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Sunday, 25 July 2010

BBC News

• RAF jets in airline terror testRAF fighter jets are scrambled in a dramatic exercise to test Britain's readiness to respond to a terrorist hijack plot.

Mail Online

• The £2m traffic camera which has snared 16,123 drivers in three monthsThe single camera is earning a staggering £150,000-a-week from unwitting drivers who stray into a street filled with temporary bus and taxi lanes.
• Miraculous escape for driver as car falls 20ft into sinkhole at traffic lights during stormLance Treankler was yesterday driving his black Cadillac Escalade during torrential rains in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when the road disappeared beneath him.
• Snub for BA as the Pope plans Alitalia flight homeThe Vatican has broken with tradition by deciding not to fly the Pope home to Italy on British Airways at the end of his state visit to the UK this autumn – due, in part, to the threat of BA strikes.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• M62 plan is held up by review Plans to cut congestion by allowing traffic to use the hard shoulder of the M62 motorway near Bradford have been delayed.

Liverpool Post

• EasyJet flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport cancelled PASSENGERS flying from Liverpool John Lennon Airport on Sunday face having to find alternative flights after easyJet cancelled several planned departures.

London Evening Standard

• Toy gun triggers airport securityA toy gun belonging to a young member of a Middle Eastern royal family sparked a security alert at Heathrow airport, it has emerged.

Sheffield Star

• Tramlines: Echo and the Bunnymen festival line up - Sun, July 25, 2010.ECHO and the Bunnymen headline the main stage at Sheffield's free Tramlines music festival on the Main Stage at Devonshire Greeen tonight.

The News (Portsmouth)

• Omani warship launched at Portsmouth baseStreamers, smoke and a smashed rose water bottle marked the launch of an Omani warship proudly made in Portsmouth.
• Fight begins to take over HMS Daedalus airfieldPlans are under way to make a former naval base a major draw as a business park.

The York Press

• MEP Timothy Kirkhope in row over bus cash A YORKSHIRE MEP has claimed local bus services could be threatened if they are subjected to the same passenger compensation rules as major airlines.

Wales Online

• Revealed: Shocking levels of crime at Wales’ railway stations WALES’ train stations are blighted by drunks, drug abusers, perverts and sex attackers, it can be revealed today.

Carlisle News & Star

• Cycling ban to stay in place in pedestrian area of Carlisle city centre A ban on cycling in the pedestrianised area of Carlisle city centre will stay, county councillors have decided.
• Bad weather delays Carlisle traffic system changes Changes to the traffic system in Carlisle city centre have been delayed for one week by bad weather.

Other Regional Press

• On your bikeEmployees were urged to try cycling to work as a new environmentally friendly Watford travel plan was unveiled.
• Trowbridge is rail crime hot spot Trowbridge has been named and shamed as one of the country™s top rail crime hot spots in a recent report released by Network Rail.
• Council looks to parking charges to boost income A MAJOR shake-up of service fees will see car parking, cemeteries and licensing charges rise across a Hampshire borough.
• Two taken to hospital after two-car smashTraffic is building up around the London-bound carriageway of the A20 near Swanley after a serious smash this morning.
• Green Building Products cut bus station washroom costs with new toilets SPENDING a penny at Huddersfield bus station is even cheaper ... for bus station bosses.
• Cyclist dies in Crossways crash horror A CYCLIST died following a collision with a car in Crossways.

International Herald Tribune

• Tesla Electric Cars: Revved Up, but Far to GoElon Musk, who made a fortune selling PayPal, has poured a lot of his money into Tesla, the maker of electric cars. But it has hit with delays, financial crises and a personnel soap opera.

Railway Gazette

• Tram bogie turntableUK: Mechan has supplied two bogie turntables for installation by specialist contractor Trackwork at the Starr Gate tram depot which Volker Fitzpatrick is building at Blackpool in northwest England. The turntables will be used when transferring bogies to the maintenance areas of the seafront depot, which is being built to accommodate the 16 Flexity 2 trams Bombardier is supplying as part of the modernisation of the only traditional tramway to have survived in the UK.

Other News Sources

• Co-Owner Of Company Is Transported To The Ranks Of Stanford Who's WhoStanford Who's Who welcomes Barbara J. Cameron-Stuart to the ranks of leading professionals as a result of her exceptional effort in the Transportation Services Industry.
• Car vs. Motorcycle AccidentsMotorcycle riders are physically exposed to the extreme forces unleashed in a collision and are more vulnerable to injury than the occupants of a car who are protected by airbags, seatbelts and the automobile frame around them.
• Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010Congress is currently considering the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 which aims to address many of the same safety issues highlighted by Toyota's safety recalls earlier this year.
• Man charged in connection with airport security alert Buckinghamshire man charged with endangering an aircraft
• Commuters face among worst queues at station TICKET office queues at Winchester railway station are among the worst in the country, new research has found.
• Special service for foodie event BUSES and good food are unlikely companions, but they will be today.