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Saturday, 26 June 2010

BBC News

• Cheap tickets blocked from saleRailway ticket vending machines do not always offer the cheapest fares
• BA makes fresh cabin crew offerBritish Airways has tabled a fresh offer in an attempt to end the long-running dispute with cabin crew.
• Rail review urged ahead of cutsTrain companies are urging the government to conduct a

Financial Times

• Goldenport seeks capital for fleet expansionThe London-listed Greek shipowner says the $35m in new capital and $50m of new bank borrowing should fund the purchase of three to four small container ships and a small dry bulk vessel

The Guardian

• BA strikes: new offer made to cabin crewBritish Airways attempted to end a long-running industrial dispute with a new offer to cabin crew this afternoon, as flight attendants were urged by the Unite union to lodge a "massive yes vote" in a forthcoming strike ballot.

The Herald

• Ryanair pledges to refund police after water rowThe budget airline Ryanair has said it will refund police who ­provided emergency water and chocolate to passengers when a plane was stranded on the runway for six hours.
• Drivers may be blamed for all bike collisionsMotoring organisations have expressed anger at plans to put the onus of guilt on drivers who collide with cyclists.
• £300m rail link ˜offers poor value for money™Calls are growing for the biggest rail project in Scotland to be urgently revised after a report said the economic benefits of the scheme had diminished significantly.
• Trip down memory lane at MegabusStagecoach founder Brian Souter was in ebullient mood this week about the success of his Megabus operation in the United States, which he has pitched against airline Southwest airlines with some success.

Times Online

• BA admits sex discrimination after banning man from sitting beside childBritish Airways has apologised and paid compensation to a man who accused it of sex discrimination after he was banned from sitting next to a child he did not know.
• Union leaves talks to consider BA offerThe Unite union left talks with British Airways at the conciliation service Acas last night to consider a last-minute offer from the airline designed to avert a third round of cabin crew strikes at the height of the summer holiday season.

Reuters News

• BA makes crew new offer in bid to stop strikesLONDON (Reuters) - British Airways made a new offer to cabin crew on Friday in a bid to end a long-running dispute over pay and conditions before a ballot on further strikes next Tuesday.

Network Rail

• NETWORK RAIL AWARDS CROSSRAIL CONTRACT

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Airport protest woman is guilty Nine protesters, including a Shipley art student, have been found guilty of shutting down an airport after they staged a demonstration on the taxiway.

London Evening Standard

• Boris Johnson plans wireless internet on TubeCommuters will be able to use their BlackBerries, mobile phones and laptops undergound on the Tube under plans being drawn up by the Mayor
• Crossrail work closes section of Circle line for three weeksPassengers on the Circle line face more upheaval in the summer during a three-week part-closure

Other Regional Press

• Alarm at Yorkshire high-speed rail delayITA Chairman Cllr Chris Greaves calls decision a blow to the whole of Eastern England
• Cllr Greaves is new Transport Authority ChairmanTransport schemes would help to grow the local and national economy out of recession, he says.
• Tram link to 'go ahead', says MPThe Watford to St Albans Tram Link, a feared casualty of swingeing cuts to public spending, will go ahead, the town™s new MP said this morning.
• Campaign to keep young drivers safeSchools in Bushey and Kings Langley will take part in an educational roadshow designed to keep teenagers safe on Hertfordshire's roads.
• Eurotunnel lined up as bidder for £1.5bn high-speed lineFares could be slashed when the high-speed line is sold off....possibly to Eurotunnel!

C.N.N.

• Plane makes emergency landing in Texas after pressure problemsPressurization problems caused a Boeing 747 passenger jet to make an emergency landing Friday night in San Antonio, Texas, a Federal Aviation Authority spokesman said.

Railway Gazette

• Supervising Swiss tracks SWITZERLAND: The first integrated control centre on the Swiss Federal Railways network was formally opened in Lausanne on May 21. It will assume supervision of the whole SBB network in the French-speaking part of the country by 2015, with the exception of the immediate area around Lausanne, which will not be transferred until 2018. A second ICC will be opened later this year in Zürich, with Olten and Pollegio following by 2014.

Other News Sources

• Casualties on Welsh roads lowest since records beganThe figures - ˜Road Casualties in Wales, 2009™ “ show the number of road accidents, injuries and deaths have all seen falls compared to the previous year.
• Aberdeen Airport protesters found guiltyThe nine climate change protesters were found guilty of causing wide spread disruption last year.
• Hammond puts Leeds high-speed plans on holdThe transport secretary has ordered preparation work into a possible high-speed rail route between the West Midlands and Leeds to be put on hold.
• British Airways Launches its Premium SaleBritish Airways has launched its luxury flight and holiday sale with reductions on Club World business class and selected first class fares covering its worldwide network.
• Rail freight bucks recessionThe rail freight market is continuing to buck the recession, according to figures released today.
• Allister becomes CIHT presidentThe Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) has inaugurated Geoff Allister as its new president.
• Heathrow campaign highlights airport as a retail destinationHeathrow airport is launching a campaign pitching itself against London™s West End shopping district by highlighting its lower prices.