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Sunday, 04 March 2018

BBC News

• Birmingham Airport's runway gritters ensure flights can resumeThe airport has reopened after overnight closure caused by snow and freezing temperatures.
• UK weather: Rail passengers face continued disruptionRail passengers face continued disruption as icy roads remain an issue across much of the UK.
• Northern and Merseyrail hit by RMT strikeThe long-running dispute centres on the introduction of driver-only-operated trains.
• UK snow: M62 motorway reopens after closureMotorists became trapped between junctions 20 and 24 following heavy snowfall and high winds.
• Victims remember wartime Bethnal Green Tube disasterThe crush at Bethnal Green station killed 173 people, including 62 children.
• Efforts continue to get Scotland moving and back to work on MondaySchools are asking parents to clear playgrounds as roads recover and services edge closer to normal.
• Trump steps up war of words on trade with threat to tax EU carsThe US president steps up the war of words on trade, condemning the
• Carillion 'aggressively managed' accounts, report saysA previously unpublished report, commissioned by Carillion bosses last year, is released by MPs.

Financial Times

• Heathrow expansion will never happen, says McDonnellShadow chancellor says third runway will not pass Labour’s tests on suitability

The Guardian

• Workers on Northern and Merseyrail launch strike actionOne-day strike action by RMT members leads both companies to reduce services that were already affected by bad weatherWorkers at two rail companies have launched a 24-hour strike in the bitter dispute over the role of guards.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on Merseyrail and Arriva Rail North (Northern) were said to be “united and determinedâ€�. Continue reading...
• MH370: search for missing plane 'to end in June'Texas-based company Ocean Infinity is conducting a ‘no find, no fee’ search for the plane in the southern Indian oceanThe search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 by a US company will likely end in June, a Malaysian official said, as families of passengers marked the fourth anniversary of the plane’s disappearance with renewed hope that the world’s biggest aviation mystery will be solved.Malaysia inked a “no find, no feeâ€� deal with Houston, Texas-based Ocean Infinity in January to resume the hunt for the plane, a year after the official search in the southern Indian Ocean by Malaysia, Australia...
• Revealed: Carillion lenders alerted to concerns months before collapseFTI Consulting accused government contractor of using aggressive accounting to mask underperformanceDirectors of the collapsed government contractor Carillion masked its financial ill-health with aggressive accounting, according to a secret report written last year for banks that were considering lending the company more money to survive.MPs published the report on Sunday as part of a continuing inquiry into the collapse of a company that provided a host of vital public services, including catering in schools, prison maintenance and construction of new NHS hospitals. Frank Field, chair of the ...

The Huffington Post

• Travellers On Stranded Trains Warned Against Trespassing On The Tracks

The Telegraph

• UK weather: Snow and ice warnings remain as the thaw sets in after Storm Emma
• Car hire repair charges inflated in two thirds of cases, Which? finds
• Nine in 10 leading car firms 'could be putting lives at risk' by not fitting automatic safety breaks as standard
• Donald Trump threatens EU with tariffs on cars in trade war warning
• Rail bosses warn staff to stop 'silent treatment' and bullying as strike feuds turn bitter

Times Online

• Trump threatens European car makers with trade war [Subscription]Donald Trump has escalated his threat to launch a global trade war after warning European car makers that they could soon be hit with punitive tariffs.
• Virgin Trains ‘punishes’ travellers as end of rail franchise looms [Subscription]Virgin Trains has been accused of “zero tolerance” towards passengers who make honest mistakes such as boarding the wrong train, forcing them to pay large sums for new tickets.
• Thaw brings flood alert as anger grows over road and rail chaos [Subscription]Questions are mounting over the lack of gritting lorries and railway snow ploughs that left motorists and passengers stranded

Daily Record

• Scotrail trains back in motion as Scotland bounces back from Beast from the East chaos Several lines are back up and running following major disruptions and cancellations caused by snow.

The Mirror

• Report into crisis-hit Carillion says bosses more interested in short-term profits than future of firm Carillion, which employed more than 20,000 people in the UK, went into liquidation in January with a £1.5billion hole in its balance sheet
• "So scary": Car crashes into Buckingham Palace railingsPolice confirmed the incident was a road traffic accident and not a deliberate act or terror attack

This is Money

• A £4bn merger to save GKN jobs: Engineer to split off car arm The car and aeroplane parts maker is in talks with US car parts-maker Dana over a merger of Driveline, which accounts for more than half its £10bn sales.

Birmingham Mail

• The road with 96 potholes - is this the worst example in the country? While some of the craters have been patched up in Nursery Road, Scholar Green, near Stoke
• Are buses running in Birmingham due to the weather? The impact on West Midlands services on Sunday Birmingham is in the grip of Storm Emma, but how is it affecting our public transport?

Birmingham Post

• Jeremy Corbyn throws a Brexit lifeline to the car industry Labour 'moderates' had been pushing for the party to back a Brexit that will support manufacturing

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Anger at 'ludicrous' parking charges plan COUNCILLORS and business leaders have criticised plans to introduce new parking charges on evenings and Sundays in Bingley.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Homes without power, roads still shut and heavy snow as Storm Emma cold snap rolls on Around 400 properties have been without electricity for two days while parts of Gwynedd had the heaviest snowfall in a generation

London Evening Standard

• Police plead with desperate train passengers 'please, please' do not walk on tracks after stranded Southeastern passengers flee trainFrustrated travellers stuck in trains delayed by extremely cold weather have been told they must stay put and not get out on the tracks.
• Storm Emma latest: UK on flood and ice alert as thawing sparks warnings over treacherous roadsDrivers have been warned of treacherous conditions across the UK as lashings of rain is set to fall on icy roads.
• Cyclists' fury as London cycle routes ice over but adjacent roads are cleared during Beast from the East freeze"TfL has lessons to learn... it needs to find a solution."
• Storm Emma 2018: UK weather and travel updates as country on flood and ice alertIcy roads will continue to cause treacherous driving conditions across vast swathes of the UK on Saturday, but a gradual thaw is setting in.
• Donald Trump threatens to tax EU cars after global backlash to steel and aluminium import tariffsDonald Trump has said the US "will simply apply a TAX" on cars made in Europe if the EU retaliates against trade penalties he is seeking on imports of steel and aluminium.

Northern Echo

• A66 still closed as 'Beast from the East' continues to play havoc THE A66 between the A1(M) Scotch Corner, in North Yorkshire, and the M6 remains closed this lunchtime amid continued efforts by the Highways Agency to make it safe for drivers.

Wales Online

• Road clearance workers had to withdraw after their vehicle was 'bombarded' with snowballs A windscreen was broken after the vehicle was pelted with snowballs

East Anglian Daily Times

• See list of planned Highways England roadworks in Suffolk and Essex from March 5-11The A14 westbound between Needham Market and Bury St Edmunds is set to be shut overnight next week as part of a number of planned roadworks across the region.
• Motorists warned to take care on the roads - as melting snow brings potential for floodingDrivers are being warned to take care on the roads this weekend as the rising temperatures cause the snow to melt - bringing with it the potential for surface water and flooding.
• ‘Check before you travel’, urge rail operators as trains still threatened by weather disruptionGreater Anglia has urged its customers to check before travelling by train today, as services remain subject to delay, cancellation and alterations.

Other Regional Press

• THE AFTERMATH: Heavy snow brings Oxfordshire to its knees OXFORDSHIRE was plunged into chaos yesterday as snow battered the county and left roads in treacherous conditions.
• Railway and bus services running 'as normal' following days of snow disruptionServices are returning to normal after days of disruption due to the snow.
• SNOW IN DORSET: Roads and pavements were turned into skating rinks – leaving communities cut off and many people unable to travel A second day of disruption due to Storm Emma brought a major ice hazard with roads and pavements turning into skating rinks – leaving communities cut off and many people unable to travel.
• Getting Brexit wrong will destroy hundreds of thousands of carmaking jobs Even quitting with a trade deal in place can only hurt rather than help the automotive sector

Railway Gazette

• Channel Tunnel interconnector installation train completedEUROPE: Clayton Equipment Ltd has designed, built and commissioned for Balfour Beatty a 500 m...

Other News Sources

• Snow disruption to cost UK economy £900 million a dayThe chaos brought by the snow and stormy conditions is still causing widespread disruption as transport services and other businesses struggle to recover. All the disruption is costing the British economy an estimated £900 million a day. Siobhan Kennedy reports.
• Road near Redstone Cemetery in Redhill temporarily repaired after lorry trailer fell and put a hole through it The trailer was "improperly parked" on Tuesday (February 27)
• Met Office warns 'freezing rain' is coming - here is all you need to know as it heads to the UK Drivers should take extra care on the roads
• Gatwick train delays: Services between the airport and Purley to be disrupted all weekend There will be "significant amendments" to journeys on March 3 and 4, Network Rail has warned