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Monday, 20 June 2011

BBC News

• Devon cycle path includes Brunel tunnel and £2m viaduct Work is under way on a new cycle path between Plymouth and Tavistock.
• Waiting lists grow as airlines order more planes The arrival of Boeing's largest jumbo jet, the 747-8, at Le Bourget on Sunday is the aviation industry's equivalent of parking tanks on the enemy's lawn.
• Thousands take part in cycle rideMore than 27,000 cyclists take part in this year's London to Brighton fundraising bike ride.
• Tube workers stage strike over sacked worker Tube workers carry out a strike across London in protest at the sacking of a driver.
• UK ban on UPS air cargo screeningThe government says it has barred UPS from screening air cargo at some facilities in the UK because of security problems.

Financial Times

• Regulator warns rail industry to reduce costsThe Office of Rail Regulation says the sector is 'on notice' to show that it deserves the level of pubic investment that it is getting

The Guardian

• Southern toffs' lawns or jobs for the north, ask new HS2 rail link posters Posters will present opponents of high-speed line as well-heeled southerners who don't care about jobs in northern England

The Herald

• £4.5m profit is just the ticket for bus builder Dennis shareholders are awarded dividends of £1.2m Bus firm on right route with growing profitsTHE four Scottish business heavyweights who rescued bus and coach builder Alexander Dennis from the brink of collapse have reaped £1.2 million in dividends as annual profits at the company jumped by more than 40%.

The Independent

• Uninsured drivers face having car destroyed New laws to crack down on uninsured drivers take effect today with offenders facing the possibility of having their car destroyed.

The Scotsman

• Uninsured drivers face loss of carNew laws to crack down on uninsured drivers are due to take effect, with offenders facing the possibility of having their car destroyed.

The Telegraph

• Prisk to push for greater Airbus role for UK firms Mark Prisk, minister for business and enterprise, is to lobby his European counterparts for a greater share of the workload for British industry when the next Airbus programme is announced.
• Virgin Atlantic chief Steve Ridgway warns rising fuel costs will mean higher ticket prices and lower demand Steve Ridgway, the Virgin Atlantic chief, talks about how he lives with the soaring oil price, strike threats and being Sir Richard’s 'throttle man’.
• easyBus float put off until 2012 'at least' The pending float of easyBus, the low-cost travel business founded by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, will not now take place until at least 2012.

Mail Online

• How Cameron nobbled a hot Derby favourite Back in March, David Cameron took his Cabinet to the East Midlands city of Derby to demonstrate his government’s support for manufacturing.

Derby Telegraph

• UK train manufacturing comments create anger TRANSPORT Minister Theresa Villiers has caused anger by suggesting the North East would "lead" UK train manufacturing – hours after delivering the decision which denied the work to Derby, the industry's UK home.
• Expert hopes Litchurch Lane staff could be given work won by Bombardier abroad IN order to keep Litchurch Lane busy, a possible option open to Bombardier could be to move some of the work it wins overseas to Derby.

London Evening Standard

• So who said London was cycle-friendly?This week I was fined for cycling on the pavement at Chelsea Embankment. An embarrassed rozzer said there was a zero-tolerance policy and slapped me with a £30 fine. Fair cop. I accepted my punishment.
• Tube bosses dismiss strike impactLondon Underground has maintained that a six-hour strike by Tube drivers will have

Wales Online

• Uninsured drivers face loss of car New laws to crack down on uninsured drivers are due to take effect, with offenders facing the possibility of having their car destroyed.
• Council chief puts spoke in the wheel of cycle-path plan WELSH Government plans to introduce a new law compelling local authorities to create new cycle routes have been ridiculed by a former council leader.

Plymouth Herald

• City plant's leading role in £354m rail contract PLYMOUTH'S Bombardier Transportation plant played a major role in the manufacturing giant winning a £354million contract to provide new signalling for the London Underground network.

Other Regional Press

• Cambridge Airport hosts aviation event Held in conjunction with European Business Air News (EBAN), the seventh annual BGAD will include an exhibition, seminars, a panel discussion and a static display.
• Prepare to be wowed by guided busway, say transport chiefs The arrival of Cambridgeshire’s guided busway onto our streets has been anything but efficient. But its creators say its tarnished reputation will quickly be overturned once it transforms the lives of Cambridge’s commuters and residents in just seven weeks. Charlotte Orson reports.

News from Europe

• EU countries put brakes on transport emissions goal