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Monday, 29 October 2018

BBC News

• Birmingham mum 'scarred physically and mentally by carjacking'Clare O'Neill tells how carjackers drove off in her Audi with her four-week-old baby still inside.
• Heathrow to Paddington trains were disrupted after power faultTrains between Paddington, Heathrow, Oxford and Maidenhead were severely disrupted after cable damage.

ITV News

• ‘Brand-new’ Lion Air passenger jet plunges into sea near Jakarta with nearly 200 people on boardA passenger jet with 189 people on board has crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.

The Guardian

• Lion Air crash: officials say 189 onboard lost flight JT610 – latest updatesBoeing passenger plane went down shortly after take-off from Jakarta
• Elon Musk says $40m tweet was 'worth it' after being fined Musk and Tesla fined $20m each for misleading investors over privatisation plans
• Thousands of ships could dump pollutants at sea to avoid dirty fuel banOwners planning to install ‘emissions cheat’ systems to avoid having to buy cleaner, more expensive fuel

Times Online

• Scotrail chaos for football fans [Subscription]The train operator Scotrail has been branded “disgraceful” after football supporters attending the Betfred Cup semi-finals faced queues, overcrowding and long delays.
• Dover in the eye of storm as ‘no deal’ Brexit looms [Subscription]Port at the sharp end of Brexit trade fears says it might be forced to run at tenth of its capacity
• Lion Air passenger flight crashes into sea after take-off [Subscription]An Indonesian passenger plane with 189 people on board has crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, officials have said.
• Tesla backer ready to put more money behind Musk [Subscription]Carmaker ‘needs billions to bolster balance sheet’
• Pension funds heap pressure on Ryanair to ditch chairman [Subscription]A group representing dozens of pension funds has increased the pressure on Ryanair to replace David Bonderman, its chairman of 22 years.
• Call to speed up petrol car ban [Subscription]A ban on sales of new diesel and petrol cars should be brought forward a decade to 2030, according to groups representing 600,000 doctors, nurses and scientists.
• Risky junctions revamped after wrong-way crash [Subscription]Dangerous road junctions will be overhauled after a pensioner drove the wrong way down a motorway and caused a fatal crash.

City AM

• Cyclists are swapping their helmets for Hovding airbags – would you do the same?Imagine a London where no one wears a cycle helmet – and not because vanity has hit the roof, or because the roads have been made so safe that helmets are redundant (though that would also be nice).

Mail Online

• A fifth of police forces are 'ignoring' fuel thieves in the face of budget cuts - telling petrol stations to make customers to pay up frontThieves stealing from petrol pumps are being let off by almost one in five police forces.
• Rail chaos as overhead power lines fail at Paddington station for the second time in a fortnight leaving trains cancelled and lengthy delaysTrains were cancelled at Paddington station this afternoon after overhead power lines failed for the second time in a fortnight.
• Hero pilot died with his co-pilot girlfriend, Leicester owner, Thai beauty queen and billionaire's assistant in helicopter fireball after steering stricken aircraft in a 'dead man's curve' away from fansThe five victims of the Leicester City helicopter crash have been named including its billionaire owner, his assistant, a Thai beauty queen turned PA and the hero pilot and his girlfriend co-pilot who potentially saved hundreds of lives by crashing away from crowds on the ground.

London Evening Standard

• Paddington station delays: all trains to and from major transport hub cancelled following overhead wires damagePeople were evacuated off trains after damage to overhead electric wires between Paddington and Slough cancelled all trains to and from the London station.
• Leicester City helicopter crash: Tributes made at Premier League fixtures and NFL match at WembleySport fans across the country have paid their respects to Leicester City following Saturday night's horrific helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium.
• Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after 'shoving Tube commuter onto tracks' at Barons CourtA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man ended up on the tracks at a Tube station in west London.

Manchester Evening News

• The day just one-in-three Transpennine trains arrived on timeLast Monday just 34pc of the operator's services turned up when they were meant to - and the firm has also refused to reinstate axed peak-time trains through Mossley

East Anglian Daily Times

• Free parking could save our town centres this ChristmasShoppers have called for a free parking scheme being introduced in east Suffolk this Christmas to be extended to further encourage families to shop local and support their market towns.
• Anger after delays left Wherstead Road closed for hoursResidents and businesses have expressed their anger and concern ahead of a second weekend of work to move an abnormal load following hours of delays which caused traffic chaos in Ipswich.

C.N.N.

• Lion Air plane crash: Debris found in sea off Jakarta, IndonesiaA Lion Air flight capable of carrying up to 189 passengers has crashed during a short flight from the Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang, according to Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency.

Aviation Industry

• DEVELOPING STORY: Search launched for missing Lion Air Boeing 737A Lion Air Boeing 737, possibly a new MAX variant, is believed to have crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta’s Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. read more

EIN News Subscription

• 189 feared dead: Lion Air jet plunged into sea … Indonesia's safety transport committee said he could … last transmission from the aircraft. Lion Air was set up 1999 … Communications Strategic of Lion Air, Danang Mandala Prihantoro +62 … of several Indonesian airlines banned by the European Union for lax …