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Monday, 28 August 2017

BBC News

• M1 crash deaths: Lorry driver due in courtEight people were killed in the crash involving a minibus and two lorries on Saturday.
• Historic steamer TS Queen Mary finds permanent home in GlasgowThe ship returned to Glasgow last year and is undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment.

ITV News

• 'Northern patience runs out at slow-coach trains'Trains connecting Britain's major towns and cities are up to four times slower outside the South East, according to new research.

Department for Transport

• Cleaner journeys as government commits £11 million to greener busesBus users will benefit from cleaner and greener journeys with roll out of low emission buses in towns and cities across England.
• Planes fuelled by waste could take off from British airportsPlanes could take off from British airports using fuels made from rubbish that gets sent to landfill, under a new government scheme.

Financial Times

• Aston Martin vows to put hybrid technology in every carGroup says its vehicles will combine electric batteries with petrol engines by mid-2020s

The Guardian

• This is how to keep women safe on trains…eing in France means that I am surrounded by examples of nationalised services that work. While I think that few Brits would consider subsidised cinema tickets (my sister-in-law genuinely works in a state cinema) a priority, I think, for many, the argument of nationalised transport is won.
• Why I'm proud to ride an e-bikeThey speed you uphill, and get you to work or the shops without sweat. Yet detractors still cry ‘cheat’. Here we test the latest e-bikes, and whiz past outdated macho attitudes to cyclingThe idea of power-assisted cycling seems to exasperate some people. When I talk about e-bikes, I hear: “It’s cheating!â€� and “The point of cycling is exercise.â€� It’s not cheating because we are not racing, life is not a competition and neither is going to the shops. Nor does it mean you don’t exercise on an electric bike – you still have to pedal – it’s just that your pedalling can be assisted when the wind is ...

The Herald

• Father of tragic Scots crash toddler to make PM plea over 'free-for-all' shared space road schemesThe Scots father of a three-year-old boy killed by a van driver on a controversial shared space road is to make a personal plea to Prime Minister Theresa May to ban the controversial 'free-for-all' schemes, saying those behind the projects have

The Scotsman

• Rail passenger numbers slump at £41 million 'white elephant'Edinburgh’s new £41 million Gateway rail station has attracted just a third of the expected number of passengers.

City AM

• New "real world" emissions tests for cars start next week as government ramps up air pollution policiesNew models of diesel and petrol cars will now have to pass a strict assessment of emissions before they are deemed roadworthy, as the government takes action on air pollution.

Mail Online

• Your next adventure: Enjoy a pampered travel experience on-board one of these luxury spa trainsPassengers aboard the Belmond Royal Scotsman can unwind in the Bamford Haybarn spa carriage, with a menu including bespoke facials and detox massages. Bliss.
• Grandfather builds flight simulators for a Boeing 737 Kenneth Mockford, 53, has used all his spare time building two Boeing 737 and Lynx helicopter cockpits piece-by-piece from his Cambridgeshire home.
• Rail services in the North are four times slower Press Association analysis of the quickest possible trains on 19 routes found that services from London travel at average speeds of 65-93mph, compared with just 20-60mph elsewhere.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Trains in the North lag way behind London and the South East for speedResearch by the Press Association found that services leaving London are considerably faster than comparable journeys in the North East

The York Press

• £3.3m for 24 new electric buses in YorkA FLEET of new electric buses will take to the streets of York, as part of a new £3.3m investment in the city.

Wales Online

• Hyperloop could get you from Cardiff to London in just 20 minutes - and someone wants to develop itThe Government is being urged to abandon high speed trains in favour of a new transport system that could potentially cut the journey time from Cardiff to London to just 20 minutes.
• Welsh trains are up to four times slower than those in the south-east of EnglandPress Association studied scores of services across the UK and found all were outpaced by the south-east

Yorkshire Post

• Grayling faces new calls to invest in Yorkshire’s under-funded railways TRAINS connecting many of the North’s major towns and cities are up to four times slower than commuter services in London and the South East.

Other Regional Press

• Mind the snores! Snail's-pace trains four times slower outside South East Trains connecting Britain's major towns and cities are up to four times slower outside the South East, according to new research.
• Green revolution: Oxford set to lead the world with its residential electric car charging point pilotOXFORD is set to lead the world into a petrol-less future.

Other News Sources

• Why I remain opposed to HS2 – response to Ian WalmsleyThe thrust of the article by Ian Walmsley in Modern Railways last month was that no one should challenge the validity of the HS2 Project because it is so patently obvious that it is the best thing to happen to the railways since the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.