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Sunday, 27 March 2011

BBC News

• One man killed in Anglesey crashOne man dies and four people are injured after a road crash on the A5 on Anglesey.
• Woman hurt in police car accidentA 79-year-old woman is in a stable condition hospital after being knocked down by a police car on a routine patrol in Birmingham.
• Man dies in motorcycle accidentA 19-year-old motorcyclist dies in a single vehicle accident in east Belfast.
• Third weekend of rail disruptionPassengers are warned about a third weekend of disruption on London Midland trains due to a drivers' pay dispute.
• New disruption on East Coast linePassengers on the East Coast main line to and from London are stranded because of a signalling failure which is causing severe disruption.

The Observer

• Elbow “ reviewCardiff International ArenaTonight, Cardiff's premier gig-shed has turned into a family parlour. Five picture frames hang from the stage, gold and old-fashioned, each of them holding a member of Elbow. Every now and then, each portrait breaks its composure “ to scratch a nose, brush a sleeve, or, in Guy Garvey's case, exhale like Henry VIII after a particularly heavy supper. Eventually the lights lower, the frames empty, and the band arrive for real, raising half-empty pint glasses like welcome flags. The gesture is returned by 7,500 people “ and before a note has been played, the audience is ...

The Scotsman

• Signal failure hits rail passengersSignal failure on one of the country's busiest railway lines meant hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours on stuck trains.

The Telegraph

• Lord Digby Jones: how the government's civil servants stifled British tradeLord Jones might have been the UK's trade minister, keen to sell Britain abroad, but when it came to which car he was allowed to drive the Sir Humphreys of Whitehall still insisted it should be one made in Japan.
• Doubts raised over business case for £17bn high-speed rail linkSerious doubts have been cast on the "business case" for the proposed £17bn high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham.
• Thousands trapped in rail signal chaosThousands of passengers were trapped on trains for more than five hours on Saturday by a major signalling failure on the East Coast main line.

Mail Online

• Soaring cost of fuel cuts traffic jams by TWENTY per centCongestion on Britain’s busiest roads has fallen by nearly 20 per cent over the last three-and-a-half years as motorists hit by fuel prices leave their cars at home.

Bristol Live

• Bristol aeroplane maker Airbus to build £70 million design and research centre at FiltonBRISTOL aeroplane maker Airbus has announced that it is to build a new £70 million design and research centre at its Filton factory. The news was announced as business minister Vince Cable paid a flying visit to the complex which employs about 4,000 Airbus workers. The new office block will be built on the site of Pegasus House which will be refurbished and included in the designs. No new jobs will be created as a result of the development, which will cover a 12-acre site, but the manufacturer says the investment is a clear sign of its commitment to the Bristol area. Airbus has enjoyed a great...

Edinburgh Evening News

• £1k to check air qualityNEARLY £1000 of taxpayers' money has been spent on bringing in experts to check that closing Shandwick Place to make way for the tram does not damage the health of New Tow

Liverpool Post

• Cyclist ’serious’ after being hit by car on Upper Parliament Street A CYCLIST is in a serious condition today after colliding with a car on a busy Liverpool road during the rush-hour.

Manchester Evening News

• Now gridlock drivers on Salford's A6 face fuel rise go-slow protest A convoy of trucks and wagons “ led by a Shire horse and cart “ is set to heap further misery on motorists using Salford™s gridlocked Chapel Street. Commuters using the A6 at Salford Crescent are already facing four-mile tailbacks because of work to reduce the road to a single lane, with a 20mph limit approaching Manchester.
• It’s almost full steam ahead again for the Flying Scotsman Heritage railway enthusiasts from the East Lancashire Railway have refurbished the Flying Scotsman™s boiler and fitted it into the locomotive as part of a six-year overhaul. Now the restoration is almost complete it is hoped the train will soon pull passenger trains on the line, which runs through Bury, Ramsbottom, Heywood and Rawtenstall

Nottingham Evening Post

• City bus routes are on the moveSEVERAL bus routes will have their city centre stops altered from this Sunday. The biggest change will take place on the Orange Line 37 bus to the QMC, which will now serve more of the city centre. The new route will include stops at Tollhouse Hill, Maid Marian Way, Broadmarsh Collin Street, Fletcher Gate, the Victoria Centre, and the Elite before continuing to Angel Row. Other changes include: Green Line 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and N6 moving from outside Wilkinson's to bus stops further along Parliament Street, near Clumber Street. The Unilink 34 stop on George Street will be moved to the stop ...

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Dornoch turns out in force to welcome county namesake shipResidents in a Sutherland town gathered yesterday to welcome the return of sailors from a ship that shares their county™s name.

Wales Online

• Help For Heroes charity was founded after fundraising bike ride HELP for Heroes was founded four years ago to help wounded servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

Yorkshire Post

• Chaos and hundreds stranded as computer fault halts trainsSIGNAL failure on one of the country’s busiest railway lines meant hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours on Saturday on stuck trains in North Yorkshire.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Petrol prices higher despite budget cutMOTORISTS are paying more than ever when filling up at the petrol station, despite the Chancellor’s high profile cut in fuel duty.

Other Regional Press

• Changes to train services in Devon Engineering work on rail lines is taking place between Taunton and Tiverton Parkway this weekend.
• NORTH WEALD: Land sell-off could finance £5.6m runway strengtheningPARTS of North Weald Airfield could be sold off for housing to pay for improvement works to make it more profitable, it has been suggested. Consultants acting for Epping Forest District Council (EFDC), which owns the aerodrome, believe it will cost more than £5.6 million to strengthen the runway – a move which, they say, would be needed to make the airfield a
• New M40 services rise from the ashesA motorway service station destroyed by fire almost a year ago has risen from the ashes.

Aviation Industry

• easyJet launches new Jersey servicePopular airline easyJet has announced a new Glasgow to Jersey route starting this summer.