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Sunday, 08 December 2013

BBC News

• UK flight delays glitch 'now fixed'An air traffic control telephone glitch that has delayed flights at Birmingham Airport will not be fixed until at least 1800 GMT.
• Train time 'broken promise' claimA campaign group claims Transport Scotland has
• VIDEO: Street changes after cycling odysseyAn advisor to Boris Johnson is to recommend new street designs to make cycling in London safer, after visiting 40 cities across the globe.

Financial Times

• Air traffic control glitch disrupts UK flightsDelays at the UK’s largest airport could last into Sunday because Heathrow is supposed to operate at full capacity and can struggle to recover quickly from disruption

The Guardian

• Intercity express project: the costly high-speed rail plan that time forgotUnlike HS2, the Department for Transport's other major rail project has not been the subject of scrutiny or debate
• UK air traffic control glitch resolved, officials announceDisruption expected to continue after technical problems caused flights from UK's major airports to be cancelled or delayedTechnical problems that caused a day of cancellations and delays at the UK's major airports on Saturday have been resolved, aviation officials announced.Thousands of passengers were affected by the glitch at the National Air Traffic Services' (Nats) control centre in Swanwick, Hampshire – which deals with air traffic in the south of England. A fifth of all flights were cancelled at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick airports while others faced delays of up to two hours.

The Independent

• Ryanair calls on CAA to act over air traffic chaos caused by telephone system glitch Ryanair appealed to the UK's aviation regulator to intervene after a telephone system glitch caused air chaos across the country. The hundreds of delayed flights could cost airlines millions of pounds.    

The Observer

• Eurostar share sale likely to give French total control France's state-owned operator SNCF may be the sole bidder for the UK's 40% stake

The Telegraph

• Passengers stranded at Heathrow after major delays at UK airportsPassengers speak of their frustration at being stranded at Heathrow as flights across the UK and Ireland have been delayed or cancelled due to an air traffic control centre fault    
• Officials apologises for severe delays at UK airportsNational Air Traffic Service Operations Manager, Juliet Kennedy, has apologised for any inconveniance caused following a

The Mirror

• Hilarious Paris public transport politeness manual reminds passengers not to 'stare at beautiful women' Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/politeness-manual-modern-traveller-hilarioThe Paris transportation authority have released a hilarious politeness manual for people travelling on the city's subway
• Air Traffic Control glitch delays continue overnight forcing dozens of passengers to sleep at airports across UK Amid the chaos, sixty four flights have been cancelled and 81 flights delayed at Heathrow

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales floods: Commuters facing days of disruption across region Rail lines damaged by flooding will take a number of days to repair with alternative services being put on

London Evening Standard

• Air control glitch hits flightsAirline passengers suffered a day of delays and frustration as a telephone system glitch at air traffic control caused major disruption at airports across the UK and Ireland.

This Is Local London Network

• Reduced parking charges made permanent in North Finchley Reduced parking charges in North Finchley Town Centre, which were being piloted as part of a consultation, will be made permanent.
• Secret Curmudgeon: Let common sense prevail on cycling with headphones So London’s Mayor Boris Johnson has said he is “very alarmed about cyclists wearing headphones” and he would not be against a prohibition or ban on cyclists wearing them.

Doncaster Free Press

• Possible delays at Robin Hood AirportTravellers from Doncaster’s Robin Hood Airport are advised to check their flights as an air traffic control centre fault is causing delays across the UK and Ireland.    

Other Regional Press

• New footbridgeA railway footbridge is now complete almost three years after a teenager was killed by at a crossing near Morley Station.
• Could an ultra-light railway be the solution to Stortford's transport headacheWITH the decision on one of the biggest planning applications in Bishop’s Stortford’s history deferred for further discussions over access, an ultra light railway system has been mooted as a credible solution to the town’s transport headache.

Other News Sources

• UPDATE: nearly 100 flights delayed at Gatwick after Nats fault Nearly 100 flights have been delayed and seven cancelled at Gatwick Airport after technical problems at the national air traffic control centre.