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Monday, 27 September 2010

BBC News

• Londonderry-based transport firm Airporter to expand into Belfast The Londonderry-based transport firm Airporter has announced that it is to expand its operations.
• Warning over rising tourist road deaths The international tourism industry is being urged to do more to protect tourists from the risk of death and injury on the roads.
• Hyundai orders Sonata US recallSouth Korea's biggest car maker Hyundai announces a recall of around 140,000 cars in the US over steering concerns.

Financial Times

• Maersk charts new path to growthDenmark's Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping line, is serving more parts of Africa and Latin America with ships sailing directly from Asia, as accelerating growth in emerging economies redraws the traditional world shipping map

The Guardian

• UK transport mapped: Every bus stop, train station, ferry port and taxi rank in Britain. Welcome to the ultimate transport data The National Public Transport Data Repository is the UK's largest transport dataset. It tells you where every bus stop, station and airport is - and how they're used. Find out which place has the fewest bus stops and help us go through the data

The Herald

• Ferry boss warns of price hikes and cuts to servicesCommunities in Scotland face cuts to lifeline ferry services without desperately needed new funding, the chairman of Scotland™s state-owned ferry operator has warned.
• Making money from a low carbon footprintScotland has the natural resources, the infrastructure plan, the company base, the political and bureaucratic will, the buy-in from the local utility giants, the technical skills, the academic inventiveness and, of course, the targets .
• Tram trouble casts a shadow on Tesco Bank expansion planTesco Bank wants to create up to 200 new jobs in Edinburgh, but has warned it may go elsewhere if fears that the city™s troubled tram project could be cancelled are realised.

The Independent

• Meet the honest London cyclist “ only five 'Boris bikes' stolen As cyclists are all too aware, take your eyes off your bike for a couple of minutes in British cities and there's a chance it will vanish by the time you come back, even if it was locked up.

The Telegraph

• GIP eyes sale of stake in Gatwick airport Global Infrastructure Partners, the owner of Gatwick, is in talks to sell part of its shareholding in the airport to an unidentified investor.
• Questor share tips: Ryanair remains the airline share to own Despite the expected absence of a dividend for a few years, Questor still rates Ryanair shares as a buy at €3.81. Micheal O'Leary, Ryanair's chief executive, certainly knows how to milk publicity – but he also knows how to run a low-cost airline too.
• The great parking fine scandal It is the great parking scandal. Millions of motorists are being wrongly fined because restriction signs are unclear, misleading or simply wrong, campaigners say.

Derby Telegraph

• Bus drivers 'under stress' since new station opened NO-ONE appears to be concerned about bus drivers and the severe mental stress that has got worse from the day the new station opened.

Liverpool Echo

• LIVERPOOL was today facing a gloomy future after a £90m plan to replace all the city’s street lights was rejected by the government.

Metro

• Mother of one keeps river service afloat by rowing 100 crossings a dayDani Church didn™t want to see the 125-year-old family ferry business go under with the death of her father “ so she decided to take up the oars herself, performing up to 100 crossings a day.

Northern Echo

• Train plan gains speed CAMPAIGNERS have called on the Government to return train manufacturing to the birthplace of railways as part of a “perfect project”.

Nottingham Evening Post

• NCT short-listed for three national bus awards The UK Bus Awards recognise excellence in the bus industry. NCT has been shortlisted from more than 200 entries in the following categories:

The York Press

• Councils set to pick up £840,000 bill for A64 schemeTWO North Yorkshire councils are set to agree footing the rising cost of improvements to a stretch of one of the region's busiest roads.

Yorkshire Post

• Consultation evening for railway volunteers PEOPLE living in communities close to the Penistone railway line between Huddersfield and Sheffield are invited to a consultation evening tomorrow.

Other News Sources

• £320m Tube station work packages awardedTransport for London has named its framework package contractors for the next round of London Underground station upgrades. Up to £320m will be spent through the framework contractors over the 3-5 years life of the deals.
• Gillan responds to 'resignation calls' from anti-HS2 groups MP CHERYL Gillan has spoken out against calls for her resignation following a meeting about the High Speed rail line through the Chilterns.
• Bombardier's Scott Says Fuel-Efficient Planes Are Key to Airlines' Profit Global airlines must purchase new, more fuel-efficient planes to cut costs and increase profits if they are to survive, said Gary Scott, president of Bombardier Inc.’s commercial aircraft unit.
• Green light for double yellow lines by Brockholes Rail Station DOUBLE yellow lines will be painted near Brockholes Railway Station after councillors backed a new parking scheme.
• Airport maglev demonstration line SOUTH KOREA: A ground-breaking ceremony was held at Incheon International Airport on August 3 to mark the start of work on a 6·1 km maglev demonstration line (RG 5.08 p296).
• Trust calls for more action on street clutter in Winchester THE end of the road could be looming for œscruffy signs and bossy bollards as civic chiefs are urged to combat street clutter.