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Sunday, 12 May 2013

BBC News

• Bus terminus death of pedestrian, 69Police appeal for witnesses after the death of a 69-year-old man pedestrian involved in a collision with a bus as it left a terminus.
• Chinese business hub plans for docksPlans to create a multi-million pound Chinese business park in London's Royal Docks are revealed as the preferred option to redevelop part of the historic area.

The Herald

• Hundreds protest against pollutionPolice stood by as residents marched peacefully along a busy street in the city centre before gathering at an intersection, chanting and holding signs protesting against the factory.

The Telegraph

• Conman who faked pilot's licence flew British passengers into Gatwick airportConman who forged pilot's licence and medical documents spent eight months piloting Airbus A320 and flying into Gatwick, but is now being hunted by police after he failed to appear in court.    

Daily Record

• Edinburgh tram recruitment drive sees 650 candidates chase just 32 jobsLOTHIAN Buses, the company operating the trams, says that all in there's been more than 1000 applicants for the 55 operational roles on the cards.

Mail Online

• The last Brit on the River Kwai: Reg Twigg, one of the few remaining survivors of the Death Railway, died last week - but the story he left behind will stay with you foreverIn 1942, the Japanese army ordered the construction of a jungle railroad from Bangkok to Rangoon. Reg Twigg wrote a remarkable testimony of his three years of hell.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Illegal drivers face having their cars in the crusher North Wales Police crackdown on those driving without insurance or licence

Edinburgh Evening News

• Trams: Craigmillar, Dalkeith groups back extensionCOMMUNITY groups from south-east Edinburgh and Midlothian have welcomed the prospect of a tram line to Dalkeith, but labelled the proposed route as a “pie in the sky” project.

Sheffield Star

• Man in hospital after Sheffield train collisionA man is in hospital after being struck by a train in Sheffield last night.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Loan talks as drivers steer clear of M6 TollThe owners of the M6 Toll road are looking to renegotiate loans totalling more than £1 billion as motorists continue to steer clear of the loss-making motorway.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds: £25m to stop the rot on ‘vital’ ring roadPart of Leeds’s busiest link road is to get a £25m refurbishment as council chiefs bid to stem a decade of rot.

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

• Ferry firm could fold if fuel rules are not delayedBrittany Ferries executives say the company could fold if the firm’s pleas to delay the date a new anti-pollution fuel regulation comes into force are ignored.
• Supercup car driver backing Bag a Bra A RACING driver has got behind a fundraising drive for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.
• Youth hit by bill for ‘hidden’ railway feeA COMMUTER has been refunded more than £100 thanks to Bedfordshire on Sunday after he mistakenly signed up to a subscription when buying a train ticket.
• Low tyre tread a factor in road death of Shefford teenA TEENAGER died after his car span off the road and into a tree due to a number of faults with the car, just hours after he had taken it for an MOT.

Railnews

• DfT urged to consider national High Speed rail plan A leading High Speed rail campaigning group has called for a greater national network of High Speed lines to be considered by the Department for Transport, after the Government confirmed its intention to go ahead with HS2 in the Queen's Speech. Jim Steer of Greengauge21 claimed there was a need for a 'genuinely national plan', which would add new routes – including some travelling broadly east-west – to the currently planned lines from London to Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

Railway Gazette

• China Northern enters the EU wagon market CNR JINAN: The first production vehicles from a batch of 40 Type Zags LPG and ammonia tank wagons being built for French leasing company Atir-Rail was rolled out by CNR Jinan on April 28. CNR Jinan said the delivery of wagons to an EU customer was of 'epoch-making significance' for China's railway equipment industry. The June 2011 contract for 40 wagons is thought to be the first European order for Chinese wagons since vehicles supplied to Albania in the 1960s. As CNR Jinan is new to the EU market, an European company was appointed to certify that design and production of the prototype vehicl...

Other News Sources

• Will Lewes Road roadworks finish early? Roadworks on a major city traffic route could finish two months earlier than expected.
• Railway campaigners call for study into Lewes to Uckfield line Railway campaigners have called for the Government to go further than committing to look at reopening a line.