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Saturday, 12 October 2013

BBC News

• Fourth man charged over M42 robberyA fourth man is charged over the kidnapping of a lorry driver and a robbery at a motorway services.
• Air cargo rises by 50% at GlasgowThe amount of cargo passing through Glasgow airport rose by 50% last month while Scottish passengers numbers also increased.
• McGill's bus firm back in profitWest of Scotland bus firm McGill's moves back into profit and reports an almost doubling of turnover for 2012.
• Flight delays after tyre burstsThe runway at Cardiff Airport reopens but flights are delayed after an aircraft tyre bursts on landing.

Financial Times

• Boeing gains advantage from shutdownEuropean group Airbus’s deliveries held up by lack of government inspectors while US rival Boeing has been able to carry on as normal

The Herald

• £18.5m to be spent on A9 upgradeDRIVERS on Scotland's notorious A9 road are expected to benefit from £18.5 million of spending on safety works and maintenance over the next two years.
• Tunnel upgrade will close line for 44 daysA SECTION of the main rail line between Edinburgh and Glasgow will close for more than a month while a tunnel is upgraded.
• Motorists warned of disruptionsMOTORISTS face a weekend of disruptions as extensive resurfacing work is carried out on sections of both the M80 and M77.

The Independent

• EasyJet flight diverted to Stansted after alert An Easyjet flight on route from Hamburg to Luton with 151 passengers on board has been diverted to Stansted Airport following a security alert.    

The Telegraph

• CCTV to monitor 'lazy' road workersA council is installing CCTV to monitor 'lazy' road workers who have fallen behind on a town centre project.    
• Motorists paying more than £1,000 each to the TreasuryAA has described motorists as
• Opponent of Heathrow expansion appointed aviation ministerThe issue of Heathrow's expansion has returned to haunt the Coalition with two opponents of a third runway getting ministerial jobs at the Department for Transport    

Daily Express

• Drivers pay £1,100 ‘for potholes’MOTORISTS fork out more than £1,000 a year in taxes while the Government is cutting cash for road repairs, councils claim.

Mail Online

• Climate change ministry spends £300,000 on DOMESTIC flights in the UK as coalition row erupts over green energy policiesThe Department for Energy and Climate Change and its quangos charged the taxpayer for more than 1,600 internal flights while lecturing the public about the need to cut carbon emissions.
• Domestic flights fail to take off for Virgin with flights being just a third fullThe Little Red service, which flies from London to Manchester and Scotland has been 33 per cent full since starting earlier this year, it has been reported.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Car dealers dominate table showing best mid-sized firmsArticle

London Evening Standard

• Residents back plans to replace Hammersmith flyover with tunnelResidents have welcomed ambitious plans to replace the Hammersmith flyover with an underground tunnel — but warned against allowing developers free rein.
• Closing Heathrow and building 'super-hub' would cost thousands of local jobs, says mayoral reportUnemployment will jump by up to 14,000 around Heathrow if the airport closes, says a report for the Mayor.

The York Press

• Campaigners bid for rail line electrification A BID for £93 million funding has been officially launched as part of a ten year battle to improve rail services on the York, Harrogate and Leeds line.
• £200k boost to improve York bus services THE Government is to put £200,000 into a £1.4 million project to improve bus services in York.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds-Harrogate-York rail line: £100m bid for electric serviceThe campaign to electrify the Leeds-Harrogate-York railway line has taken a major step forward after council leaders unveiled a £100m bid for Government support as warnings were made the line needs significant investment if services are to improve.

The Shields Gazette

• Sunderland car giant Nissan lines up 400 new jobsNISSAN’S Sunderland plant is creating 400 new jobs as it gears up to 24-hour working for the first time in its history.

Other Regional Press

• First Great Western retain Devon rail franchise FIRST Great Western trains will continue running through Devon and Somerset for another two years, it has been announced.
• New parking charges on business park 'to prevent congestion' New parking charges of up to £2 a day will be imposed on people working in Watford Business Park by the county council.
• Communication failure with residents over gantry work 'should not have happened', says Network Rail Network Rail has apologised to residents who were unaware that a gantry was due to be built opposite their Carpenders Park homes, until preparations began last month.
• Government-commissioned report recommends driving test age increase Proposals could also see a probationary period, night-time driving curfews, mobile phone bans and passenger restrictions
• Ship repair firm fined £75k after man is crushed by anchor at Teesport dry dock A & P Tees Ltd is also ordered to pay more than £23k in costs following death of Kevin Watson, of Redcar, four years ago
• Navy’s newest warship welcomes royal visitorSHE is the newest warship to join the Royal Navy’s 
fleet.
• Model ships go on show in PortsmouthSCALED-DOWN ships are set to go on display in Portsmouth.
• Delays on services between Oxford and Banbury due to broken down train COMMUTERS are facing delays on trains between Oxford and Banbury after a freight train broke down.
• Cyclists given safety advice and a police penalty ticket A POLICE campaign to teach cyclists the risks of breaking road rules is to become a regular event in Oxford.

Global Rail News

• California invites interest for phase two of high-speed lineCompanies are being invited to submit their interest in a $2 billion design and build contract for the second stage of California’s planned high-speed railway. The 60-mile route will from[...]
• East Coast continues to generate income for DfTDirectly Operated Railways (DOR), which currently runs the East Coast franchise as an interim measure, has reported profits, after payments to the DfT and HMRC, of £5.9 million. Turnover was[...]

Railway Gazette

• Road bypass enables construction of Borders Railway bridgeUK: The Edinburgh City Bypass has been temporarily diverted to enable a section of its embankment to be replaced by a 40 m bridge to carry the busy road across the future Borders...

Aviation Industry

• Aircraft noise linked to higher rates of heart disease and stroke near HeathrowA new study by the Imperial College London and Kings College London has found that risks of hospital admissions and deaths from stroke and heart disease are higher in areas with high levels of aircraft noise. The study found that the risks were 10 to 20% greater in areas with the highest level of noise […]

Other News Sources

• County drivers run up £1m speeding tickets in one year ACCORDING to the Safer Roads Partnership (SRP) in West Mercia, a total of £957,385 was paid by 10,483 people after they were found to be driving over the speed limit.
• Southern Rail bosses dismiss spoof employee newsletter as "poor taste" Rail bosses have dismissed a spoof employee newsletter that mocks management, company policy and treatment of staff as poor taste.