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Sunday, 20 January 2013

BBC News

• Snow to cause more flight delaysPassengers at Heathrow Airport face further delays on Sunday with about a fifth of flights due to be cancelled as more snow is expected.
• Man killed in Armagh road crashA 32-year-old man old man has died in a road accident between the village of Keady and Armagh city, the police say.
• Armed police stop car on motorwayPart of the M6 motorway was closed when armed police stopped a car as part of a firearms operation in Cheshire.
• More woe for Heathrow travellersStranded passengers are facing further disruptions as Heathrow Airport cuts the number of flights on Sunday by 20%, after 2-6cm of snow is forecast.

Financial Times

• Heathrow cancels one in five Sunday flightsHundreds of people slept overnight on the floor of Heathrow™s Terminal 5, home to British Airways, after the airline cancelled an estimated 300 flights on Friday

The Telegraph

• Big boys' toys on show at Alexandra Palace model exhibitionThe Telegraph visits the London Model Engineering Exhibition to see the latest trends in model making.
• British Airways and Heathrow in blame game over snow chaosBritish Airways and Heathrow Airport have become locked in a blame game after tens of thousands of passengers' journeys descended into chaos.
• Lightning will ground F35 fighter jet known as the Lightning IIProduction of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter derailed after engineers discover the fuel tank could explode.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Drivers face ten weeks of misery as gas works beginMOTORISTS will face ten weeks of traffic disruption on a main route into the city as a major gas works project is 
carried out.

Journal Live

• Lord Adonis hit by Metro delays on tour of North EastFORMER Transport Secretary Lord Adonis joined passengers facing long delays as he sampled public transport during his review of the North East economy.

London Evening Standard

• More snow forecast amid big freezeThe big freeze across the UK is here to stay, with more snow expected next week. With travel chaos across the country and Britain's busiest airport being likened to a "refugee camp" amid more than 110 cancelled flights, forecasters predicted further misery in the coming days.

Sheffield Star

• Festival ˜Bike Night™ launchedSheffield Adventure Film Festival has promised an evening of ’bike geekery like never before’ on February 1.
• Speedier trains set to link citiesJOURNEY times between Sheffield, Leeds and the West Midlands will be cut dramatically by the planned new high speed rail network, the Department for Transport has revealed.

The York Press

• York rail tragedy victim named THE body found on the East Coast Mainline near Copmanthorpe has been identified by police as 32-year-old Acomb man Steven Michael Lamb.
• Motorcyclist crashes in bad weather A MAN has suffered spinal and leg injuries after crashing his motorbike in bad weather.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Hope of new surface for M54 is dealt blowHopes that the M54 motorway will be resurfaced to reduce noise to nearby residents have been dealt a fresh blow after the Government™s roads minister said the work was unlikely to be carried out in the coming years.

Other Regional Press

• Stubbington road race will go ahead despite weatherORGANISERS of a 10km road race in Stubbington say the event will go ahead despite the ice and snow.
• New £20m terminal investment at Luton Airport for the very, very richA £20 million investment at Luton Airport will provide a state-of-the art terminal for the exclusive use of the very, very rich as well as new jobs.
• Dorset shipwrecks feature in new book WRECKS off the Dorset coast feature in a new book tracing some of the most treasured relics in the country™s seas.
• Mural cover-up Chiltern Railways is reviewing plans to cover a mural at Banbury Station depicting the town.
• Complaints see plans for bus lane changed CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new bus lane in Headington have been changed after residents complained.
• Bus station listing application submittedAn application to give Preston’s bus station listed status has been submitted.
• Full steam ahead for railway exhibitionRAILWAY enthusiasts across Lancashire can take a trip down memory lane by reliving the golden age of steam at a new exhibition being staged in South Ribble.
• Fears rail company could withdraw over landfill plansRESIDENTS have expressed concerns that a rail operator may pull out of plans to build a train station on a newly developed estate if proposals for a landfill site are given the go ahead.
• Drivers rage over £150 ticket threatShoppers caught out by an alleged fault at a car park have been telling us about their experiences

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