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Sunday, 09 March 2014

BBC News

• Extra £140m to repair damaged roadsAn extra £140m will be made available to councils to repair roads damaged by the severe weather, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin says.

Financial Times

• Malaysia Airlines: battling against low-cost carriersMalaysia under more pressure than most in the region since Southeast Asia’s largest low-cost airline, Air Asia, is listed on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange
• Search for missing plane broadensAn increasingly urgent search involving the navies of four Southeast Asian countries was continuing on Sunday for a Malaysia Airlines aircraft
• Crash unprecedented in 777s history1,178 of the Boeing aircraft have flown 5m flights without suffering a catastrophic loss, making it one of the most successful of all time
• Stolen passports add to lost 777 mysteryTerrorism not ruled out as countries search for clues to the disappearance of a Boeing carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

The Herald

• UK will be told to remove all submarines from an independent ScotlandThe UK's entire nuclear-powered submarine fleet will be told to leave the Clyde and go back to England if Scotland votes for independence in September, the Scottish Government has said.

The Observer

• Bring forward high-speed rail link or face spiralling costs, warns HS2 bossConstruction of the HS2 high-speed rail line should be speeded up in order to bring benefits sooner to the north of England, the new chairman of the project will say next week. Sir David Higgins, the Australian infrastructure expert who delivered the London 2012 Olympics on time and budget, will issue a report making clear that one way to control costs and lock in cross-party backing is to press ahead more quickly with the entire project.
• Malaysia Airlines: four passengers' identities under investigationThe identities of four passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight are under investigation, the country’s transport minister said on Sunday, as the company confirmed that it was “fearing the worst”.

The Scotsman

• Call to rebuild Forth Road Bridge for more trafficAmbitious plans to secure the long-term future of the Forth Road Bridge by replacing its entire 1.5-mile-long deck have been revealed by the man who runs it.

The Telegraph

• 'Profiteering car insurers must cut premiums', says regulatorAnti-competitive practices are pushing up motor insurance prices, the regulator has decided. We explain all the issues    
• Malaysia Airlines crash: the victims and the tears of their familiesDistress at Beijing airport as 239 passengers and crew are feared dead after Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared mid-flight    
• Potholes: huge rise in damage claims but council pay-outs fall amid repair 'backlog'Telegraph analysis reveals rising number of compensation claims for pothole damage, as David Cameron announces new funding to repair damaged roads    

This is Money

• McLaren to bring pit-stop technology to Heathrow runwaysComputer modelling will be used to simulate traffic at the airport, allowing air traffic controllers to make quick decisions based on a range of different scenarios.

Birmingham Post

• Superfast Range Rover Evoque unveiled at Geneva Motor ShowA new superfast Range Rover Evoque has been unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Parking problems resolved at planned new £15 million academy A row between two Bradford Council departments which had threatened to scupper plans for a £15 million academy has been settled.
• Man dies after car hits lamp-post on M62 slip-road A man has died after his car hit a lamp-post on an M62 slip-road near Brighouse today.

Bristol Live

• International Women's Day: Pacific rower from Bristol will...In terms of inspirational women, Elsa Hammond could be very high on the list if she completes her gruelling and ambitious challenge later this year. From June the PhD student will row 2,400 miles, solo, across the world's largest ocean, The Pacific. And as her training and fundraising continues, the 28-year-old has launched a campaign to celebrate inspirational women. Traversing International Women's Day,
• New high-speed trains to Bristol on track for 2018NEW high-speed electric trains should be running between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads within five years, councillors were told.The electrification of the main line should reach Bristol Parkway by 2016 and Bristol the following year.The fleet of Hitachi-built electric express trains have been ordered and will be built in Britain. They should be up and running on a full timetable by December 2018.The aim is to run a half-hourly service from Bristol Temple Meads, with some trains only...

Sheffield Telegraph

• Bid to halt traffic jams at station rolls aheadA revamp at the front of Sheffield railway station is being rolled out - to make it more attractive to cyclists and to tackle long-running problems of traffic congestion on the forecourt.

The York Press

• Calls to bring HS2 college to York A NEW national railway college creating 2,000 apprenticeships is to be built – and should be in York, local politicians and business leaders have said.

Wales Online

• Pedestrian killed in early-morning collision with bus The accident happened at this morning in Bodelwyddan. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene

East Anglian Daily Times

• Lakenheath: Man rescued from van which crashed into ditchFire crews have saved a man stuck in a van which came off the road and into a tree.
• Stowmarket: Fire within platform complex of Stowmarket railway station.Two fire crews had to deal with a small fire that broke out in the platform complex of Stowmarket railway station.

Other Regional Press

• The man who has built his own port - in his bedroom! NOT many people can say they own their own port – despite never having stepped on board a ship.
• Olympian Dani inspires women to cycle AN OLYMPIC gold medallist has inspired the women of Hampshire to get out on their bikes.
• Motorcyclist hurt in collision in HartlepoolA MAN was taken to hospital with a broken leg after coming off his scooter during a collision with two cars.
• Government invites interest in future of the city's shipyardThe Ministry of Defence has published a prospectus calling on businesses to put forward proposals for how Portsmouth’s shipbuilding facilities could be used.
• Dual carriageway theory in student’s Abergavenny road death A STUDENT who died when his car collided with two lorries on a Gwent road may have thought he was on a dual carriageway, a coroner said yesterday.
• Workshop breaking the cycle of despair A BIKE maintenance workshop for vulnerable adults has been praised by Oxford East MP Andrew Smith as it enters its second year.

Other News Sources

• Procession of motorbikes and fire engines for funeral of firefighterA procession of bikers, fire engines and mourners wound their way through Guildford on Saturday to pay their final respects to firefighter Clifford Cox