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Sunday, 22 June 2014

BBC News

• Guernsey Airport aims to cut aircraft noisePilots of light aircraft will be encouraged to vary their flight paths from Guernsey Airport in a bid to cut noise complaints.
• Trains between Blackburn and Manchester set to doublePlans to double the number of off-peak trains between Blackburn and Manchester with a new £13.4m two-mile stretch of track have been agreed.
• Tracking Scottish referendum opinion on the Glasgow-London trainAs the West Coast Main Line train contract is extended, the track that can be seen as the backbone of Great Britain is a permanent physical manifestation of the link between Scotland and England. But what do passengers think of the independence referendum?
• Alstom board votes to accepts GE bidThe board of French rail and energy group Alstom votes to accept a $17bn offer from General Electric, in what could be GE's biggest ever acquisition.

The Observer

• The readers' editor on… Britain's rail companiesWe British are curiously emotional about our railways; many of us are fondly nostalgic for a misremembered age of locomotives, luggage vans, restaurant cars and peak-capped porters

Daily Express

• Virgin Trains to ditch First Class seats to ease standard over-crowdingNOTHING gets rail passengers more steamed up than being stuck in an overcrowded cattle-class carriage while there are empty seats in first class.
• 17 million Brits to get airline refunds for delays and cancellations over last SIX yearsAIRLINES face a £6.3billion bill to compensate more than 17 million passengers after years of delays or cancellations.

The Mirror

• Flight MH370: Official police investigation 'identifies captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah as prime suspect over plane's disappearance' Malaysian cops reportedly found the 53-year-old dad of three had made no social or work commitments for the future, unlike the rest of his crew

Daily Post (North Wales)

• LOOK: Planes, trains and...bicycles? North Wales transport through the 1900s See how modes of transport have changed for North Wales residents as technology has developed

Edinburgh Evening News

• Complaints over Edinburgh’s sweltering tramsSWELTERING temperatures have forced tram drivers to open carriage doors at each stop to cool passengers because the £2 million vehicles do not provide air conditioning.

London Evening Standard

• CCTV 'spy' cars to be banned after London councils rake in £285million from parking and traffic penalties in five years The use of CCTV "spy cars" to catch people who park illegally is to be banned, the Government has announced.

Manchester Evening News

• Work starts on Wythenshawe's new transport gatewayNew bus and tram interchange will transform travel for thousands of residents
• Bike-tastic month as Greater Manchester Saddles up to celebrate cycling The Bike-tastic month of cycling events got off to a rolling start with the Bolton Sky Ride and comes to a halt with the Pothole Party on Monday 30th June

Yorkshire Post

• Multi-million drive launched to fill in potholes across YorkshireMORE than £75m will be spent on repairing potholes on roads across Yorkshire by March next year.

Other Regional Press

• Minister warns councils their bus takeover plan is a 'race to the bottom'Wearside MP Bridget Phillipson makes the case for a council take over despite Stephen Hammond's opposition
• Bus users called to help preserve rural servicesCounty Hall is asking people what they think about a new way to put a value on local bus services when deciding which to prioritise for support.
• Take the bus, walk or cycle to win £250 bike, urge Hampshire County CouncilDITCH the car and take public transport, walk or cycle instead – that’s the message from Hampshire County Council.
• Have your say on £30m of transport ideas across the Portsmouth areaMILLIONS of pounds could be spent across four projects that would unlock thousands of jobs, homes and employment spaces.

Other News Sources

• Plans for second tram line in Croydon town centre A SECOND tram line could be created in the town centre as part of authorities’ efforts to boost public transport capacity ahead before major town centre redevelopment.
• 'Cash cow' spy cars to be bannedThe
• SACO posts ‘record’ financial resultsServiced Apartment provider sees 8% rise in occupancy levels