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Sunday, 30 June 2013

BBC News

• Bus manufacturer drives up profitsTurnover and profits rise sharply for bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, following strong sales growth in international markets.

The Observer

• HS2: ministers 'have misled public' over report on costsStudy attacked by coalition was approved by transport department's top civil servant before publicationMinisters have been accused of misleading the public over the controversial High Speed 2 rail development, as increasing numbers of MPs and senior business figures call for the multibillion-pound scheme to be scrapped.Patrick McLoughlin, the transport secretary, claimed last month that a highly critical National Audit Office (NAO) inquiry, which calculated that the ambitious north-south rail link faced a £3.3bn funding gap, had used an

The Scotsman

• Four-day demand cost Scots 2014 Tour de France bidSCOTLAND lost out to Yorkshire in its bid to host the start of next year’s Tour de France because of asking for four days rather than three, the organiser of the world’s biggest cycle race has confirmed.

The Telegraph

• HS2 will suck up cash, warns Alistair DarlingDarling breaks ranks with senior Labour figures over HS2 and a move by the party to pledge an
• Briton aboard missing yacht 'shunned air travel'A Briton on board a yacht which is feared to have sunk between New Zealand and Australia was an environmentalist who travelled by sea because he shunned flying.    

Mail Online

• Easyjet: Hand luggage reduced by more than a third for passengers on flightsThe budget airline is reducing the size of bags by more than a third. From Tuesday it will no longer guarantee to allow luggage in the cabin measuring 56cm by 45cm by 30cm.
• M25 drivers have been confronted with road works every day for the past THREE YEARSThe London orbital route has never been without a lane closure or diversion since May 2010, when the Coalition came to power promising to reduce motorway congestion.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh trams: Critics brace for U-turnA BATTLE to win over the hearts and minds of Edinburgh’s tram-weary public is being waged – with fans and critics of the beleaguered project offered test runs on the track.

London Evening Standard

• Early bike change for FroomeThere was early drama for favourite Chris Froome as the 100th running of the Tour de France began on Corsica.
• Steam train roars up north from King's Cross at 90mph to celebrate record set in 1938Trainspotters gathered in their hundreds today to see a historic locomotive mark a milestone as it raced up the East Coast Main Line at the fastest speed travelled by a steam train in almost half a century. Bittern, an A4-class engine which was built in 1937 and is almost identical to the world's fastest steam loco, Mallard, began a journey to York from London's King's Cross during which it was expected to hit 90mph.

Metro

• Tour de France chaos amid broken down bus on first stage finish line and huge crashesThe opening stage of the 100th Tour de France ended up descending into chaos after a team bus broke down on the finish line – causing a huge crash.    

The York Press

• Biker died trying to avoid HGV A BIKER died after a lorry turned into his path on a road near Selby, an inquest has heard.
• Thousands enjoy Red Arrows flypast to celebrate armed forces THOUSANDS of people have turned out to watch a special aerial display by the Red Arrows in Scarborough today, to mark Armed Forces Day.

Bucks Free Press

• Council vows to keep fighting for better train service A TOWN council has vowed to continue lobbying Chiltern Railways to get a better service in Princes Risborough.
• Dad cycles in memory of his two baby daughters A DAD cycled 1,000 miles and has raised £65,000 in memory of his two baby daughters.

Burnley Express

• Plan to cut Worsthorne bus services WORSTHORNE residents may be left with no daytime bus service in the village after Transdev Burnley and Pendle announced that it will no longer run the number 2 service from the end of July.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Sproughton: Motorcyclist killed after bike hits lamp-post on A14 off-slip roadA man has died after his motorbike hit a lamp-post in Sproughton.

Other Regional Press

• Portsmouth brought to a standstill due to roadworksMOTORISTS are struggling to get into and out of Portsmouth due to lane closures on the M275.
• Tenterden railway extension is on the right tracks for the Kent and East Sussex RailwayA planned extension to the light railway at Tenterden should attract thousands more visitors, it's been revealed.

Other News Sources

• EXCLUSIVE: Transport industry 'unlikely' to collaborate on environmental impact says Porritt Environmental regulation will only partly drive improvement in the transport industry as it stimulates "one part of the business brain" and does not engage the more creative, innovative side needed for change, says Jonathon Porritt.
• EC proposes emissions monitoring schemeTHE EC today put forward a draft regulation to require owners to monitor and report on carbon dioxide in ship emissions as of 1 January 2018.