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Sunday, 05 September 2010

BBC News

• Rail campaigner's walk continuesA campaigner opposed to the proposed high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham walks through Warwickshire.
• Transport body flights 'sky high'The number of flights taken by Transport Scotland officials is
• Firms 'should pay for roadworks'Firms digging up busy London roads should pay a
• Bendy bus catches fire at stationA bendy bus catches fire outside Victoria railway station in central London, causing travel disruption around Terminus Place.

Financial Times

• Walsh hints at Indian investment after BA and Iberia complete their mergerA newly merged British Airways and Iberia would be

The Independent

• London braced for travel chaos The first of a wave of strikes by London Underground workers in rows over pay and jobs will start today, threatening travel chaos for millions of passengers in the coming week.

Reuters News

• Car insurance premiums jump 31 percent - AALONDON (Reuters) - The cost of car insurance has risen by almost a third in the past year, its biggest ever increase, as insurers seek to offset a sharp rise in claims expenses driven in part by fraud, AA Insurance said.

Daily Express

• CHEAP FARES REVOLUTION A PLASTIC smartcard acting as a single ticket for all buses, trains and trams in Britain is to be rolled out by the Government to help reduce fares.

Daily Record

• Football team pays tribute to father and son killed in bike accident A MINUTE'S applause was held at a football ground yesterday for a father and son who were killed in a motorbike accident.

London Evening Standard

• No charges for airport body pairTwo women arrested when trying to take a dead relative on a plane will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.
• Minister proposes travel smartcardsTravellers could soon be able to obtain a credit card-sized smartcard allowing them to use buses, trains and trams across Britain, transport minister Norman Baker has said.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Crisis talks on isles™ ferry faresThe conveners of Shetland and Orkney islands councils are to meet the Scottish transport minister after both authorities rejected proposals to save £1million on the northern isles ferry budget.
• Mother™s school bus dispute with council resolvedA transport dispute that resulted in a north-east mother keeping her son off school has been resolved.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• End of the road for planning quangoThe Government's planning minister has said the controversial West Northamptonshire Development Corporation will be closed down "reasonably soon".

Other Regional Press

• Sappers' cycle bid to boost Help for Heroes A GROUP of retired airborne Royal Engineers are taking part in a cycle ride to commemorate the Double Hills memorial service and raise money for Help For Heroes.
• Alarming rise in use of lasers that ˜blind™ pilots HUNDREDS of lives are being put at risk by the growing number of cases of people using dazzling laser pens to target planes flying into and out of Southampton Airport.
• New police unit is on the tail of death drivers OXFORDSHIRE™S first specialist road death investigation unit has been launched to help catch the dangerous drivers who kill motorists on the county™s roads.
• A2 road re-opened after diesel spillThe A2 at Canterbury has been re-opened after an accident which resulted in hundreds of litres of diesel being spilled on the road.
• Aberdeen road to close for eight weeksA STRETCH of road in Aberdeen is to be closed for eight weeks for the installation of new traffic lights.

Railway Gazette

• Pointers September 2010The government of Oman is to launch feasibility studies for a rail link from Duqm to Salalah via Shuwaymiyah and Thamrait, augmenting the 1000 km network now under development. Tenders have been invited for project management of the initial stages, which would connect Masquat with Sohar, Al Aïn, Duqm and Khamat Malaha on the border with UAE. Construction is expected to get underway by the end of 2012. According to General Manager Jorge Eduardo Carrera, Ecuador Railways has completed 32% of a US$245m programme to reopen the 456 km Quito “ Durán route by 2012, at a cost of $50m. Durán “ Yag...

Other News Sources

• BSOG abolition: making a crisis out of a drama?It™s funny how a question asked by a colleague can set you thinking. Earlier this week, I got an e-mail from somebody whose boss had asked him a question about fuel costs in the bus industry: what had happened to fuel costs since 1986? It was interesting, because the standard response is œwell, of course [...]
• Steep flights bill of Scots transport bodyAgency aiming to reduce carbon emissions took more than 600 flights within UK last year.
• RHA says pre-packs undermine haulage industryThe RHA has delivered a stinging verdict on the current rules governing pre-pack administrations, claiming that they do nothing but create
• Ancient boat discovered on Norfolk BroadsArchaeologists have hailed the œonce-in-a-lifetime discovery of a three-metre wooden vessel in the heart of the Norfolk Broads which could yield fresh clues about how our ancestors lived their lives.
• Norfolk car enthusiast leaves £500k to charityA car lover, whose secret treasure trove of vintage vehicles excited fans across the world, has left a lasting legacy for the next generation of mechanics in Norfolk.