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Sunday, 07 June 2009

BBC News

• Khan becomes transport ministerSadiq Khan, the MP bugged as he visited a constituent in jail, is promoted to transport minister in the reshuffle.

Financial Times

• Tube company mismanaged, says watchdogTaxpayers were saddled with a bill of up to £410m after mismanagement at Metronet led to the Tube maintenance company's collapsing, the government spending watchdog said

The Independent

• Khan made Minister of State for Transport Tooting MP Sadiq Khan has been promoted to Minister of State for Transport in the Government reshuffle, it emerged today.
• Khan made transport secretary Tooting MP Sadiq Khan has been promoted to Minister of State for Transport in the Government reshuffle, it emerged today.

Times Online

• Cycle girl I was doing that put-yourself-down girl thing with Georgie Thompson, the Sky Sports presenter: “Oh we’ll be rubbish, we’ll come last, it’ll take us eight hours ... ”, while all about us, thousands of long, lean male cycle nuts throbbed with vigour. Then she said: “I did 72 miles last weekend.” I returned to the isolation of unreadiness. Such was the start of my participation in the recent Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia.
• Car shrink Q My wife thinks we should take advantage of the scrappage scheme by trading in my old Ford Escort RS Cosworth so we can get a brand new Volkswagen Golf. I know she’s trying to be sensible, but is there any way a new Golf can make up for sending your former pride and joy to the knacker’s yard?

London Evening Standard

• Geoff Hoon becomes latest to quitTransport Secretary Geoff Hoon has stepped down from the Cabinet
• Pay offer bid to halt Tube strikeTube bosses have tabled a new pay offer in a desperate attempt to prevent next week's 48-hour strike

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Tube train tragedy of MP’s aideFINAL moments in the life of a Whitehall high flier are being pieced together by investigators probing his tragic death.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• Steve's making tracks on great railway journeyA former railway worker is travelling to the furthest points of the rail network to raise money for charity.

Railnews

• News: Lord Adonis appointed Transport Secretary as Hoon leaves the Cabinet Rail Minister Lord Adonis was today (Friday) promoted to Transport Secretary in Gordon Brown’s reshuffle after Geoff Hoon left the Cabinet.

Aviation Industry

• Airline seriously considering toilet feeThe CEO of Ryanair said that the airline firmly intends to start charging customers to use the restroom during flights.
• No Joke: Ryanair Really Wants to Charge for ToiletsConsidering we've been down this road before , and taking into account Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary's reputation as the walking embodiment of
• Airline industry outlook still grim: execsDemand for air travel could decline further despite signs of a more stable global economy, and prospects of a recovery this year look slim, industry executives said at a meeting of the world's airlines on Sunday.

Other News Sources

• Sadiq Khan made transport minister
• A330 search team retrieves Air France debris and two bodiesBrazilian naval and air command authorities searching for the missing Air France Airbus A330 have retrieved two bodies from the ocean, as well as the first...
• Sadiq Khan made transport ministerSadiq Khan made transport minister