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Tuesday, 28 August 2018

BBC News

• Air pollution 'may harm' cognitive intelligence, study saysChronic exposure to air pollution can cause detrimental harm to cognitive performance, a new study reveals.
• Police merger on hold after fresh warningsThe Scottish government is to review how to merge British Transport Police and Police Scotland.
• Nissan produces first electric cars targeting Chinese marketThe Japanese carmaker's move is part of bigger push to make electric cars for world's biggest market.
• Toyota to invest $500m in Uber in driverless car dealThe firms will develop a fleet of self-driving cars in a deal that values Uber at $72bn.

The Independent

• Air pollution causing major reduction in intelligence, study suggestsPoisonous air estimated to cause premature deaths of 7 million people a year worldwide

The Scotsman

• Humza Yousaf signals end of the line for unpopular rail policing mergerJustice secretary Humza Yousaf has said he will “re-examine all options” for the devolution of railway policing....

Times Online

• Family runarounds can’t use E10 green fuel [Subscription]Hundreds of thousands of popular family cars will be unable to use a new generation of “green” petrol that could be introduced to forecourts.
• Justice minister Humza Yousaf pauses police merger after officer concerns [Subscription]The Scottish government has backed away from plans to force through a controversial merger between Police Scotland and the British Transport Police.
• Nationwide rail strike looms in pay battle [Subscription]The threat of a nationwide rail strike is growing as battle lines are being drawn between 25,000 Network Rail workers, their new boss and Chris Grayling, the transport secretary.
• Airport thieves steal thousand bags a year [Subscription]More than 1,000 pieces of luggage are stolen from airports each year amid warnings that an increase in hand luggage carried through terminals makes it an easy target.

Mail Online

• Disabled Channel 4 presenter Sophie Morgan stuck on Tube to end of line because no disabled access EXCLUSIVE: Sophie Morgan, 33, got on the Northern Line at London Bridge to travel to King's Cross yesterday. The journey should have taken 10 minutes but ended up being an hour and a half.
• Jaguar develops new self-driving car that looks at pedestrians at zebra crossings The large, cartoon-like eyes – complete with digital eyelids and pupils – sit roughly where headlights might be, making the cars resemble the children’s TV character Brum.
• Supercar convoy brings London’s Regent Street to a standstill as superrich end summer of showing off A Bentley worth around £230,000 was one of the supercars in a convoy which brought Bank Holiday shoppers to a standstill on London's Regent Street.

This is Money

• Heathrow airport is battling debt pile of £13bn - enough to build the third runwayHeathrow airport has blown more than £6bn in interest on its debts over the past 12 years, a Mail investigation has found.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Why is it taking so long to repair Nottingham railway station after fire?Seven months on and Network Rail can't provide the Post with a date

Sheffield Telegraph

• Sheffield bus passengers invited to take part in public transport survey The views of bus passengers in Sheffield are being sought as part of an inquiry into the decline in the number of people using public transport across the country.

Yorkshire Post

• Andrew Vine: Scrap the waste of money that is HS2 and fix the North’s rail services LIKE many another passenger on Yorkshire’s woeful rail network, I tend to approach every journey with the same sense of trepidation as an appointment with the dentist for root-canal treatment.

Other Regional Press

• Carlisle airport due to open runway todayStobart Group announce the opening and say commercial flights are on track for spring
• Under fire train firm Northern to fine passengers who board trains without ticketNew £20 fines will come into force at the end of August meaning you have to have a ticket before getting on
• MP explains why it would be 'crazy' to not extend Midland Mainline electrification to HarboroughAn MP has called on the Government to rethink its rail plans and extend electrification of the Midland Mainline as far north as Market Harborough.
• YOUR DESIGN HERE - you could see your creation on an Oxford busA COMPETITION has been launched by the Oxford Bus Company for people to nominate their favourite good cause to be highlighted on a double-decker bus.
• Travel on the trains? You'll soon have more rights when it comes to complaintsPASSENGERS travelling on South Western Railway and Great Western Railway will soon have more rights to complain under new plans.

New Civil Engineer

• Network Rail urged to improve infrastructure following 'unacceptable' eventsNetwork Rail is considering extra installations of expensive in-rail heating following a major incident that saw passengers stuck on trains in “intolerable” conditions during the so-called Beast from the East cold spell earlier this year.

The Business Desk

• Airport apologises following horrendous delays over Bank Holiday weekendManchester Airport has apologised to passengers who had to wait for three hours for their baggage to arrive over the busy bank holiday weekend.

Aviation Industry

• Security staff strike threatens Amsterdam Schiphol operationsRoyal Schiphol Group, operator of Amsterdam Schiphol, has said that the two sides in an ongoing industrial dispute at the airport must get together “with extreme urgencyâ€� to avert a threatened 24-hour strike. read more
• US lawmakers want to shift aircraft noise abatement oversight to EPA Two US senators are seeking to move oversight of aircraft noise abatement from FAA to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). read more