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Sunday, 20 May 2012

BBC News

• Airport starts search for new MDCardiff Airport appoints a specialist recruitment agency to find a new boss following a turbulent week which saw the departure of its managing director.

The Guardian

• Don't let them stop you taking photographs on the Glasgow subway A ban on unauthorised photography should only reinforce the resolve of those who refuse to surrender the visual field to CCTV

The Telegraph

• Bosch in talks to return to UK Bosch and other leading automotive parts companies have held secret talks with the Government and leading car makers about opening new UK plants.
• Blackfriars tube overhaul captured in time-lapse video A captivating four minute video of the redevelopment of Blackfriars Tube station in London, shows how the three-year project to overhaul one of the capital's oldest unfolded.
• Treasury delays put HS2 plan in 'jeopardy' The Government’s plan for the High Speed 2 rail project has been put in “jeopardy” by the Treasury’s reluctance to approve key spending, the directors of the scheme have warned.
• HS2 chiefs' link to firm in £8m deal The quango set up to oversee the controversial HS2 rail project has awarded a multi-million pound contract to Balfour Beatty, a business in which two of its directors own shares.
• Welcome brake on a runaway train The sheer cost and scale of the planned HS2 rail link between London and Birmingham merit careful revision.

Mail Online

• London pulls a fast one over Olympic congestion Sir Keith Mills, deputy chairman of the organising committee for the London Olympics, may have finally admitted that the 2012 bid team hoodwinked International Olympic Committee delegates about the state of the capital's traffic system, but the propaganda war over the thorny question of transport this summer isn't going away.
• Courier firm hires delivery runners to beat congestion during London Olympics DHL is enlisting London-based JogPost's team of foot couriers to make sure packages get to their recipients
• Don't panic! Now ministers hire filing clerks to guard borders... after doing just three months' training in three days Temporary staff will be responsible for spotting dubious passengers, passports and visas Civil servants will be able to claim £250 a day in bonuses and expenses The scheme is designed to cope with huge influx during the Olympics
• A third of hay-fever victims lose control behind the wheel resulting in calls for suffers to be prosecuted if affected on the roadSore, streaming eyes can impair vision, while constant sneezing due to the pollen allergy can force drivers to close their eyes, a survey from Halfords showed.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Police promise crackdown on Wakefield Road car share lane Police are to crack down on motorists abusing a car share lane on Bradford™s most congested road during the next month.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Cyclists welcome re-opening of coastal path closed since MV carrier was strandedCYCLISTS have welcomed the re-opening of a coastal path closed since a cargo ship got stranded on rocks in a storm.

London Evening Standard

• Alternative to Heathrow airport is vital for London, insists Lord FosterLord Foster said today that an airport in the Thames Estuary would connect London to growing economies and create thousands of acres of wildlife habitat.
• Parking tickets soar as Camden council removes a mile of yellow lines and replaces them with signsHundreds of drivers are being caught by œa naked street parking con after nearly a mile of double yellow lines were removed in central London.

Bucks Free Press

• Twitter campaign forces HS2 supporter to quit roleA TWITTER campaign against a neighbourhood action group chairman who supports High Speed 2 has forced him to quit.

Other Regional Press

• Surprise extension for Heathrow runway trial Heathrow has been granted a surprise six month extension to the second phase of its controversial runway trials. BAA’s first test, which lasted four months, led to a six-fold increase in the number of complaints about aircraft noise in November last year.
• Questions raised over HS2 tunnel refusal CAMPAIGNERS determined for the high speed rail line to be tunnelled under Ealing have questioned claims that it would 'cost too much'.
• HS2 blights home sales in Twyford HOUSE sales in Twyford have been especially blighted by the government’s HS2 high-speed rail plans, according to a local estate agent.
• Cabbies get to work in clear up TAXI drivers got together for a bit of DIY to clear an area of ’scruffy’ land near their taxi rank at Bury St Edmunds railway station.