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Sunday, 05 February 2023

BBC News

• Cat's eyes: How a pub trip made the world's roads saferHow the late inventor of cat's eyes, Percy Shaw, got his eureka moment.
• Dublin Airport: Six flights were diverted on Saturday due to drone sightingsDublin Airport said there were two confirmed drone sightings at its airfield on Saturday afternoon.

The Herald

• Greens call for more ambition from SNP ministers on climateSNP ministers have been told to

The Independent

• Buy British Airways, fly Titan Airways: what is 'wet leasing' and why do airlines do it?Wet leasing, damp leasing and dry leasing - and what they mean for passengers

Daily Express

• New MH370 theory claims 'three part riddle' could uncover plane's 'precise hidden details'EXCLUSIVE - A retired researcher claims to have uncovered a series of riddles that, if solved, could pinpoint the final resting place of the doomed flight MH370.

Bolton News

• Ambulance workers will hold a picket line at Burnley GeneralAlmost 2,000 GMB Union ambulance workers across the North West will walk out on Monday (February 6) in a dispute over pay

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• More bus users since cheaper fares introduced in West YorkshireTHE number of people using buses in West Yorkshire is up since new cheaper fares were introduced, although a report says it would be “premature” to attribute all this growth to the new fare policy.

Bristol Live

• Bristol Airport expansion protest to take place in city centreThe Bristol Airport Action Network is meeting at College Green

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Newcastle Clean Air Zone: Have your say as city centre drivers face new daily tolls of up to £50 Drivers of older buses, coaches, taxis, and HGVs must now pay daily charges to go into or through Newcastle city centre

Northern Echo

• UK drivers warned of fines while at drive-throughsScrolling on your phone while waiting in a queue at a drive-through could land you a massive fine

The York Press

• York's new transport strategy will mean 'difficult choices'York's new local transport strategy will seek to make alternatives to the car more attractive and cut car dependency, says Cllr Andy D’Agorne, City of York Council's executive member for transport in this exclusive column for The Press.

Get Surrey

• A320 Victoria Way in Woking to close to traffic for 12 weeks while roadworks take placeA diversion will be in place for the work - which will see a new pedestrian crossing created

North Wales Live

• What's next for Liverpool John Lennon Airport as airlines offer new routes and new jobsThe airport continues its recovery from the pandemic

Peterborough Telegraph

• Boss of taxi firm for disabled people warns planned licensing changes could drive him out of PeterboroughCouncil says proposals are aimed at saving existing service

Reading Evening Post

• Reading road lane that often leaves drivers baffled could be removed as part of Castle Hill improvementsIt could be moved as part of ambitious plans to improve cycling routes in the town

Other Regional Press

• Oxford group calls for more people to make use of £2 bus fareBrenda Boardman writing for Cyclox considers how increased bus use can reduce congestion and make roads safer for cyclists.
• BMW and government 'in talks' over Cowley Mini plantBMW is reported to be in talks with the UK government over £75m funding to ensure electric Mini production continues.
• Council's Sunday parking charges plan 'awful, terrible, ridiculous and mean'Plans to introduce car park fees on Sundays across an entire district have been branded "absolutely awful" amid the cost-of-living crisis.

C.N.N.

• Train derailment in northeastern Ohio sparks massive fireEvacuation and shelter-in-place orders remain in effect in a northeastern Ohio town after a train derailment sparked a massive fire and concerns about air quality.
• Investigators probing a possible near-collision between two aircraft on an airport runway in Austin, TexasA FedEx cargo plane trying to land at an Austin, Texas, airport had to change course Saturday to avoid a potential collision with a Southwest Airlines jet that was taking off from the same runway, officials said.

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