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Sunday, 10 March 2013

BBC News

• Transformed station's tidy awardA community group that transformed a rundown railway station with a blooming garden display is rewarded for its green-fingered efforts.
• 'Misery' over M4 decision delaysResidents are living in
• Fares on busy ferry could riseA smart card payment scheme could be introduced for regular users of the second busiest ferry service in Scotland and fares may rise.
• Crystal Palace 2-2 LeedsGlenn Murray's late equaliser for Crystal Palace denies Leeds United a rare away win in the Championship.
• London to host electric motor racingLondon is among eight cities selected to host races in the debut Formula E series, which will see electric cars race around major world cities.
• Carmakers look to SUVs for profitsCarmakers turn to sports vehicles for profits
• Report details Boeing battery fireA detailed description of a battery fire on board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner is released by a US regulator, but no cause is specified.

The Independent

• Revealed: HS2's £33bn budget already derailed before a track is laid High Speed Two (HS2), the controversial rail link that will carve through hundreds of miles of countryside from London to Manchester and Leeds, is in crisis over its £33bn budget four years before construction even starts.Related StoriesHigh Court blocks plans for giant wind farmStradivarius: Italian craftsmanship retains perfect pitchStonehenge: new study suggests landmark started life as a graveyard for the 'prehistoric elite'Stonehenge: new study suggests landmark started life as a graveyardWatch out “ fewer CCTV cameras about

The Telegraph

• MPs urge action on airport expansion A “preferred option” on whether to build a new airport or expand existing ones could be delivered by the end of this year, as ministers attempt to quell unrest among business leaders and Conservative backbenchers
• Police suspend speeding tickets while they investigate speed limit sign fontPolice suspend prosecutions along two stretches of a motorway in order to check the font on its speed limit signs adher to guidelines.

Belfast Telegraph

• Aviation chief urges firms to target lucrative airport dealsNorthern Ireland companies need to tap into the global multi-billion pound market in airport -related contracts.Related StoriesNorthern Ireland lagging behind in economy forecastJohn Lewis staff set for 17% bonusFears for Thomas Cook jobs as firm aims to axe 2,500Trade winds from India bring promiseBelfast plant spreads its wings on global stage

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh tram test rides offered to the publicTRAM rides will be opened to the public next month as the drive to win over hearts and minds for the project cranks up a gear.

Liverpool Echo

• Merseyside MP Bill Esterson calls for drivers to be banned from smoking when children are in their vehicleA MERSEYSIDE MP has called for drivers who smoke when children are in their car to face possible legal action.

Sheffield Telegraph

• Roads Roads experts defend M1 South Yorkshire plansHIGHWAYS Agency officials have defended plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds converting the hard shoulder into a fourth lane on two sections of the M1 near Sheffield.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Skye-high costs could dash isle flights hope AMBITIOUS plans to restore regular commercial flights to Skye have hit a major hurdle after a report revealed it will cost millions to get off the ground.
• Islander hails cash aid to repair Calum™s road A world-famous road built single handedly by a Hebridean crofter has been given £50,000 of council funding for much-needed repair work.

Bucks Free Press

• 100 years since Saunderton station set on fire by suspected militant Suffragettes THIS Mothering Sunday it is 100 years since a fire spread through Saunderton Railway Station, thought to have been started by militant Suffragettes.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Investment needed in Peterborough™s major roadsThe city’s major roads are reaching the end of their design life all at once ... but defiant council officials vow that there’s no crisis.

Other Regional Press

• Bus crashes through wall into gardenA BUS has crashed through a wall into the garden of a home after colliding with a 4x4 vehicle.
• Brazen thieves rode off on £3k of bikes BRAZEN thieves rode away on stolen bicycles worth thousands of pounds after breaking into an Oxford shop.