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Sunday, 12 January 2014

BBC News

• Canal restoration 'open to public'Visitors to the Brecon Beacons are invited to take a step back in time to explore the £30,000 restoration of a historic canal.
• Second woman dies after car crashA second woman dies following a two-car crash on the A1 near Torness Power Station in East Lothian.
• VIDEO: Paper helmet created for cyclistsCrashing his bike motivated Anirudha Surabhi to design a radically different kind of helmet - made out of paper.
• Engineering work shuts Gatwick railThe railway line between Purley and Gatwick Airport has closed, less than a fortnight after a week-long closure.
• Taxi firm refuses to take disabledMiddlesbrough's biggest taxi firm says it will no longer transport disabled passengers following a row over pricing.
• NI faces 'road safety emergency'Northern Ireland is facing a
• Jaguar posts record sales figuresCar maker Jaguar Land Rover posts record sales for 2013 with nearly half a million cars sold worldwide.

The Herald

• Virgin is a step closer to spaceVIRGIN Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its third supersonic flight in the Mojave Desert near Los Angeles, reaching a record 71,000ft.

The Independent

• Ukip councillor: Newquay airport 'could become new venue for rock concerts' Loss-making Newquay Airport could moonlight as a 'rock-concert' venue, a Cornwall based Ukip councillor has suggested as a way of generating revenue.    

The Telegraph

• This will make you think twice about speeding againThis powerful video demonstrates that you do not have to make mistakes when driving too fast - if someone else does it can be fatal    
• Licence to speedRobert Goodwill, the transport minister, intends to give officers in MI5 and MI6 permission to break the speed limit    
• Officials in charge of HS2 have already spent £300mThe company set up by the Government to develop high speed rail link has spent £300 million of taxpayers' money, analysis shows    

Daily Record

• Revealed: Scots F1 legend David Coulthard was paid £250 A SECOND for road safety advertTHE Scottish Government fought to keep the racer's fee under wraps but have now been forced to reveal the £10,000 payment for the 40-second advert.

Mail Online

• Largest ship to ever to enter the Thames docks at London's newest port (and it's so big it can carry as much as 8,500 lorries)The Gudrun Maersk cargo ship made a detour as a result of bad weather. It was able to enter the Thames because of a massive dredging operation.

The Mirror

• Sky high Heathrow has the world's most expensive airport car parking Heathrow's terminal 4 is more expensive than major international airports like Sydney, New York, Paris and Milan
• Speed cameras on Britain's busiest motorway have not worked for FIVE years Speeders who broke the limit on the M25 will be ­astonished to learn they were in little danger of fines - and only could have been caught on one three-mile stretch

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Relief as one-way Normanton system set to end traffic nightmarePEOPLE living in a Normanton street they say is blighted by traffic problems have backed plans for a new one-way system.They say St James' Road has become a rat run since an earlier one-way system was introduced in nearby streets.The new proposal, which also includes Hastings Street, was put forward after a petition of more than 60 names was gathered by taxi driver Siqander Iqbal.Mr Iqbal, 31, who lives in St James' Road, said he was pleased the council now looked like taking action.He said:...

London Evening Standard

• Cargo ship heading to Italy hits tug boat in early hours off Kent coastMarine investigators are examining how three vessels came to collide in the English Channel, causing one of them serious damage.

Manchester Evening News

• Man dies after being hit by a tram in Manchester city centreThe city centre police team from Greater Manchester Police said:

Sheffield Star

• Doncaster motorway closed after big pile-upA stretch of the M18 near Doncaster was closed for several hours last night after a seven-vehicle pile up just over the border in Humberside.
• Police blitz on lorries breaking weight limitLorry drivers who break the weight restriction on a road in the Isle of Axholme could face prosecution thanks to new technology.

The York Press

• Political rivals open talks on improving York’s Outer Ring Road POLITICAL rivals have opened cross-party talks aimed at securing Government cash to improve York’s Outer Ring Road.

Bucks Free Press

• Railway station housing plan gets frosty reception PLANS to build a housing development alongside the tracks at Marlow Station have received a frosty reception this week.

Reading Evening Post

• Home Secretary discusses extending Crossrail to Twyford and ReadingRail chiefs considered extending the new line in a meeting with local MPs at the House of Commons

Other Regional Press

• Demands for answers after drivers trapped for three hours in Southampton gridlock SERIOUS questions were today being asked of Southampton's transport chiefs after parts of the city came to a standstill - again.
• MP criticises bus companyAN MP has launched a stinging attack on a bus company which runs services in Hartlepool – saying it “disregards” the needs of disabled people in the town.
• Costa Concordia: Wreck of stricken cruise ship could be coming to TeessideAble UK confirm it is in a tender process regarding potential recycling of ship at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool on the River Tees
• HMS Illustrious home coming: The crews stories.OUR reporters caught up with a number of Lusty’s crew on her arrival in Portsmouth.
• 850 tickets issued to Gosport and Lee-on-the-Solent motorists in a yearHUNDREDS of parking tickets were handed out by a traffic warden in her first year back on patrol.
• Petition calls for scrapping of controversial road scheme A PETITION calling for a controversial traffic scheme in West Bay to be scrapped has gone before councillors.
• Lorry licence error blamed on Northampton Borough CouncilAn error which led to Northampton Borough Council illegally operating seven lorries on the town’s roads was the authority’s fault, a Government department has said.

Other News Sources

• Record year for Transport Exchange GroupSignificant growth within the road haulage and logistics sector has helped to achieve a record year for Transport Exchange Group, the leading operator of the UK’s largest independent freight exchanges. The company’s exchanges handled more than 462,000 transactions during 2013, representing a 20 per cent overall annual increase, with particular growth coming from a rise in the number of road transport operators, freight forwarders and owner operators using its Haulage Exchange solution. With the road haulage and logistics sector facing increased challenges and price pressures such as empty runn...