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Monday, 29 July 2013

BBC News

• Taunton cheaper bus fares to be trialled Cheaper bus fares are to be trialled in Taunton, in Somerset. First Group said the current £4.30 "First Day" ticket would be replaced by the "Anywhere to Anywhere" £3 return and would include journeys where a change of buses is required.
• Cable theft leads to rail disruptionRail services between Inverurie and Huntly are suspended after up to a mile of cable is stolen from the line.
• Tube crash memorial stone unveiledA memorial is unveiled for the 43 people who died in the Moorgate Tube crash in 1975.
• Siemens poised to axe boss LoescherSiemens looks set to axe chief executive Peter Loescher after the German industrial giant issued another profit warning last week.
• Boeing in global aircraft inspectionBoeing requests airlines to carry out inspections of a transmitter used to locate aircraft after a crash.

Financial Times

• Siemens to vote on future of chief executiveGerman engineering company says supervisory board will ‘decide on the early departure of the President and CEO’ on Wednesday

The Herald

• City cycling tsar admits street safety overhaul is requiredGLASGOW'S cycling tsar has admitted the city's roads need a major overhaul if it is to encourage more people to take to the streets on bicycles.

The Independent

• Mega-projects Crossrail and HS2 facing cost hike on skills gap The Crossrail and High Speed Two (HS2) mega-projects could be “thousands” of engineers short during peak periods of construction, a leading recruitment firm to both infrastructure projects has warned.

The Scotsman

• Italy bus crash: at least 36 dead near AvellinoA TOUR bus filled with Italian pilgrims plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after smashing into several cars that had slowed in heavy traffic, killing at least 36 people, said police and rescuers.
• Cycling group slams ˜weak" safety campaignA new government road safety campaign has been criticised as showing “a lack of commitment” to saving lives on Scotland’s roads.

The Telegraph

• Heathrow to track customers through airport to cut cost of delaysBut Heathrow is rolling out a new system of smart boarding cards that it believes will put an end to the last-minute frantic search for lost ...
• Motorists allowed to park on double yellow lines to help save high streetsMillions of motorists could face bigger parking fines after ministers reveal they are considering lifting cap on penalty charges.    

Daily Express

• Atlantic flight ’cheaper than UK rail travel’ TRAVELLING by train from London to Manchester can be more expensive than flying to New York, a rail union revealed yesterday.

Daily Record

• New cookbook launched to help raise important funds for one of the last puffer steam boats on the River ClydeTHE boat's owner Rachel Walker, 60, has revamped the little puffer boat to produce local cuisine after finding it shipwrecked and rusting in a Yorkshire harbour.

Mail Online

• Spanish train crash driver Francisco Garzon goes before judge for questioning as death toll increases to 79Francisco Garzon, 52, has been provisionally charged with multiple cases of negligent homicide. The experienced driver was travelling at more than twice the 50mph limit permitted on a curve near Santiago de Compostela when the train derailed.

London Evening Standard

• Spanish train crash driver chargedThe driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed killing 79 people has been provisionally charged with multiple cases of negligent homicide.

Northern Echo

• Cinema-goers to provide pedal power for projector in Crook FILM lovers will soon be able to enjoy a new cinema – with the projector powered by their own pedalling.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• A £1 billion transport revolution for Leeds and West YorkshirePlans for a new £1 billion fund to transform transport in West Yorkshire have taken a major step forward with the choice of the first schemes to benefit.

Yorkshire Post

• Boost for commuters in region unveiledTHE first schemes expected to be backed by a new £1bn transport fund in West Yorkshire can be revealed today.
• Road schemes unveiled as part of £1bn fundTHE first schemes expected to be backed by a new £1bn transport fund in West Yorkshire can be revealed today.

Other Regional Press

• Tatton Park to host public consultation on proposed high speed train route RESIDENTS are being urged to get involved in the public consultation over the route for the High Speed Two, HS2, rail route.
• Eric Pickles under fire over Radlett rail freight policy Lib Dem councillor and prospective parliamentary candidate Sandy Walkington has accused Mr Pickles – who has said he is “minded” to approve the Helioslough application for a massive rail freight terminal on the former Radlett Airfield in the Green Belt – of being the “Minister for Forked Tongues”.
• Wreath marks end of a transport era Tomorrow it will be 50 years since the last trolleybus ran in Portsmouth. Today, in the second of our trips down trolleybus lane, we capture more of these vehicles on city streets.

Other News Sources

• Metro rail service could see re-opening of Wellington railway station COUNCIL bosses are “genuinely hopeful” of re-opening Wellington railway station.
• Rail fare problem shown in figures A Lancashire rail campaigner has backed a union’s calls for something to be done about ticket prices for walk-on passengers.