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Sunday, 16 December 2018

BBC News

• Wales weather: Power cuts follow rain, wind and snowSeveral roads are forced to close due to flooding, with fallen trees also blocking some routes.
• MPs want halt to smart motorway rollout over safety concernsThe group backed campaigners who say having no hard shoulder puts motorists and recovery workers at risk.
• Passengers brace for more rail strikesRail workers working for Northern are to continue their series of strikes in the run-up to Christmas.
• Stansted Airport: Drone 'missed landing plane by 15m'The drone was being flown at more than 20 times the permissible height, close to a Boeing 737.
• Unseen footage shows Glasgow's M8 motorway in 1970sThe film and photos are published to preserve the history of the major work of civil engineering.

The Guardian

• Crossrail reveals the depth of Britain’s north-south divideBillions more have just been announced for the delayed London rail line - yet northern infrastructure projects are killed off

The Herald

• £90m Clyde bridge plan in trouble over council traffic objectionA £90 million bridge project linking Renfrew to the northwest of Glasgow is under threat over an objection tabled by a neighbouring local authority.

Times Online

• How Crossrail has hit the buffers [Subscription]Just how did the capital’s flagship train line lose its way, asks John Collingridge
• CityJet on a high as wet-lease move helps cut losses [Subscription]A move into “wet leasing” — the provision of fully crewed aircraft to other carriers — is starting to pay off for CityJet as the regional airline cut its adjusted losses, after finance costs, to €7.8m in 2017.
• Storm Deirdre wreaks transport havoc with wild winds and ice [Subscription]It had been anticipated for weeks and yesterday a blast of bad weather finally hit Scotland in a blizzard of heavy snow, high winds and freezing rain.
• Insurers’ driving app Trak Global buys Canadian rival IMS [Subscription]A technology company that tracks the performance of drivers for their insurers is buying a Canadian rival.
• Oil price brings glimmer of cheer to consumers [Subscription]Inflation is set to fall to its lowest level in 20 months as the drop in the oil price feeds through to savings at the petrol pump
• Soggy land could send costs of HS2 soaring [Subscription]The controversial high-speed rail project faces a new cost hike of up to £400m because a section of the route passes through ground that turns to “porridge” when it rains.
• Engineering works deliver rail and road chaos in time for Christmas [Subscription]Train passengers face misery from engineering work and station closures while drivers also face congestion
• Mind the gap: Tube drivers on £100,000 fly past pilots [Subscription]Staff who just open and close doors on automatic trains are receiving a 4% rise

City AM

• Boeing opens first 737 completion plant in China amid US trade warBoeing has opened a plant in China for the completion of its 737 for the first time on Saturday.

London Evening Standard

• Revealed: The London Tube route where you're more likely to catch a 'commuter cold'By comparing Oyster card route information and Public Health England data on flu-like illnesses, Dr Lara Goscé and Dr Anders Johansson discovered higher rates of airborne infections in Londoners that have longer Tube journeys through busier terminals.
• Lisbon tram crash: 'British children' among 28 injured in Portugal Two children from the UK were among those injured when a tram in Lisbon derailed and flipped over, according to reports.

Wales Online

• Pictures show Severn Bridge toll booths being ripped out ahead of tolls being scrapped on MondayFootage shows excavators, saws, cranes and water jets being used as work started at the toll booths

C.N.N.

• Meet the pilots of Virgin Galactic's first flight to spaceAfter months of testing Richard Branson's rocket-powered plane at lower altitudes, two of Virgin Galactic's test pilots made it to the edge of space on Thursday — 51.4 miles above Earth.
• Boeing delivers first 737 from new Chinese factoryBoeing on Saturday delivered its first 737 airliner from its new completion site factory in China.
• Nissan to sell limited edition sports car for $1.1 millionThe Nissan GT-R sports car is already expensive. But, for those who want something truly special, Nissan has announced it will make 50 production versions of the Nissan GT-R50, a radically different looking GT-R with a body created by Italy's Italdesign, for a base price of about $1.1 million.