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Monday, 04 April 2011

BBC News

• Small cracks found in three Southwest Airlines jets Small, sub-surface cracks have been found in three more Southwest Airlines planes like those thought to have caused another to develop a hole in its cabin roof mid-flight, officials say.
• London Midland overtime row sees trains cancelled London Midland train services are subject to further disruption on Sunday as an overtime dispute with drivers continues.
• Airline's new Airbus A330 departsVirgin Atlantic launches the first of its new Airbus A330 fleet with a flight from Manchester Airport to Orlando.
• VIDEO: 'Vital' Tube works end on timeTube boss Howard Collins says it is
• Tesco start selling cars onlineThe supermarket giant Tesco has become the first general retailer to start a used car buying website.
• Restored King Edward II 6023 steam locomotive on show A Great Western Railway steam engine which was saved from a scrap yard in Wales has gone on show in Oxfordshire.
• Newtonmore riding boss in horse protest over A9 works A riding centre boss has said he would ride his horse up and down road works on the A9 if a bridge or underpass was not added to the project.
• National Express to run Norwich bus ticket desk The ticket office at Norwich bus station has been saved one day before its planned closure.

Financial Times

• United Continental seeks the right fusionJeff Smisek, head‰of‰the‰merged airline, has more to fret about than his new city's weather “ he has to integrate an airline that is a behemoth by any measure
• United warns EU on emissions trading schemeJeff Smisek, head of newly merged United Continental Holdings, issues a blunt warning to the European Union's effort to bring almost every leading carrier into its scheme to limit carbon emissions
• Southwest cancels hundreds of flightsSouthwest Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights over the weekend in order to conduct a hurried review of part of its Boeing 737-300 fleet after one of its aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing

The Observer

• National Express faces new unrest in the boardroom Transport company's biggest shareholder expected to throw weight behind US hedge fund's proposal for new directors

The Scotsman

• Wounded veterans to get bus travel permits VETERANS who were injured while serving their country will now receive free bus travel as part of a package of pledges aimed at making Scotland "fairer".
• Uncharted territory: The implications of the enforced sale of one of BAA's Scottish airports remain unclear COLIN Matthews may well be wishing that Easter fell a bit earlier this year, as the chief executive of BAA looks for a break from what has undoubtedly been one of the tougher months in his long career of trouble-shooting.
• National Express urged to sell itself TRANSPORT firm National Express will this week step up efforts to fend off a sale of the group, as demanded by its second biggest shareholder.

The Telegraph

• Carolyn McCall interview: High-profile approach to running an air carrier Clutching an orange plastic bag, Carolyn McCall was briskly efficient as she moved up and down an easyJet airbus collecting rubbish.
• BA pension trustee quits over CPI move A British Airways pension trustee has resigned over the airline's decision to cut pensioners' payments by up to 20pc.

Derby Telegraph

• Britain being left behind in high-speed rail race ALTHOUGH obviously well informed about railway matters, Mr Starbuck concludes that any improvement in the network means the prospect of developing the proposed £17 billion HS2 line from London to the North of England is a complete no-no" (Opinions, March 25). Unfortunately, the Sustainable Development Commission agrees with him, dismissing the proposal as a ministerial "vanity project".

Metro

• Bob Crow gets taxpayer's help with rent - despite earning £145k a year Union boss Bob Crow lives in a home aimed at low-income families while drawing a six-figure salary.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Rail police in more patrols at Easter AUTHORITIES HOPE TO STOP YOUNGSTERS RISKING THEIR LIVES ON LINES ACROSS THE NORTH

Other Regional Press

• Southeastern told to improve information for passengers or face fine Under-fire train firm Southeastern could be fined if it fails to give passengers adequate information about services during disrupted periods.
• High-flyer, 23, is ready for take-offOne of easyJets youngest pilots is ready to take to the skies after being put through the ropes. First officer Kaspar Welling, 23, from Harrold, has been at Luton Airport undertaking an intensive