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Sunday, 15 January 2012

BBC News

• Council is to be given Dounreay Sellafield rail plan detailsHighland councillors are to be given details of How nuclear fuel from Dounreay Will be moved by rail to Sellafield
• First group withdraws from Bury St EdmundsTransport group FirstGroup is withdrawing its operations from the Suffolk town
• Video shows crazy bridge truckerA lorry driver whose trailer blew over on the Forth Bridge has been severely criticised for ignoring high-wind restrictions.
• VIDEO: Why do the British love their trains?Peter Snow, who has a model railway in his loft, explained why the British love railways and why he preferred trains to his famous swingometer.

Financial Times

• Canadian National warns on former chief executiveThe railways has warned activist US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman to stop trying to recruit Hunter Harrison to Canadian Pacific

The Guardian

• It's not a class war for HS2 opponents from the Chilterns to Camden Residents fighting the £33bn high-speed railway are not nimbys. They've just looked at the plans more closely than the rest of us
• HS2 not the best value rail option, says government reportTransport department analysis shows advantages to taxpayer in second, cheaper scheme to upgrade west coast lineCritics of High Speed 2, the planned £33bn fast rail link between London and the north of England, have been bolstered by a report commissioned by the government and quietly published the day the project's go-ahead was announced. The report, by engineering firm Atkins, estimates the project offers a far poorer return on the taxpayers' investment than an alternative scheme aimed at improving existing lines and services.In a separate development it has been disclosed that Cheryl Gillan,...
• Captain arrested amid growing anger after Italian cruise ship runs agroundFrancesco Schettino investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship after three die and 41 unaccounted forThe Italian captain of the ship that sank off the coast of Tuscany was detained by prosecutors as efforts continued to search for the missing.Three people were confirmed to have died and 41 were still unaccounted for after the 114,000-tonne Costa Concordia smashed into rocks near the island of Giglio.Authorities said that Francesco Schettino, 52, who has worked for the owners of the cruise liner for 11 years, was being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning his ship. Prosecutor Fr...

The Scotsman

• Edinburgh Airport sale attracts interest of JP Morgan JP MORGAN, the US financial institution, is believed to be the latest to express an interest in bidding for Edinburgh airport.

The Telegraph

• The continent is the final destination for HS2The London to Birmingham high-speed rail link is part of a Europe-wide scheme dreamed up Jacques Delors back in 1993.
• High-speed rail: Boris Johnson says that HS2 is 'not right' and 'doesn’t work properlyThe Mayor of London says that the Government’s controversial £34 billion high-speed rail line,is "not right", “doesn’t work properly” and the fight against it will go on.
• Euston passengers face disruption from high speed rail project Tens of thousands of passengers face years of disruption as a result of the decision to press ahead with a high speed rail network, it has emerged.
• Cabinet minister Cheryl Gillan sells home near route of HS2Cheryl Gillan MP sold her home close to the proposed HS2 rail link just two months before the Government gave it the go-ahead.
• 'It was just like Titanic'Up to 40 people were missing last night after one of Europe's largest ocean-going cruise ships ran aground off the coast of Italy.

Mail Online

• Bus firm flew bosses to Poland to hire 50 foreign drivers after claiming they could not find Brits to fill the jobs A UK bus operator flew bosses to Poland to recruit 50 new drivers despite there being 2.6million people on the dole in the UK.

The Mirror

• Cabinet Minister sells home just says before rail line approved 500m awayNeighbours of the Welsh Secretary ­accused her of hypocrisy

Journal Live

• Liverpool must repay millions for cruise terminalLIVERPOOL port bosses have been told they will be forced to repay millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash before they can bid to take cruise business away from the likes of Tyneside.

Liverpool Post

• Merseyrail recover after power surge shuts down Northern LineMERSEYRAIL was recovering today after rush hour disruption yesterday caused by a massive power fault.

London Evening Standard

• Italy divers search stricken linerDivers are searching the submerged half of a cruise ship for around 70 people still missing hours after the vessel ran aground off the Italian coast.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Fury over lack of action at landslip-plagued roadThe Scottish Government was criticised last night after it emerged it had no plans to make major improvements to a main Argyll road which has been plagued by landslides.
• City bus operator takes over axed school routeAn Inverness bus firm has stepped in to take pupils to school after the route was axed by transport giants Stagecoach.

The York Press

• Minister agrees to meeting over A64 ONE of York™s MPs has secured a meeting with the Transport Minister to push the case for more funding to improve the city™s outer ring road and the A64.

Carlisle News & Star

• Signs to help lorries steer clear of trouble on Cumbria's roads Signs telling lorry drivers to steer clear of certain roads could be erected at problem places across Cumbria.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Works at bus station to beginWORKS which will see parts of the city’s bus station closed to passengers will start on Monday.

Other Regional Press

• Rail union warns of ticket office ˜massacre™ CLAIMS by the RMT rail union that the new Great Western rail franchise œwill lead to a massacre of ticket offices have been rejected by the Government.
• The Citizen commented Barton Street cycle lane plans spark safety concernsArticle
• Western Morning News commented MP urges minister to reject Scottish HS2 extension for West...Article
• Rail crash probe held in cityA criminal court hearing into a train crash which left a grandmother dead will be held in Lancashire next month.

Other News Sources

• Scottish government not spending enough on sustainable transportThe amount of money being spent on sustainable transport solutions has been criticised. There are concerns that the Scottish Transport Committee, under John Swinney, is failing to live up to promises to pump more of its budget into walking and cycling, rather than continuing to build roads which will which will do little to help the country’s economy.