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Sunday, 15 April 2018

BBC News

• Canvey crash: Five hurt as car hits pedestriansOne person is in a critical condition and another has a
• Woman told to 'speak English' in racial assault on TubePolice say the 24-year-old women was speaking to a friend in Spanish before she was assaulted.

Financial Times

• Berlin’s airport travails bruise German prideProject nears completion, almost a decade late and regarded as national joke

The Guardian

• On your bikes … testing the new breed of dockless cycle hire schemesWith Ofo and Mobike expanding rapidly across the UK, how do they compare with the more established Santander Cycles?City dwellers will soon be unable to ignore the flood of dockless hire bikes hitting Britain’s streets, courtesy of two Chinese companies, Ofo and Mobike. Leeds is next in line, with Ofo placing 1,000 bikes in the city next month, Mobike is expanding around Manchester, while in London more and more boroughs are greeting the arrival of the yellow and red cycles.The concept is simple: you need a smartphone and a credit card. Download the app, load your credit card details, hire a b...

The Herald

• John Menzies growth plans include acquisition and refuelling deals with oil majorsJOHN Menzies strategy to consolidate its position as a global leader in aviation support includes further acquisitions, geographic expansion and taking over refuelling services from oil and gas majors.
• Scots firms stake claim for China infrastructure boomSCOTTISH companies have been handed the chance to stake a claim for work in a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure programme stretching from China to Europe.
• Kevin Scott: Faced with the road or the air, Menzies is flyingWHEN plotting its future course, 185 year-old John Menzies decided to cut ties with the newspaper and magazine distribution business which has been core to its offer for so many decades and concentrate exclusively on an industry it has worked in for less than 30 years.

Times Online

• John Collingridge: Flybe still needs a strong tailwind [Subscription]Simon Laffin has seen a fair few takeover approaches in his time. The chairman of short-haul regional airline Flybe discusses the spectrum of takeovers in his blog “Notes from a non-executive director”.
• Tesla criticised for comments about fatal driverless car crash [Subscription]Tesla has been reprimanded over its response to an investigation into the death of a driver who was using its controversial “autopilot”.
• Gatwick airport investor mulls sale of 42% stake [Subscription]Gatwick could be put up for sale imminently, with a price tag of up to £10bn, according to City sources.
• Snails off menu as French get ready to defy 50mph limit [Subscription]French drivers are up in arms against the most unpopular reform President Emmanuel Macron has yet dared to impose — a curb on their sacred right to speed along their roads.
• Parking eats up a third of our spending on driving [Subscription]Parking costs the average UK driver almost £2,000 a year and makes up a third of the expense of owning a car, according to a new report.
• British submarine in duel with Kremlin’s ‘Black Hole’ hunter-killer [Subscription]A British attack submarine has been locked in a “cat-and-mouse” pursuit by Russian submarines and warships, military sources revealed.

The Mirror

• Britain braces for Russian cyber attacks targeting transport links, water supplies, hospitals and airports Vital transport links, water supplies, gas networks, banks, hospitals and air traffic control could be targeted following the joint assault on Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons compounds on Friday night

This is Money

• DAILY BRIEFING: Heathrow Airport recorded its busiest ever departures day on Good Friday High flying airport Heathrow recorded its busiest ever departures day last month.More than 136,000 passengers boarded flights from the West London hub on Good Friday.
• Tycoon battling to buy Great Western Railway owner received £134m in earnings last year The private equity chief battling to buy Great Western Railway owner First Group was paid £134million last year, making him one of the world's best paid bosses.

Birmingham Mail

• Hero bus driver pulls bus over full of passengers and saves baby's life after she stops breathing Steven Welsh was driving the 29 bus from Walsall at the time
• Terrifying Spaghetti Junction near miss caught on taxi dashcam Uber driver was carrying a family including two infants when he was forced to perform an emergency manoeuvre

London Evening Standard

• Six seriously injured - one critical and one with 'life changing injuries' - after car hits pedestrians in EssexSix people have been seriously injured - with one fighting for their life in hospital - after a car "ploughed into a group of people".

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Driver claims his car blew up after taking it to garage for emissions fixPensioner tells how his Skoda broke down after work was carried out - but car maker says it was a co-incidence
• Car designer to the stars to create 20 jobs in Durham with £250,000 investment Muss Holding is creating a 20-strong sales team in County Durham after receiving a major investment

Northern Echo

• Maximum stay of three hours suggested as part of Yarm parking plan A PROPOSED shake-up of parking charges in Yarm town centre are due to go out to consultation today.
• Hells Angels descend on Sunderland LEATHER-clad bikers roared into Sunderland on Saturday morning to welcome tall ships to the town ahead of a major international sailing event.
• Watch your speed! Police to launch crackdown from Monday A WEEK-LONG crackdown on speeding drivers will take place across Cleveland and Durham from Monday.

The York Press

• Whitby Park and Ride car park works to start CHANGES to Whitby’s Park and Ride site get underway next week.
• Your verdict on police spending £267k on hire cars TWO-THIRDS of readers on thepress.co.uk said it was unacceptable that North Yorkshire Police spent a quarter of a million pounds on hire cars in 10 months.
• Revealed: The roads and footpaths York council says it will fix THE roads and footpaths around York which will be repaired in the coming year have been revealed by city transport bosses.

Wales Online

• Mother's pain over new non-stop flight to Australia after daughter dies from DVTRuth Christoffersen’s daughter Emma collapsed in Heathrow Airport after landing from the holiday of a lifetime

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• 'Do more to combat vehicle thefts'Car thefts in the West Midlands have almost doubled in just two years, prompting police officials to ask top car makers how best to tighten security.
• MP getting on board bus pass campaignWolverhampton MP Emma Reynolds joined campaigners in the city to highlight the importance of safeguarding the national free bus pass.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Pedestrian in life threatening condition after car collides with six people in EssexA car crash in Essex has left six pedestrians with serious injuries - including one person in a life threatening condtion.

West Sussex Gazette

• TRAVEL: Chichester to Littlehampton/Brighton rail service impacted by engineering workEngineering work sees an amended rail service between Chichester and Littlehampton/Brighton this weekend, with bus replacements and line closures.
• TRAVEL: Roadworks affecting M25, A3 and M3 this weekendRoad repairs, emergency roadworks and lane closures are to impact major routes this weekend.

Other Regional Press

• Tory MP 'jumping on railway bandwagon'CALLS to improve rail links between West Oxfordshire and London have received cross-party support as politicians rallied to put an end to commuters’ woes.
• Jet2 passengers claim coach driver fell asleep at wheel on M62Yorkshire airline investigating incident 'as a matter of absolute urgency'
• 110 cars most likely to be taken in a relay theft and how to protect them The fobs to these cars have been proven to fall short in their ability to resist being cloned
• Trackside North Oxford residents receive council support in noise battleTRACKSIDE residents have received support from the city council as a row over noise levels along the railway in North Oxford intensifies.

Other News Sources

• PHOTOS: Vision for 200mph railway line in county within five yearsA 200mph railway could be operating in Hampshire in as little as five years, a councillor has revealed.
• Campaigners criticise Sports and Leisure Park cycle infrastructure plansCYCLING campaigners have criticised plans aimed at connecting the planned leisure centre with the rest of Winchester.
• Nostalgia: Luxury train that allowed passengers to dine in styleTHE Brighton Belle is one of the most famous electric trains in the country.
• Diversions in Woking town centre as resurfacing work set to resume The roadworks will take place along Victoria Way during the next week

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