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Sunday, 17 March 2013

BBC News

• Toad road shuts as love tunnel flopsTunnels built to help toads reach breeding grounds are ignored by the amorous amphibians, and now a road will have to close at night for three weeks.

The Telegraph

• The ghost of Beeching still haunts railNetwork may appear to be thriving but will HS2 push it off track? asks Andrew Gilligan.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Drivers fined after bus lane camera blunderHUNDREDS of drivers are believed to have been snared by a bus lane enforcement camera at Jock’s Lodge that was supposed to be suspended.

Manchester Evening News

• Bullet train ruling puts us on fast track, says ministerA judge at the High Court in London ruled that the consultation process for compensating people affected by the high-speed rail scheme was ˜so unfair as to be unlawful™

Sheffield Star

• Rail stop gets new artworkCONSERVATIONISTS are launching a public art project to brighten up a railway station.
• Safe pedestrian and cycle route ready for actionA NEW greenway has been opened providing a safe route for walkers and cyclists to travel from Killamarsh to Sheffield.

The York Press

• Cycling organisations in vow on Tour de France funding THREE national cycling organisations have pledged their financial and other support to ensure the 2014 visit of Le Tour de France has a lasting impact on York and the rest of Yorkshire.

Wales Online

• The man who biked up a mountain and down again 20,000 timesPetrolhead pensioner Alan Rees has stayed in peak condition by motorcycling up the same mountain 20,000 times in 12 years.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Staffordshire County Council boss in HS2 blight callCompensation payouts should be increased for people whose homes are blighted by the planned high speed rail line, a council transport boss has said.
• Driver mowed down mother on Dudley pavementA young driver mowed down a teaching assistant when he mounted the pavement while œshowing off in the 3.2 litre BMW given to him two months earlier by his father as a graduation present.

Bucks Free Press

• Fern Britton to start charity cycle challenge next week JOIN television personality Fern Britton next Sunday for the Chiltern™s Cycle Challenge, which is raising funds for Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care.

Other Regional Press

• New calls for Gwent M4 relief road  THE Assembly's presiding officer has made renewed calls for a new Gwent motorway to take traffic away from the West of Newport.
• Lock your car or you risk losing what™s left insideLOCK it or lose it – that is the message from police after seeing a rise in thefts from vehicles left unlocked in Waterlooville.
• Controversial work to improve Bowleaze Coveway starts WORK is due to start on Monday on the first phase of a road scheme in Weymouth which some say won™t help.
• Developer offers to create parking spaces A developer hoping to build a 60-bed care home behind Mably Way Health Centre in Grove has offered to create 35 parking spaces for the centre.

Aviation Industry

• Feuding airline chiefs unite for attack on passenger tax ttackRival airline chiefs have joined forces in an unprecedented show of unity to call on the Chancellor to scrap Air Passenger Duty in Wednesday's Budget to boost growth.

Other News Sources

• Hove MPs call to 'make a decision on new airport™ Hove MP Mike Weatherley is one of 17 to have signed the letter to the Secretary of State for Transport asking for a clear indication on a new airport in for the South East to be made by spring 2015
• Brake and Autoglass Team Up on Road Safety TV CampaignAutoglass and Brake have teamed up for a national campaign promoting road safety.
• Customized Reminders Help Drive Additional Business, AutoShop Express SaysAuto repair shop owners need to find ways to keep customers coming back in the face of potential economic uncertainty, according to distributor.
• Rolls-Royce opens new £50m London Heathrow Service CentreRolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has opened a pound;50m London Heathrow Service Centre to provide round-the-clock specialist maintenance and support for aero engines. The 95,000...