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Government to consider laser pen licence after attack rise
Ministers could bring in new measures to reduce laser attacks, following warnings from pilots.
Airports urge Westminster to review air passenger tax
Airport bosses ask for a review of air passenger duty, as promised in the DUP-Conservative deal.
UK's first ever kids train carriage trialled on London-bound service
The first dedicated children's train carriage has been trialled on a service running from Birmingham to London.
Saturday, 12 August 2017
BBC News
- The train where kids get a carriage to themselvesA rail operator is trialling family-friendly carriages designed to keep children occupied on journeys.
- Footage of Oxford Circus Tube station firePassengers are seen covering their noses as smoke fills a train at Oxford Circus station.
- Government to consider laser pen licence after attack riseMinisters could bring in new measures to reduce laser attacks, following warnings from pilots.
- Airports urge Westminster to review air passenger taxAirport bosses ask for a review of air passenger duty, as promised in the DUP-Conservative deal.
- Pothole in Bury road 'blamed' for cyclist's crash death in BuryAn inquest heard the 83-year-old was flung 20m from his bike after hitting something in the road
- Bolton rail works to cause disruptionMost services will not operate at Bolton station until the bank holiday.
- Moped riders spray bus with fire extinguisherEmergency Services respond to reports of a powdered substance being thrown at a bus in west London.
- Night Tube: Piccadilly line in 'crisis' over driver shortageOnly seven trains ran last weekend instead of the normal 22, a union says.
- Oxford Circus Tube station evacuated due to fireThe station was evacuated and two people were taken to hospital as a precaution.
- Edinburgh Airport praised over disabled access improvementThe Civil Aviation Authority raises Edinburgh's rating for access from
- Rail violence prompts urgent action callTrain drivers call on the transport minister to intervene over the issue of violence on routes west of Glasgow.
- Should Nigeria have a national airline?The Nigerian government is investing in a national airline but does the country need one?
- Heathrow poor for disabled travellers, regulator saysThe UK's largest airport is among four sites to be given a low rating by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Financial Times
- Tesla recharges balance sheet with $1.8bn debt saleElectric carmaker’s first junk bond priced with 5.3% yield
The Guardian
- EasyJet 'sent passenger on futile tour of Morocco to recover bag'Airline apologises after holidaymaker was told to collect suitcase from 200km away – even though it turned out not to be thereEasyJet has not only been attacked for overbooking this week – another passenger has described “the worst customer service I have ever experienced” after the airline failed to put her suitcase on a flight to Essaouira, Morocco, and then sent her on an expensive, yet futile, tour of the country to try to recover it. EasyJet left Fi Taylor’s bag behind in the UK the first day of her holiday in Essaouira, then told her it had been sent to Marrakech, nearly 200km away – and...
- Dozens killed as two trains collide in EgyptDeath toll likely to rise as train from Cairo crashes into the back of another coming from Port Said At least 43 people were killed and more than 100 injured when two trains collided in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria on Friday in the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade.The crash occurred at a small station in the district of Khorshid, just east of Alexandria, when one train travelling from the capital, Cairo, hit the back of another, stationary train, travelling from Port Said. Continue reading...
The Herald
- Egypt train collision death toll rises to 36Two passenger trains have collided just outside Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing at least 36 people and injuring about 123, according to the Health Ministry.
- In pictures: Rainbow-logo ScotRail trains mark Pride Glasgow celebrationsThousands of people will take part in events to mark Pride Glasgow celebrations on August 19 and 20.
- Ministers moot crackdown on laser pens which can blind pilotsUK ministers are mulling a crackdown on the sale and advertising of laser pens used for a “dangerously high” number of attempts to blind pilots at Scottish airports.
The Huffington Post
- Hydrogen Cars: Water Is The Only Emission Of The Fuel That Could Solve Britain's Lethal Air Pollution At first it tasted just like water from the tap.Lukewarm, not hot, and with a slight metallic zing - the only signs the liquid had, seconds earlier, spurted from an outlet underneath a car. But water is the only emission from a process of electrolysis undertaken in hydrogen cars,an emerging technology which could fuel as many as 1.6 million vehicles in Britain by 2030, according to the Centre for Future Studies. And its so clean, manufacturers boast, you can enjoy a sip. Fuel cells in the cars generate power by using hydrogen in the tank and oxygen from outside, with the o...
The Scotsman
- Union demands government action over surge in violence on trainsA union has called on the Scottish Government to improve security and staffing levels on some rail routes to help combat rising anti-social behaviour and criminality.
The Telegraph
- Norovirus sinks 91 passengers on first day of South Pacific cruise
- Oxford Circus evacuated as Bakerloo line tube train on fire and platforms full of thick smoke
Times Online
- Drone lands on HMS Elizabeth unchallenged [Subscription]An investigation is under way after a member of the public was able to land a drone on Britains most advanced warship without being challenged.
- Infrastructure planning needs long-term focus [Subscription]The government needs to increase the level of investment in infrastructure significantly and reform the way projects are delivered, an industry body has warned.
- The regions can be our road to revival, but only if transport links are improved [Subscription]arlier this month, Daniel Hewitt, a journalist at ITV, decided to put the public transport links at his base in Manchester to the test. His plan was to head to a science park in Ellesmere Port, part of the Cheshire science corridor that sits at the heart of government ambitions for economic revival in the region. It was a 35-mile journey that Mr Hewitt normally covers in less than an hour by car. On public transport, it took 2 hr 25min. In that time, he could have made the near-200 mile journey to London on the train with a quarter of an hour to spare.
Daily Record
- Watch as drone owner lands his craft on deck of 3billion supercarrier in Invergordon without anyone noticingThe fact the remote controlled aircraft was able to make it unnoticed raises security concerns as the drone could easily have carried explosives.
Mail Online
- Fridays are the most common day to have a car accident Analysis of more than 700,000 traffic accidents in Britain found that drivers have a 14% higher chance of being involved in a collision on Fridays than the average day (file image).
- HMS Queen Elizabeth is outmanoeuvred by a 300 drone The drone pilot, who wanted to remain anonymous, made the daring flight while the aircraft carrier was docked at Invergordon, Scotland in July. He flew over the carrier before landing.
- London tube fire: Panicked passengers are forced to flee Panicked passengers are fleeing a London tube station after a train caught fire at Oxford Circus. Shocking pictures show smoke pouring from the carriages at the busy underground station.
- Travellers face most delays with Easyjet and Gatwick Travellers with easyJet are most likely to suffer long delays, according to a new study. And Gatwick, which specialises in charter flights, is the worst of the UK’s airports for hold-ups, it said.
- Putney Bridge push bus driver says he was 'doing his job' Eric Bellquist, 41, was held yesterday in relation to the incident in which the woman was pushed on Putney Bridge but he denies any involvement and says he was in America at the time.
Birmingham Post
- When will we see 1 billion improvement in Birmingham's train servicesBoss of new West Midlands Trains Ltd franchise outlines timescales for new trains, passenger information and
Bolton News
- Someone could be killed: Villagers fears over debris flying from 'speeding' lorriesVILLAGERS are warning that loose debris falling from ‘speeding’ lorries making their way to a controversial quarry could seriously injure or even kill someone.
London Evening Standard
- Oxford Circus fire alert: Commuters 'drop to floor' amid panic as smoke fills Tube carriagesTwo people have been taken to hospital after panicked commuters were forced to flee Oxford Circus station as fire broke out on board a train.
- Medical student lay dead on Tube tracks for an hour before being foundA medical student lay dead in a Tube tunnel for up to an hour after falling on to the tracks during a night out with friends, it was revealed today.
- Fiat 500: driving an original model 60 years onSix decades after the first car came off the production line, we take a spin in an original 500
- UK's first ever kids train carriage trialled on London-bound serviceThe first dedicated children's train carriage has been trialled on a service running from Birmingham to London.
- Shocking moment reckless bus driver ploughs through level crossing barriers in TottenhamThis is the moment a reckless bus driver ploughed through barriers at a level crossing in north London.
- Lavender Hill bus crash: Moment London double decker ploughs into shop in ClaphamThis is the moment a double decker bus smashed into a shop in a busy London high street, leaving two passengers trapped.
Manchester Evening News
- Family call for lessons to be learned after man died in a cycling accident after he 'probably' hit a pothole The pothole Mr Hamer, of Manchester Road, Walmersley, probably hit was reported to Bury Council in January 2016
Northern Echo
- 50 speeding drivers caught in just NINETY minutes on road near parkA POLICE check near a popular park blighted by speeding drivers has caught over 50 offenders in just 90 minutes, with one driver caught at more than twice the legal limit.
Wales Online
- Rail passengers in Wales face three months of disruption due to electrification It is to prepare for electric trains
- These are the speeds people drive down your road at if you live in Cardiff's first 20mph zone Of the 36 roads included in the Roath and Cathays scheme, people do the speed limit in just four
- Train punctuality slumped because of the collapse of a Cardiff church, says Arriva Trains Wales The Citadel Church in Splott was close to the south Wales mainline
Peterborough Telegraph
- Works set to close section of Oundle Road in PeterboroughMotorists are being warned of diversions when a stretch of Oundle Road is closed next week.
Other Regional Press
- 'Lethal' plans for Southampton railway development are thrown out PLANS to enhance rail operations at Southampton port have been thrown out by civic chiefs after a two-year battle.
- Further engineering works mean disruption on Newport to Cardiff line Rail passengers will see disruption this month due to engineering works being carried out between Newport and Cardiff.
- MP hops onto cycling campaign as she takes on pro-bike group job in Parliament AN OXFORD MP called on the Government to improve cycling infrastructure as she celebrated efforts to make Oxford a cycling city.
- Cowley Road bar hit with low hygiene score just weeks after fireA COWLEY Road restaurant has been slammed for its 'poor' food hygiene just weeks after being hit by a fire caused by 'fatty cooking residue'.
- Key commuter routes more congested now than before the 10m roundabout scheme COMMUTERS have branded a 10m roundabout project 'a waste of money' after it was revealed North Oxford's roads are more congested than before the scheme started.
- Overnight closures planned for M62 for SEVEN daysClosure of carriageway starts on Monday - and may take longer than a week if the weather's bad
- Rail passengers and campaigners left 'disillusioned' as operators propose to halve services between Weymouth and London Waterloo Rail passengers and campaigners have been left disillusioned as new train operators propose to halve the number of direct train services between Weymouth and London Waterloo.
Buying Business Travel
- Heathrow told to improve services for disabled passengersFour UK airports failing to offer “good” service to passengers with disabilities
- Gatwick and Easyjet suffer longest summer delaysResearch shows the average delay per flight across UK airports and airlines
- Wizz Air wins backing for Airbus orderAirline’s shareholders approve purchase of another 10 aircraft
Rail Technology Magazine
- Greater Anglia unveils more images of bi-mode and intercity FLIRT trainsGreater Anglia has today given passengers a glimpse at what the brand new trains that will operate on its intercity, regional and Stansted Express services will look like. The computer-generated photos show more detail of what the FLIRT trains being delivered by Stadler will look like in action...
- Khan pledges full 4G coverage across Underground by 2019Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today set out ambitions to deliver 4G connectivity across the London Underground in stations and tunnels from 2019. He also stated that he was already looking into “futureproofing” the network so that it can ready itself for 5G connectivity as...
- The railway is not a playgroundRespecting and understanding the dangers of the railway is an essential lesson for young people. Trespassing on the railway is a hazard that Network Rail has to deal with every day, as many people, especially children and young adults, underestimate the risks associated with playing around tracks...
- Abellio JV named winner of West Midlands rail franchiseThe DfT has announced that West Midlands Trains Ltd, a joint venture between Abellio, East Japan Railway Company and Mitsui & Co Ltd, has won the contract to operate the next West Midlands rail franchise. Two train companies had been in the running for the West Midlands franchise after MTR...
- ORR reveals first-ever 'to the minute' performance across TOCsThe ORR has today released performance statistics for period 4 measuring train punctuality ‘to the minute’ for the first time ever at an operator level. Trains for every operator are recorded as ‘on time’ when the lateness of the service at the recorded station is less...
Other News Sources
- Crossrail's latest images as new Elizabeth line buildings take shape Selection of pictures show the latest developments being made above ground
- Was pleasure boat sunk by 144-ton dredger? A BOAT believed to have been involved in a fatal accident was five times larger than the capsized fishing vessel it is thought to have collided with.
- Cyclist blames bike lane kerb for accident ANOTHER cyclist has been injured after crashing in a cycle lane designed to make a busy road safer for bike users.
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