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Monday, 10 March 2014

BBC News

• Gatwick promises £1,000 second runway compensationThousands of households affected by noise from a possible second runway at Gatwick would be given £1,000 a year in compensation if it is built, the airport's boss has said.
• Bristol-to-Taunton railway line to re-openThe flood-hit railway line between Taunton and Bristol Temple Meads is due to re-open on Monday morning.
• Apology issued over noisy Wolvercote railway worksAn apology has been issued after railway works as noisy as a petrol lawn mower gave residents sleepless nights.
• Back on schedule: Europe's InterRail timetable is re-bornIt helped shape the lives and travels of countless intrepid young voyagers. Breakfast in Belgium, maybe lunch in Luxembourg, and supper in St Moritz.
• Closing a Wiltshire bridge could cost thousands claim businessesBusiness owners claim they could lose thousands of pounds in passing trade, when a major trunk road in Wiltshire closes for five months.

Financial Times

• Boeing reports wing cracks on DreamlinerWing-maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries notified Boeing in February of the problem after the Japanese company altered its manufacturing process
• Malaysia says no clues on missing aircraftInitial sightings by Vietnamese authorities of what was believed to be wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared at the weekend have turned out to be false

The Guardian

• Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search resumes - liveMalaysia Airlines flight may have turned around, as search continues for missing planePaul Farrell

Mail Online

• Did Missing Malaysia flight DISINTEGRATE at 35,000 feet? Search team find what they believe is part of plane door and tail as Interpol probes if four people boarded using stolen passportsInvestigators are narrowing the focus of their inquiries on the possibility Malaysia Airlines flight MH307 disintegrated mid-flight. The theory came as a Vietnamese search team found floating debris, which they believe is part of a door and an airplane’s tail in the first major breakthrough in the hunt for the missing craft.

The Mirror

• Missing Malaysia Airlines flight: Hijacking CANNOT be ruled out as cause of plane's disappearanceMalaysia's civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman admitted the whereabouts of the lost aircraft remains

This is Money

• Should I pay fine for lost train ticket despite showing receipt?Danny Frondigoun managed to lose his ticket between passing the barrier and boarding the train. An East Coast inspector then fined him despite Danny having the receipt.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph commented 'Negligent' Derby school transport boss has licence suspendedA DERBY school transport operator is to have his licence suspended for a week after basic failures were found in his vehicle operation.Rehmat Khan, who runs RK Travel, with bases in Reginald Street and Carlton Road, was told his failings would prevent him from operating two vehicles for seven days starting at 11.59pm tomorrow.The decision was made by Simon Evans, deputy traffic commissioner for the North West of England, following a hearing on February 6.At the hearing, officers from the...

London Evening Standard

• Malaysian investigators probing four who boarded missing Boeing 777 planeMalaysia intelligence agencies are investigating how up to four passengers with suspect identities were able to board the missing Boeing 777 jet.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester closes in on China flights as Airport City roadshow is announcedManchester could realise its ambition of having direct flights to China within months after airport bosses said they were in ‘advanced discussions’ with Far East airlines

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Grieving Northumberland mum slams rail firm over crossing apologyGrieving mother Michelle Walton has spoken out after Network Rail apologised to families over level crossing deaths

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post commented Notts County Council asked to agree expansion of tram works...BOSSES at County Hall are due to discuss whether to expand a financial assistance package for firms affected by tram works tomorrow. Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry has written to the county council asking for them to widen eligibility to the package, which allows businesses to claim back a proportion of the profits they have lost from the disruption caused by tram work. Currently only those businesses in Chilwell Road, Beeston, and High Road, Chilwell, who have suffered lost profits because of road...

Wales Online

• Falling passenger numbers at Newport's 'space-age' train station - despite £22m Welsh Government investmentRail users claim changes have led to problems for passengers changing trains

Yorkshire Post

• War chest to beat the country’s pothole backlogCouncils are to get an additional £140m to fix roads damaged by England’s record wettest winter but there are concerns over how much of the funding will be made available for urgent repairs in the North.

Western Daily Press

• Electric trains from London to Bristol to be running on Great Western line by 2018 High speed electric train services from London to Bristol should be running by 2018.

Other Regional Press

• My 'driverless' fearPlenty was spent on it in the 1970s. Why do we need new trains which have to be custom built? They could have refurbished the running gear while still keeping the present coaches.
• Meeting set to discuss future of rail servicesA RAIL summit organised to ’reverse the decline’ in local train services will be attended by the Secretary of State for Transport. Patrick McLoughlin will be at the meeting, which takes place in Hastings on March 31 at Sussex Coast College and has been organised by local MP Amber Rudd.

Other News Sources

• Leeds bid for specialised HS2 engineering collegeCouncil leaders want to bring a new college to Leeds that will train the next generation of engineers for the construction of HS2.
• Cornwall no-change parking meters make £300,000 a yearCornwall Council is making more than £300,000 a year simply because its parking machines do not give change.