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Thursday, 30 December 2010

BBC News

• Airport staff seize frozen turkeyA frozen turkey tops a list of items seized from passengers at Cardiff Airport that also includes a chainsaw and a briefcase full of bricks.
• Court date for rail crash firmsA February date is set for the prosecution of Network Rail and maintenance company Jarvis Rail over the 2002 Potters Bar crash.

The Independent

• Rising fares 'will drive rail users on to roads'The latest increase in the cost of travelling by train risks forcing people back into their cars, passenger groups warned yesterday.

The Telegraph

• Speed camera details to be publishedMotorists are to be told how many drivers have been caught speeding by individual cameras under plans which will reveal the biggest money spinners in the country.
• Drivers could be financially rewarded for keeping to speed limit, under Labour plansDrivers who observe the speed limit could have their road tax reduced or see points wiped from their licence, under plans being considered by Labour.
• Emotionally sensitive satnav being developed There can be few motorists who have not been tempted to hurl a satnav system out of the window when it effortlessly guides the car into a traffic jam.
• Rat-running motorists face fines Motorists who use "rat runs" could be traced and fined after number-plate recognition cameras were installed on a busy shortcut in a scheme approved by the Department for Transport.

Mail Online

• Execrable and incompetent! Why do rail bosses and politicians treat the travelling public like idiots?The thought of going back to the railway station for that miserable commute to work after the long Christmas and New Year ­holiday is grim at the best of times.

Network Rail

• FRESH LOOK FOR FRESHFIELD STATION

Belfast Telegraph

• City tram service sees commuters make the switchThe Luas tram service in Dublin has bucked the public transport trend, with the number of people using its two lines rising this year.Related StoriesRepublic's consumers cut back on credit card spendingVolunteers used to staff librariesEurope is weakest link, says Moody'sTayto hopes to make a packet with China moveBah humbug! Christmas wasn't jolly good at all

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Just how good are buses in North Wales? The Daily Post’s reporter ERYL CRUMP takes a four-hour bus journey on the ‘express’ X32 service from Aberystwyth to Bangor to see if it can really hope to coax long distance commuters out of cars
• Call for Wales to ban smoking in cars carrying children A CAMPAIGNING lung charity is calling for public support today for a ban on smoking in cars carrying children.

Journal Live

• North East is urged to fight for high-speed rail THE Transport Secretary is hoping the North East will lead the fight for high-speed rail in the face of fierce opposition from within the Conservative party.

London Evening Standard

• New date for train crash court caseA new date has been set for the court case in which Network Rail (NR) and maintenance company Jarvis Rail face health and safety charges over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash, which claimed seven lives.

Manchester Evening News

• The tram that’s 3 years late A tram has been off the rails for THREE YEARS as engineers try to work out how to fix a mystery fault affecting its brakes. They have removed and replaced a range of likely problem components in the old-style Metrolink vehicle during ˜exhaustive™ tests.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Council in hunt to find company to run Oban AirportARGYLL and Bute Council is looking for a company to take over the operation of the council-run Oban Airport as it desperately attempts to cut costs.
• Plea to minister in A9 crossing rowA businessman has contacted Scottish Transport Minister Keith Brown as he continues his fight to have an underpass built into a section of dual-carriageway being laid out on the A9 Inverness to Perth road.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Transport: Plans to publish full speed camera dataDrivers will be able to find out which speed cameras catch the most motorists under plans outlined by the Government today.

Carlisle News & Star

• Normal rail links resume across Cumbria Rail travel in Cumbria is back to normal after strike action disrupted trains at the start of this week.

Other Regional Press

• HS2 plan 'will destroy Warwickshire wildlife' HOUSANDS of nature lovers across Coventry and Warwickshire are being rallied to fight the latest plans for a high-speed rail line.

Aviation Industry

• Air Asia denies Virgin bidA possible buyer for Virgin seems to have been ruled out, after Air Asia said it has no interest in making a bid for the airline
• US snow travel chaos easesFlights are beginning to return to normal, but passengers continue to experience delays and cancellations after the worst snow storm in six years hit the east coast of the United States
• Riots at Moscow airportsDelays caused by icy rain and blackouts has led to mass panic at Moscow™s two main airports, after passengers were stranded for days with little food or information
• Finnair to increase flights to JapanThe Finnish national carrier will add an additional weekly flight from its Helsinki hub to Nagoya in the New Year
• Ryanair œtoo busy screwing� other airlinesNo-frills carrier Ryanair has issued a statement saying it has no intention of buying a stake in Virgin Atlantic