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Monday, 25 November 2013

BBC News

• Norfolk highways maintenance cuts proposedA £1m cut in highway maintenance for a year and a cut in subsidy for a coastal bus service are two measures being looked at by a council which is dealing with a £189m budget shortfall.
• Widening of the A21 'would save lives' MP says.The A21 between London, Kent and the East Sussex coast should be made a dual carriageway to prevent further deaths, a Kent MP says.
• Cambridgeshire drivers may face £60 bus lane finesDrivers could face £60 fines for using bus lanes when they are not allowed to in and around Cambridge under plans being examined by councillors.
• Have UK businesses missed the train in Ethiopia?Across the Ethiopian countryside 2,000km (1,243 miles) of railway is being built, the first phase of an endeavour to create a new 5,000km network.
• The railway workers trained to stop suicidesNearly every day someone tries to take their life on Britain's railways, but thousands of rail staff have now been trained to spot the signs before it is too late. What are they looking for and what impact does suicide have on the network?
• Airlines warned over engine iceFifteen airlines are warned about the risk of ice forming on Boeing's new 747-8 and 787 Dreamliner planes when flying at high altitude.
• HS2 bill goes before ParliamentThe legislation giving the government the power to build the HS2 high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham is to go before Parliament.

Department for Transport

• Major step forward for HS2 as hybrid Bill publishedHS2 will take a major step forward today (25 November 2013) with publication of the Bill for phase one of the country’s new railway between London and Birmingham.

Financial Times

• Bombardier bullish about C-series ordersChief executive of Canadian manufacturer says new aircraft is on track to meet sales target despite the poor take-up of orders at Dubai air show
• Business chiefs push for Stansted upgradeBetter access to places such as New York, San Francisco and Beijing are seen as key for local growth industries such as life sciences and technology
• SNCF puts English lessons on fast trackRail company offers commuters on its Reims-Paris line the chance to learn a foreign language while travelling at speeds of up to 320kph
• LNG carriers: bright spot in shippingAnnual growth of 10 per cent in demand for LNG over the past decade – surpassing that of almost any other seaborne goods – has boosted rates
• GE to fix ice defect on Dreamliner engineTemporary thrust loss prompts Japan Airlines to say it would not use the Boeing 787 on its routes from Tokyo to Delhi, Singapore and Sydney
• Ministers braced for HS2 mass protestOfficials preparing the legislation say they expect to receive up to 25,000 objections to the first stage of the rail route, from London to Birmingham

The Guardian

• HS2 rebel MPs under pressure to fall into lineMinisters hope publication of a hybrid bill and a statement on environmental impact of high-speed rail link appease backbenchThe government will on Monday use the publication of the HS2 hybrid bill to try to stamp out any backbench rebellion by revealing that the UK's largest infrastructure associations and Labour-led councils have written to the prime minister seeking all-party backing for the north-south rail line.Frances O'Grady, the TUC general secretary, also praised the project as the way to rebalance the economy.Labour sources are quietly confident that they are seeing off a move by som...
• Metropolitan police to deploy 650 officers at cycle blackspotsCampaign of leafleting and fixed penalty notices across London comes in response to death of six cyclists in two weeksThe Metropolitan police will deploy 650 officers to busy London junctions in response to the recent series of cycling deaths. 2,500 officers will hand out leaflets and fixed penalty notices at 166 junctions marked as the capital's worst. It comes after six cyclists died in two weeks.Superintendent Rob Revill of the Safer Transport Command said:
• Japan's PM demands China revoke claim to air zone over disputed islandsChina, Japan and US exchange increasingly testy accusations, as airlines say they will have to notify China of flight plans

The Herald

• Anti-HS2 protesters to lobby MPsHUNDREDS of campaigners against the High Speed 2 project (HS2) are expected to descend on Westminster today for the first reading of the hybrid Bill.

The Telegraph

• Motorists prefer printed maps to satnav, finds AAOlder drivers are the least happy with satellite navigation systems, survey finds    
• HS2's 'doubters and defeatists' are risking Britain's future, says Patrick McLoughlinThe “doubters and defeatists” fighting HS2 cannot be allowed to dictate the future of Britain, the minister charged with delivering the high speed rail line says today

Mail Online

• Heathrow built Terminal 5 without a way of changing the lightbulbsAn estimated 60 per cent of the down lights have blown in the departures lounge of the London terminal which was designed by British architect Lord Richard Rogers.
• Work on HS2 will start in the spring vows minister as he pledges to face down critics of £50billion rail linkThe protest tomorrow is being organised by the Stop HS2 group with demonstrators expected to come from as far away at Cheshire and Yorkshire.

Bristol Live

• LouisEmanuel commented Report warns UK falling behind on cycling safety following three...RECENT deaths following cycling collisions on Bristol roads have been put into perspective by new data showing the UK is falling behind in cycling safety. An annual road safety report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows the number of serious injuries to be increasing at a faster rate than the number of miles travelled. The report shows death rates have been reduced by 17 per cent in the UK in the past 10 years while death rates for car passengers and...

London Evening Standard

• HS2 Bill to kick off rail projectThe Government is publishing a Hybrid Bill today to get the first phase of the £50 billion HS2 high-speed rail project up and running.

Yorkshire Post

• Call for investment
in regions to make most of fast rail linkMINISTERS will today publish legislation to get the first phase of the £50bn HS2 project underway, as a new report calls for a greater focus on links between stops on the route and their surrounding areas.

Burnley Express

• My faith in public transport is shatteredIt’s nice to see Coun. Lord can get a result out of Northern Rail following her complaint. Unlike myself – I appear to have been banging my head against a brick wall for the past three months.
• Burnley railway station to be sponsored by football college BURNLEY’s Manchester Road railway station will be sponsored by the town’s football college.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Rail chaos as signalman falls ill before shiftRail services on the East Suffolk line were thrown into chaos for much of Saturday after a signalman was taken seriously ill at the line’s only control centre in Saxmundham.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Firms urged to help hook up cash for Peterborough’s rail lineCompanies and organisations that rely on the rail route through Peterborough are urged to back a new campaign to secure more investment in train services.

Other Regional Press

• Public transport facing cuts as council cash dries up THE axing of late-night travel for free bus pass holders and increasing the cost of child fares from half that of adults to two thirds are among a raft of measures being considered by transport organisation Centro.

Other News Sources

• Warning of disruption as work begins at Winchester railway stationRAILWAY bosses have warned of disruption as work gets underway today at a Hampshire station.