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Sunday, 16 May 2021

BBC News

• Northern Ireland's railways: What happened to the network?A look at the history - and future - of Northern Ireland's once extensive rail network.
• Covid: London Tube line to reopen after 15 monthsThe Waterloo and City Line has been closed since the start of the pandemic.

Financial Times

• Airlines race to find sniffer dogs to meet cargo inspection rulesOperators warn of shipment delays as groups struggle to train animals for July deadline
• Dublin Airport's Dalton Philips: 'You really can't communicate too much in a crisis'Despite having to make difficult cuts, the aviation boss protected jobs by slashing costs and changing work practices

The Guardian

• Tesla crash driver posted videos of himself riding without hands on wheelSteven Hendrickson, 35, killed earlier this month in fatal crashAuthorities say car may have been operating in autopilot modeThe driver of a Tesla car in a fatal crash that California highway authorities said may have been operating on autopilot posted social media videos of himself riding in the vehicle without his hands on the wheel or foot on the pedal.The 5 May crash in Fontana, a city 50 miles east of Los Angeles, is also under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It is the 29th case involving a Tesla the federal agency has investigated. Continue re...

The Herald

• Not so ship shape: Over half of CalMac's lifeline ferry fleet now operating past life expectancyMORE than half of Scotland's lifeline ferry network is operating outwith its working life expectancy leading to new calls for a shake-up of the crisis-hit services.

Times Online

• Cleaning up: the latest car hire ruse [Subscription]Watch out for ’sanitising’ costs when you book a vehicle this summer
• Taxi drivers geared up to protest over lack of help [Subscription]Taxi drivers will consider staging a protest in Merrion Square, Dublin, on May 28 to highlight what they say is a lack of government support during the pandemic.
• Electric shock for the UK’s car industry [Subscription]As drivers go green, painful questions are piling up for car-makers, reports John Collingridge
• Driving too fast is ’worse than carrying a knife’ [Subscription]Treating reckless drivers more leniently in court than youths with weapons is wrong, a police chief says
• Indian Covid variant: 20,000 allowed to enter UK [Subscription]At least 20,000 passengers who could have been infected with a virulent strain of Covid-19 were allowed to enter Britain while Boris Johnson delayed imposing a travel ban from India.
• Flexible rail tickets won’t add value for travellers [Subscription]Flexible season tickets to tempt people back on the railways next month will be no cheaper for many commuters than buying normal season tickets or paying for daily travel at full fare rates.

City AM

• Easyjet hires headhunters to steer search for new chairmanEasyjet has hired headhunters to begin the search for the successor to chairman John Barton, who will step down next The post Easyjet hires headhunters to steer search for new chairman appeared first on CityAM.
• 'Overly cautious' travel rules risk 1.5m jobs, airport bosses sayThe bosses of the UK’s airports have today written to Boris Johnson to urge him to speed up the reopening The post 'Overly cautious' travel rules risk 1.5m jobs, airport bosses say appeared first on CityAM.
• Ministers set to reveal radical rail shake-upMinisters are set to reveal the biggest overhaul of the UK’s rail system in three decades, with reforms including the The post Ministers set to reveal radical rail shake-up appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Taxi driver is found DEAD in his car at Heathrow as desperate cabbies sleep inside their vehiclesThe man, in his 50s, is believed to have been dead for at least three days, after the body was discovered in his sleeping bag on Wednesday afternoon.

This is Money

• British Airways' blueprint to go upmarket againBA revealed that over the next 12 months there will be significant upgrades to catering, airport lounges, cabin crew uniforms and check-in and boarding systems.

Sky News

• Passenger locator form checks 'must be automated' to prevent long queues at airportsUK airports are warning of delays for arriving passengers because they lack the technology to handle COVID-19 forms.

Birmingham Mail

• Hire bikes in Birmingham next week - full test with park dogs and potholes With the Clean Air Zone launching on June 1 and West Midlands Cycle Hire coming to Birmingham on May 24, we put one of its new bikes to a thorough test to see how it feels...

Bolton News

• Motorists warned about impact of dangerous driving on victims' families' mental healthDANGEROUS drivers have been warned of the devastating emotional effects their actions can have on others as part of national mental health awareness week.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• New Mayor says West Yorkshire's public transport system should be 'as good, if not better' than London's NEWLY elected West Yorkshire Mayor Tracey Brabin spoke of how improving public transport was one of her main goals during a meeting today.

Bristol Live

• Bristol Airport flights to countries in the Green listThere are some great options

London Evening Standard

• Thousands set to fly overseas as ban on foreign holidays is liftedTravel firms have reported a surge in demand for trips to Portugal.
• Largest cruise ship built for UK arrives in SouthamptonIona has 17 passenger decks and capacity for 5,200 holidaymakers.

Manchester Evening News

• What the people of Middleton think about plans for a new Metrolink lineResidents speak out on Burnham big transport plan

Wales Online

• The plans in place to make notorious Welsh roundabout and dual carriageway saferA stretch of the A48 in Carmarthenshire has seen hundreds of crashes in recent years

Other Regional Press

• London Euston station's platform ramp revamp revealed Computer images have been released showing how access to some of London Euston station's busiest platforms will look after an £8m investment.
• GWR announces timetable changes after cracks found on trains Great Western Railway has announced when it expects to operate 99 per cent of its timetable after more than a week of disruption due to safety concerns.
• £11.6m cash injection for connector road critical to New Eastern Villages plan The new £30m new road being built to connect the houses in the New Eastern Villages expansion to the Commonhead roundabout and M4 will be built without any cost to the Swindon taxpayer.
• Roads outside Bicester schools close to cars in new scheme THE closure of roads and footpaths, in addition to plans for almost 300 new houses are just some of the public notices issued by local councils in the last week.
• The top 10 things that could lead to your car insurance being invalid THOUSANDS of drivers across the region could be unknowingly invalidating their insurance policy as one firm has listed the most common causes.

Other News Sources

• Royal Mail announce 'crucial' change to operations The changes are designed to help Royal Mail reduce its environmental impact.

EIN News Subscription

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• BA boss calls on government to reunite Britons with their families overseas … to Ministers, Sean Doyle said data on vaccination and infection rates … .' TROLLEYS BEING DITCHED AS AIR PASSENGERS PRE-ORDER MEALS The sight … ; are over on British Airways' economy flights to Europe. Travellers returning to the …