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Sunday, 03 May 2009

BBC News

• Fans warning over railway worksRugby fans heading to a cup semi-final are told to allow travelling time due to weekend rail works.

Times Online

• Top executives lead revolt on Heathrow third runwayTHE leaders of some of Britain™s biggest companies have begun a revolt against plans for a third runway at London™s Heathrow airport.
• Jaguar™s loans stall in WhitehallTALKS between Jaguar Land Rover and the government on a financial-aid package for the carmaker have reached an impasse over the degree of oversight and management control being demanded by Whitehall.

Daily Express

• Fuel costs put easyjet earnings in a nosediveEasyjet is flying towards a record £127 million loss for the first half of the year as fuel costs drag on its profits.

Journal Live

• Scrappage scheme eases Nissan's painWEEKEND working is to begin next Saturday for 1,500 workers at car giant Nissan as the first signs begin to emerge that the squeeze on car-makers is starting to ease.

Liverpool Echo

• Repairs for Liverpool’s roads of shameALMOST £1.5m is to be spent on tackling Liverpool’s road league of shame.
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport stake up for saleLIVERPOOL Airport owner Peel is planning to sell up to a 49% stake in its airport business.

London Evening Standard

• Rail delays to hit bank holidayRail passengers were warned of disruption on virtually every major rail line out of London over the bank holiday weekend

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Bus lanes blueprint for Newcastle's West RoadTRAFFIC lights that can tell how many passengers are on buses are planned for a busy city road.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Watchdog orders Black Isle bus firm to cut fleet A Black Isle bus company which provides school services has had its fleet reduced from 10 to four vehicles for a year by the Traffic Commissioner.
• Accidents up at A90 blackspotThe number of road accidents at a dangerous north-east junction has risen since safety measures were installed, new figures have revealed.
• Concern that buses are creating havoc in new-look city centreA city councillor has accused bus drivers of damaging expensive new Streetscape bus shelters in central Inverness.

The York Press

• £3m traffic boost for Ryedale market towns THREE major Ryedale transport improvement schemes are to benefit from £3 million in funding.
• Tornado at Pickering Station TRAIN buffs are being offered the chance to travel on Tornado along the scenic North Yorksire Moors Railway.

Sunderland Echo

• Weekend shifts return to NissanWeekend shifts are to return at Nissan from next Saturday as the car market shows its first signs of recovery.

Washington Post

• UAW wins big Chrysler stake but can't run company DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers union would appear to be the big winner in the Chrysler bankruptcy saga, having exercised its considerable political muscle to win a 55 percent stake in the country's third-largest automaker.

Other News Sources

• Best Transportation Web site of 2009 to be Named by Web Marketing Association in Annual WebAward CompetitionThe Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 13th annual WebAward Competition for Web site development at http://www.TheWebAwards.org. The Web Marketing Association will name the Best Transportation Web site of 2009.
• Protesters stage mock funeral marchProtesters staged a mock funeral, to demonstrate against the possible loss of a cemetery should a third runway be built at Heathrow Airport.
• Increased rail capacity to ease ChinaHoliday travel in China usually means long trips and ticket shortages. This May Day holiday, running from Friday to Sunday, might offer some improvement since China launched a new railway schedule Apr...
• Somali pirates hijack British ship Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship in the Indian Ocean.