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Monday, 11 January 2016

BBC News

• Rural Dorset bus routes set for axe in council reviewBus services set to be cut in rural Dorset in a bid to save £500,000 have been published by the county council.
• Most councils fail to test emissionsOnly 13 of Scotland's 32 councils have applied for powers to conduct roadside vehicle emissions testing, a BBC Scotland investigation finds.
• A6 work to begin later this yearWork will start later this year on a major improvement of the main road between Belfast and Londonderry.
• Tube drivers considering strike actionLondon Underground drivers are considering three days of strike action in row over all-night services, BBC understands
• Asda feels pressure and fuels price warSupermarket chain Asda predicts another year of

Financial Times

• Jacques Gounon, Eurotunnel CEOThe head of the rail line linking the UK and France on terror, migrants and potential Brexit

The Guardian

• London Underground drivers to strike as night tube deadlock continuesAslef union proposes three days of action, saying it has ‘no other choice’ in long-running dispute on pay and conditionsLondon Underground train drivers are set to strike for three days over a long-running dispute about pay and plans for an all-night tube service. Leaders of the Aslef union will meet on Monday to decide whether to go ahead with strikes that would cripple tube services in the capital. If the union’s executive agrees, there will be a 24-hour strike from 9.14pm on 27 January, followed by further 24-hour strikes from the same time on 15 February and 17 February. Continue reading....

Times Online

• Tadcaster is given £3m to rebuild historic bridge [Subscription]The 18th century bridge in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, that collapsed after being hit by flooding is to be rebuilt with £3.3 million of government funding.
• Heathrow pays little tax as investors reap billions in dividends [Subscription]HEATHROW has paid virtually no corporation tax for nine years while reaping £2.1bn in dividends for its owners.
• Heathrow’s dividend soars above tax payments [Subscription]Heathrow has distributed £2.4 billion in dividends to its owners over the past four years but paid only £24 million of corporation tax in the past decade.
• Heathrow’s pot of gold at end of runway [Subscription]The airport’s owners are happy to spend billions of pounds on a new runway — as long as passengers pay for it up front

Mail Online

• 'No Pants Subway Ride' day�has travellers in their underwear in 60 countries Across the globe travellers rode trains, tubes and subways without their trousers. At least 60 countries participated in the 'No Pants Subway Ride' day, which began in New York City in 2002.

The Mirror

• This rail journey offers the WORST value for money in the countryA new study found this £159 trip was much more expensive than travelling by car

London Evening Standard

• Tube strike 2016: London 'to be hit by THREE DAYS of walkouts' as row over Night Tube continues London's commuters are likely to be hit by a fresh three days of travel chaos as Tube drivers are set to strike.
• No Trousers Tube Ride: Londoners mind the gap as brave passengers drop pants for annual day of semi-nakednessHundreds of Tube passengers dropped their trousers for a day of semi-nakedness on the London Underground.
• 'Sickening and cynical': Boris Johnson in barbed attack over fresh Tube strike threatBoris Johnson has reacted angrily to the news Tube drivers look set to strike over plans to introduce all-night services on the London Underground.

Sheffield Star

• Rural Sheffield residents left ‘isolated’ after bus service cut one year onA pensioner aged 69 has been left to struggle a mile and half to her nearest bus stop after the service to her community was axed.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Planned roadworks for Yorkshire and the HumberThe Highways Agency’s following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
• London to Leeds train journey ‘among worst in country for value’The train journey from London to Leeds is among the worst in the country in terms of value for money, a new study has claimed.

Yorkshire Post

• YP Letters: A temporary road bridge can be built at Tadcaster, says former council engineerFrom: Jeffrey Stansfield OBE, CEng, FICE, Formerly County Surveyor of Suffolk, Upper Hall View, Northowram, Halifax.

Other Regional Press

• Medway Council to start afresh on expansion plans for Rochester AirportNew plans for an airport expansion will be considered by councillors next month - after the authority quashed its own, original planning application.
• Trains now expected to be running on Monday morning following fireEngineers will work through the night to ensure rail journeys between Norwich and London are not disrupted for passengers on Monday morning after a fire caused major problems in the Ilford area.
• County Hall’s transport chief in challenge to rail operators running Herts commuter routesTrain bosses are to be taken to task by Herts County Council’s transport chief and challenged to sort out unreliable service caused by driver shortages.

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