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Sunday, 12 October 2008

BBC News

• The 2CV at 60It was the perfect car for a camping trip to the USSR

Times Online

• St Pancras gets suicide artRail passengers at London’s St Pancras International station are to be greeted by a work of art depicting a commuter falling into the path of a train driven by a Grim Reaper figure.
• Baying for blood: more fines for driversMy crime was to pull over in west London so that my wife could get out of the car and purchase a bouquet. Within minutes, a parking attendant had slapped a ticket on the windscreen.
• Skoda SuperbStationary at some traffic lights on the outskirts of Northampton, the truck driver wound down his window and gesticulated in an apparently friendly manner for me to do the same.

Mail Online

• Pictured: The cargo ship smashed to pieces just minutes after 31-strong crew were plucked to safetyThe crew of a cargo ship were plucked to safety as their 35,000 tonne vessel snapped in half after smashing against rocks in the Strait of Gilbraltar.
• BA staff arrested for 'selling £1m worth of plane tickets to a bucket-shop'Police are investigating an alleged fraud in which British Airways staff illegally sold up to £1million worth of plane tickets to a ’bucket shop’ that resold them for a profit at the last minute.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Fuel cost sees cuts to winter ferriesIrish Ferries is slashing its fast craft sailings from Holyhead, and Stena Line is also reviewing its operation over the winter season – because of the cost of fuel.

London Evening Standard

• London fare dodgers will be fined £50Public transport fare evasion penalties in London are to soar from £20 to £50 in the new year, it was announced

The York Press

• Longer trains for commutersCommuters and holidaymakers will soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief when a York rail company adds extra carriages to its busy routes.

Doncaster Free Press

• Airport bosses' speed dating to sell DoncasterOfficials from Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport are to fly out to Kuala Lumpur to take part in a 'speed dating' event for the aviation industry.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• Corby station arrivesEngineers had to work into the evening to lower parts of the new Corby railway station into place.

Forbes

• The Road Less Stupid Companies are amassing vast stores of data to power the next generation of navigation devices

Washington Post

• Analysts: GM would need cash to acquire Chrysler DETROIT -- For General Motors Corp. to acquire Chrysler LLC and all of its warts, GM would have to get desperately needed cash as part of the deal. Lots of it, according to industry analysts.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• New speed cameras planned for British roadsNew cameras will be introduced on UK roads in 2009 that will monitor average speed.Under the scheme, digital speed cameras will be placed at the entry and exit points of roads up to 15 miles apart.
• North-east tourist railway used to transport freightA tourist rail line located in the north-east of England will be used to transport freight.Thousands of tonnes of quarry stone will be moved via the Weardale Railway in County Durham, the Journal reports.

Aviation Industry

• Do you feel safe flying Frontier?What's it gonna take for the press of this country to cover the story of Frontier Airlines? Does the flying public feel so safe as to allow the maintenance of their commercial aircraft to be performed overseas ...

Other News Sources

• Cut newbuildings to survive squeezeShipping leaders have been urged to face up to the worsening financial crisis by reducing the number of newbuildings ordered.

EIN News Subscription

• Ministers back 'Single Sky' amid airline scepticismThe decision by EU transport ministers aims to kick-start the five-year development ... a more modern, efficient, safer and greener air traffic management system. European airlines welcomed the ...