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Saturday, 12 November 2016

BBC News

• Spaghetti Junction: Search for workers who helped build iconic routeA search is under way to identify workers who feature in a photo taken underneath one of England's best-known motorway junctions that they helped to build.
• Drug dealers jailed for throwing heroin from car in M6 police chaseTwo drug dealers who flung heroin out of their car on to a motorway as they fled from police are jailed.
• Paramedics use bikes for Cardiff city centre calloutsParamedics have started using bicycles to get to callouts quicker in Cardiff city centre.
• Cardiff travel warning with Wales rugby and football matchesPeople visiting Cardiff are warned to expect delays on the road and rail as Wales' rugby and football teams are both in action.
• Councils warn bus service cuts isolate passengersCouncils have reduced bus services by more than 12% in the past year, local authorities say.
• 'Safer than cars'Industry experts say trams remain one of the safest modes of transport and advise against
• Croydon tram crash: Carriages removed from siteA tram that derailed, killing seven people and injuring more than 50, is removed from the crash site in south London.
• Major blaze at Argyll and Bute Council vehicle depot in ObanA major fire damages a maintenance depot in Oban which services Argyll and Bute Council's fleet of vehicles.
• Boats and bananasThe global cargo industry is struggling, so the race is on to reduce costs and increase efficiency using a range of new technologies.
• Virgin Trains to recruit from prisonsWest Coast Mainline operator Virgin Trains says it has doubled the number of ex-offenders it employs.

Financial Times

• Tram crash police probe previous incidentInternet post indicates another train took same corner at high speed

The Herald

• Glasgow Airport enjoys busiest October for 50 years thanks to Celtic fansPeople jetting off in search of winter sun and a Celtic Champions League game helped boost passenger numbers at Glasgow Airport last month.
• British Airways' cabin crew to be balloted for strike action in dispute over payMembers of Unite will start voting next week, with the result due in mid December.
• Car parking charges to go up in Glasgow- just in time for Christmas shoppingMOTORISTS are to be hit by a hike in parking prices as city centre charges soar as much as 43 per cent - just in time for Christmas shopping.
• Edinburgh Airport unveils major expansion plans as passenger numbers growPlans for the expansion of Scotland's busiest airport over the next quarter of a century have been unveiled.

Times Online

• Ryanair ordered to repay €2m illegal state aid [Subscription]Ryanair must pay back its share of nearly €13 million in illegal state aid given to three airlines after Europe’s antitrust regulator found that the contracts breached regulations.

Mail Online

• RAC launches attack on garages who are failing to pass on drop in wholesale cost� Motoring organisation The RAC says a fall in the wholesale price of oil and a steadying in the value of the pound means there is scope for an immediate cut in the price of fuel, has very slightly increased.
• British cruise ship passenger is killed when tour bus crashes on Dominica The tourists were on a shore excursion on the Caribbean holiday island of Dominica when the collision happened.
• Derek Coleman from Essex killed by bus driver who lied about his eyesight to get job Derek Coleman (pictured), 82, was on his way back from the chemist's to pick up his wife's prescription when the vehicle ploughed into him in broad daylight in Tilbury, Essex.
• German rail controller that caused crash killing 12 was playing Dungeon Hunter 5 The rail worker, named only as Michael P, is charged with 12 counts of negligent homicide and 89 counts of causing bodily harm. Two packed commuter trains crashed head-on at around 60mph.
• Moment a Royal Marine sniper stops a speedboat carrying �40million worth of cocaine with a single shot from a helicopter� Navy ship Wave Knight launched a Lynx helicopter to fire shots at the traffickers to bring their speedboat to a stop following a dramatic six-hour chase across the Caribbean.
• Brit killed in quad bike accident in Turkey 'after given poor quality helmet' Amarna Carthy, 21, from Nottingham, who was killed in Turkey, was wearing a helmet that offered little protection when the quad bike she was riding on veered off the road, an inquest heard.
• British men who died in Alps car accident 'were taking part in a race with friends' Josh Robinson, 22, (right) and Danny Hall, 25, (left) from Ashford in Kent, died in the Austrian Alps when they were thrown from their car during a high-speed race across Europe.
• Video shows Croydon tram driver being arrested after horror crash that killed seven Mother-of-two Dorota Rynkiewicz, 35, young father Mark Smith and 57-year-old grandfather Phil Seary are feared to be among the seven dead following the tram disaster in Croydon.

The Mirror

• Teenage boys lie down in front of speeding TRAIN in deadly stunt to get YouTube views Railway chiefs have warned the teens face fines of hundreds of pounds for the deadly stunt
• Russian warships arrive off Syria's coast ahead of huge air and sea assault Military observers say the huge aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov - which has fighter jets and attack helicopters onboard - is now off the coast of Syria

Bolton News

• Roads across Bolton blocked after heavy rainfall HEAVY rainfall through the night has caused flooding on roads across Bolton.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Council to close two floors of city centre car park and cut prices COUNCIL bosses are cutting prices in a top-of-town car park in response to dwindling shopper numbers.
• Bus drivers plan to strike for 24 hours ARRIVA Yorkshire has confirmed planned industrial action for Monday will go ahead despite further talks today with Unite’s Trade Union committee.
• Traders hit out over car park plans STALLHOLDERS at a Bradford market have reacted angrily to the Council’s announcement it is closing two levels of a multi-storey car park at the top of town.

London Evening Standard

• Tube strikes: TfL and London Underground staff finally agree on pay deal
• Croydon tram crash: Giant crane arrives as work begins to move wreckageWorkers toiled overnight to start lifting the wreckage of the Croydon tram which killed seven people when it derailed on Wednesday.
• Croydon tram crash compensation could run to 'tens of millions'
• Forget cycle lanes, it's phone lanes we need now. Why I'm declaring war on the pesky pedestrians who only have eyes for their mobilesI'm walking down the street – the pavement – and three people are walking towards me, three abreast, taking up the whole pavement. Two of them are a middle-aged adult couple and the other one is their daughter, a teenage girl. The couple are chatting. You know what the teenage girl is doing. The teenage girl is holding her phone in both hands. So you also know what happens next.
• Croydon tram crash victims: Faces of passengers killed in horror derailmentThese are the faces of victims of the Croydon tram tragedy in which seven people were killed.
• British Airways cabin crew to vote on strike action amid 'poverty pay' rowBritish Airways cabin crew will vote on possible strike action next week after they rejected a 2 per cent salary increase amid a row over "poverty pay" levels.
• Croydon tram crash: Wreckage removed after derailment kills sevenThe Croydon tram which crashed killing seven people has been removed from the scene as police probe claims another almost derailed near the location last week.

Sheffield Telegraph

• Warning over fake parking ticket emails scamFraudsters are sending out  “Parking Charge Reminder” emails, claiming that the recipient has parked in a UKPC car park

The York Press

• Captured on camera: see how car uses central reservation gutter to overtake at 130 mph on A1M DRAMATIC footage of a car overtaking vehicles in the outside lane of�the A1M�in North Yorkshire will be shown on TV next week.

Bucks Free Press

• Winter driving workshops to help motorists stay safe on the roads The roads are getting more slippery, the nights are drawing in quicker and cars are being covered in morning frost – winter is on its way.
• Mobile phone use at wheel 'growing epidemic', says road safety charity Drivers who use their mobile phones at the wheel are “inviting an accident” and should be banned, according to commuters and workers from High Wycombe.

Other Regional Press

• Speed cameras: When will you be caught, how much will you be fined, and what happens next? After more than 10,000 caught on Teesside's roads, The Gazette looks at the law surrounding speeding
• More road closures and diversions in Ingleby Barwick as roadworks enter final stretch Disruption likely as major road scheme gets closer to conclusion
• UPDATE: Luton rail services returning to normalTrain services are returning to normal for Thameslink passengers.
• New Coventry and Warwickshire buses will feature USB charging points Stagecoach is investing £1.3million in eight new buses which will feature free Wi-Fi and USB charging points

Other News Sources

• FTA demonstrates post Brexit commitment to membersThe Freight Transport Association (FTA) is demonstrating its commitment to represent members at the highest level in negotiations to leave the EU ...