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Sunday, 13 September 2015

BBC News

• Air, land and lake rescue for bikersA party of off-road motorcyclists are finally led to safety after an operation involving mountain rescue teams, a rescue helicopter, and finally a boat.
• Britons killed as India train derailsTwo British tourists were killed and a number of others are injured after a train carrying 37 British tourists derails in northern India.
• Bus crash driver 'relieved of duties'The bus driver who was involved in a crash that resulted in 17 people being injured has been

The Guardian

• Triumph revival fuelled by continuing nostalgia for 1960s retro chicGrowth of classic bike market sees models used in TV shows and even forging new affinity with fashion worldA quarter of a century ago, it was given up for dead.Triumph, a much-loved British manufacturing brand that began life in the 19th century, seemed to be heading for the scrapheap, another motorbike maker destined to go the way of so many motorcycle marques. Continue reading...
• Triumph motorcycles at the movies - in picturesDavid Beckham starts his acting career in Belstaff’s short film Outlaws, released on 22 September. His role as a motorcycle stuntman looks set to reinvigorate sales of Triumph bikes. But Triumph has long been the bike of choice for Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt and James Dean on film and television. Here’s a selection Continue reading...
• Battle to save historic rail line that heralded the age of scienceAs a high court hearing looms, a leading historian joins the outcry over a plan to demolish parts of the world’s first intercity railway in ManchesterIt is the crucible of the modern age, the hallowed birthplace of the industrial era in Britain and around the world. Yet the survival of much of a historic railway site, hailed by heritage experts as “the Stonehenge of railway history” – a miraculous survivor from the dawn of steam-driven transport – hangs on the outcome of an extraordinary high court hearing.The increasingly bitter fight over the Ordsall Chord, a curving, 340-metre, £8...
• Google reveals plans to increase production of self-driving carsHead of policy for GoogleX hints it could possibly move towards mass manufacturing of fully autonomous prototypes, ahead of road tests in AustinAs a handful of Google’s self-driving cars venture outside California for the first time, arriving on the streets of Austin, Texas, this week, the company has revealed its plans to build many more fully autonomous prototypes, and possibly move towards mass manufacturing.When Google introduced the low-speed, two-seater electric cars last year, it said it was going to build just 100 vehicles by the end of 2015. But speaking at the California Public Utili...
• Scotland’s new-old Borders Railway is a cause for jubilationThere is a business case for more trains and shipbuilding – but they also answer an emotional longingWhen mothers grow old and widowed and perhaps infirm, their children often take them out for a tour in the car. Twenty years ago I took mine to look at a few of her favourite places in the Scottish borders, and on the way home we somehow, though it was obviously my doing, drove into the site of what had once been a small railway junction called Leadburn. Track and trains had gone long ago; only what you might call the stationary fundamentals remained. Two high banks faced with brick and stone m...

The Herald

• Police to withdraw drowning kits from patrol carsPOLICE Scotland has been accused of “irresponsible” behaviour by backing the withdrawal of water safety equipment designed to save people from drowning.
• Russian cargo planes carrying 'humanitarian aid' arrive in SyriaTwo Russian planes carrying 80 tonnes of 'humanitarian aid' arrived yesterday at an air base in the Syrian city of Latakia, a stronghold of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The Independent

• UK exporting drone components worth hundreds of millions in bid to regain ground in global arms race Britain is exporting drone components worth hundreds of millions pounds to countries that include Saudi Arabia and South Korea, as it tries to regain lost ground in a global arms race to meet burgeoning demand for lethal remote-controlled military aircraft, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.

The Telegraph

• HS2 will cut platforms at Euston by one thirdThe rebuilding of Euston station for HS2 will permanently cut the number of platforms for existing trains by about a third, it can be revealed

Times Online

• Attack of the drones (Subscription)The RAF airstrike that killed two British jihadists in Syria has highlighted the rise of the ’airborne sniper rifle’. But the technology brings new moral and legal responsibilities

The Mirror

• Two British tourists killed and 10 injured as charter train crashes in India The charter train derailed not long into its journey from Kalka to the Himalayan town of Shimla today

Birmingham Mail

• Family-friendly cycling routes to try in BirminghamWe've asked the organisers of BikeFest and Birmingham Greenways Maps for their best Birmingham bike rides for families of all ages

Birmingham Post

• Bike push as Birmingham workers shun cycles Low level of city commuters using bicycles revealed as organisers gear up for festival.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• A55 and coastal railway in Colwyn Bay are a 'killer wave" away from disaster without urgent funding, claims councillor Councillor Cheryl Carlisle accuses politicians of dragging their feet over funding

London Evening Standard

• Four in hospital after double-decker bus and car collide in east LondonFour people were today in hospital after a collision involving a double-decker bus and a car in east London.
• Two British tourists confirmed dead after train derails in IndiaTwo British tourists have died and several people are injured after a train derailed in northern India.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• North councils facing £1.4bn bill to bring region's roads up to scratch MP calls for George Osborne to make vital repairs to the region's roads before investing in Northern Powerhouse

Wales Online

• Four off-road bikers who became lost at midnight in remote Welsh moorland were rescued... BY BOAT A boat from Aberystwyth had to be driven to Powys to rescue the men in an extraordinary rescue that took most of the night
• Crammed into a cargo ship's hold and tortured by people smugglers - the harrowing stories of refugees who've found kindness in Wales A new mum, who fled the turmoil in Syria while pregnant, is among four refugees living in Cardiff who told WalesOnline their stories

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• M6 Toll closed after serious crashA man had to be cut free from a car after a crash on the M6 Toll which had closed the road this evening.

Blackpool Gazette

• Angry rail workers strike over sacking rowOVER 100 angry rail workers have began a 48-hour strike in a bitter battle with their bosses over a sacked worker.
• Boost for BAE as Kuwait orders Typhoon fightersBAE systems has been given a massive boost after Kuwait agrred to buy the 28 Typhoon fighters which the company makes through its membership of the Eurofighter consortium.

Burnley Express

• Pavement cyclists are ‘accident waiting to happen’A resident fears someone will get hurt by cyclists who are riding on the pavements in Duke Bar.

Daventry Express

• Germs on a plane: The dirtiest things when travelling by air revealedThere’s no better way to test your body’s immune system than by subjecting it to air travel according to a new report.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Boat builder unveils new £650,000 cruiserOundle-based boat manufacturer Fairline has unveiled its new £650,000 Targa motor cruiser at the Southampton Boat Show.

Reading Evening Post

• Reading Buses driver ranked one of Britain's best at Bus Driver of the Year competition Ed Love was ranked in the top third at the finals in Blackpool after being judged by a panel of industry experts

West Sussex Gazette

• A27 at Shoreham expected to fully reopen next weekSussex Police has finished its search of the Shoreham Airshow crash site, and the closed section of road is set to open next week.

Western Daily Press

• TristanCork published Distressed horses bring M5 to a standstill in SomersetThe M5 in Somerset has been brought to a complete standstill after a horsebox broke down and the horses inside became distressed.Both carriageways of the motorway between junctions 26 and 27, between Tiverton and Wellington, were closed by worried police and Highways Agency officials as a vet was called for.The horse transporter broke down and went to the hard shoulder, but the horses inside became distressed and were trying to escape as traffic thundered past.Traffic queued for several miles in...

Other Regional Press

• GuyBell published A12 morning commute worsened by back to school trafficCommuters face a longer than usual drive to work with the A12 being hit hard due to school run traffic. The summer holidays have passed and drivers will now be sharing the roads with those making the mad dash to get their children to school before work. But workers in Chelmsford can expect slight delays as volumes of traffic clog up the city's main artery to the M25. The dual carriageway will have more drivers using it at peak times and commuters should be advised to leave a little earlier...
• Hampshire drivers warned to beware AIR RAID DRIVERS have been warned of air raid danger over a Hampshire motorway.
• 18 ways Southampton's port can build on its success IT IS the beating heart that makes Southampton tick.
• Park End Street repair work to start next week WORK to repair the road surface in Park End Street in Oxford will start next week.
• Germs on a plane: The dirtiest things when travelling by air revealedThere’s no better way to test your body’s immune system than by subjecting it to air travel according to a new report.

Rail Magazine

• Network Rail completes Stafford resignalling on timeNetwork Rail completed the latest phase of its £250 million project over the August Bank Holiday
• Unions pause strikes Night Tube postponedStrikes and overtime bans were suspended after LU postponed the launch of 24-hour running
• New station in Liverpool? Not yet…Reports that an application could be submitted later this year for a new central Liverpool station premature
• Javelin operates Remembrance trainA Southeastern Class 395 will run a charity service on November 7

Aviation Industry

• Wizz Air confirms MoU for 110 Airbus A321neosFast-growing Hungarian low cost carrier Wizz Air has formalized the memorandum of understanding it announced at the Paris Air Show in June to purchase 110 Airbus A321neos. read more

Other News Sources

• Blackburn councillor refuses to give completion date for bus station in case borough looks ‘silly’ THE councillor in charge of Blackburn’s bus station has refused to give a completion date for the construction project in case the borough looks ‘silly’.
• "Britain's greatest pilot" tells how he captured the 600mph German Messerschmitt THE man dubbed Britain's greatest pilot has been reunited with the infamous rocket-powered enemy aircraft he flew 70 years ago.