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Sunday, 15 April 2012

BBC News

• Car destroyed in petrol bombingA car is destroyed in a petrol bomb attack in Londonderry.
• Unions to hold BMI jobs meetingTrade union leaders are to hold talks next week with airline workers facing the threat of redundancy at Belfast City Airport.
• Titanic tragedy being rememberedThe 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being remembered at special events across the world, including on the cruise ship retracing its route.
• Generous sponsor buys RNLI boatAn RNLI supporter pays for a new lifeboat after deciding he wanted the service to benefit while he is alive, rather than from his will.
• Cars stolen from garage forecourtSix cars worth a total of more than £70,000 have been stolen from a garage in Aberdeenshire overnight.
• VIDEO: Unlikely bond in lifeboat eightThe families of two Titanic survivors have met for the first time, 100 years after the ship sank.
• Titanic tragedy being rememberedThe 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being remembered at special events across the world, including on the cruise ship retracing its route.
• Tube ghost stop to be resurrectedA Tube station that was used as a secret war room by Winston Churchill is announced as the first station an entrepreneur plans to develop into a tourist attraction.
• Ministers stick to strike plansThe government says it is right to continue with contingency plans for a fuel strike, despite a deal appearing to be near.

The Independent

• Ministers continue to plan for fuel strike The Government said last night it will continue with its contingency plans in preparation for a fuel strike, until a deal between the Unite union and fuel distribution companies has been formally agreed.Related StoriesWilliam Hague welcomes UN resolution over SyriaKeep on borrowing: Libraries refuse to dieNew top mandarin takes to Twitter not to praise Sir Humphrey, but to bury himExclusive: Clegg's drive to recruit 65,000 state nanniesBritain's new top civil servant says he wants to kill off the Sir Humphrey stereotype

The Observer

• Titanic's 1,512 dead are remembered in mid-ocean 100 years after sinkingRemembrance service held aboard cruise ship Balmoral at mid-Atlantic spot where the Titanic went downThe British cruise ship MS Balmoral was on course last night to reach the point in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago. The 1,309 passengers aboard the Titanic Memorial Cruise were on schedule for a service of remembrance arranged for 2.20am today, the time when the White Star Line's

The Telegraph

• RAF planes grounded after technical faultA fleet of RAF surveillance planes has been grounded after a technical fault was discovered on one of the craft.

Mail Online

• Bungling council paint bus stop on street before realising NO buses use the roadCouncil workers did not realise buses had stopped using the road in Darlington, County Durham, in 2008. The blunder is thought to have cost taxpayers hundreds of pounds.
• 'Boris Island' airport in 'very worst spot' says UK air traffic bossRichard Deakin, chief executive of the National Air Traffic Services (Nats), said there were 'serious challenges' in building a floating airport in the Thames Estuary (pictured).

The Mirror

• Motorists may curse and get lost on it...but Spaghetti Junction is celebrating its 40th birthdayLinking the M6 with the A38, A5127 and ­several smaller roads, it's the traffic junction drivers fear the most

Birmingham Mail

• Historic transport museum holds first open day in new Aldridge homeA HISTORIC transport museum forced out of Birmingham after a rent wrangle with city chiefs is holding its first open day at the new home.

Metro

• Twenty Spitfires buried in Burma during WW2 to be repatriated to UKTwenty Spitfires that were buried in Burma during the Second World War are to be restored and repatriated to the UK. David Cameron and Burmese president Thein Sein have agreed to find and restore twenty 'forgeotten' Spitfires that were burried in Burma in World War Two (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA) David Cameron struck up the deal with Burmese president Thein Sein in a bid to thaw relations. The move will see the historic fighter planes located, dug up and shipped back to the UK almost 67 years after they were hidden more than 12m (40ft) below ground under British instruction.A Downing Street s...
• Ken Livingstone plans TfL advertising overhaul over anti-gay bus advertKen Livingstone has announced plans to introduce an overhaul of advertising at Transport for London (TfL) after complaints were made about anti-gay posters.The Labour mayoral candidate made the promise in a manifesto for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, which was published on Friday before the London Gay Mayoral Hustings today. Ken Livingstone pledges to oppose homophobia in London (All Star) He promised to overhaul TfL's advertising standards 'so that we never again have the scandal of homophobic advertising on buses being approved '.'I will champion LGB&T equa...

Other Regional Press

• Newport Bus fares to go up NEWPORT Transport fares are set to increase from April 23 after the Assembly announced it would cut a fuel tax rebate to bus firms.
• 'I can prove it was not Titanic that sank' AS THE world tomorrow marks the centenary of the sinking of Titanic, Oxford author Robin Gardiner has released a new book that he says proves it is a sister ship that sits at the bottom of the North Atlantic.
• Campaigners won™t give up A COMMUNITY will continue their campaign for a new cycle path on one of Oxfordshire™s busiest roads today.

Other News Sources

• Titanic memorial to be unveiledThousands of people are set to attend the opening of a Titanic memorial in Northern Ireland on the centenary of its sinking.Related StoriesSinking of the Titanic: A look back at the great shipTitanic disaster rememberedIndonesia quake: Britain is ready to helpIndonesia quake: Britain is ready to helpQueen's Diamond Jubilee royal river pageant barge unveiledRelated StoriesRoyal Mail caps shops' stamp supplyTitanic disaster rememberedLivorno's Morosini diesUN council approves deployment of Syria monitorsMilitants free hundreds in Pakistan jail raid