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Sunday, 08 April 2012

BBC News

• Wi-Fi installed in south Hampshire £7m bus revamp One hundred and fifty buses in south Hampshire are to be refurbished with enhancements such as Wi-Fi.
• How fire under M1 exposed vulnerability of motorways Six youths have been acquitted of starting a fire which closed the M1 for three days. But what became of a review of fire hazards under motorways and railways ordered by the transport secretary?
• Call for parking ticket watchdogCalls for a new official body to regulate private car parking companies is made by a south Wales MP.

The Herald

• Labour makes bus services key plank of election pushLABOUR has printed 250,000 postcards as part of its campaign to make bus services a major issue in May's local government elections.

The Telegraph

• David Cameron flies towards aviation U-turn on Heathrow Maybe you recall Richard Harris, a former Conservative MP for Heston and Isleworth. He got all revved up about aircraft noise “becoming intolerable for a million people in south west Middlesex”. His solution? To relocate London Airport – today’s Heathrow – “to a coastal area better fitted to take some of these new, screaming monsters, which frighten the life out of our constituents”.
• HS2 sparks a jobs boom - for a quangoMinisters always said their controversial HS2 rail project would trigger a jobs boom and it certainly has for the Whitehall quango overseeing the £32bn scheme.

Mail Online

• Fury as low-cost airlines ramps up price of debit card bookings and luggage charges Families travelling on holiday this summer are being warned they will face increased hidden charges on every suitcase they bring.

The Mirror

• Ryanair trips to Paris Disneyland drop passengers at airport 70 miles awayIt will take holidaymakers at least an hour to reach the outskirts of Paris by car or bus, and another hour to get to the centre of the city or the gates of Disneyland

Daily Post (North Wales)

• First trains to run on new Llangollen Railway extensionTRAINS will start running along a newly re-laid stretch of the Llangollen Railway later this month.

Manchester Evening News

• Metrolink tram disruption after points failure at BuryTram passengers suffered more misery on Saturday after a points failure disrupted service. Services on the Bury to Altrincham line were delayed after a points failure at Bury meant passengers had to get off at Whitefield.

Northern Echo

• MP aims to ease village bus woes AN MP has vowed to work with a local community to try to find ways to restore vital bus links.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post commented Ex-councillor appeals for cameras on danger roadArticle
• Nottingham Post commented City MPs support Commons debate on rail electrificationNOTTINGHAM MPs are supporting a special Parliamentary debate arguing for the electrification of the Midland Main Line.

Sheffield Star

• Music Trains: All aboard for music and real ale in South YorkshireTHE Penistone Line Partnership has published its dates for this year’s Music Trains.

Other Regional Press

• Transport firm goes into administration goes bust A COMMUNITY transport initiative in Bentham has confirmed it has gone into administration.
• Classical music bid to make Dewsbury bus station yobs Bach off! After a successful pilot scheme in Huddersfield, transport bosses are turning to classical music to deter gangs of youths from loitering.
• The last First bus has left the stop FIRST buses ran its last services in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday.