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Sunday, 23 September 2018

BBC News

• Speed limit change call on 'dangerous' Gilfach Goch roadCampaigner Helen Dando has recorded 18 accidents on one section of the A4093 in the last year.
• Labour could renationalise railways in five years - McDonnellJohn McDonnell says he will create a Treasury unit to oversee the party's plans for more public ownership.
• Petrol prices could fall by £1.50 a tank, says the AAFuel prices are at a four-year high, but the AA says a supermarket price war could lower costs.

ITV News

• Survivor found inside capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after disaster on Lake Victoria as coffins arrive for victimsA man has been found alive inside a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster on Lake Victoria, while the official death toll rose above 200.

The Independent

• Labour 'could nationalise railways in five years', John McDonnell claims [Subscription]Shadow chancellor wants public ownership ‘within the first term of a Labour government’

Times Online

• Jaguar Land Rover boss Ralf Speth ready to follow BMW with Brexit factory shutdown [Subscription]Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is considering shutting its factories for several weeks next April in contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit.
• Brexit winds blow the wheels off the car industry [Subscription]Uncertainty, falling demand and the demise of diesel have hit car makers
• Cyclists get 1,000-mile right to ride [Subscription]A network of bridleways will allow cyclists and equestrians to journey from Land’s End to John o’ Groats away from traffic
• Girl, 15, died on British Airways plane after eating Pret baguette [Subscription]A grieving family are left with questions over allergy labelling and flight safety

London Evening Standard

• £7bn rail link lets passengers travel from Hong Kong to inland China in 14 minutesHong Kong today opened a new high-speed rail link that will vastly decrease travel times to inland China.
• Amateur rower in hand-built boat who had nearly finished 3,000-mile journey from US to UK rescued off British coast... by ship heading back to AmericaAn amateur rower on an epic solo trip from New York to Britain in a hand-built wooden boat has been rescued by a ship heading back where he came from.
• Boy drowns as Syrian refugee boat sinks off coast of LebanonA boy has drowned after a boat carrying Syrian refugees sank off the coast of Lebanon today.

Wales Online

• People are planning a party to celebrate the end of the Arriva Trains Wales franchiseThe event on Facebook describes it as a 'national celebration'

Other Regional Press

• 20mph zones 'only where someone is killed or seriously injured'SPEED limits of 20mph will not be put on roads where nobody has been killed or seriously injured.
• One-way system on High Street and buses on Cornmarket proposed to make Oxford a 'world class city' A ONE-way system should be introduced in two central Oxford streets and buses routed down others, according to a major new study.

Other News Sources

• People from across Scotland urged to give their view on proposed transport lawsImproving bus services, combatting pavement and double parking, and delivering smart ticketing are all issues that people from across Scotland are being urged to give their view on to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee.
• Views sought on investment in Clyde and Hebrides ferry servicesInvestment in the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services network will be placed under the spotlight by a parliamentary committee.

EIN News Subscription

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