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Sunday, 19 April 2015

Mail Online

• Parents of teenage friends killed at level crossing slam bonuses of Network Rail bosses worth hundreds of thousands as 'excessive'  The parents of teenagers Olivia Bazlinton and Charlotte Thompson, who died after being hit by a train in Essex, were shut out of a meeting where they hoped to challenge Network Rail bosses.

The York Press

• Safety crackdown at Haxby Road level crossing - 25 serious incidents reported in past year PEOPLE are regularly putting their lives at risk by crossing tracks at a York level crossing as trains are approaching.

Yorkshire Post

• Sir David Attenborough backs campaign to have HS2 threat estate designated at heritage siteTHEY MAY have been born 150 years apart, but Charles Waterton and Sir David Attenborough are both arguably among Britain’s most celebrated naturalists.

Doncaster Free Press

• Vandals wanted for Mexborough station graffiti spreeSneaky vandals covered CCTV cameras before causing graffiti damage to part of Mexborough Railway Station.

EIN News Subscription

• EC urges Romania to commit to the transport master plan … implementation of major transport projects and providing the European Commission with a … ’s connection to the main European transport corridors, Cretu also said. She … rail. The European commissioner for regional policy Corina Cretu said Romania’s transport …