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Sunday, 18 March 2012

BBC News

• One killed, three hurt in crashOne person has died and three people are seriously injured after a road crash on the A55 near Bangor in Gwynedd.
• Forth bridge repairs 'going well'Emergency repairs which have caused delays on the Forth Road Bridge are going well and could finish ahead of schedule on Sunday.
• Torpedoed ship's bell on displayThe bell from the wreck of a steam vessel sunk by a German U-boat in a WWI torpedo attack goes on display for the first time in Greater Manchester.
• Footballer injured in car crashA professional footballer is taken to hospital with a suspected concussion following a car crash in Greater Manchester.
• People rescued from burning busPassengers are led to safety when a double decker bus catches fire in south-east London.

The Independent

• Liam Fox jet fighter error costs UK millionsDavid Cameron will rubber stamp an embarrassing U-turn over the Government's £5.2bn super aircraft carrier programme this week to avoid

The Observer

• Titanic anniversary: the Irish village where the suffering still runs deepAt precisely 2.20am on 15 April every year, a church bell is rung in the tiny County Mayo parish of Addergoole on the west coast of Ireland. As the sound echoes across the slopes of Nephin mountain and the surrounding boglands, residents gather in the churchyard to remember the night that changed the parish for ever. It was at this exact time that RMS Titanic disappeared into the inky waters of the Atlantic.
• Private data on British drivers will be stored offshoreThe government has secretly agreed that the "particularly sensitive" personal data of all 43 million drivers in the UK can be contracted offshore to India in a move that will allow the private firm running London's congestion zone to cut costs and make more money.
• BAA circles patiently over a third runway at HeathrowStepping off the District line from her Putney constituency at Westminster, transport secretary Justine Greening can hardly have failed to notice the tube station's escalators and barriers festooned in the purple regalia of a single campaign: Heathrow's continued push to build a third runway.

Reuters News

• Nigeria biggest airline to stop Abuja-London routeABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's biggest carrier Arik Air said it would have to stop its daily flights between Abuja and London because it was being prevented from getting arrival and departure slots at UK airports, an accusation that risked reigniting a diplomatic row.

Mail Online

• Sky's the limit: World's first flying car on the market at £800,000Drivers can switch from the road to the air in minutes at the wheel of the world's first flying car - which is on the market at the sky-high price of £800,000.
• Dramatic moment a bus is engulfed in flames and tyre explodes setting a car on fireTerrified passengers were ordered off a bus in South London this morning minutes before it exploded, but no one was hurt, thanks to the quick-thinking driver.

The Mirror

• White van man is being driven off the road by Tory cuts Sales of new vans used by builders and plumbers have fallen for the first time in four years

Bristol Live

• Bristol Evening Post commented Justine Greening: 'I'll meet MPs on trains'THE minister in charge of Britain's transport has said she would be "delighted" to talk to Bristol MPs over improving...

Manchester Evening News

• Anger as cars given parking tickets after being lifted up and yellow lines painted under themDrivers were stunned after their cars were lifted up and had double yellow lines painted underneath them before being put down “ and slapped with parking tickets. Traffic wardens wasted no time swooping on the city-centre street after line painters lifted the cars up with a hoist and put them put them back down on the freshly-painted lines.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Light aircraft crashes in Northumberland airfieldA LIGHT aircraft has crashed in a Northumberland airfield. At 1.10pm on Saturday afternoon police received a report a light aircraft had crashed near the runway in Eshott Airfield in Bockenfield.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Osborne tax breaks to fuel new oil boomTHE UK Government is working to win back the trust of the North Sea offshore industry and, in the process, pave the way for tens of billions of pounds of new investment.

The York Press

• Drivers warned of city centre road closure A YORK city centre road will be closed at times next week to allow for essential carriageway resurfacing works by City of York Council.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Update: Road re-opens following collisionTraffic is moving freely on the A11 near Elvedon following a four-vehicle collision this morning.
• Cambridge: Severe delays on motorway following lorry fireMotorists are facing major delays on the M11 in Cambridgeshire today following a lorry fire.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Driver who reversed on A1 slip road bannedA LORRY driver who reversed into a car on a motorway slip road has been allowed to return to Poland and keep his job.

Other Regional Press

• Commuters to get on their bikesA million pound project to install foldable hire bikes at four Kent stations has been given the go-ahead.
• Old Meltham railway to be heritage siteA FORMER Meltham railway line is set to be turned in to a heritage walking trail.

Aviation Industry

• China Southern Airlines to open Guangzhou-London direct routeWUHAN, March 17 -- China Southern Airlines will open a direct air route linking the southern China metropolis of Guangzhou and London on June 6, the company announced Saturday.