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Saturday, 11 May 2013

BBC News

• Fake airline pilot 'on the run'A man who faked pilot's qualifications to get a job as a commercial airline pilot is believed to be on the run after failing to turn up at court.
• Bid to carry on funicular treksGuided walks from the Cairngorm mountain railway's top station on to the Cairn Gorm plateau could be made available on a more permanent basis.
• HGV stolen in £100,000 robberyAn HGV containing gardening equipment worth £100,000 is stolen from a council depot in Ford's Road in Edinburgh.

Financial Times

• Chinese group plans £1bn docks schemeAdvanced Business Park™s ambitious ˜Chinatown™ property development would be one of the east Asian nation's largest investments in the UK
• Losses deepen at owner of BA and IberiaParent company of the two national flag carriers falls short of analysts’ expectations owing to restructuring costs at its struggling Spanish unit

The Herald

• Drive for harsher motoring penaltiesDRIVERS caught sending a text or lighting a cigarette at the wheel could face fines of £90 under harsher penalties being considered by the UK Government.

The Independent

• Carbon dioxide in atmosphere at highest level for 5 million years The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has breached the symbolically important level of 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 5 million years after rising at its fastest rate since records began.Related StoriesAbu Qatada extradition latest: Radical cleric reveals he will return to Jordan voluntarily if its parliament guarantees anti-torture treatyAmount of carbon in the atmosphere rising at fastest rate since records beganGPs call for urgent action to sort out 111 non-emergency advice lineThe single mother who turned 9p meals into a publishing deal with A Girl Calle...

The Telegraph

• Boris Johnson: Heathrow 'the wrong location' for four runway airportLondon Mayor Boris Johnson has defended his plans for a new hub airport in the Thames Estuary, insisting that expanding Heathrow would be a bad choice.    

Reuters News

• John Lennon's first car on auction block in UK(Reuters) - John Lennon's first car - a 1965 Ferrari 330 GT coupe - is going up for auction in England in July and could fetch up to 220,000 pounds, auctioneers Bonhams said.

The Mirror

• Spitfire from Second World War goes on sale for £1.45million - in working orderPlatinum Fighter Sales is offering the iconic fighter - built in 1945 and shipped off to India - for sale in specialist magazines

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh Trams plan to go to Dalkeith“NEXT stop Dalkeith” is something future tram commuters could be hearing if ambitious plans to extend the controversial travel network out to the Midlothian town are realised.

London Evening Standard

• Britain’s roads have really gone to potIt won’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s driven — or ridden — anywhere recently but one in three motorists now believe that the state of Britain’s roads is “unacceptable”. Only three per cent think that the standard is “excellent”.
• Boris bus is boosting jobs around UK, says MayorBoris Johnson today took his campaign to boost the economy through government spending on transport to Northern Ireland, where hundreds of new low-emission Routemaster-style buses will roll off the production line.
• Second runway at Gatwick tipped as favourite for airport expansion reportThe man appointed by David Cameron to draw up a blueprint for airport expansion in Britain is leaning towards supporting a second runway at Gatwick, the Standard has been told.

Manchester Evening News

• Sir Richard Leese welcomes move to bring high speed rail to city soonerThe plans, which were announced in the Queen’s Speech, will see the government introducing a rarely-used Parliamentary procedure called a ‘Paving Bill’ – so called because it would pave the way for future legislation needed to get the project started

Northern Echo

• Banned motorist jailed for high-speed driving while over limit A BANNED motorist, who took his wife’s car after a row, led police on a high-speed chase while over the drink-drive limit.

Sheffield Star

• Pair take over as transport boss departs for new roleTwo new interim bosses have been appointed at the helm of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive after the departure of director-general David Brown.

Bucks Free Press

• Railway exhibition steams into Amersham A FREE exhibition exploring the history of the railway in Amersham pops up in the town next week.

Other Regional Press

• Sailors on the march to mark Battle of the AtlanticSAILORS from two Portsmouth-based ships have taken part in a memorial service to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic.
• Shipping information for Sunday, May 12 and Monday, May 13, 2013The latest movements for the port of Portsmouth.
• Advisors will try to get Gosport drivers out of their carsDRIVERS will be helped to swap their cars for buses and bikes by travel advisors visiting door-to-door in Gosport.
• Airline to run course to stop fear of flyingLUTON-based airline easyJet is launching a Fearless Flyer Course to help people conquer their phobia of flying in an aeroplane.
• Make tracks for Swanage rail ale trail FANS will be following the rail ale trail at a Dorset attraction’s annual gala this weekend.
• Man cut free after two cars and bus crash at junctionA MAN had to be cut free from a car after three vehicles, including a bus, collided at a busy North-east junction.
• Teenagers flee scene after crashing car into fenceA GROUP of teenagers fled after crashing a car through iron bollards at high speed, and ploughing the vehicle into a metal fence in Aberdeen.

Campaign for Better Transport

• Fares and Ticketing Review in sight10 May 2013: We now know that it is just 9 weeks’ until the Government publishes its findings from their Fares and Ticketing review. This is a unique, once in a decade opportunity for the Government to make a firm commitment and name the date to end above inflation fare increases. read more

Aviation Industry

• Calls for Heathrow growth fail to take account of key noise and climate objectionsTwo reports have been published this week calling for expansion of operations at Heathrow. London First, a business lobby group, has called on the Airports Commission to recommend the introduction of ‘mixed mode’ operations at the airport, which would end the practice of runway alternation whereby residents under the flightpath benefit significantly from half a [...]
• European Parliament OKs closer ATM ties between EU and EurocontrolThe European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism has given the green light to conclude an agreement giving enhanced cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Eurocontrol. read more
• IAG posts worsened Q1 figuresInternational Airlines Group (IAG), parent company of Iberia and British Airways, reported a sharp deterioration in its first-quarter results compared to the previous year, taking into account exceptional items. read more

Other News Sources

• Boris Johnston visits the Antrim factories building London busesLondon Mayor Boris Johnston on his visit to Northern Ireland. Boris officially opened the new Wrightbus plant based in Antrim, which will manufacture the chasis for the new bus for ...
• Italian divers find body of coastguardsman 8th victim of cargo ship crash 1 missingRescue operations take place by the wreckage of a control tower which was toppled into the water after a cargo ship crashed into it Tuesday night during a shift change, at Genoa's port, northern Italy, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Rescue crews located five bodies in the wreckage of the Genoa port's control tower that toppled into the harbor after a cargo ship slammed into the dock as it was ...

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