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Friday, 10 January 2014

BBC News

• Airport numbers prompt job fearsThere are fears jobs could be lost at City of Derry Airport as it emerges the City of Culture celebrations made
• Tube staff balloted over job cutsLondon Underground station staff are to be balloted for strike action over plans to cut 750 jobs and close ticket offices.
• Volkswagen sells record luxury carsVolkswagen's luxury brands - Porsche, Audi and Bentley - post record sales helped by new model launches, and a recovery in the global car market.

Financial Times

• Electric buses test wireless technologyMilton Keynes aims to prove that the vehicles make economic as well as environmental sense and are ready to lead the drive away from diesel
• Ryanair closes pension schemeWinding-up the Irish scheme – which pays pensions linked to salary – will involve the airline making up the €9.7m deficit calculated at December 30

The Guardian

• From the archive, 10 January 1935: Cyclists air their grievances on road safetyWhile cyclists reject a proposal for separate cycle lanes and criticise coroners who blame riders for fatal road accidents, the new Belisha beacons are causing problems for other road users
• ASA clamps down on copycat congestion charge siteConsumers say the website positioned itself as the official TfL congestion charge website and tricked them into paying more than they needed to

Mail Online

• London Underground life is caught on camera in the 1970s and 80sBob Mazzer, now 65, and originally from Whitechapel, east London, chronicled life while he commuted to town, where he worked as a film projectionist.

Birmingham Mail

• Furious airport parking staff demonstrate over jobs axe ‘bombshell’ 25 employees of Stress Free Parking say they were given no notice of national firm's collapse and are owed a month's wages
• MP: Vince Cable 'is washing his hands of MG Rover' Northfield's Richard Burden furious that Business Secretary will not meet him to discuss compensating former workers from a £14 million fine

London Evening Standard

• Ticket office staff will rush for redundancies, claims Tube boss ahead of strike voteThe boss of London Underground sent a defiant message to unions today ahead of a vote on the first major Tube strike action for four years.

Northern Echo

• Cash win means cleaner bus exhausts GOVERNMENT funding will help make Durham City buses more environmentally friendly.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post published Chamber says cutting M1 speed would not be such a smart ideaGOVERNMENT plans to put the brakes on traffic using the M1 in Nottinghamshire would end up slowing the local economy, the county's biggest business organisation has warned.The Highways Agency, which runs Britain's main road network, said this week that it wanted to cut the maximum speed limit on part of the M1 in the county from 70mph to 60mph.It claims the cut could not only help reduce congestion but improve air quality around the motorway by reducing pollution.It looks set to proceed with the...
• Nottingham Post published Council's conditions for supporting HS2Article
• Nottingham Post published Bus delays as cycle lanes are addedArticle

Sheffield Star

• Sheffield tram disruption to last for two weeksTram services between Tinsley/Meadowhall South and Meadowhall Interchange are to be suspended for two weeks because of nearby roadworks.

The York Press

• Arriva set to put up some of its bus fares Bus company Arriva Yorkshire is revising its fares, with some expected to rise.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Buses to get Wi-Fi in £1.4m transport boostWi-Fi could be introduced on buses travelling between Wolverhampton and the i54 as part of a new £1.4million scheme to improve a key city transport route.

Yorkshire Post

• Airport in talks to bring in more airlinesLEEDS Bradford International Airport is talking to new airlines about potential opportunities, after spending £11m on upgrading the terminal, its commercial director confirmed yesterday.

Blackpool Gazette

• Bus route saviour swoops inA “lifeline” bus service that was axed without warning is set to be resurrected after a new operator stepped in.

Crewe Chronicle

• New Crewe station would be 'viable, strong and affordable' council leader says Council leader Michael Jones says the new proposal is a 'robust, holistic vision' for Cheshire East and the north west
• Labour calls for facts about planned new Crewe HS2 hub station Crewe councillor Mo Grant welcomed news about Crewe Station but told council leader he can't blame Labour for asking questions when they haven't been told facts

Peterborough Telegraph

• Concern at state of Peterborough’s road and rail linksA leading Peterborough business representative has warned that the county’s transport infrastructure is in urgent need a £5 billion upgrade.

Plymouth Herald

• Reopening the airport would kick-start this sleeping giant ON DECEMBER 11 at Prime Minister's Question Time the MP for Southend East, James Duddridge, made a point of how unemployment had gone down and investments up in his area.

Other Regional Press

• Northamptonshire could be used as test site for driverless carsA Northamptonshire town could be used as the site for a government-backed national trial of driverless cars.
• Work to start on A1 ‘longabout’ at BiggleswadeThe roundabout on the A1 at Biggleswade is to be transformed into a ‘longabout’ to increase traffic capacity and in preparation for the redevelopment of London Road retail park.

Airportwatch

• Campaign to rename Humberside Airport after watchmakerCampaigners are hoping to have Humberside Airport renamed in honour of a local man who invented a clock that allowed accurate navigation.

Global Rail News

• Virgin Trains signs loco deal with DRSVirgin Trains has signed a deal with Direct Rail Services Limited (DRSL) for the provision of a Class 90 locomotive for sole use on their MK III set. The locomotive,[...]
• Tata Steel agree two-year deal with SNCFTata Steel and SNCF have signed a two-year deal which will see the manufacturer supply more than 200 tonnes of track for the French rail network. The order, which will[...]
• Italferr to project manage construction of BBT southern sectionItalferr has been awarded a €7.7 million project management contract to oversee works on the southern portion of a 55-kilometre railway tunnel between Austria and Italy. The contract will see[...]
• Egis lands Salvador Metro contractEngineering firm Egis has won a €12 million contract to oversee systems management and integration on a new metro system being delivered in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Egis will[...]
• EE and Vodafone agree Channel Tunnel mobile coverageEurostar and Le Shuttle will now be able to make calls and access the internet while travelling from the UK to France following the signing of a new deal with[...]
• High Speed Rail in DenmarkWith all the controversy in the UK on whether or not to build HS2, it is interesting to draw comparisons with other countries that have yet to construct high-speed lines and see how they have fared with the planning process and the general approach to national acceptance. Writes Clive Kessell One such country is Denmark. [...]
• Spain approves ADIF splitThe Spanish government has approved the creation of a new public body to oversee the construction and management of the country’s high-speed network. In December 2013, a Royal Decree set[...]

Aviation Industry

• Ex-BA boss to lead leisure carrierAndrew Swaffield appointed managing director of Monarch Airlines
• Focus on premium for 2014Airlines urged to prepare for economic growth and rising travel budgets

Other News Sources

• Parking charges will not increase this year, civic chiefs say CAR parking charges in Hampshire city will not increase this year, council bosses say.
• Rolls Royce announces biggest sales everOne car costs £360,000 but this year they've sold more than ever. Matt talks to the Rolls Royce CEO, from the back of his motor on why we should be 'grateful' for people who can still afford luxury.
• United Airlines Makes Major Investments for Customers at San Francisco International AirportUnited Airlines and its partners at San Francisco International Airport are preparing to open the newly renovated Boarding Area E in Terminal 3, which will provide United customers ultra-modern, ...