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Sunday, 03 June 2012

BBC News

• Connex bus staff going on strike in Jersey Staff from a bus company in Jersey are to go on strike from Thursday night for 25 hours.
• Baggage strike begins at airportBaggage handlers at Stansted Airport in Essex begin a four-day strike over the Jubilee weekend.

The Telegraph

• Chancellor George Osborne should do a U-turn on Heathrow and build a third runway Mr Osborne is also rapidly warming to the idea of re-opening the debate on the third runway at Heathrow or at least expanding capacity in the South East. Ask any chief executive who has to travel abroad for business and the Heathrow question is front and centre of their mind. One boss described the Government’s present “no expansion” policy as untenable and ridiculous.
• London 2012: Heathrow Airport has built a new terminal for athletes arriving for the Olympic GamesA new terminal has been built at Heathrow Airport to handle athletes leaving London after the Olympic Games this summer.
• Stinger stops car driving wrong way down the M25Police used a stinger device to stop a car which had been speeding the wrong way down a carriageway on Britain's busiest motorway.

Mail Online

• High-speed internet goes underground as WiFi comes to the Tube... and it's free!The service will be free at first when it is unveiled at 80 stations across the tube network by the start of the Olympics.

This is Money

• BAA threatens to sue the Government over third runway at Heathrow Heathrow operator BAA is threatening to sue the Government if it continues to rule out considering a third runway as an option to expand airport capacity in Britain.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Ex-Plaid Cymru leader’s anger over the axing of Gerallt Gymro trainFORMER Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has hit out over the axing of the flagship Gerallt Gymro train service.

Derby Telegraph

• Bombardier wins award for cutting-edge trainsBOMBARDIER has won an international award for a partnership with a rail operator to which it supplied rolling stock that was manufactured in the city.

Journal Live

• Petards profits up on back of rail contracts SECURITY, defence and communications giant Petards more than quadrupled its profits in 2011 against what the firm said was a challenging market.

London Evening Standard

• Thames to host Jubilee spectacularThe River Thames is set to host a spectacle not seen on its waters for more than 300 years - a River Pageant in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
• Pair held after 'wrong-way pursuit'Two men have been arrested after a motorist drove the wrong way round the M25 in a police car chase.

Manchester Evening News

• I’m not being seen by that! Businessman's shocking rant at Muslim airport worker A high-flying businessman was hauled before the court for a tirade of religious abuse at a Muslim immigration official waiting to check his passport.

Nottingham Evening Post

• GFarrand_UKIP commented 22 new trams for city are to be made in Barcelona, not BritainArticle

Sheffield Star

• Traffic Alert: Tram disruption in Sheffield as rails replacedRAIL replacement works mean disruption to Supertram services this weekend.

The York Press

• Flypast marks launch of York rail celebrationA SPECTACULAR flypast by three iconic aircraft has today marked the opening of a nine-day celebration of the railways in York.

Wales Online

• Cardiff Bus named in list of top social brands Cardiff Bus has been named alongside Blackberry and the BBC as one of the top social brands in the UK, in recognition of the way it uses Facebook and Twitter.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Bus routes changed to entice commutersSEVERAL of the busiest bus routes in Ipswich are being extended to the town’s rail station in an attempt to attract more commuters.

Other Regional Press

• Campaign for bus shelters at Buckshaw A campaign has been started to get bus shelters built in Buckshaw Village.
• Transport cash will mean better bus links GREENER travel from new residential areas like Chapelford to places like Birchwood Park will become a reality thanks to £4.65million of Government funding.
• Station's despised cycle gutters will go Bicycle gutters at Cambridge station which are hated by cyclists will be replaced after a rail operator admitted the devices are not up to the job.
• Station's despised cycle gutters will go Bicycle gutters at Cambridge station which are hated by cyclists will be replaced after a rail operator admitted the devices are not up to the job.
• Exeter DVLA strike kick starts month of protests A WALKOUT held today at a closure-threatened Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices in Exeter will kickstart a month of rolling strikes among the public and commercial Services union's 8,000 Department for Transport members.
• Council throws out bid to ban lorries on four Aberdeen roadsPLEAS for an HGV ban on some roads in Aberdeen have been rejected by councillors.