passengers.

Wales Online

• Train services between North Wales and Manchester Airport to be tripledThe company will increase the number of services from 17 to 57

Bucks Free Press

• Long-awaited relief road 'too narrow' to cope with traffic, resident fears A long-awaited relief road to cut congestion in Beaconsfield Old Town may not be wide enough to cope with the amount of traffic, a resident fears.

Other Regional Press

• Rail halt worryA rail expert is concerned that East Dunbartonshire Council officers lack the enthusiasm to create a new Allander train station.
• Great Western Railway brings in new train times and mandatory bike reservations COMMUTERS should double-check trains before hopping on their usual service to work tomorrow - especially if travelling with two wheels.

Bus and Coach.com

• First welcomes 150,000th customer on board Manchester Busway service
• Vision Travel O licence revoked and owner disqualified
• Transport for Greater Manchester welcomes Busmark
• New Thamesdown buses honour Swindon’s railway heritage
• TramForward calls on new mayor to consider central London tram schemes
• Four luxury Plaxton Panthers for Johnsons
• Volvo Bus reaches 1,000 milestone with UK hybrid sales
• Go Ahead hybrid decker fleet set to reach 600 by end of 2016
• Leeds trolleybus scheme rejected by transport secretary