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Sunday, 22 July 2018

BBC News

• Harland and Wolff says shipbuilding needs more supportBrexit offers opportunities but the industry needs government support, says Harland and Wolff's CEO.

The Herald

• First new electric trains arrive for serviceTHE first of a new batch of electric trains will start running between Glasgow and Edinburgh this week.

The Independent

• UK travel chaos: Weekend sees severe flight delays and problems on the railways At the start of the busiest weekend of the summer for outbound travel, thousands of travellers have experienced severe disruption.
• British airlines could be banned from Ireland's airspace after Brexit, Irish prime minister warns Confusion over air travel after Brexit has intensified with the Irish prime minister at odds with the UK transport secretary.

Times Online

• Cityjet sets flight path for flotation [Subscription]Pat Byrne hopes to reroute the negative thinking on regional airlines, writes Brian Carey
• Strike action hits Ryanair [Subscription]About 50,000 Ryanair customers are facing flight cancellations and last-minute changes because of a series of summer strikes, which are set to continue this week.
• Airbus boss: I’m a veteran of trying to merge with BAE [Subscription]Europe’s defence aviation industry needs to be consolidated, Tom Enders tells John Collingridge
• Elon Musk on warpath against Wall Street [Subscription]Elon Musk has become embroiled in a fresh fight with Wall Street after an analyst reported that cancellations for Tesla’s saloon have outpaced new orders — raising the spectre of a cash crunch at the heavily indebted electric car maker.
• Airbus boss Tom Enders eyes BAE fighter merger [Subscription]Tom Enders seeks military jet alliance for Europe to take on American giants
• Rail tea-mug ban takes the biscuit [Subscription]Staff on the newly nationalised London North Eastern Railway refused to pour tea into mugs for first-class passengers because they believed they were only insured for disposable cups.
• HS2 budget ‘will balloon to £80bn’, says secret report [Subscription]The HS2 high-speed rail project is “highly likely” to go as much as 60% over budget and cost “more than £80bn”, according to a secret Cabinet Office report leaked to The Sunday Times.

Mail Online

• EIGHT DAYS of summer rail misery with strikes on South Western trains Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on South Western Railway will walk out on eight days between Thursday 26th July and Saturday 1st September.
• Sir Richard Branson dances on tables to celebrate his new cruise ship Guests were left astonished as the 68-year-old bounced between place settings at a shipyard in Genoa, Italy.
• Dutch firm unveils prototype cycle driven by high-tech shaft that spins back wheel Danish-based company CeramicSpeed, has unveiled a revolutionary bike that uses a new type of drivetrain to take power from the pedals to the back wheel.
• Ministry of Defence blows £10.5billion on jets, only for them to be used to take Brits abroad Three jets – part of a fleet costing taxpayers billions – are being used to fly holidaymakers to sun-kissed resorts in Tenerife, Majorca, Florida and New York because the RAF has no use for them.

Bolton News

• D-day for plans for £1.5million walking and cycling route into Bolton town centreA £1.5million walking and cycling route into Bolton town centre is among schemes to be considered next week.

London Evening Standard

• Disabled comedian Tanyalee Davis left stranded in Darlington after staff failed to bring her a rampA rail company has apologised after a disabled comedian was left stuck on a moving train for an hour after rail staff failed to bring her a ramp meaning she missed her stop.
• Smoke billows over Heathrow Airport as grass fire breaks out close to runwayHuge plumes of thick black smoke billowed over Heathrow Airport after a grass fire broke out just yards from the runway.

Northern Echo

• Benefits of £34.5m bypass have been proven, say highway bosses THE benefits of a £34.5m bypass have been proven say highway bosses after surveys found traffic going through communities has been cut by thousands.

Other Regional Press

• Road works to begin on five-mile sinkhole diversionA five-mile diversion put in place to avoid a huge sinkhole is set for roadworks of its own to heap further misery on motorists.
• More strikes on South Western Railway in driver-only trains row Cummuters across Dorset are set to face up to eight days of travel misery after rail bosses have confirmed fresh strikes will go ahead.
• Travel help on trains with new railcardSouth Western Railway are launching a new way to ask for assistance when travelling on its network, for those who have difficulty in communicating.
• Govia is in last chance saloon, says MP Sir Oliver Heald at public meetingThe North East Herts MP said that Govia Thameslink is in the last chance saloon, while speaking at the rail users group public meeting on Thursday.
• Crack teams’ bid to stop pothole crisis A CRACK crew of workers will be scouring the roads in a bid to eradicate the city’s worsening pothole crisis.
• 'It has given my daughter nightmares': Family narrowly avoid being locked in bus depot overnightA FAMILY had the bus ride from hell after almost being locked in a depot over night after the driver failed to check that vehicle was empty.

C.N.N.

• Duck boat changed route on day of tragedy, Missouri attorney general saysThe investigation into the sinking of a duck boat that killed 17 people in southwestern Missouri --- including nine from one family -- could take up to a year to complete, the National Transportation Safety Board said.