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Saturday, 23 August 2008

BBC News

• New route boosts Arriva's profitsArriva says the addition of Cross Country rail services has helped its UK trains division boost half-year profits.

The Guardian

• Protests may delay world's cheapest carTata Motors will move production of the world's cheapest car from a new factory in India's West Bengal state if violent protests by local farmers - forced to sell their land for the site - continue, its chairman warned today

Times Online

• Airlines start fares ware to lure back passengersAirlines have mounted a ferocious price war in a desperate attempt to fill empty seats during autumn and winter.

Journal Live

• Honda fans will seek ClarityA CAR that is free of harmful emissions and is three times more economical than even the most efficient petrol models has been revealed in America.

Manchester Evening News

• Fury over train disruptionBUSINESS leaders in Greater Manchester today joined with their counterparts in London, Birmingham and Liverpool to protest against Network Rail's plans to carry out work on the £8.6bn West Coast Main Line upgrade on weekdays.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Climate Change Bill prompts rowThe Scottish Government has been accused of misrepresenting public demand for aviation to be included in proposed legislation to combat global warming.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Redundancy looms at Leeds bus firmSTAFF at Leeds bus firm Optare have been told they have until next Wednesday to offer themselves for voluntary redundancy as the firm looks to shed jobs.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• £5.3m bus lane to help commutersCommuters could get an easier ride to work after two multi-million pound traffic projects were approved.

Forbes

• The Saudi Arabia Of Solar Energy The future of power could look a lot like the present.

International Herald Tribune

• Airport video shows no engine explosion in Madrid plane crashVideo taken by the Spanish airport authority AENA does not show any engine explosion while Spanair MD-82 was taking off from Madrid, Spanish media reported Friday, as investigators sought the cause of the disaster that killed 153 people.

Aviation Industry

• BA delays move from T1 to T3British Airways has announced a delay to the move of its Heathrow short haul flights from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3.

Other News Sources

• Airport chiefs 'snub strike talks'A union involved in a strike set to disrupt flights at a busy airport on bank holiday Monday has accused management of refusing to hold talks to try to settle the dispute. More than 30 members of the GMB union who operate luggage-scanning equipment at Stansted airport are due to walk out for 24 hours on Monday in a row over pay.
• UK MAIB Issues Summary of Examination of Crane CollapseThe UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued a summary of its preliminary examination of an incident involving the collapse of a provisions loading crane on a ship. The crane was being used to load stores from a barge alongside when it suddenly detached from its mountings and fell onto the barge...
• Lord Robertson and Douglas Alexander Discuss Making Roads SafeThe Make Roads Safe campaign has discussed its demand for safe road infrastructure with the UK™s International Development Secretary.
• First UN Ministerial Summit on Global Road Safety ApprovedThe United Nations General Assembly has today approved the first ever global UN Conference on road safety, in an effort to reduce the rapidly growing death toll on the world™s roads.
• New Metrolink routes are subject of newsletterThe Greater Manchester Public Transport Executive is starting a newsletter about the new Metrolink routes, which will be posted to 45,000 homes in the region
• Poll: Businesses not behind TIF packageBusinesses in Greater Manchester have voted against the £2.7bn Transport Innovation Fund package on offer to the region in a poll carried out for the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities by Mori, it has emerged.