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Monday, 05 April 2010

BBC News

• Lib Dems plan huge rail expansionThe Liberal Democrats have set out plans to reopen thousands of miles of railway tracks and stations.
• Daimler admits worldwide briberyGerman carmaker Daimler pleads guilty to US corruption charges and agrees to pay $185m (£121m) to settle the case.

Financial Times

• Rail link to change commuting patternLondon's newest rail link is set to reduce pressure at one of the capital's most overcrowded stations as transport planners' vision of a network of orbital rail lines starts to become a reality

The Herald

• Glasgow cycling facilities among worst in the UKGlasgow has come third bottom in a survey of cycling facilities and provision in 20 British cities.
• Engineers meet challenge of readying tunnel for electrificationIt was the final link in what has become Scotland™s most important commuter line, built during the Victorian railway boom in order to connect the country™s two biggest cities.

Times Online

• Car scrappage scheme brings £100m VAT windfall The car scrappage incentive scheme has earned the Government an unexpected £100 million.
• Planet of the Apps: fuel price-checkers MyGas
• I-kube: The magic box slashing teen drivers’ premiums It is 11pm on a Saturday and teenagers across Britain are packing pubs and bars, but young Ross Kemp is housebound — his car is under curfew. Outside on the driveway the 19-year-old’s Ford Focus looks like any other first car, but hidden in the glove box is a small grey device that keeps an eye on his movements. Like a tag fitted to a prisoner on licence, it notifies an insurance company if the vehicle moves between 11pm and 5am.
• AA strike vote could leave drivers strandedThe AA breakdown service and its private equity owners are braced for the result of a strike ballot on Wednesday that could leave its 15 million customers without roadside assistance for the first time in its 105-year history.

Liverpool Post

• Lib-Dems would deliver early electrification of Liverpool to Manchester line THE Liberal Democrats last night promised to reopen thousands of miles of railway track and stations across the country, in what they said would be the biggest expansion of the network since the Victorian era.

Metro

• Rail expansion plans unveiledThe Liberal Democrats have promised to reopen thousands of miles of railway track and stations across the country in what they said would be the biggest expansion of the network since the Victorian era.

Other Regional Press

• Train services to stay on track as strike halted Train services across the county will run as normal this week after a planned four-day strike by Rail workers was halted by a court injunction.

Other News Sources

• Easter ends with rain and roads woeEaster ends with rain and roads woe
• Cost of running a car up 9% - studyCost of running a car up 9% - study