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Sunday, 14 October 2018

BBC News

• Storm Callum: Landslide kills man in CarmarthenshireOfficers say the man was killed on the main road between Carmarthen and Cardigan.
• A '15 year journey' to transform Welsh railwayTransport for Wales says the new rail franchise is just the start of a 15-year journey to transform travel.
• New £5bn Transport for Wales rail franchise beginsOperators promise to transform the railways but warn a fleet of new trains will take time.
• Jet2 plane aborts Leeds Bradford Airport landing due to windA Jet2 plane has aborted a landing due to wind at Leeds Bradford Airport and diverted to Manchester.
• Mobike: Hundreds of Manchester police incidents revealedThe figures are revealed after Mobike left Manchester because of repeated vandalism and theft.
• Sugar Boat shipwreck: The River Clyde's unlikely landmarkHow a storm turned an ill-fated merchant ship into an unlikely river attraction.
• First new ScotRail train back on track after fault fixedScotRail says the first of three trains taken out of service over a technical fault is back in operation.

The Guardian

• Brompton electric folding bike: 'This is all about easy city living' It’s no surprise there is a buzz about the new electric Brompton

The Herald

• New ScotRail trains returning to service after fault fixedThree trains were taken out of service on October 4.

The Independent

• Destruction from HS2 ’far worse’ than previously thought as hundreds of homes set for demolitionAlmost 900 homes, 1,000 businesses and around 60 “irreplaceable” ancient woodlands will be destroyed by the construction of the HS2 railway, according to the company behind the project.
• Now we learn that HS2 will cause 'far worse' damage than expected, it confirms this is a flawed projectWherever you look, in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, the north and southwest of England and London commuter services, there are better, quicker and cheaper transport investments

The Telegraph

• HS2 could cost more than £100bn after Government wrote 'blank cheque', senior minister warned HS2 could cost almost double the official estimate after the Government wrote a "blank cheque" for the scheme, a senior minister has said.

Times Online

• London to Sydney direct? The future of air travel [Subscription]The new Singapore-New York flight is more novelty than necessity for your average Brit. The same can’t be said of the “holy grail” of ultra-long-haul flights, named Project Sunrise by the CEO of Qantas, Alan Joyce.
• Sir Richard Branson and Sir Brian Souter share in £52m rail bonanza [Subscription]Virgin billionaire Sir Richard Branson and Stagecoach tycoon Sir Brian Souter shared in a payout of more than £50m from the West Coast main line shortly before walking away from another franchise, at a cost to taxpayers of £2bn.
• Gatwick airport wings it with second ’stealth’ runway [Subscription]Gatwick will this week unveil a controversial plan to create a second runway in a move that could result in more than 84,000 extra flights a year.

London Evening Standard

• Train driver talks openly over his fears of people taking their own lives on train tracks after World Mental Health DayThe devastating mental health impact on train drivers of people committing suicide on Britain's railways is openly discussed today by a worker with decades of service on the tracks.
• Victoria line bomb hoax: Girls, 14, sentenced after causing mass panic on packed Tube trainTwo teenage girls have been sentenced after a sick Tube hoax in which one of them screamed:

East Anglian Daily Times

• A14 westbound closed at Rougham after major road accidentThe A14 westbound is likely to be closed at Rougham near Bury St Edmunds for several hours on Sunday morning after a serious accident in the early hours.