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Sunday, 12 July 2015

BBC News

• New rail station study launchedA study to consider opening a new railway station in Ceredigion is being funded by the Welsh government.
• Boy dies after climbing on trainA 15-year-old boy who climbed onto a freight train dies after touching overhead power cables, police say.

The Guardian

• Boy, 15, dies after hitting power cables while on top of freight trainTeenager pronounced dead at scene near Wakefield, while another boy, 16, and a woman, 18, are in hospital with non-life-threatening injuriesA 15-year-old boy has died after coming into contact with overhead power cables on a railway line after climbing on to a freight train, British Transport police (BTP) have said.The teenager was pronounced dead at sidings in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, in West Yorkshire. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Scientists hit out at SCIENTISTS have blasted attempts by a Scottish Government quango to create zero emissions ferry powered by hydrogen as a

The Independent

• Privatisation row as the Government tries to fix debt-ridden Network Rail Embattled directors of Network Rail risk a showdown with Government by attempting to part-privatise the state-backed operator of Britain's rail infrastructure.

The Scotsman

• Highlands set to lose modern trains to BordersRAIL passengers in the north of Scotland can expect to travel in “inferior, outdated” carriages once the new Border railway opens, it has been claimed.

The Telegraph

• British drivers face higher petrol prices after Brussels renews push for eco-friendly fuelMinisters prepare battle with European Commission over insistence oil companies replace regular petrol with cleaner but less efficient hybrid
• Pay increases for rail bosses despite delaysMore than 50 executives at Network Rail earn more than the Prime Minister in face of upgrade failings

Times Online

• Queen in line for jet noise millionsTHE Queen could qualify for “millions” of pounds of compensation to noiseproof Windsor Castle if a third runway at Heathrow goes ahead. The monarch — who spends most weekends at Windsor — could be the single biggest beneficiary of a £700m compensation scheme aimed at mitigating the effects of noise from a third runway, with extra money provided by the government.
• 4 out of 10 cyclists break red lightsTHREE weeks before the introduction of fixed-charge penalties for cyclists, a Sunday Times survey has found that almost four out of ten in Dublin are routinely breaking red lights.
• Network Rail shunted towards full break-upThe break-up of Network Rail moved a step closer yesterday when ministers set out radical plans to overhaul the state-funded company.

Daily Express

• EU land British taxpayers with £57m bill to DOUBLE size of Calais port amid migrant crisisBRITISH taxpayers will have to cough up for a €700 MILLION expansion of the increasingly overwhelmed port of Calais, it can be revealed.

Daily Record

• AA blasts 'crazy and inexplicable' bus lane fines in Glasgow as it's revealed 10,000 tickets are handed out every monthTHE motoring organisation hit out at the scale of the fines as it was revealed one camera in the city racked up more fines in six months than every camera combined in Edinburgh managed in a year.

London Evening Standard

• Bus ploughs into suburban front garden after crash in Beckenham A person has been arrested after a collision between a car and a bus which ended up in the front garden of a south London home.

Yorkshire Post

• Cooper attacks Government on Yorkshire rail recordYVETTE Cooper will call on the Government to honour its pledge to scrap outdated diesel trains on Yorkshire’s rail network after plans to electrify key routes were shelved.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Stena Line agrees deal for new berth at Rotterdam’s EuropoortFerry operator Stena Line and the Port of Rotterdam have agreed a collaboration to build a second berth at Stena’s Europoort terminal, as part of a 27million euro (£19.3m) investment.

West Sussex Gazette

• County council to choose which new railway station to backWest Sussex County Council is set to choose which new railway station between Horsham and Crawley to back.

Other Regional Press

• Confused by m-way hog ruleNEWS that a Wigan man had become the first driver in the UK to be prosecuted for hogging the middle lane of a motorway has caused confusion among motorists.