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Saturday, 10 April 2010

BBC News

• Family tribute to bus crash boyThe family of an eight-year-old boy who died after his bicycle and a bus collided pay tribute to their
• Woman dies in M4 crash at CardiffA woman has died in a three-vehicle crash on the eastbound M4 outside Cardiff.
• Crashed car causes road closureA man is taken to Ninewells hospital in Dundee with head injuries after a car crash which closed the A92 north of Arbroath.
• Airport man 'dead for 12 hours'A deceased man from Oldham who was turned away from an airport check-in desk had been dead for up to 12 hours.
• Man shot in arm near rail stationA man in his 20s is shot in the arm near Brockley railway station in south London and two men are arrested.

Financial Times

• Sir Stelios set to face EasyJet in courtEasyJet will head to court for a face-off with its founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, that has the potential to force one of the world's best-known airlines to change its name and livery

The Guardian

• Airport expansion vs eco-concernOpposition is growing to plans for up to 500,000 passengers a year, despite boost to jobs The meandering approach road to Lydd airport weaves its way across Romney Marsh, past reed“fringed ditches and mounds of farm silage. Skylarks rise from the long grass beside the temporary control tower.Inside the leaky, 50-year-old terminal building, the view from the Biggles Bar takes in low-lying nature reserves behind the shingle beach, the Ministry of Defence firing ranges and Dungeness nuclear power station.In the 1950s, before roll-on, roll-off ferries, film stars such as Diana Dors, Humphrey Boga...

The Herald

• Loganair looks to spread its wingsLoganair chairman Scott Grier is putting together expansion plans for the airline even as the sector recovers from a wave of collapses.

The Telegraph

• Labour accused of plotting to introduce road pricing Labour has been accused of secretly plotting to introduce "pay as you drive" charges for millions of motorists across the country.

Times Online

• Behind the wheel: Peugeot 5008 THP 156 The big breakthrough in the higher-end versions of the new 5008, a family battle-bus from Peugeot, is the installation of a pair of television screens, offering aircraft-style entertainment opportunities for the passengers seated in the back (notionally, one presumes, your children).
• LA judge will take 200 runaway Toyota casesMore than 200 lawsuits in the US filed against the Japanese car maker Toyota in relation to runaway vehicles, are to be consolidated and assigned to a single federal judge in Los Angeles, California.
• We™re on a green road to hellDon™t give way to petrol pump rage this weekend. If you don™t like paying 120p for a litre of road fuel, get used to it. Get used to 130p per litre. It is now policy that you should be gouged.

Reuters News

• Labour's Adonis woos LibDem votersLONDON (Reuters) - Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis appealed to Liberal Democrat supporters on Friday to vote tactically to ensure the election of a Labour government, saying the policies of the two parties were largely the same.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Driver led police on 115mph chase A banned driver stopped by a police stinger device after a 115mph motorway chase has been locked up for 22 months.

London Evening Standard

• Boris Johnson admits he’s failed over London roadworksBoris Johnson admits it is proving 'incredibly difficult' to reduce the number of roadworks in London

Sheffield Star

• Protest over rail job lossesRAIL workers laid off after the collapse of contractor Jarvis have been promised assistance by Sheffield Council.
• Three firms bid for £674m road repairsTHREE companies bidding for the £674 million private finance initiative contract to rebuild Sheffield's crumbling roads have been asked to submit their detailed proposals.

Doncaster Free Press

• Axed rail workers in town centre rallyAround 200 former Jarvis workers , their families and trade unions staged a protest through Doncaster town centre this morning after being made redundant.

Other Regional Press

• Joy on the buses over new routes to estates BUS passengers were last night celebrating the introduction of new services on two of Oxford™s biggest estates.
• Motorists facing delays on major commuter routes MOTORISTS heading home at the start of the weekend are facing lengthy delays after a series of crashes on major Hampshire roads.
• Joy on the buses over new routes to estates BUS passengers were last night celebrating the introduction of new services on two of Oxford™s biggest estates.

Campaign for Better Transport

• Conservatives plan new network of toll roads9 April: This morning on the Today programme, David Cameron talked about the Conservative Party™s plans for a network of new toll roads. But the UK's only major toll road - the M6 Toll - has angered drivers and environmentalists alike and - unsurprisingly - failed to cut congestion. read more

Railway Gazette

• Major rehabilitation gets underwayDR CONGO: Belgium-based African rail operator Vecturis is assisting with an ambitious World Bank supported project to rehabilitate the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais network. The project was officially launched by President Joseph Kabila last November. Work planned for 2010 includes renewal of track between Tenke and Kisanfu and rehabilitation of 350 wagons and 17 locomotives. Pensions are to be provided for employees due to retire within five years, as SNCC has 12500 staff with an average age of 55 years and salary payments totalling US$1·4bn many months in arrears. The S...

Transport for London

• Mayor and TfL demand that Tube Lines' plans be put to private finance testTube Lines and shareholders, Ferrovial and Bechtel, must demonstrate plans are robust and prove Tube Lines is creditworthy.
• London Underground awards power upgrade contract for Sub-Surface RailwayNew contract to support essential part of Circle and District upgrade

Other News Sources

• Work will begin to upgrade traffic lights and keep cars movingWORK is being carried out to upgrade traffic lights and reduce journey times for drivers in Cheltenham. Gloucestershire County Council is...
• ECM wins GM supplier awardECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) has won a General Motors' Global Supplier of the Year award, for the second time in three years.
• NICS increaseThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned that next year's planned increase to National Insurance contributions (NICs) could lead to transport users outsourcing work to cheaper foreign hauliers.
• Record Low level of complaints on the UK Railway, new figures revealRecord Low level of complaints on the UK Railway, new figures reveal
• Tunnels Likely Too Expensive for High-Speed Trains in Bay AreaCities from San Francisco to San Jose clinging to the hope that the state's high-speed train will be hidden out of sight were confronted with the likely reality Thursday that rocketing the trains through tunnels would simply cost too much.
• New weapon in fight to stop biker deathsPolice motorcyclists are to use headcams to film and highlight bikers' driving mistakes as part of an operation to reduce road accidents.
• EC examines Bulgarian yardTHE EC has begun an investigation into claims that Bulgaria™s Rousse shipyard received 19M levas ($13.07M) in illegal government aid before it was privatised in 1999.
• Shortsea ships trip over taxRULES establishing a US Marine Highway Program were finalised today without dropping a tax that some shipping companies say makes the concept unprofitable.
• Hanjin Shipping launches new advanced logistics IT system Hanjin Shipping launched its new advanced logistics IT system on April 5th, after approximately two years of development in cooperation with Cyberlogitec and IBM GBS.
• Norfolk train services disruptedTrain services on all routes via Thetford are being disrupted due to an obstruction on the line in the Harling Road area
• Soaring fuel prices a 'body blow' in rural areasCampaigners last night described ever-escalating fuel prices as a œbody blow to rural people and businesses as they reached a record peak. Petrol prices have soared to an all time high of 120p a litre, eclipsing the previous peak of 119.