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Saturday, 26 July 2008

BBC News

• Railway workers ready for strikeThousands of rail maintenance workers will start an 18-hour strike over pay and conditions from midday.
• Honda's profit rises unexpectedlyHonda Motor reportes an unexpected rise in three-month profits but still predicts falling full year profits.

Financial Times

• Lufthansa faces strike action in pay clashErhard Ott of Verdi, the public sector union, warns delays and flight cancellations are 'unavoidable' as the aim of the strike is to hit the German airline's business operations
• Brazil kicks off airports boost for World CupInfraero, the government-controlled company that runs most of Brazil's airports, plans to spend almost $2.5bn by 2010 to make sure the crowds will be able to get from game to game across the vast country during the 2014 World Cup
• TfL silent on Oyster partner after failureTransport for London, deprived of millions in Tube fares after a second travelcard system malfunction, considers the future of its 17-year contract with TranSys
• BA executives face price-fix chargesFour past and present BA executives to be charged with price-fixing in prosecution that will send tremors through companies

The Independent

• Travel for free! Oyster cards fail againLondon's underground Oyster card system failed again during the morning rush-hour today.

The Scotsman

• Heathrow protests to be discussedThe possibility of "mass direct action" is due to be discussed at a conference called by those opposed to expansion at Heathrow Airport.

The Telegraph

• Service stations charging 6p more for petrol than averageMotorway service stations have been accused of greed after failing to drop their pump prices in line with the supermarkets and high street retailers.

Reuters News

• Chrysler financial arm to stop leasing vehiclesDETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC said its financing arm would stop offering vehicle leases to U.S. consumers, a sharp break in strategy in response to tighter credit and the plunging resale prices for gas-guzzling trucks.

Birmingham Post

• Black Country rail service faces funding axeA West Midlands rail commuter link could be axed even though the number of passengers using it has grown to 60,000 a year.
• Forget Grand Central station, says Birmingham council chiefSupporters of Grand Central railway station at Eastside are dead and buried and the scheme’s supporters should stop engaging in “pointless” arguments about what might have been, Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has said

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Passport control could be introduced at HolyheadREINTRODUCING passport checks at Holyhead Port for the first time in 86 years took a step closer yesterday with the start of a formal consultation between two governments.

Journal Live

• Metro revamp hits sudden hold-upNORTH East transport schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds have been put on hold by a Government review.

Metro

• Passengers tell of mid-air dramaShaken but relieved airline passengers were continuing their journeys after surviving a terrifying ordeal in which a gaping hole appeared in their jumbo jet 30,000ft up.

The News (Portsmouth)

• Team ready to crack rail disturbancesA NEW team of railway staff with some police powers are to be stationed at Portsmouth train stations in an effort to crack down on disorder.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Young drivers targeted with movie-style crash chillerHollywood blockbuster techniques feature in a new road safety campaign “ putting a graphic film focus on Scotland™s grim toll of fatal and serious injuries among young drivers.