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Sunday, 27 July 2008

BBC News

• Jet probe turns to oxygen bottlesA possible oxygen cylinder blast is a main focus for investigators looking into what caused a hole mid-flight in the fuselage of a Qantas passenger jet.

The Independent

• Ferry shipments of 'terror-threat' plutonium endTop-secret shipments of weapons-ready plutonium through British waters have been stopped, after their exposure by The Independent on Sunday. The Department for Transport (DfT) said last week that it had taken

The Observer

• Lloyd's link to Burmese juntaBusiness & money: Lloyd's insurers underwrite military dictatorship's aircraft and shipping, claims new campaign

Times Online

• So many supercars together - it's almost autoerotic The British International Motor Show gets into top gear from this weekend at London’s ExCeL centre, and goes on till August 3. The 700,000 sq ft venue will see some glamorous new car debuts, and 600 models on display from 60 makers.
• Network Rail braced for governance inquiry Network Rail’s corporate governance will come under scrutiny again this week with the publication of a report by the consultancy KPMG.
• Brown plugs into future of electric cars THE prime minister has pledged £90m in government money to help make Britain “the European capital for electric cars”, a promise that has already sparked interest from motor-industry giants such as General Motors.
• BA to clip wings of short-haul fleet British Airways will this week prune its short-haul network in an attempt to stem losses caused by the high price of jet fuel.

Mail Online

• MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Fingerprinted in the name of BAA greedWe now face being fingerprinted the next time we travel. No doubt we will be told this is for our own safety. But the real reason is the commercial greed of BAA.
• All air passengers to give their fingerprints ... but is it for security or to raise profits for the duty-free shops?Millions of passengers flying from British airports will be fingerprinted from next year under the latest controversial Government anti-terror plans.

The Mirror

• Top Stories: We find and return Conservative leader David Cameron's stolen bicycleOn yer bike, Dave! Tory leader David Cameron has been reunited with the bicycle he had stolen this week … thanks to the Sunday Mirror.

Liverpool Echo

• Rail yobs will foot the billTRAIN passengers who put their feet on seats or play loud music could be handed on-the-spot fines under new transport plans.

Metro

• No disruption during rail strikeAround 12,000 rail maintenance workers have walked out on strike in a dispute over pay and conditions, but Network Rail (NR) said no passenger services were being disrupted as a result.
• Airport campaigners discuss tacticsOver 100 people opposed to expansion at Heathrow Airport gathered at a conference to discuss tactics should the government give it the go-ahead.

This Is Local London Network

• Holiday crackdown on unruly train passengersTransport police targeted drugs and knives in a crackdown at south London stations this week.
• Mass march planned against Heathrow expansionVeterans of last year's Heathrow climate camp are holding a mass meeting to protest against airport expansion plans today before joining a three-day

Washington Post

• New space race heats up with unveiling of aircraft LOS ANGELES -- Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps come partially off the top-secret project.