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Sunday, 28 October 2018

BBC News

• Life on a new-build - stranded without a carNew-build housing developments are springing up across England, but often they lack nearby amenities.
• Leicester fans in shock after crashLeicester supporters react to news of their owner's helicopter crashing shortly after take-off.
• Oxford-Cambridge Arc: Row over central England mega-planThe transport secretary says the government will back major development on the Oxford-Cambridge arc.
• London Underground commuters fainting at 'alarming levels'Passengers complain of overcrowding and sweltering heat on the London Underground during rush hour.

ITV News

• Chancellor Philip Hammond to unveil £28bn Budget boost for England’s roads networkPhilip Hammond will announce what is being billed as the biggest ever cash injection for England’s largest roads when he delivers his annual Budget statement on Monday.
• Flying Scotsman makes special trip to honour former ownerFlying Scotsman is to make a memorial trip to honour the man credited with rescuing the locomotive from the US.

The Guardian

• Leicester City owner’s helicopter crashes near stadium after match A helicopter believed to be carrying Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester City’s chairman, crashed outside the King Power Stadium following Leicester’s home draw with West Ham United on Saturday night.
• Cars or clean air? Cheltenham’s Boots Corner becomes the new battleground As air pollution fears rise, Cheltenham ‘put people before traffic’ and banned cars from part of its centre. But not everyone is happy
• First private Chinese attempt to send rocket into space fails Beijing-based Landscape says ‘something abnormal happened’ in the third stage of its ZQ-1 rocket
• Uber Uber drivers ‘£18,000 poorer’ as firm appeals two-year-old tribunal order GMB union says 40,000 drivers are worse off through missing holiday and sick pay, despite a court ruling in 2016

The Independent

• Woman 'brutally punched' for speaking Spanish in racist attack on London Overground trainA woman was “brutally” punched on a London Overground train after her attacker heard her speaking Spanish – the second time this year someone has been assaulted on the city’s transport system for using the European language.
• Brexit: Heathrow raises £1.6bn to prepare for possible no dealHeathrow executives have raised £1.6bn from investors to help the airport “cope” in the event of a no-deal Brexit next year.
• K airline passengers 'wasting £175m a year choosing specific seats'UK airline passengers are wasting up to £175m a year on unnecessary allocated seating fees, new research suggests.
• Budget 2018: Environmental groups attack government's £30bn road spending planGreen campaigners have lined up to attack chancellor Philip Hammond for announcing a multi-billion-pound boost for building and upgrading roads – days after world scientists urgently warned that greenhouse gas emissions must be cut.

Times Online

• James Coney: If this is the future of car hire, I’m walking [Subscription]The outpouring of anger over Goldcar is almost unprecedented during my two decades as a financial journalist.
• Car-hire company Goldcar ‘forged signatures’ [Subscription]After an investigation by our Money section, scores of readers have alleged foul play by the hire company Goldcar
• Car-hire company Goldcar ‘forged signatures’ [Subscription]After an investigation by our Money section, scores of readers have alleged foul play by the hire company Goldcar
• James Coney: If this is the future of car hire, I’m walking [Subscription]The outpouring of anger over Goldcar is almost unprecedented during my two decades as a financial journalist.

Reuters News

• Hammond to increase road investment by 44 percent in budgetBritish finance minister Philip Hammond will announce a 44 percent jump in roads and highways investment in his budget on Monday, the finance ministry said, offering a glimpse of higher public spending promised by the government.

Mail Online

• Rail passengers face further disruption as train workers continue their walkout in long-running dispute over guardsPassengers have been left angry after a fresh round of strikes disrupted their journeys today.
• The Piccadilly and Central Lines are the worst Tube lines for pickpocketing with more than 5,000 thefts committed on London's Underground in the past yearLondoners are being warned after new statistics reveal the worst tube lines for pickpocketing in England's capital.
• The Piccadilly and Central Lines are the worst Tube lines for pickpocketing with more than 5,000 thefts committed on London's Underground in the past yearLondoners are being warned after new statistics reveal the worst tube lines for pickpocketing in England's capital.
• Rail passengers face further disruption as train workers continue their walkout in long-running dispute over guardsPassengers have been left angry after a fresh round of strikes disrupted their journeys today.

Liverpool Echo

• How you could be fined £1,000 for letting emergency services passIt's always tricky making way when ambulances & police need to pass - but getting it wrong could cost you badly
• Revealed: Liverpool's most dangerous road and the shocking number of crashesThe A57 is the most dangerous road in Merseyside, new accident data has revealed.

London Evening Standard

• Adidas x TfL trainers: Huge queues for limited edition shoes that come with £80 Oyster cardScores of people braved near-freezing temperatures to queue up for a limited edition pair of adidas trainers which are inspired by the London Underground.
• Leicester City helicopter crash: Who is chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha?When Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha boasted that he wanted newly-promoted Leicester City to make a top five Premier League finish within three years in 2014, no one really took him seriously.
• Budget announcement: Philip Hammond to unveil biggest ever cash injection for England's roadsThe Chancellor, Philip Hammond, is expected to announce a £28.8billion cash injection to upgrade major routes across England in his Budget statement on Monday.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Wherstead Road to close again this morning as abnormal load travels to BramfordA major Ipswich road will close again today in preparation for an abnormal load to leave the Port of Ipswich.

EIN News Subscription

• Plane passengers ‘wasting up to £175m a year to sit next to companions’ UK airline passengers are wasting up to £175 million each year on unnecessary allocated seating fees, new research suggests. Almost half (45%) of people who pay to sit with their companions would be seated together anyway, according to an investigation by …
• Scottish air passenger duty changes `could reduce... … journeys from airports in the Highlands and Islands required EU approval under … provided by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) indicate APD is … Air Passenger Duty is the most expensive tax of its kind in Europe …