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Sunday, 26 January 2014

BBC News

• Urgent repairs close Thames bridgeHammersmith Bridge will be closed over four weekends while urgent repair work is carried out.
• Train delays as tree falls on linesRail passengers between London and Norwich face delays of more than an hour after storms bring a tree down on to power lines.

The Scotsman

• MSP hits out over Edinburgh Airport claimsTRANSPORT secretary Keith Brown has accused the UK government of “talking down” Edinburgh Airport after an ­official document claimed that its ability to put on additional flights was “limited”.
• £1.2bn bill for damage to cars caused by potholesTHE bill for damage to cars caused by potholes has jumped by 16 per cent to £1.2 billion in the past 12 months, a report has shown.

The Telegraph

• Nigel Farage: 'Skint' Britain cannot afford HS2Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, says the country is

Daily Express

• Gangs target roads to damage cars in pothole conCRIME gangs are exploiting the country’s pothole crisis by making bogus injury claims.

Mail Online

• Scandal of our scrapyard Navy: We sold Ark Royal to the Turkish for scrap... now we have to buy back bits of her to repair UK's last carrierToday The Mail on Sunday can reveal how, in a frantic effort to refit HMS Illustrious after a fire, MoD officials salvaged parts from her sister ship HMS Ark Royal (pictured) – the aircraft carrier sold two years ago.

The Mirror

• England's first motorway pub put to test on drink drive measures as our man downs four pints unchallenged Motorway pub promised to crack down on drink drivers but Mirror man supped four pints before heading to carpark and no staff challenged him - see shocking video

Birmingham Mail

• 'I almost died trying to fix my car' Man crushed when jack holding up vehicle gave way searches for heroine who helped save his life

Birmingham Post

• HS2 will spread UK wealth throughout the regions, says Sir David Project chairman says: “HS2 will transform not just Birmingham but how cities in the north talk to each other.”

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Llangefni roadworks are just creating 'a road to nowhere' Opinion divided on the works which are designed to ease congestion and help boost the town's economy

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published 'HS2 via Derby would be more expensive, not less'OH dear, Oh dear. I think Councillor Paul Bayliss –

London Evening Standard

• Trio in lucky escape from car crashAn elderly man and his two grandsons had a lucky escape after a "freak car accident" in which their vehicle left the road, cleared a six foot wall, clipped the side of a house and landed on top of a parked car.

This Is Local London Network

• MP pushes Southern rail on train problems Angry commuters will be pleased to hear a politician is pushing for action on unreliable trains.

Wales Online

• Teenage car thief arrested after 40-mile chase through two Welsh countiesA police helicopter was called as police tracked the car thief from Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire to Carmarthenshire
• Motorcyclist dies following collision in PembrokeshirePolice are appealing for witnesses to the fatal incident which happened this morning on the A40 Whitland bypass and involved a Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle/moped

Blackpool Gazette

• Yacht a lot of fun for daredevil AmySailing on clear blue seas in the height of a baking summer is most people’s idea of paradise.

Carlisle News & Star

• Teen mountain biker airlifted after crashing into tree A youth who crashed into a tree while mountain biking was flown to hospital by air ambulance.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Essex: Under a third of local road schemes agreed during the last financial year have been completed with only three months of this financial year left to go.Less than a third of the local road improvement and safety schemes agreed for Essex during the last financial year have been completed with only three months of this financial year left to go.

Sunderland Echo

• Car dealership creates 45 new jobs at £5.8million Sunderland showroomA CAR dealer has driven £5.8million into its new showroom, creating 45 new jobs.

Other Regional Press

• Fallen tree causing rail disruption A FALLEN tree is causing disruption for rail passengers in Hampshire this evening.
• Angry motorists confront car dealer A CAR trader that closed down suddenly leaving angry customers demanding refunds has been tracked down to another site having opened under a new name.
• Southfield Road to remain partially closed for up to another 10 monthsExperimental closure forms part of ongoing plans by Teesside University to create a pedestrianised area at the heart of its campus
• Decision to reopen Abington Street to traffic ‘called in’The decision to rubberstamp a £3 million scheme to reopen the top of Abington Street to cars is set to be scrutinised, after further concerns were raised about its merits.
• Residents claim Northampton will be ‘overwhelmed’ with traffic when homes are builtOne of the main roads into Northampton will be overwhelmed with traffic when new houses are built by the side of it, residents have claimed.

Aviation Industry

• A350 flying into SingaporeAirbus Group will showcase its A350 aircraft in Singapore next month, the first full display of the wide-body airliner at an international air show, as the European planemaker seeks to build on Asian orders.

Other News Sources

• Sudden storm topples trees onto cars and railway linesAn
• Plan to change Blackburn road name a step closer THE man behind a campaign to give a street its historic name back has welcomed councillors starting the consultation needed for the change.