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Sunday, 24 January 2010

BBC News

• Tories ponder prison ships planThe Conservatives say they could bring back prison ships, although the move is not in their draft manifesto.
• Overturned cars on icy stretches Police warn motorists of black ice on roads in north Down and Carrickfergus after a number of road accidents in those areas.
• Powder in airport alert harmlessTests on a white powder which triggered a security alert at Manchester Airport find the substance is harmless.

The Herald

• Airport terminal evacuated after ˜chemical incident™Part of an airport terminal was evacuated and a chemical incident was declared after a man attempted to carry an unidentified white powder onto a plane.

The Observer

• Pollution link to child pneumoniaTop consultant announces breakthrough studyChildren who live near a main road are in greater danger of catching pneumonia because pollution from passing traffic damages their lungs. A leading expert in childhood breathing difficulties has made the link between exposure to particles from vehicle exhausts and a child's susceptibility to the chest infection, which can be fatal.Professor Jonathan Grigg, an honorary consultant at the Royal London Hospital and academic paediatrician at Queen Mary, University of London, made the breakthrough after studying the effect of airborne pollutants on human l...

Times Online

• Shareholders rewarded for keeping Invensys faith The recovery in the global economy should help Invensys to produce a strong full-year performance, despite a disappointing start to the year.
• Indian hijack plot caused new UK terror alert FEARS that Islamist terrorists plan to hijack an Indian passenger jet and crash it into a British city helped to prompt this weekend’s heightened terror alert.
• Road signs collapse to cut crash deathsTHE company behind Scotch tape and Post-it notes has created a signpost that will collapse safely if a car crashes into it.
• Drive buy: Chipex Few motoring incidents are as frustrating as being forced to respray a whole panel of your car’s bodywork because you strayed too close to a road gritter and emerged with a pock-marked bonnet.
• Test Bench: Bicycle lights BEST FOR DURABILITY
• The Expert Driver: wearing seatbelts in private car parks As far as the courts are concerned, highway regulations apply if the land is publicly accessible. There may or may not be any fences or barriers to prevent access to a supermarket car park or a drive-thru fast-food joint, but they are accessible to road users and still deemed to be a public space. So buckle up.
• Cycle Doc Q. My company runs a cycle-to-work scheme but the maximum I can spend is £1,000 to get the tax benefit. My dream racing bike costs £2,000. Is there any way to extend the limit (I promise I’ll commute on it)?
• Cyprus hunt for missing E-Clear cashAdministrators at E-Clear, the card payments group that collapsed last week, are to investigate whether money from the company was diverted to the other business interests of Elias Elia, the chief executive.

Mail Online

• Terror scare at Manchester Airport as man attempts to take 'unidentified white powder' onto flight bound for Heathrow

The Sun

• Powder sparks airport alert COPS evacuate airport terminal after a man tries to take a white powder on to a plane

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Win a romantic weekend in Portmeirion with Arriva Trains' Dydd Santes Dwynwen competition TO celebrate Dydd Santes Dwynwen, Arriva Trains has organised a competition asking anyone who met their true love on a train or train station to share their story.
• No deal yet over between Airbus parent EADS and seven customer nations over A400MCRUCIAL negotiations between Airbus parent firm EADS and seven customer nations over the future of the troubled Airbus A400M military transport plane ended yesterday without an agreement.
• VOSA warn rogue lorry drivers won't escape detectionHAULIERS have been warned there is no escape from enforcement on country roads after the traffic commissioner criticised a lack of VOSA presence in rural Wales.

Journal Live

• Boom for Nissan thanks to scrappage schemeCAR manufacturer Nissan has enjoyed a boom with motorists flocking to buy its Sunderland-built vehicles.

London Evening Standard

• Tory 'fight' over prison ship planProposals to reintroduce prison ships have sparked a furious row at the top of the Conservative Party, it has been claimed.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport terminal closes following chemical alertPart of Manchester Airport had to be evacuated after a man tried to board a flight with an unidentified white powder. Police were called to Terminal Three today after security staff at a check-in desk discovered the man had a suspicious substance in his hand luggage.

The York Press

• Filling potholes to cost millions THE cost of repairing the region™s roads following the recent freezing temperatures is leading some local authorities to use emergency cash to fund the work.
• ˜Traffic has to flow™ PLANS to revamp one of York™s busiest junctions “ which could mean longer journeys for drivers “ have already divided opinion.
• Rail row may end in court YORK train operator Grand Central is considering legal action to try to block the proposed new timetable for the East Coast Mainline route to London.
• Leaks reveal rail staff warned of train defect RAIL workers™ and motorists™ lives have been put at risk because of faulty horns on York trains, unions claimed today.

Wales Online

• Woman rescued from riverA woman had to be rescued from her car after it went into a river.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds bus driver arrested over 'Muslin terrorist' jibe claimPOLICE have arrested a bus driver who allegedly called a woman passenger a Muslim terrorist and asked her if she had put a bomb on his bus.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• Hotline inundated with pothole complaints HAVE YOUR SAYMore than 1,500 complaints were made about Northamptonshire roads during the first two weeks of January “ a 50 per cent increase on the previous year.

Other Regional Press

• Survey slams dangerous parking at Newport schools RESIDENTS, teachers and councillors say parents who park dangerously outside Newport schools are putting children at risk.
• Capitol car park to close A CITY centre car park will close permanently saving Newport council £90,000 a year.
• Public to get say on Aberdeen bus route changesPASSENGERS were today urged to attend a public meeting about the future of bus services in Aberdeen.
• MP backs motion criticising rail firm’s poor performanceFurther pressure is being put on a rail company to improve its services after the recent disruption.

C.N.N.

• Oil spill at Texas port dumps 450,000 gallonsA tanker ship loaded with oil in the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, collided with two barges being towed by a tug boat, resulting in a spill of about 450,000 gallons of crude, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Washington Post

• GM expects to need new China plant as sales rise SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors expects it will need to build a new greenfield manufacturing facility in the near future in China to accommodate strong growth in the world's largest auto market, but it will not be building a plant this year, its China president said on Saturday.

Other News Sources

• New inquiry for M6 linkA second public inquiry is to be held into a £139m Lancashire road scheme.