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Saturday, 15 August 2020

BBC News

• Are we doing enough to modernise infrastructure with a changing climate?Scientists agree that today's climate is very different to when the railways were built by our Victorian ancestors.
• Stonehaven train derailment: Crash investigators confirm train struck landslipThe Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released details of what happened during the fatal derailment near Stonehaven.
• Coronavirus: Why isn't the UK testing travellers on arrival?Some countries offer a choice - get tested or go into quarantine. Should the UK?
• Coronavirus: Get cars off the road, government urgedThe
• Eurotunnel warns travellers not to turn up without a bookingThe firm says customers trying to return early from France must have a booking to travel.

Financial Times

• UK bailout talks end for Jaguar Land Rover and Tata SteelParent does not qualify for Project Birch government aid, leaving carmaker and metals group to rely on private financing
• UK quarantine rules fuel demand for private jets and staycationsBookings spike for holiday cottages as travellers rush to deal with deadline on travel from France
• EasyJet raises further £600m as Covid-19 disruption continuesAirline has bolstered finances by £2.4bn during pandemic
• EasyJet/European airlines: capital painsProfitability will remain a long-haul destination for the industry
• City cycling/coronavirus: space racePandemic provides a rare opportunity to circumvent arguments from motorists

The Guardian

• Travel firms drop £2bn in value after France added to UK Covid quarantine listThe British Airways owner, IAG, and struggling tourism group Tui among the fallersUK travel firms say France quarantine move is ‘devastating blow’Q&A: what should I do if I have a holiday booked to France?Coronavirus – latest updatesAt least £2bn was wiped off the stock market value of Europe’s travel and leisure industry on Friday, in a wide ranging sell-off prompted by the UK government’s decision to take France off the safe-country list and impose a two-week quarantine on travellers. Continue reading...
• Stonehaven crash: train derailed by landslip, investigators confirmScotRail service then hit bridge and fell down embankment, killing three peopleThe ScotRail train that crashed near Stonehaven travelled nearly 100 metres (330ft) after derailing due to a landslip, before striking a bridge parapet and falling down an embankment, accident inspectors have found.Three people including the train driver and conductor died in the accident near Carmont, about four miles west of Stonehaven, on Wednesday. It was Britain’s worst rail disaster since 2002. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Stonehaven train crash: Three-minute silence for victims this SundayA silent vigil to remember the three victims of a tragic train derailment in Stonehaven is to be held this weekend.
• Stonehaven train crash: Investigators say Scotrail train struck landslipA Scotrail train which derailed and resulted in the deaths of three people had struck a landslip before coming off the rails, investigators have revealed.

Times Online

• Airline shares could fly high or plummet — is it worth the risk? [Subscription]Warren Buffett and the French quarantine have increased doubt over the sector
• Stonehaven derailment: Train left track and slid for 100 yards [Subscription]The train involved in the Stonehaven disaster hit a landslip and slid along the ground for nearly 100 yards before striking part of a bridge and careening down an embankment, investigators have confirmed.
• Rolls-Royce limps into the battle for key B-52 contract [Subscription]It may be steeped in history and might look like a relic of the Cold War, but the B-52 bomber has presented Rolls-Royce with the hottest of competition in a very modern corporate battle.
• Airlines are denied a smooth ascent [Subscription]The (cabin) lights are going out all over Europe and we shall not see them lit again this holiday season. The addition of France, the Netherlands and Malta to the quarantining blacklist is a serious blow to the aviation and holiday industries, following the inclusion of Spain and Portugal last month.
• Easyjet bolsters cash with extra £608m [Subscription]Easyjet said yesterday that it would continue to assess further funding options after raising a total of £608 million from the sale and leaseback of 23 aircraft.
• Jaguar boss earns 30% pay rise as profits slide [Subscription]The pay of Jaguar Land Rover’s chief executive has risen to £4.44 million during a year in which more than 4,000 workers lost their jobs and the West Midlands carmaker fell to a second consecutive year of heavy losses.
• Airlines and hotels punished by markets after quarantine change [Subscription]Shares in London-listed travel companies took yet another hit yesterday after the introduction of new quarantine restrictions for returning holidaymakers.
• France quarantine: Planes, trains and ferries sell out in mad dash home [Subscription]Desperate Britons tried to board commercial flights, trains and ferries to get them home from France yesterday before quarantine restrictions came into force in the small hours, with some even chartering private jets.

Mail Online

• Staycationers are urged NOT to travel with roads into Devon and Cornwall at a standstillPolice officers were reportedly in pursuit of a silver Mazda shortly after 2pm on Friday in response to an emergency call when it began travelling in the wrong direction down the A3 before crashing.
• Testing travellers on arrival in Britain and again later on 'could reduce quarantine time'Documents from UK's SAGE group show that show that when arrivals are 'double tested', there's hardly any difference between quarantining for ten days compared to a fortnight.
• Off-duty conductor climbed out of wreckage of ScotRail train and walked a mile to a signal boxThe unnamed staff member managed to escape a carriage and run to alert operators after the service derailed on Wednesday morning close to Carmont station.
• Nicola Sturgeon causes holiday chaos for thousands by DEMANDING France is put on quarantine listEurostar has warned that many travellers may not be able to get back to the UK after the Prime Minister made the eleventh hour decision to add France to the UK's quarantine list.

The Mirror

• Royal Navy's £100 million warship breaks down at sea days into maiden voyageHMS Trent's engine failed shortly after setting sail for a second time from Gibraltar, where the ship, which cost £100 million, had spent three days

This is Money

• Quarantine chaos wipes £1.4bn off value of Britain's top travel firmsInvestors took flight from airlines and tour operators after the Government removed France, Malta and the Netherlands from the quarantine-free list leading to a dash for the border last night.

Sky News

• Tickets disappeared 'very, very fast': Making it home on the final Eurostar trainThousands of British tourists in France have arrived back in the UK on the last Eurostar just hours before new quarantine restrictions were imposed.

Birmingham Post

• Yacht maker links with eco-cleaning firm in bid to protect oceansPrincess Yachts and Ecoworks Marine team up to ensure bio-friendly products are used to clean vessels
• Brittany Ferries boss says quarantine won't halt UK holidaymakersFerry company chief exec calls UK's decision to impose 14-day quarantine 'bad news' for the business and its passengers

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Transporter smashes into blue bridge and sends van on back crashing into roadWelsh Road closed after the incident on the Jubilee Bridge

The York Press

• LETTER: Bring back half-hourly Coastliner service WE are all being encouraged to support our local shops, restaurants etc.
• Car parks make £7.9m for council - but income hit by floodingPARKING income brought more than £7.9 million into council coffers in the past year.
• LETTER: Can we afford a new railway link through Haxby? THE potential restoration of the York to Beverley rail line is again in the news with money being pledged to fund a feasibility study.

Wales Online

• British Airways workers in Wales fear losing homes over job cutsThey took part in a protest in Bridgend today urging action over what they describe as British Airways' 'fire and re-hire' policy

Cambridge News

• EasyJet cancels package holidays to France, Netherlands and MaltaAs the Foreign and Commonwealth Office changed quarantine rules around trips to France, the Netherlands and Malta travel companies have altered their holiday offerings

Get Surrey

• Red Arrows route and times to see them fly over Surrey and Hampshire on August 15 The world-famous display team will be taking to the sky to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day

Peterborough Telegraph

• Where you can see the Red Arrows flying over Peterborough todayThe Red Arrows will be holding a UK-wide fly-over today (August 15) to commemorate VJ-Day, with the display team route passing over Peterborough.

Reading Evening Post

• Plans for 'missing link' cycle lanes in Reading releasedThe new lanes would mean two roundabouts are redesigned

Other Regional Press

• Further consultation over plans to expand Southampton Airport's runwayTHERE will be further consultation over plans to expand the runway at Southampton Airport, it has been revealed.
• Row over airport costs as committee asks for 'real information'Tees Valley Combined Authority chief executive Julie Gilhespie said the accounts for the publicly-run Teesside Airport were still being finalised
• Jet2, Tui, easyJet and Ryanair latest amid flight cancellationsMany impact on Birmingham Airport - which has been a very different place since the coronavirus pandemic
• Electric buses will be running on Cov streets by the end of the monthHere's everything you need to know
• Bid to discuss new M2 junctionA Kent MP has called for a meeting with the Transport Secretary in a bid to create a new junction on the M2.
• Demand to overturn airport decision rejectedThe Secretary of State for Transport has refused to overturn his decision to re-open an airport as a cargo hub.

Rail Technology Magazine

• HS2 signs R&D agreement with leading UK rail researchers Today (14 Aug) HS2 Ltd have revealed that as part of its innovation programme they have signed a revolutionary agreement with leading railway research centres in UK universities that will allow it to access world-leading research capabilities, knowledge and facilities. The agreement with the UK...

Railnews

• Stonehaven update: HST was returning to Aberdeen when it hit landslip The ScotRail train which was derailed south west of Stonehaven on Wednesday had abandoned its journey to Glasgow Queen Street and was returning to Aberdeen, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has revealed.

Other News Sources

• Network Rail pledges immediate actionThere has been speculation that torrential rainfall and flooding was the cause of Wednesday’s Stonehaven derailment. Precautionary measures are being immediately implemented     Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines has vowed to understand the cause and put immediate additional safety measures in place following Wednesday’s derailment near Stonehaven, in which three people died and six were injured. As he arrived on site, Haines offered his condolences and pledged a thorough investigation of the crash. “My heart goes out to everyone affected by this tragedy, especially the...
• Concerns over lack of helmets in advert encouraging cycling A COUNTY resident has raised concerns that council adverts on buses which promote cycling do not show people wearing a helmet.