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Sunday, 27 May 2018

BBC News

• Business groups write to PM urging Heathrow expansionBusiness groups write to the prime minister urging the government not to waver on Heathrow expansion.

The Guardian

• Eurotunnel warns on Tory plans for post-Brexit customs Eurotunnel has issued a stark warning that UK businesses and consumers will face serious economic costs if the government adopts either of the post-Brexit customs models being considered by Theresa May’s government.

The Herald

• Think tank backs bus and energy nationalisation led by councilsCOUNCILS should take charge of Scotland's buses, energy and broadband, a think tank has said.

Times Online

• €1.7m coach park lies empty [Subscription]Just 83 coaches use Dublin’s ‘inconvenient and expensive’ new Docklands facility in a week
• Sir Richard Branson: Hyperloop will hit short-haul flights [Subscription]Sir Richard Branson has predicted that short-haul flights will be driven to extinction by the advance of hyperloop technologies — a system of vacuum tubes containing levitating pods that could travel at up to 1,000 miles an hour.

City AM

• Massive disruption on London's busiest Tube line starts today - and will last for monthsMonths of congestion expected on two of London’s two busiest Tube lines from today.

Mail Online

• Letting an ambulance or police car pass you could mean a £1,000 fine A UK Blue Light Awareness campaign advises motorists that while they should do their utmost to help emergency vehicles through traffic, they still have to stick to the rules.
• Heritage railway takes visitors back to the 1940s as World War Two soldiers storm station The first day of the East Lancashire Railway's 1940s weekend featured a Spitfire fly-past, speeches by a Winston Churchill impersonator and afternoon tea dances and vintage fairs.
• MH370: Anwar Ibrahim says he's not ruling out further searches Malaysia's new prime minister-elect Anwar Ibrahim, 70, has announced he is not ruling out further searches for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

This is Money

• Some 85,500 EV chargers are needed by 2020 to keep up with demand Currently there are just 16,500 public charge points in the UK. But with a million plug-in electric cars due to be registered by 2020, this figure needs to increase six fold to cope with demand.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Transport chairman to step downTHE CHAIRMAN of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Committee is to stand down from his role.

London Evening Standard

• Die-in protest planned after two cyclists killed on same road in Greenwich Cycle safety campaigners will stage a demonstration in Greenwich demanding safer conditions after two men were killed on the same road within a week.

Northern Echo

• New call to dual the congested A64A FRESH call has been made for urgent action to dual the A64 east of York across to Scarborough and the Yorkshire coast.
• No 'secret deal' behind airport controversyA FORMER council leader has assured people there is ‘no Da Vinci Code’ or ‘secret handshake’ behind the 2003 sale of Durham Tees Valley Airport.
• New 20mph speed signs erected in rural market town NEW 20mph speed limits are being introduced in Barnard Castle.

The York Press

• Take a train journey on the wild side this bank holiday PASSENGERS travelling along a North Yorkshire heritage railway this bank holiday weekend can get up close with a variety of animals at one of the stations along the line.

Bucks Free Press

• HANG UP! CAMPAIGN: Hundreds of casualties a year could be prevented if drivers didn’t commit the ‘fatal four’ - including using mobiles Nearly 500 road casualties a year could be prevented if drivers didn’t commit the ‘fatal four’ - including using their mobile phones behind the wheel.

Other Regional Press

• Major disruption on the railway this weekend TRAIN passengers face widespread disruption this weekend, as workers start the first phase of rail electrification work between Didcot and Bristol.
• U-turn needed on parking charges BUSINESS leaders in Trowbridge want a complete U-turn on proposals to increase parking charges as town car parks have an average occupancy rate of 12.9 per cent.
• Number of vans in Sedgemoor rising rapidlyHUNDREDS more vans have flooded Sedgemoor's roads in recent years, as campaigners warn of the environmental impact of online shopping.
• Oxford flood scheme: three-year traffic warning issued as plans finally go in TWO main roads in Oxford will be closed for up to 15 months as part of the three-year construction of Oxford's flood alleviation channel, new documents have revealed.

Other News Sources

• Arundel bypass to be hit with legal challengePLANS to carve a dual carriageway through a national park will face a legal challenge.