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Saturday, 29 May 2010

BBC News

• Cameron pledges to back businessDavid Cameron pledges to create
• Barclays sponsor bike schemeLondon Mayor Boris Johnson announces Barclays as official £25m sponsor of London cycle hire scheme.
• Coalition wants UK space lift-offScience minister David Willetts tells BBC News that space is an important growth sector for UK PLC.
• Japanese car output sees riseJapanese car makers saw strong growth in sales and production in April, thanks to increased demand abroad.
• BA crew resume work before strikeBritish Airways cabin crew who were on strike return to work for one day before the next five-day stoppage begins.

Financial Times

• BA crew set to walk out againThousands of British Airways cabin crew are set to walk out in the middle of the long weekend tomorrow after another round of talks between the airline and the Unite...

Times Online

• Travel by train though the Lake DistrictThe train breezes down the Cumbrian coast, on one of Britain™s most absorbing ” and least known ” rail journeys. The morning mists are lifting, the couple opposite are sharing their first Polos of the day and I™m studying a chart showing how many passengers use the two dozen stations along the line, which runs from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness.
• After 75 years the driving test hasn’t really changed much When Mr J. Beene signalled with his right hand and pulled out on to the road on June 1, 1935, he would have had an inkling that he was about to make motoring history.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales Police unveil new machine to help decrease motorbike deaths NORTH WALES Police has a new weapon to wield in its battle against speeding bikers.

London Evening Standard

• Boris Johnson fires Crossrail cuts warning to George OsborneBoris Johnson warns George Osborne not to seek to 'gut' Crossrail - but said he was prepared to make major savings on the £16 billion scheme

Manchester Evening News

• United Utilities boss to be Manchester Airport chief A board director at FTSE 100 giant United Utilities is set to be named as the new chief executive of Manchester Airports Group, the MEN can reveal. Charlie Cornish, who currently holds the title of managing director, business development and international at the Warrington-based water company, is expected to succeed Geoff Muirhead at MAG.

C.N.N.

• Second BA strike looms after talks failA second five-day strike by British Airways cabin crew members was set to start Sunday after talks between the union and the airline failed, mediators said.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Drivers 'unclear about traffic light sequences'British motorists are placing their fellow road users at risk by failing to know the correct sequence for traffic lights, a new report has warned.Research conducted by Autoquake.com found less than half (48 per cent) of those quizzed for a recent survey correctly said red was the colour of light that follows amber.However, 39 per cent believed it to be green and the used car website's chief executive officer Dermot Halpin said: "We're surprised that so few drivers remember the traffic light sequence correctly."A poll of 1,000 drivers was conducted by the company, which has wa...

Aviation Industry

• AEF meets with the new transport minister and enters the fray in a high court legal battle over climate policyWith the new government having begun to set out plans in more detail, AEF has contacted the Secretaries of State at Defra, DECC and DfT, and has already met “ together with colleagues working in other NGOs “ with the Transport Minister, Phillip Hammond, and Parliamentary Under Secretary Norman Baker. Baker has been appointed to [...]

Other News Sources

• Environmentally friendly transport projects 'could be shelved'Plans for environmentally friendly light rail schemes are likely to be shelved in the forthcoming emergency Budget because they are considered unaffordable, Public Finance has been told
• Extra time for railway worriesResidents of South Northamptonshire whose homes could be close to a possible new high speed railway line have been given more time to tell the Government how they believe they