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Sunday, 29 August 2010

BBC News

• Rail repairs hit train servicesRail services across the Midlands will be affected by engineering works over the Bank Holiday weekend.
• Cycle helmets - a hard case to crackMany cyclists wouldn't leave home without a helmet - but it's a piece of kit that doesn't offer as much protection as some cyclists might think.
• Ash cloud boosted Irish FerriesFerry operator Irish Continental Group (ICG) reports pre-tax profits of 8.2m euros for the first half of 2010, up from 5.8m euros last year.
• Tube closures disrupting fixturesClosures affect seven Underground lines across London - disrupting sporting events including the cricket at Lords.
• Electric cars 'can be costlier'Motorists considering buying an electric car are warned they can be more expensive to run than conventional petrol cars.

The Herald

• Final voyage for oldest shipThe oldest passenger ship in the world has been saved “ but in a move which will see it leave Scottish shores and head for Australia.

Birmingham Mail

• Bank Holiday travel news: What to expect on the roads, trains and at the airport THOUSANDS of sun-starved Brummies are jetting off in search of warmer weather for the last Summer Bank Holiday break of 2010.

Bolton News

• Coroner™s call to make ˜death trap™ road safer A œDEATH trap road where a man was killed in a car crash, should be made safer to prevent more accidents, a coroner has ruled.

London Evening Standard

• Crowds to pack streets for carnivalHundreds of thousands of revellers will descend on the capital over the next two days for Europe's biggest street festival - the Notting Hill Carnival.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Cyclists boost charity™s coffersA group of Westhill workmates has provided a £30,000 cash boost to Scottish charity Cornerstone through a 180-mile coast-to-coast cycle marathon.

The York Press

• Rail firm Grand Central confident of making profit within year A YORK-BASED rail operator which lost almost £8.5 million for each of the last two years, is confident conditions will improve in the next 12 months.
• Yorkshire clergy enjoy steam train trip in memory of the œrailway bishop CLERGY from across Yorkshire enjoyed a steam journey with a difference to commemorate a train-loving man of the cloth.

Other Regional Press

• Depressed teenager fell on to train at Westbury A 19-year-old man, who died after falling into a train and was then carried more than 100 miles, turned to drink and drugs after his granddad™s death just three months before.
• City to miss out on London rail linkRail passengers in the west of Scotland are to lose out on promised cross- border train services, the UK Transport Secretary has admitted.
• Bus timetable changes from Saturday 28 AugustChanges to some services in Cleckheaton and the Glasshoughton area around Junction 32. There will also be minor changes in Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield.

Washington Post

• Justice Dept signs off on United-Continental deal MINNEAPOLIS -- The Justice Department said Friday that it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal that would combine United and Continental into the world's largest airline.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Goods vehicle traffic to Europe risesThe number of goods vehicles travelling from Great Britain to mainland Europe rose during the second quarter of this year by seven per cent compared with the same period of 2009.According to the Department for Transport figures, a total of 631,000 trucks made the journey over the three months to June.Covering both heavy goods vehicles travelling through the Channel Tunnel and by ferry to the continent, the data revealed 455,000 were powered and 176,000 were unaccompanied trailers.The rise in powered traffic was three per cent year-on-year over the second quarter and 19 per cent for unaccompani...

Aviation Industry

• Victory against all the oddsA booklet has been published which describes the remarkable victory won by campaigners who opposed a third runway at Heathrow. The booklet is published as a PDF file on the HACAN web site.

Other News Sources

• Crowds to throng streets for Carnival Thousands of revellers will descend on London over the next two days for Europe's biggest street festival - the Notting Hill Carnival.Related StoriesTube workers set to strikePolice probe murdered spy's private lifeWeather set to brighten for Bank Holiday
• Bikers bring some Thunder to the HighlandsAnnual Thunder in the Glens event attracts almost 2000 people - and their Harley Davidsons - to Aviemore.
• 12 die in Peru bus collisionAt least 12 people were killed when two buses collided head-on in Peru's northern Cajamarca region, local media reported.
• Thousands protest over new Stuttgart rail stationBERLIN -- Thousands took to the streets of Stuttgart on Friday to demonstrate against building a new train station, a one-issue protest that has become a wider outcry against German politicians in gen...
• Train firms' peak rates 'confuse passengers'Some train companies, including one which runs services in Yorkshire, are charging peak rates well outside busy travel times, according to Which? magazine.