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Monday, 18 August 2014

BBC News

• Safety radio zone plan for airportHawarden airport in Flintshire is looking at proposals to introduce a compulsory radio communication zone for all types of aircraft in its airspace in a bid to improve safety.
• Hay bus service saved by local groupA bus service between Hay and Hereford is to be keep running on Sundays and bank holidays after the current provider pulled out.
• Saving Ferguson yard 'a priority'The Scottish finance secretary says he has not given up hope of the last commercial shipyard on the River Clyde being saved.

Financial Times

• Concern over state rail operator proposalIndustry warns Labour plan will deter train companies from bidding for franchises and says government would be both referee and bidder
• Call for new body to drive big projectsManufacturers have called for the creation of an independent authority to address Britain’s “most pressing” infrastructure challenges
• Monarch cuts 1,000 jobs in low-cost focusReview aims to attract new investors as charter flights are dropped in favour of short-haul scheduled flying and fleet shrinks from 42 to 30 aircraft

The Guardian

• Urban sprawl and lack of public provision leads to ’transport poverty’Relying on cars in outer urban and regional areas means lower income groups spend more than they can afford on transport

The Herald

• Business car users likely to go fasterCOMPANY car drivers are far more likely to exceed the 70mph motorway speed limit than private motorists, according to an RAC survey.

The Scotsman

• Scottish motorists enjoy cheapest car insuranceScotland is the cheapest country in the UK for car insurance with almost half of the most affordable areas north of the Border, a study has revealed.

The Telegraph

• Commuters facing £5000 bill to get to workInflation figures due this week could push the cost of rail fares to ’unsustainable’ levels and force thousands of commuters across a wide stretch of the Home Counties to find £5,000 a year for a season ticket for the first time

Mail Online

• Keep on truckin':Computerised lorry convoys which are controlled by just one driver are set to be tested on British roads next year.
• Fury as train passengers face a 5.6% rise in fares in 2015: Campaigners attack system used to increase ticket prices  Campaigners say rail fares are rising four times faster than wages as a 'flex' rule allows some to be raised much higher than the average of RPI plus one per cent.

The Mirror

• Watch as drivers go the WRONG WAY on motorway to escape crash tailbacksThe Highways Agency has blasted the dangerous actions of motorists who drove the wrong way up a slip road

Manchester Evening News

• Chaos on M67 as drivers go the WRONG WAY to escape crash tailbacksThe Highways Agency has blasted the dangerous actions of motorists who drove the wrong way up a slip road
• Driver blasts 'silly' motorway sign telling them to beware the next '16,500 yards'The sign on the M61 tells motorists there is no hard shoulder for exactly 16,500 yards - not 9.3miles

Sheffield Star

• Bus firm to the rescue after Sheffield Scout hut burgledA generous donation from a South Yorkshire bus company has put smiles on the faces of a local Scout group after their Sheffield base was burgled.

Wales Online

• Why fast new electric trains between South Wales and London could drive up your ticket pricesNew trains for Paddington line expected to cost more than twice as much to lease as their counterparts on the main line from London Euston
• Why you can expect to pay twice as much for your car insurance if you live in Cardiff than LlandudnoAA index reveals the most expensive - and cheapest - locations in Wales to insure your car

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds river taxi service becomes permanentA free water taxi scheme that could eventually see commuters in Leeds catching the boat to work has been made permanent.

Yorkshire Post

• Inflation figures give hint on rail fare risesRail commuters will get an indication this week of just how much their annual season tickets will rise in January 2015, with some fares possibly going up by as much as 5.6 per cent.

Other Regional Press

• New trains for electrified route could push up fares, says expertFARES for passengers using the South Wales mainline rail services could rise sharply when new electric trains are introduced, some experts have said.

Other News Sources

• RMT uncovers government ’plan’ to axe some Northern rail servicesTransport union RMT has announced that they have uncovered a Government leaflet, that the core of their plan for rail services in the North involves service cuts, increased fares, the closure of ticket offices and the axing of staff.
• Sign petition to keep Cleethorpes to Manchester rail link before fight is taken to Westminster NORTH East Lincolnshire's case for keeping a direct express train line between Cleethorpes and Manchester Airport is being taken to Westminster in September.