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Sunday, 28 October 2012

BBC News

• New life for BMI Regional airlineBMI Regional starts operating as an independent airline, including a new route between Manchester and Antwerp, after being carved out of carrier BMI in May.

The Independent

• Walking in the air: Castlefield's own High Line Park Anything New York can do, Manchester can do better. Or so say the residents of Castlefield who are campaigning to create their own High Line Park on the top of one of the city's derelict Victorian railway viaducts.

The Scotsman

• Appeal for witnesses to road death on B7081 in East AyrshireA PEDESTRIAN has been killed after being struck by a vehicle in East Ayrshire.
• Borders Railway costs up another £50mTHE cost of the Borders Railway is expected to rise by another £50 million this week when a key contract is signed to begin its long-awaited construction.

The Telegraph

• More than 400 trains cancelled due to driver shortagesA train company has cancelled more than 400 trains in three weeks because of driver shortages.

Daily Express

• Oil giants back in black as crude risesOIL giant BP is expected to return to profit this week when it reports its third-quarter results thanks to the rising oil price, while arch-rival Royal Dutch Shell is also set to announce improved profits.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Ffestiniog Railway locos to be displayed at London's Paddington StationA HISTORIC steam locomotive will encourage Londoners to visit the “top left corner” of Wales during a St David’s Day marketing campaign next year.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Bus passenger spat on driverA BUS passenger spat on a driver because he thought he was being disrespectful to his partner.

London Evening Standard

• Halfway to Walton... first Thames bridge for more than 20 years is well under way The first major new road bridge to be constructed over the River Thames for more than 20 years is rapidly taking shape.

Manchester Evening News

• Underground bike park to open as part of bid to make Manchester the ’commuter cycling capital of Britain’Manchester has got its first-ever underground ˜bike-park™ as part of a drive to make the city the commuter-cycling capital of Britain. The new £500,000 facility has secure parking for 200 bikes as well as lockers, showers “ and even a bike-repair shop.
• End of the line for historic Stalybridge station boxA team of railway workers are hanging up their hats as the Stalybridge No 2 Signal box closes after 126 years.

Northern Echo

• Driver injured after lorry jack-knifes A LORRY driver was treated for minor injuries after his vehicle was involved in an early morning collision on the A1(M).

Sheffield Star

• Firm improves pupils™ safetyROTHERHAM road surface specialist SteelPhalt is taking safety into the classroom.
• Roadworks to hit motorwaysROADWORKS are affecting three sections of motorway in South Yorkshire over the coming days.

Sheffield Telegraph

• All change on the buses in SheffieldTHE BIGGEST change to Sheffield’s bus service in years comes into operation from tomorrow with many routes being altered and renumbered.

The York Press

• Flying Scotsman repairs project was ˜unrealistic™ THE repair work for Flying Scotsman had an œunrealistic budget and timescale from the outset a report has revealed.

Wales Online

• Cruise passengers to sue Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises for £500,000A group of passengers has launched a claim for £500,000 worth of compensation against a cruise line they say failed to stop them becoming ill on their holidays.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Police punished for breaking speed limit More than 100 police officers in the region have been prosecuted for speeding on duty in the past two years, figures revealed today.
• Free parking for shoppers in the run up to ChristmasThousands of parking spaces will be made free in the region in the run up to Christmas as part of efforts to attract more shoppers to the High Street, it was announced today.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• £20 million hole in funding for Leeds trolleybusLeeds’s £250m proposed trolleybus system is facing a £20m funding gap.

Bucks Free Press

• Parish council aims to create new BMX trail A PARISH council is bidding to buy some woodland in Flackwell Heath which it hopes could provide a BMX trail for youngsters.

Other Regional Press

• Fears of roads coping with proposed plant FEARS about certain Tiverton roads being unable to cope with increased traffic if a proposed waste to energy plant is built have subsided after the site of concern seems to be out of the running.
• Arriva pulls out of £4m Hartlepool transport interchangeA BUS company has today confirmed it will no longer use Hartlepool’s £4m transport interchange from the start of next week.
• Carrier to leave hallTHE largest hull section of the first Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier leaves its shipbuilding hall on Monday.
• Newport city centre revamp road closure plans published NEWPORT residents have 28 days to object to plans to close roads to make way for the long-awaited redevelopment of the city centre.
• Neighbours of Weirs Lane finally getting a crossing A CAMPAIGN to unite a community divided by a busy road in South Oxford has finally succeeded after two decades of campaigning.
• Man dies after collapse in car on A44 AN elderly man has died after collapsing in a car on the A44 near Wolvercote, police have said.
• Bus boost welcomed for service from Blackbird Leys estate to John Radcliffe RESIDENTS who campaigned for a bus from Blackbird Leys to Oxford™s John Radcliffe Hospital say extra buses from the estate is a move in the right direction.
• Update on driver who collapsed and died MOTORISTS alerted paramedics to a driver who collapsed when they saw his car had come to a complete stop in Yarnton today.
• UK & World News: Munitions stolen from freight trainAnti-terror officers are investigating the theft of a cargo of munitions from a freight train.

Other News Sources

• Woman hurt in two vehicle crashA WOMAN motorist suffered a suspected eye injury after a road smash in south Reading today.
• Putting wheels in motionTHE WHEELS are in motion for a campaign to get Reading's bikers cycling safely.
• QANTAS TAKES OFF FOR GOLD COASTnbsp; The inaugural Qantas flight from Sydney to Gold Coast touched down this morning, bringing a premium flying experience back to the region. From today, Qantas offers three daily return...