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Sunday, 30 November 2014

BBC News

• Mobility scooter crash man diesA 72-year-old man dies a week after his mobility scooter collides with a car in Greater Manchester.
• Protest over safety on A470 roadProtesters gather to demand a rethink of layout changes at a busy road junction in Gwynedd following fatal crashes and a number of near misses.
• A1 road reopens after 'explosion'The A1 reopens after a day of police searches following reports of an explosion near Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire.
• Motorcycle could break price recordA motorbike like those ridden by Lawrence of Arabia is expected to set a world record when it is auctioned at Bonham's in London later.

The Herald

• Pressure piles on Government to meet climate change targetsScottish ministers are coming under pressure from an SNP-led committee of MSPs to end their repeated failure to meet climate targets by making major cuts in pollution from farming, housing and transport.

The Observer

• Just the ticket: the joys of England's railway stationsWhen William Tress, architect to the South Eastern Railway, designed a station for Battle in Sussex, he decided to do it in gothic. He gave it pointed gables, the odd buttress, rough coursed stone walls and large windows with churchy tracery, all out of respect to the nearby Battle Abbey and field of the Battle of Hastings. You can’t see the station and the abbey in the same view, but Tress still felt the need to travel back centuries for his style. This was in 1852, the year after the Crystal Palace had shown the world the possibilities of building in glass and steel.

The Scotsman

• East Coast pairing is dream ticketAnalysts say Virgin and Stagecoach can go far with rail franchise, writes Martin Flanagan. Fresh from winning last week’s East Coast Mainline bidding war, Perth-based Stagecoach and Virgin Group will hope the track runs more smoothly for the franchise in future than during a troubled history since the rail sector was privatised in the mid-1990s.
• Motorists convicted as bike-cam accepted in courtBIKE-CAMS are providing cyclists with video evidence that can be passed to police and prosecutors to help convict motorists of driving offences.

The Telegraph

• Woman hit by police car in critical conditionA woman has suffered "possible life threatening head injuries" after she was hit by a police car which was responding to reports of a man with a knife making threats
• Mother of German MH17 victim takes Ukraine to human rights courtThe mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country's airspace.
• One year to save the planet from climate change disaster, Ed Davey warnsAgreeing global deal to cut carbon emissions next year is only way to protect

Times Online

• Scare tactics land Heathrow in troubleHeathrow came under fire from senior politicians and environmentalists this weekend after bankrolling a community campaign group that claims to represent the “silent majority” who want a third runway at the airport.

Daily Record

• Edinburgh Airport reopens after security alert leads to evacuation of hundreds of travellers THERE was chaos at Edinburgh Airport after a suspicious package was reportedly discovered.

This is Money

• How Crossrail is boosting house prices along the route four years before launch The Property Impact report predicts house prices in areas that have access to Crossrail will rise by 20 per cent in suburban locations and by 25 per cent in central London.
• Give 50% bounty on top of maket value for properties to speed up HS2, Chancellor is told The Chancellor should help to speed up major job creating projects such as the HS2 rail line and fracking by offering homeowners far higher compensation payments.
• East Midlands Trains sees profits gather steam thanks to bigger subsidy  East Midlands Trains, which runs the London-to-Sheffield intercity rail service, has seen annual pre-tax profits jump by 46 per cent due to falling costs and an increase in its Government subsidy.

Manchester Evening News

• Concorde at Manchester Airport: November 29 a key date in the history of supersonic jet travel On this date back in 1952, a treaty was agreed between Britain and France to build the aircraft

Nottingham Evening Post

• M1 overturned car update: Three lanes have re-opened between...THREE lanes of the M1 southbound have now been re-opened after an overturned car and trailer blocked the road. The incident happened near Trowell Services - between junctions 25 and 26 - on Saturday evening at around 6.50pm. It caused delays of around 15 minutes due to congestion until the scene was cleared by police at 12.20am. A fire engine from Stockhill station was also in attendance after receiving a call from a member of the public.A person had made their way out of the...

North Wales Live

• Talks on JLR pay dispute to resume next week Around 96% of trade union Unite’s 13,000 members at the car firm’s UK factories voted to reject a 14% pay increase over three years

Peterborough Telegraph

• Car mechanic revs up to show he's UK's bestA young car mechanic from the Peterborough area has been heralded as the best in the country.

Sunderland Echo

• WATCH: Sunderland’s car rally picks up speedAND they’re off! Dads and lads turned out in force this morning to watch rally cars race out of a Sunderland park.

Other Regional Press

• Climb on board the Santa Express with West Somerset Railway ALL aboard the Santa Express this December!
• 40,000 trains cancelled in last two yearsNearly 40,000 journeys on the Abellio Greater Anglia network have been cancelled since 2012. The figures for the trains, which serve much of Essex including Brentwood and Shenfield, have come since Abellio took over the franchise in February 2012.
• Manea residents call for better bus servicesCalls have been made by Manea residents for a bus service which links in with the village railway station. Regular rail user Sally Hookway believes an integrated service would create an easy way for villagers to get to the station along with boosting passenger numbers.
• Plan to buy railway land WINCHESTER civic chiefs are working on a deal to buy land as part of the Station Approach scheme.
• Port's £40m dredging scheme completedA £40M dredging project to make the port of Southampton capable of handling the world's biggest ships has been completed.
• Experts say new Dunstable road links will cut travel timesMajor road schemes like those under way in and around Dunstable will boost industry and reduce travel times across many parts of the UK.
• Russians on the horizon at HMS Tyne keeps watchBarely visible on the horizon, these are the Russian ships that were shadowed through the English Channel by a Portsmouth-based offshore patrol vessel.
• Drivers urged to take greater care near Portsmouth schoolsDRIVERS need to be more vigilant around schools.
• Ombudsman will investigate Canterbury City Council over handling of Stagecoach buses going through Westgate Towers in CanterburyCanterbury City Council will be formally investigated by an ombudsman over its handling of buses going through the Westgate Towers.

Green Miscellany

• Sound Racer: Turn your car into a Lamborghini, or string quartetThe Sound Racer plugs into your car’s stereo to make it sound like a powerful sports car. However, unlike the snarling of an Italian sport car, the sound remains inside the cabin. As cars get quieter, so does life for motorists and pedestrians alike, but the accessory promises to shatter the tranquility of your next journey by allowing even the smallest…

Other News Sources

• ICS tells EU to delay ship CO2 checksThe International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has urged the EU to postpone a monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) initiative for ships’ carbon dioxide emissions to give the IMO time to launch a global scheme.