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Monday, 27 May 2013

BBC News

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• New calls for MOT law changeFive years after a mother and her two daughters died on Aberdeenshire's roads, motoring groups call for a law requiring all modern vehicles to have MOTs.
• Fears raised for Little Chef brandThe Little Chef brand could disappear from the UK's roadsides if it is bought by a larger chain, its owners warn.
• Japan restarts Dreamliner flightsJapan's All Nippon Airways resumes commercial flights of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the first time since the planes were grounded over safety fears.
• Dewsbury and Ossett's new cycle route uses former railway A former railway line in West Yorkshire has been opened as a new route for walkers and cyclists.

Financial Times

• HS2 rail line stirs Yorkshire resistanceSome council leaders in Yorkshire are yet to be persuaded the £34bn investment will bring economic benefits and even fear its impact may be negative
• Stagecoach seeks to reassure over rail franchisesRestoring belief in the rail contracts system is the key challenge for Martin Griffiths, the group chief executive who took over from Brian Souter
• Europe’s trainmakers on track for US salesAmerica’s Federal Rail Administration considers move that could pave way to increase sales to the US of European-style commuter trains
• Transport advances pinned on technologyThe biggest development banks are expected to spend $175bn over the next 10 years on systems in emerging markets alone, writes Mark Odell
• Two projects take different approaches to riskSuccess for Crossrail and Thameslink is likely to hinge on the operation of tiny wires and antennas and invisible lines of software code, writes Robert Wright
• Signalling: Cultural complexities play role in International Express upgradeRobert Wright takes the 7 train through the New York borough of Queens
• High Speed 2: Line viability draws scrutinyLegal battles over the north-south line could last years, says Mark Odell

The Herald

• Brown wants airport tax answersTRANSPORT Minister Keith Brown has demanded an urgent update on the devolution of Air Passenger Duty (APD) to Scotland and the protection of Scotland's access to London airports.

The Scotsman

• Interview: Michael McGhee, GIP head of transport IT WAS a year ago that Michael McGhee touched down in Edinburgh and began work at what he likes to call the “city gateway”, writes Terry Murden.

The Telegraph

• Coal crisis hits steam trainsThe country which brought the steam engine to the world is running out of coal to fuel them.    

Mail Online

• Passengers packed into sweltering carriages, overflowing toilets, clueless staff and police called to quell a mutiny: My Bank Holiday nightmare on Britain's Third World railways which cost £125 a ticket for a 10-hour journeyOur public transport is a disgrace writes Mark Palmer. Passengers are treated like fodder; no one takes responsibility for abject failure and not even the ‘duty spokesman’ knew the answer to most of my questions.

Manchester Evening News

• Two men charged with endangering an aircraft after Manchester-bound jet from Pakistan diverted to StanstedThe men have been named as Mohammed Safdar, 41, Tayyab Subhani, 30, from Nelson in Lancashire

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Campaign to save air link to London gathers momentum The campaign to save the Highlands’ vital Gatwick air links is gathering pace, with local community leaders seeking urgent talks with easyJet bosses.
• Now we’re paying 40p a litre extra for fuel PEOPLE living in the north are now paying up to 40p more per litre to fill their cars than motorists on mainland Europe, the Press and Journal can reveal.

Wales Online

• Welsh language announcements anger passengers on cross-border bus services A new premium service has been launched between Wrexham and Chester. But some users to not appreciate the 'numerous, repetitive and bilingual' announcements

Yorkshire Post

• City wins financial backing for electric bus services A YORKSHIRE city is to get a new fleet of electric buses after successfully bidding for more than £800,000 from the Government.
• Little Chef brand name may vanish from roadsideLittle Chef could disappear from Britain’s roadsides after more than 50 years after fast food bidders tabled offers for the restaurant chain.

Other Regional Press

• Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake launches campaign to improve public transport An MP has launched a campaign to bring back a night bus, protect train services, extend the Tramlink and improve pedestrian and cyclist facilities.