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Sunday, 20 January 2019

BBC News

• Are grey cars really silver? And other car colour questionsGrey has overtaken black as the most popular car colour choice.
• Two arrested after six cars struck in BangorSix parked cars are damaged after a car is 'driven erratically' in the town centre.
• Heathrow: Man charged with flying drone near airportGeorge Rusu is accused of using a drone on a field near the runway days after a scare at Gatwick.
• Brexit worries 'add to car insurance costs'Car insurance premiums climb for the first time since 2017 with Brexit a factor, says AA.

The Telegraph

• 777X: the gigantic plane that could change flying forever is nearly hereSome of the world’s most prestigious airlines are on tenterhooks as the first flight of an aircraft that could change long-haul travel for decades looms ever closer.

Times Online

• If you too want to drive when you’re 97, be prepared to pay a king’s ransom [Subscription]Prince Philip may be among 100,000 drivers who are still on the road in their nineties, but he is one of the few who could comfortably afford the insurance cover.
• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/ryanairs-wings-clipped-by-summer-of-strikes-rqblvkdt5 [Subscription]Does it make a difference if a drunk driver takes to the roads at midnight or midday? Most people will have no difficulty answering this question. A number of our politicians, however, have been struggling with it.
• Ryanair’s wings clipped by summer of strikes [Subscription]Michael O’Leary is learning that perception is often a fiercer foe than reality. Last year, industrial stoppages created a great deal of noise for Ryanair. Yet, in terms of cancelled flights, the disruption was minimal. In total, there were stoppages on eight days. Not one of these made it into the worst five days for flight cancellations — air traffic control and weather wreaked far more havoc.
• Aviva applies the brake to overcharging of up to 100 drivers [Subscription]Aviva has reimbursed up to 100 motor insurance customers following a system glitch that resulted in them being denied discounts for not having penalty points on their driving licences.
• Hedge fund boss Jeremy Hoskings threatens to block Flybe swoop [Subscription]A hedge fund tycoon is threatening to block the cut-price rescue deal for troubled budget airline Flybe.
• Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s a flying Uber from boss Dara Khosrowshahi [Subscription]Uber plans to launch the world’s first fleet of flying taxis within four years as chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi looks to tighten his grip on the way city dwellers travel.
• Manchester rebuffed over HS2 platform plan for Piccadilly station [Subscription]Manchester is braced for a snub with the publication of a £41bn blueprint for spending on transport infrastructure in the north of England.
• Uber Eats couriers flout ban on delivering McDonald’s to schools [Subscription]Delivery workers are breaching anti-obesity guidelines by dropping off fast food to children at the school gates

Mail Online

• Flybe's biggest shareholder threatens legal action over proposed £2m takeoverThe biggest shareholder of Flybe is considering legal action over the cut-price takeover of the airline, having accused the company’s directors of breaching duties to investors.
• Man, 38, charged with flying a drone near Heathrow Airport days after scare at Gatwick grounded 1,000 flightsA 38-year-old man has been charged with flying a drone near Heathrow Airport days after a scare at Gatwick grounded more than 1,000 flights.

London Evening Standard

• The best and worst airlines for long-haul travel from the UK, according to a new surveyHeading somewhere far-flung this year?
• More than 100 migrants feared dead 'after dingy capsized' off LibyaMore than 100 migrants are feared dead after a dingy reportedly capsized off the coast of Libya.
• 'Suitable words' given to Duke of Edinburgh for 'driving without seatbelt' days after dramatic crash

Other Regional Press

• Railway from Taunton to Devon and Cornwall to be closed for almost three weeks for maintenance workPASSENGERS are being warned of disruption on the railway line between Taunton and Exeter St Davids when it is closed to trains for almost three weeks from the middle of next month.
• Disabled ASDA worker in bus row after being blocked by drivers A DISABLED worker was nearly left stranded at a bus stop in Taunton as temperatures plummeted to -2C.

EIN News Subscription

• Edinburgh Airport boss pleads for tax cut to be cleared for take-off … tax exemption from the EU for vulnerable Inverness Airport. The minority government … won’t happen.” Scottish Conservative transport spokesman Jamie Greene said: “ … climate emissions.” Scottish Liberal Democrats transport spokesperson Mike Rumbles said: “ …