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Monday, 16 June 2014

BBC News

• Guernsey Airport terminal 'may take 20 years to pay-off'It could take up to 20 years for users of Guernsey Airport to pay back the cost of the terminal building, its director has said.
• Bikers and private hire cabs to use Cardiff bus lanesPrivate hire taxis and motorbikes will be allowed to use bus lanes in Cardiff city centre in a bid to ease traffic.
• Going underground in London's 'smart' tunnelsCrossrail - a new rail network buried under London's streets - is the largest infrastructure project in Europe and when completed it is expected to carry around 200 million passengers a year.
• VIDEO: Exploring London's 'smart' tunnelsGoing underground to make subterranean London “smart”

Financial Times

• Tesla move sparks car tech talksNissan, BMW and Tesla keen to discuss standardising global vehicle-charging standards in further sector attempt to promote low-emission autos

The Guardian

• Obama intervenes in Philadelphia rail strike to prevent major disruptionSepta and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen must comply with board's review for resolving disputes

The Telegraph

• Canadian owners of Channel Tunnel eye HS2Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Borealis Infrastructure have told the Treasury of their desire to add the new high-speed network to their portfolios

Mail Online

• Malaysia Airlines to pay families of missing MH370 passengers £30,000 each and final compensation once the 'issue of tragedy' is over The final amount of compensation will only be paid to the families of those on board the flight which went missing while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March when a cause of the crash is found, it has been reported.

The Mirror

• MH370 plane was not crashed in suicide bid says pilot's brother-in-law Asuad Khan hits out at conspiracy theories that state Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah purposely crashed the mysterious Boeing 777

Birmingham Post

• Jaguar Land Rover's trio of honours in Tow Car AwardsLand Rover's Discovery remains the pre-eminent car in its class and becomes the most successful car in the history of the awards with its seventh class win in eight years

Metro

• Watch the world’s fastest cleaners tidy an entire train in just seven minutesHow long does it take to clean an entire train? One super quick cleaning team have got it down to seven minutes.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Three lane plan for A1 in Newcastle comes with 50mph limitPlans to narrow roads on A1 from the River Tyne up to North Brunton are under discussion at Newcastle City Council

Northern Echo

• Yorkshire beauty spots go on display at Heathrow YORKSHIRE'S scenic sights are being highlighted at Britain's biggest airport ahead of the Tour de France.

Sheffield Star

• Doncaster among four shortlisted for rail college planDoncaster has made it onto the shortlist for housing a new national railway college.

Sheffield Telegraph

• Sheffield speed limit plan shelvedPlans to increase speeds on a section of one of Sheffield’s busiest roads have been shelved – as it would save just seconds.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• CityCross urban cycle event takes over cobbled Leeds streetsAn urban cycling challenge has seen cyclists tackle manmade obstacles and cobbled streets in Leeds’s first ever CityCross.

Bucks Free Press

• Chiltern Railways cancels services to London Marylebone following fire CHILTERN Railways will not run services into London Marylebone station following a cable fire.

Carlisle News & Star

• Steam train sparks Workington blaze Firefighters in Workington were called out after a steam train sparked a blaze in grass opposite the railway line.

Other Regional Press

• Traffic lights to stay red for longerWIGAN’S traffic lights could soon be stuck on red for longer to give its ageing population more time to cross the road.

Construction Enquirer

• Tube boss blasts main contracting modelLondon Underground’s infrastructure boss has dismissed the current supply chain model for contracting as “unsustainable” as tube leaders cut out main contractors to work directly with specialists.

Other News Sources

• MPs HS2 petitions committee will not meet outside LondonThe Committee of MPs who will hear the petitions of people wanting changes to the HS2 Hybrid Bill has announced their timetable for hearings.