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Friday, 03 May 2013

BBC News

• Cambridge railway station to get a £4m makeover Commuters in Cambridge are set to benefit from a £4.25m facelift to the Victorian Grade II-listed station.
• MP Hodge hits cyclist with car doorSenior Labour MP Margaret Hodge promises to be more careful in future after hitting a cyclist with her car door.

Daily Express

• £435m bill to mend shoddy roadworksBOTCHED roadworks by utility companies have cost taxpayers nearly half a billion pounds since 2011.

Mail Online

• Labour MP Margaret Hodge accused of flooring cyclist with her car door while talking on mobile phoneThe former children’s minister was canvassing in Barking, East London, when she swung open the door into the path of an overtaking cyclist, who crashed into it.

Network Rail

• Network Rail takes first step into US market with appointment to Amtrak partner forumNetwork Rail has joined Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) Partner Forum in order to share the company’s valuable experience of managing and developing high-density passenger rail infrastructure. Network Rail is represented in the forum by Network Rail Consulting, the company’s international consultancy arm.
• Youngsters warned of the dangers of trespassing on the railwayNetwork Rail and British Transport Police are warning youngsters, and their parents, about the dangers of trespassing on the railway ahead of this month’s two bank holiday weekends.

Belfast Telegraph

• Aer Lingus shareholder speaks out in Ryanair probeAn institutional shareholder in Aer Lingus has told the UK's Competition Commission that Ryanair might be able to stop the former state-owned carrier from raising equity to fund new aircraft purchases if such a situation arose.Related StoriesNew posts created by expansion of Pharmalink officeEurozone bank cuts interest rateLink-up will help Ulster aerospace firms to fly highStena gets liners in shipshapeYouth scheme creates £1.1m for economy    
• Link-up will help Ulster aerospace firms to fly highA BELFAST centre which brings together engineering firms has teamed up with the trade body for the aerospace, defence, security and space industries to help Northern Ireland compete on the global stage.Related StoriesNew posts created by expansion of Pharmalink officeAer Lingus shareholder speaks out in Ryanair probeEurozone bank cuts interest rateStena gets liners in shipshapeYouth scheme creates £1.1m for economy    
• Stena gets liners in shipshapeFERRY company Stena Line has poured over £4.5m into an upgrade of ships travelling the Belfast to Liverpool sailing – a year ahead of a massive business conference taking part in the English city.Related StoriesNew posts created by expansion of Pharmalink officeAer Lingus shareholder speaks out in Ryanair probeEurozone bank cuts interest rateLink-up will help Ulster aerospace firms to fly highYouth scheme creates £1.1m for economy    
• Irish haulier family will make $1bn from sale of its global businessAn Irish family is lining up for a $1bn sale of the global empire they started as a local haulage business in the west of Ireland.    

Daily Post (North Wales)

• People are scared of cycling - we have to make it safer Double Olympic gold medal winner urges more to be done to keep people from harm on our roads

Journal Live

• Hitachi train deal for Newcastle-based Nomad Digital A TYNESIDE digital firm has been selected to provide on-board communications technology for new express trains due to be built in the North East.

London Evening Standard

• Poor road repairs 'cost £435m'Poor repairs to roads dug up by utility companies have cost taxpayers £435 million over two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has claimed.

Manchester Evening News

• ‘Smoke under tot’s seat’ sparks holiday Thomas Cook jet dramaThe Thomas Cook flight, carrying 300 passengers, was half-way through the eight hour journey from Cancun, Mexico, when passengers and crew spotted ‘smoke in the cabin’.

Sheffield Star

• MP wants answers on railway landslideAn MP has called for ministers to outline who is responsible for spoil heap safety after the Hatfield Colliery landslip which blocked a railway line.

The York Press

• York trains could be hit by strike TRAINS operated by York-based Northern Rail could be hit by a strike in a dispute over its use of agency staff to tackle fare dodgers.

Blackpool Gazette

• Vital bridge link reopened weeks earlyA vital route between two Wyre towns has re-opened three weeks ahead of schedule.

Crewe Chronicle

• UK & World News: Poor road repairs 'cost £435m'Poor repairs to roads dug up by utility companies have cost taxpayers £435 million over two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has claimed.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Cambridge railway station set for £4.25m upgradeCambridge railway station could be set to receive a £4.25 million facelift in the next year or so, Network Rail has revealed.The company confirmed that funds have been released by developer Brookgate and work to improve the station's facilities could get underway in late summer, with a target completion date set for mid-2014.An application for listed building consent is now being discussed and a public consultation will be launched before any work starts.Greater Anglia - which manages the station - will deliver the improvements and head of projects at the firm Alan Pickering ...

Global Rail News

• Crossrail awards station power supply contractCrossrail has announced that it intends to award the £25 million contract for the non-traction high voltage power supply contract to the AC Joint Venture (Alstom Transport and Costain Limited).[...]

Railnews

• Strike warning at Northern after 'relations break down' Northern Rail staff are being balloted for industrial action, after a claim by their union the RMT that there has been a 'breakdown in industrial relations'. The call for a ballot, which could be followed by strikes, has been triggered by the use of freelance agency staff to carry out 'core railway work', which the RMT says should be restricted to its members.

Aviation Industry

• Turkish Airlines expands Gatwick operationGrowing carrier adds new service to Istanbul’s second airport
• Etihad and Air France unveil codeshare flightsAirlines extend agreements to more destinations as part of strategic deal

Other News Sources

• Record number of runners and cyclists at Houghton Trail A RECORD turnout of trail runners and cyclists were on hand as Dickie Davies did the honours at the start of the annual Houghton Trail.