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Sunday, 26 February 2017

BBC News

• Angry Southern commuter plans rival train firm launchSteve Williams is sick of Southern's service and plans to go into business against them.
• £165m Manchester tramline set to openThe second link through the city centre was built over three years in a £1.5bn transport expansion.
• Car buyers should have 'long, hard think' about dieselThe transport secretary suggests drivers should try to buy the least polluting vehicles possible.
• New Cardiff bus station plans to go before councillorsPlans for a major new transport hub in Cardiff have been put forward. A bus station with 14 stands, cycle "hub" with 502 spaces and retail units ...

The Herald

• Bring Scotland's railways back into public ownership, unions demandScotland's railways should be brought back into public ownership
• Should Scotland's railways be nationalised?WHEN Scotland's transport minister made an emergency statement to Holyrood last November, admitting that the nation's railways were not

The Scotsman

• Renationalise Scotland’s railways, demand unions Scotland’s railways should be brought back into public ownership “lock stock and barrel”, unions leaders have demanded.
• Think twice before buying a diesel, transport minister warnsDrivers should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, the Transport Secretary has said.

Times Online

• Clean air report revs up debate on diesel priceThe government will come under pressure to raise diesel prices to match the cost of petrol in the next budget, after a new report revealed a dramatic shift to diesel cars over the past eight years.
• New pilot Woodburn for BAECharles Woodburn will succeed Ian King as chief executive of defence giant BAE Systems in July. Woodburn, 45, who joined the company last year as chief operating officer, was chief executive of oil services company Expro and is a former executive at the global oilfield services giant Schlumberger.
• If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads [subscription]With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland über alles, and all that — although it is not German, but one of a clutch of Silicon Valley businesses whose mixture of audacity and nerdy brilliance have made them the most fashionable investments on the planet.
• That’s not fare! Cab drivers see red over English test from Mars [subscription]Minicab drivers are being asked to write or answer questions about life on Mars, the aurora borealis and snowboarding to prove they have a good enough grasp of the English language.

The Sun

• DUTY SPREE Investigation reveals Heathrow airport staff are set targets to encourage passengers to spend money in shopsAn undercover reporter lifted the lid on the sales targets that are Heathrow Passenger Ambassador staff are set

Derby Telegraph

• Do you remember when Derby had its own airport? It is seems strange to think that there was a time when Derby holiday-makers could fly to sunnier climes from an airport that was just a couple of miles out of the city - Derby Airport.

London Evening Standard

• Chris Grayling: Drivers should think long and hard before buying diesel carsDrivers should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, the Transport Secretary has said.
• Hugely popular Camden cycle route could be scrapped after taxi backlash as council launches public inquiryMore than 15,000 people have contacted the council with their views about the controversial scheme
• Train companies are 'hiding compensation details from passengers', consumer group claimsTrain companies are hiding details of how to claim compensation from passengers, a consumer rights group has claimed.

Other Regional Press

• BRING SCOTLAND’S RAILWAYS BACK INTO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, UNIONS DEMANDScotland’s railways should be brought back into public ownership “lock stock and barrel”, unions leaders have demanded.