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Sunday, 19 July 2009

BBC News

• Motor magicExhibition marks 1909 car rally on the beach

Financial Times

• Warning signals for Taiwan's bullet trainConcern is growing that the debt-ridden private-public project is proving a failure and taxpayers will eventually bear the cost of operating one of the world's most advanced train systems
• Aer Lingus names Mueller as new chiefAer Lingus, the Irish airline, has made a surprise choice for its new chief executive, appointing Christoph Mueller to replace Dermot Mannion, who announced his resignation in April

The Guardian

• Tata demands £10m for electric carsExecutives from Tata Motors will warn the minister overseeing the government's £2.3bn car assistance package that the Indian firm will scrap plans to build electric cars in the UK if it does not receive a £10m loan soon.The company is furious after being told by officials from Lord Mandelson's business department last week that it needed more time to find out if the venture will be considered for the loan - taking the total wait to six months. This comes days after business secretary Lord Mandelson launched the UK's

Times Online

• Teenager wings it with a fake airlineA TEENAGE boy from Yorkshire succeeded in persuading British aviation executives that he was a tycoon about to launch his own airline. Using the pseudonym Adam Tait, the smooth-talking 17-year-old told airport and airline executives that he had a fleet of jets.
• Touring Corsica by bikeFlying down a hill through the chestnut groves of the Castagniccia, I glanced up to see a herd of pigs truffling about in the middle of the road.
• First jet-powered all-terrain vehicle built Memo to Ozzy Osbourne and Rik Mayall: don’t drive this vehicle. After brushes with death on conventional quad bikes, you definitely won’t survive an accident on this one. Capable of more than 60mph over pretty much any terrain, the Whirl is the world’s first jet-powered all-terrain vehicle (ATV).

Daily Express

• Rivals enter last lap in race for VauxhallGENERAL Motors is on track to select a buyer for Opel and Vauxhall as early as this week with Canada's Magna International and Belgium private equity firm RHJ International vying for the car marques.

Mail Online

• How new Airbus fleet was dogged by technical problems ending in loss of Air France Flight 447

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Bus staff to assess next moveStaff at bus giant First who are involved in industrial action over a pay row will review the situation on Monday.

The York Press

• National Express East Coast may appeal against 'no barriers' decision for York Railway Station TRAIN chiefs today revealed they had not ruled out appealing against a decision to block proposals for ticket barriers at York Railway Station.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Port fund raises £100000A charity fund set up by an East Anglian port has already raised £100,000 in a year.

C.N.N.

• 44 hurt after light rail cars collide in San FranciscoTwo light rail transit cars collided Saturday in San Francisco, causing multiple injuries, but none appeared life-threatening, a rail system spokesman said.

International Herald Tribune

• By Degrees: Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor CitiesLow-emission buses could greatly reduce heat-trapping gases produced in the developing world’s booming cities.

New Scientist

• Airport travelators actually slow passengers downWhen rushing to catch your plane, is it faster to hop on a moving walkway or not? A new mathematical study tackles the answer

Washington Post

• House committee wants GM, Chrysler documents WASHINGTON -- A House committee asked the Obama administration Friday to release documents on the federal bailouts of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, seeking more details on decisions that led to the auto industry bankruptcies.

Other News Sources

• Two In Three Britons Driving Dangerously69 per cent of motorists admit to potentially dangerous behaviour when driving
• Illinois Ups the Ante for First-Time DUI OffendersIllinois has doubled the penalties for first-time DUI offenders. It has also made ignition interlock devices mandatory for first-time offenders who want to reclaim their driving privileges.
• Air cargo confidence on the upConfidence among airline cargo executives has increased dramatically in the last three months, according to the latest survey by the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
• Walker set on going it aloneUK forwarder Walker Freight Services has dismissed speculation that it is in merger and acquisition talks.