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Saturday, 27 September 2008

BBC News

• Kelly 'frustrated' over departureTransport Secretary Ruth Kelly says she harbours doubts about the

Financial Times

• German state railway IPO to go aheadGerman state railway Deutsche Bahn said its rail-operating unit DB Mobility and Logistics (DBML) will be floated on the stock market on October 27, a decision intended to show the group and the government will not be blown off course by global financial turmoil

The Guardian

• Somali pirates capture Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with military hardwareWhereabouts of freighter still unknown but military cargo makes seizure especially dangerous

The Telegraph

• Grandmother killed by speeding police carA grandmother was knocked down and killed by a speeding police car whose driver was racing back after delivering a birthday card to his sister while he was on duty.

Times Online

• Freecycle: the big green giveaway If you haven't already come across Freecycle, the online recycling network - one of the biggest green initiatives of the past decade - it is a global network of message boards, with more than 450 groups in the UK. The beauty of it is that it transforms one person's trash into another's treasure.
• AA accuses supermarkets of petrol price rip off Britain’s biggest supermarkets are ripping off motorists with their local pricing policies for fuel, according to the country’s largest motoring organisation.

Network Rail

• A Plan for growth: Network Rail launches strategy for Yorkshire and HumbersideA plan to meet the increasing demand for rail in the Yorkshire and Humber region was unveiled today as Network Rail launched its consultation on a far-reaching strategy to boost services for passengers and freight users throughout the region.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Man jailed for 10 years over fatal A1(M) crashA banned driver who killed a father-of-two when his stolen 4x4 catapulted over a motorway central reservation has been jailed for 10 years.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Road painted “ before being dug upRoads officials ordered the lines in the middle of a road to be repainted “ days before it was due to be dug up.
• Stagecoach supports school bus safety callsTransport giant Stagecoach last night gave its support to growing calls for increased safety on school buses.

The York Press

• Firm is on track for longer trains RAIL commuters between York and Leeds can look forward to less overcrowding, under new plans to lengthen trains and increase peak-time services.
• Council savings on transport costs A MAJOR review of York™s community transport provision has led to significant savings and a more efficient service.

Doncaster Free Press

• Motorway delays this weekendMotorists travelling from Doncaster are being warned of delays on some the area's motorways this weekend.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Knorr-Bremse Acquires Hübner Rail Vehicle Door Division At the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, Hübner announced the sale, with effect from January 1, 2009, of its rail vehicle door division to Knorr-Bremse's IFE automatic door systems division. Managing partner Reinhard Hübner expressed his confidence that in Knorr-Bremse the company had found a reliable partner for customers who would successfully continue the division's operations with their interests in mind. Knorr-Bremse will continue to offer Hübner products at least for the duration of existing contractual projects and will also fulfil all the company...

Aviation Industry

• As Alitalia talks continue, Lufthansa steps inROME : Executives of Lufthansa, the German airline, met with representatives of unions at the Italian carrier Alitalia on Friday to discuss the possibility of taking a stake in Alitalia as negotiations ...

Other News Sources

• Govt wants aviation excluded from renewables targetEnvironmentalists have reacted with outrage after it emerged the government wants aviation to be excluded from an EU-wide renewables commitment.
• Rail station evacuatedPolice have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect vehicle at a major railway station in London.
• Making the Missing LinkThe Cumberland Gap is a 9km break in the motorway north of Carlisle. Once plugged, it will allow drivers to use a continuous 640km of motorway, from Scotland to Dover. Ed Owen reports.
• Orr to head Crossrail procurement panelOutgoing ICE president David Orr is to provide expert procurement advice to London’s £16bn Crossrail project, NCE has learnt.
• Fusionman flies across the ChannelA Swiss adventurer has entered the record books after he became the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing. Yves Rossy, known as Fusionman, jumped from a plane more than 8,200ft above the ground and soared at more than 100mph over one of the world's busiest shipping lanes powered by four jets on his homemade wing.
• 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.
• Briton's bomb sparks airport evacuation An entire French airport had to be evacuated when a British woman tried to board an aircraft with a bomb in her hand luggage.
• Motorway smash injures 50 Fifty people have been injured in a motorway crash involving a coach and a lorry.
• Deepsea is too slow for hi-tech shipmentsComputer manufacturers have begun pulling air and deepsea freight off traditional Asia-Europe routes in favour of sending shipments on a 10,000km overland journey using the trans-Siberian rail link.
• Navy warship to be recycled in Liverpool The Royal Navy looks set to sidestep the controversy that often accompanies the decommissioning of warships - by recycling at home.

EIN News Subscription

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• Flight attendants delay Alitalia decision to Monday: report ... agreed to a rescue package for the airline proposed by the Italian Air Company investor ... other offers and CAI is Alitalia's salvation," Transport Minister Altero Matteoli said Friday. "Failure to ... Commission is investigating whether the loan meets EU bailout rules after expressing grave doubts. ...

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• Hamburg group submits binding bid for Hapag-LloydFULL details of the bid remain unclear but the size of the consortium bidding has grown again to include HanseMerkur.