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Sunday, 07 April 2013

BBC News

• Police 'educate' bikers on dangersMotorcyclists in north Wales will be stopped and
• Jet pilots doze off on duty twicePilots of jet planes have fallen asleep on duty in or over London twice in three years, it is revealed.
• In pictures: Inferno inspires subway artArt inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy portrays the culture around Glasgow's subway stations

The Guardian

• High-speed rail opponents 'portrayed as posh nimbys' by peer's lobbying firm Lord Bethell's company at centre of row over use of class divide scare tactics to promote case for route

The Telegraph

• Virgin CEO Craig Kreeger attacks flight levy The new chief executive of Virgin Atlantic has accused the Government of taking the aviation industry “for granted” as he launched a withering attack on its taxation and infrastructure policies.

Daily Express

• Voters back new HS2 rail link projectTHREE-quarters of voters believe the new high-speed rail link from London to Manchester and Leeds will bring jobs and boost growth, a poll reveals.

Mail Online

• Forget unlucky 13: Motorists splash out £6 billion on 394,000 new reg cars (and the Ford Fiesta is the best-seller)There was a bonanza at the car showrooms with sales of 394,806 vehicles, up 5.9 per cent on March 2012, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers.

Journal Live

• Early support for Hexham bus station petitionHUNDREDS of people have backed a new campaign to have a main town bus station urgently renovated.
• SNCF consider making bid to run East Coast Main LineA TRAIN consortium backed by the nationalised French railway industry is considering a bid to run East Coast services.

Liverpool Echo

• Liverpool council close to finding partner for major ’Scouse-cyles- bike-hire schemeLIVERPOOL Council bosses said they are confident of finding a company to run Liverpool’s new ’cycle-hire’ scheme despite earlier setbacks.

London Evening Standard

• Cycle-awareness training for bus drivers? Just bring it on!Whenever I tell non-cyclists that I ride 13 miles a day across London, I get the same reaction. “Oh, you’re brave. I’d be too scared to do that.” In turn, I give a rehearsed reply: “I’ve had training.”

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• HS2 will devastate Staffordshire villages claim campaigners High speed rail will not benefit Staffordshire but will destroy vast swathes of countryside and devastate villages, campaigners claimed today.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• House price fears over Leeds Bradford Airport ‘danger zone’Residents fear house prices will suffer after they discovered they were earmarked as living in a danger zone near the airport.

Plymouth Herald

• Airport group calls for talks over sell-offVIABLE has met repeatedly with Plymouth City Council and Sutton Harbour Holdings and has been in regular contact by email and phone with both since late 2011.

Other Regional Press

• Airline delays start of quieter plane service from Leeds Bradford Airport An airline’s introduction of quieter planes at Leeds Bradford Airport has been postponed.
• Wharfedale MP praises plan to reopen and expand railway lines Communities will be regenerated by a new era of rail, according to the MP for Leeds North West.
• Railway passenger figures hit a million through Telford Passenger journeys passing through Telford’s railway station have broken the million mark for the first time, new figures revealed today.
• 'Noise map' puts valley in Heathrow Airport flightpath Residents in south west Hertfordshire could find themselves living under a flight path if the proposed third runway at Heathrow Airport gets the go ahead.
• Cycle club plans rides in HuddersfieldOFFICIALS of a Huddersfield cycling club hope to get more people on their bikes.
• Traffic accidents ‘are to blame’ for bus lane‘HEALTH and safety’ reasons have been blamed for a bus lane being installed on a housing estate which drivers have dubbed ‘pointless’.

Aviation Industry

• Hawaiian Air provides relief for long check-in lines at PPGTo alleviate long lines during check-in for local Hawaiian Airlines flights, with a third weekly flight being added during the summer time, the carrier has implemented an early check-in, which can be done during the day of the flight.