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Monday, 17 June 2013

BBC News

• Trans-US solar plane reaches DullesA solar powered plane aiming to cross the US lands at Washington Dulles airport, completing the fourth leg of the coast-to-coast endeavour.
• Services resume after derailmentServices from Norwich to London are cancelled after a maintenance train derailed near the city.
• Five on fire-threat plane seek asylumFive passengers from an Egyptair flight which was diverted to Prestwick airport on Saturday did not reboard the plane when it resumed its journey to the US.
• VIDEO: More Dreamliner problems at ANAAll Nippon Airways continues to have problems with its Boeing 787 Dreamliners, as the Paris Air Show opens.

The Telegraph

• Ministers urged to speed up a crackdown on young driversMinisters are putting hundreds of lives at risk by delaying a Green Paper on tackling young driver safety - a coalition of insurers, police chiefs and farmers warns today.    
• Street lights may be turned off to help fund elderly care, councils warnStreet lights may have to be switched off and libraries closed down if NHS funding is not diverted to help councils pay for elderly care in communities, leaders have warned.    
• Train operators cause more than a third of rail delaysDriver sickness, broken-down trains and passengers being taken ill during journeys were responsible for thousands of delays last year, official figures have shown.    

Daily Express

• Asylum seekers ‘created’ jet alert at Scottish airportTHE terror alert which forced a packed passenger jet to land in Scotland was sparked by desperate Syrians escaping the brutal civil war in their homeland, police believe.

Mail Online

• Street lights threat by hard-up councils: Town halls may be forced to switch them off to pay for care for the elderlyCouncil leaders written to the Chancellor to plead for more NHS funding to be diverted into their coffers to help meet the spiralling costs of care for pensioners and the disabled.

This is Money

• China set to be third biggest aircraft maker, says Boeing boss'I think Comac [China's national aircraft maker] and the Chinese have the best chance to become a competitor to Airbus and Boeing,' said Jim McNerney.

Bristol Live

• The Bristol Post published Portishead to Bristol rail link delay is disappointing says city...I'M really pleased to see that Bristol City Council has appointed Todd Graham as a Rail Officer (New Officer to Spearhead Metro – Post, June 11 ). It is disappointing, however, to see that the opening of services to Portishead has been put back by a year to 2018 (Delay on Reopening of Rail Line to Town – Post, June 6 ).
• The Bristol Post published On Track: Dave Wood's column on railwaysPROVIDING it goes ahead the Bristol Metro will transform our local railways. The idea of developing these lines has won a lot of support. But we should all feel concerned about the fears expressed that the scheme could go off the rails.
• The Bristol Post published More buses to be provided when new Southmead Hospital opensMORE buses will be laid on to serve the new superhospital at Southmead which opens next year. The additional services are due to start next April, a month before the transfer of staff and patients from Frenchay to Southmead

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Dozens of Leeds schools in gear for Bike Week 2013More than 16,000 students from schools across Leeds will be getting on their bikes for the UK’s biggest mass participation cycling event this week.

Blackpool Gazette

• Hundreds back our capital link campaignSupport for The Gazette’s campaign to restore Blackpool’s rail link with London is gathering pace – with famous faces from across the resort backing our petition.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Suffolk: Rail company Greater Anglia hails its first year with annual reportRail operator Greater Anglia has published its first annual report, giving passengers a run-down on how its first year of running trains in the region has gone.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• New bus service is just the ticketA new bus service is making things a lot easier for workers travelling from Corby into Rutland.

Sleaford Standard

• County’s traffic lights to be more energy savingNew energy saving lamps in traffic lights are set to reduce the county’s carbon footprint and help save money.    

Other Regional Press

• Traders chuffed as railway line set to re-open THE tourist season in Cleethorpes is back on track.
• Railway’s seaside steam services secure The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is celebrating after it was given approval to continue operating its services into Whitby for the next 10 years.
• Transport weaknesses mean region loses investment cashThe South West has been "badly done by" by successive governments when it comes to investment in infrastructure resulting in a lack of inward investment in the region.
• Croydon South MP backs campaign for transport investment A Croydon MP is calling for greater investment in the borough's transport network in order to boost its retail and business potential.

Other News Sources

• First Capital Connect donates £500 to Action For Kids to put on art event at Crouch End Festival A train company has donated £500 to a charity for disabled children and young people to help it set up an art event.
• Will you smile back when human holograms greet you at the airport? How does the airport of the future preoccupy customers as they wait in never-ending lines? A handful of companies think the answer is an always-smiling, always-working human hologram.
• Reports claim Heathrow expansion is set for south west of the airport HEATHROW bosses favour building a third runway to the south west of the current airport, according to reports in the national press.
• Top travel journalist Simon Calder calls for improved transport links to Pembrokeshire A top UK travel expert has emphasised the need to upgrade the transport links to Pembrokeshire to keep tourists coming back again and again.