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Saturday, 28 April 2018

BBC News

• Wednesbury flood: Road turned into river by digger hitting pipeAn electricity contractor struck a water main causing a
• A55 at Rhuallt, Hill set for average speed camera trialThe trial follows a study which found more than half of cars travelling on the A55 exceeded the speed limit.
• Heart of Wales trains resume after digger bridge crashHeart of Wales trains were affected by a crash involving a digger and a tractor on the back of a trailer.
• Judgement Day: Cardiff travel warning for rugby double-headerThere will be a full city centre road closure in Cardiff for eight hours during Judgement Day.
• Real-life Transformer: The Japanese robot that becomes a carDesigners say it's first time a machine of this kind has been able to carry people in a functioning vehicle.
• Cyclist Mark Beaumont leads Pedal on Parliament protestThousands of people are expected to take part in the protest to call for safer road conditions.
• Car park penalty tickets at record highManagement firms issue 5.65m notices to British drivers in a year, according to the RAC Foundation.

Reuters News

• British rail franchising model is 'broken' - parliamentary committeeLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's model of contracting companies to run rail services is broken and the government should review it before awarding any more franchises, a parliamentary committee said on Friday in findings rejected by the Department for Transport.

City AM

• Private companies hand out record number of car parking tickets in 2017-18The number of parking tickets handed out to motorists on private land has rocketed by almost a million to record heights in just one year.
• Fresh doubt cast over Oxford Street pedestrianisation as Westminster orders halt on worksFresh doubt has been cast over Sadiq Khan's plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street after Westminster Council said work should be halted while it mines the responses of residents in an ongoing consultation.
• Northern Line extension row over extra costs on the £1.2bn project remains unresolved seven months onA row over extra costs to the Northern Line extension is still yet to be resolved, six months since Transport for London (TfL) said that court could be an option in the stand-off, though not one it was keen to pursue.

Mail Online

• Trainspotters are left gutted after view of iconic steam train is blocked Enthusiasts arrived at Bath Spa railway station on Thursday an hour early to catch a glimpse of the Black Five steam train, but were scuppered by a mainline service pulling up in front (pictured).
• British couple endure 15-hour flight on easyJet holiday to Madeira that started AND ended at Bristol Paul Davies, 71, and wife Ana, 60, from Cardiff, were all set for sunny Madeira when they boarded their easyJet flight at Bristol Airport - only to end up back there almost a day later.
• US military aircraft including two F15 fighter jets almost crash One of the jets was acting as aggressor and the other defender and they embarked on a climb which brought them towards a Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over Norfolk. (file picture)
• Range Rover, BMW and Volkswagen knew vehicles were a security risk The full extent of the cover-up by car makers who failed to warn drivers of a major security flaw can be revealed today.

This is Money

• Unnamed car salesman shares 10 tips to follow each time you buy a vehicle Car sales executives - they're a notoriously crafty bunch. So how do you avoid being ripped off by one? We spoke to an undercover sales exec to find out.
• Used diesel car prices are rising, Auto Trader figures reveal Car buyers expecting to be able to pick up a second-hand bargain amid the crackdown on diesel could be in for a shock. Prices are on the up.

Bolton News

• Northern Rail boss apologies for inappropriate tweets to customers A NORTHERN Rail boss has apologised for the tweets he sent to some customers saying they were
• Rail electrification complaints: MP will go to Network Rail chairman MP Yasmin Qureshi has vowed to take Bolton’s complaints about rail work disruption to the highest point.
• Transport Secretary Chris Grayling MP visits Westhoughton on tour of regionTRANSPORT secretary Chris Grayling visited the borough as part of a tour of the North West.
• Why rail electrification has caused so much trouble in BoltonTHE Transport Secretary has voiced his frustration at delayed railway upgrades which have caused severe disruption across Bolton.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• New 30mph speed limit to come into force on major route A NEW 30mph speed limit is to come into force on a major route.

London Evening Standard

• London Tube delays: TfL commuters face travel chaos as Jubilee, District and Piccadilly lines also hitTube commuters faced rush hour chaos on three London Underground lines sparked by a power failure and train faults.
• Heartbreaking footage shows blind man and guide dog struggling to board train at WaterlooA blind man has told how he was stuck at a train station for hours as passengers "barged past" him, told him there was no room to board and deliberately shut the carriage doors.
• Marble Arch: Passengers flee in terror after assault on platform at busy London Tube stationPassengers fled in terror as a person was assaulted on the platform of a busy Tube station in London.
• Revealed: How long it takes to become a 'master' of the London UndergroundThree years, two months and six days is how long it takes to completely master the London Underground network, new research has revealed.

Northern Echo

• A big cheesy welcome awaits Tour de Yorkshire cyclists CYCLISTS in next weekend’s Tour de Yorkshire will receive a cheesy reception in Wensleydale.
• New cycle route moves step closerTHE long-standing dream of creating a new cycle route between Malton, Norton and Pickering has taken another step forward.
• The Land Rover that goes on rails as well as roadVISITORS to a historic railway will be able to see a converted off-road vehicle on the tracks this weekend.

The York Press

• National Railway Museum's revamp hit by £13m funding blow BOLD plans for a £50 million redevelopment of The National Railway Museum in York have suffered a setback after a £13 million funding bid was rejected.

Bucks Free Press

• Council agrees to spend additional £1.2 million on county's crumbling roads The county council agreed to invest a total of £20 million into Buckinghamshire’s crumbling roads this week.

Other Regional Press

• More seats on Chiltern Railways in response to bank holiday disruption RAIL passengers can make use of more than 18,000 extra seats being provided on Chiltern Railway services during the May bank holiday weekend.
• County to keep control of major roads schemes despite city dealCOUNTY council bosses have revealed they will keep control of major highways projects in Oxford, despite supposedly handing over control of roads to the rival city authority.
• Here we go again - 'grim' traffic predicted as Access to Headington resumesMOTORISTS will face another round of delays from May 14 as a delayed £16m road project finally gets underway.
• Transport Secretary launches formal review into South Western RailwayGovernment ministers have launched a formal review into South Western Railway's operation following a spate of poor performance.
• Thousands of potholes repaired following 'harsh' winterMore than 10,000 potholes have been repaired in Hertfordshire after an increase in the amount reported.
• MADNESS: Youngsters dicing with death on new road bridge THIS alarming photo shows a couple of youngsters dicing with death.
• More seats on Chiltern Railways in response to bank holiday disruption RAIL passengers can make use of more than 18,000 extra seats being provided on Chiltern Railway services during the May bank holiday weekend.
• New traffic warden tasked with tackling tourist coach problems this summerA TRAFFIC warden will be permanently stationed in St Giles this summer as the council cracks down on tourist coaches parking dangerously.
• 'Mr Pothole' gets council response after threatening court actionFOLLOWING an Oxford Mail story in which a campaigner threatened the county council with legal action over potholes, the authority has responded.
• Here we go again - 'grim' traffic predicted as Access to Headington resumesMOTORISTS will face another round of delays from May 14 as a delayed £16m road project finally gets underway.
• Rail users set for “biggest shake-up in history” as new timetable loomsWe’re three weeks away from the new Great Northern timetable being rolled out – which operator Govia Thameslink Railway is hailing as the “biggest timetable shake-up in UK rail history.”

C.N.N.

• World's longest nonstop flight: Airbus A350-900ULR set to enter serviceWhen the Airbus A350-900ULR enters service with Singapore Airlines later in 2018, it will serve the world's longest nonstop flight route: 20 hours between Singapore and New York.

Rail Technology Magazine

• TSGN franchise a 'multi-faceted shambles' causing 'untold misery'The Department for Transport’s (DfT) management of two of its most important franchises has been branded as “completely inadequate” in a report by the public accounts (PAC) committee. Passengers on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise have faced “an...

Aviation Industry

• Air France grounds one 787 over union pilot training conflict Air France said it would be forced to ground one of its new Boeing 787 aircraft and reduce its flight frequency from Paris to Guangzhou, China over a disagreement with its main pilot union the SNPL about pilot training. read more

Other News Sources

• Councillor calls for extra funding to tackle road safety after crashesCALLS have been made for more funding to improve traffic policing in a neighbourhood following a spike in car crashes.
• Rail service branded ‘totally inadequate’MANAGEMENT of train services by the Government, operator Govia Thameslink and Network Rail have been branded “completely inadequate” and “a multi-faceted shambles” in an extraordinarily damning Parliamentary report.
• Average Speed Cameras to improve safety on A55 Rhuallt HillAverage speed cameras are to be trialled on the A55 Rhuallt Hill westbound to improve safety in the area, Transport Secretary Ken Skates has announced.