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Call for British Transport Police to be armed with guns

Senior officers have called for armed transport police to be able to patrol the UK's railway network.

Residents lose City Airport flights court battle

A group of residents from east London have lost their High Court battle to block an increase in the number of flights proposed for London City Airport.

Friday, 21 January 2011

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Department for Transport

  • Transport StatisticsThe Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:

Financial Times

  • EasyJet shares plunge after warningEurope's second-biggest budget airline says soaring fuel costs may double first-half losses to £140m-£160m, apart from service disruptions caused by severe weather and strikes
  • Southwest warns on switch to AirbusSouthwest Airlines would consider buying aircraft from the European group for the first time if Boeing chooses not to develop a more fuel-efficient version of its leading single-aisle jet

The Guardian

  • British Transport police plans armed division Proposals put forward for around 100 officers in London to be trained to carry guns
  • BA cabin crew plan new tacticsDifferent guerilla-style tactics, such as work to rule, planned by British Airways cabin crew if vote goes for industrial actionBritish Airways passengers could be spared immediate disruption even if cabin crew vote for industrial action at the airline today.It is understood that the Unite trade union will not announce lengthy walkouts if the result of a strike ballot, due this afternoon, returns a new mandate. Instead, the union is pondering a guerilla-style approach with work to rule protests among the tactics discussed in recent weeks. Nevertheless, Unite is expected to focus on calls for p...

The Herald

  • Rail companies set for more freedomTrain companies are to be given greater freedom to set timetables but will face new targets on tackling overcrowding as part of a reform of the rail franchising system announced yesterday.

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Mail Online

  • Petrol prices hit more than 128p a litreThe AA said the monthly fuel bill for an average two-car family had rocketed by £34 in just a year. AA president Edmund King said many drivers 'cannot afford to fill up'.

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Bolton News

  • MP presses rail cash case BOLTON MP Julie Hilling has argued for the urgent need for greater rail investment in the region during her first meeting with the transport minister.

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Derby Telegraph

  • Street lights could be switched off after plans were supported CONTROVERSIAL plans to switch of some Derbyshire street lights between midnight and 5.30am have taken a step forward after a committee scrutinising the plans supported them
  • B_line holders' bus fares could go upDERBYSHIRE County Council could make teenage holders of its b_line travel card pay two-thirds of their bus fares instead of half. The card currently gives 50% bus fare discounts for 54,000 14-to-19-year-olds across the county, outside Derby. The

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Sheffield Telegraph

  • Rail vision ˜on right tracks™VOLUNTEERS pressing for the reintroduction of passenger train services between Sheffield and Stocksbridge have been given a boost by a feasibility study.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

The York Press

  • East Coast to cut travel centre posts YORK-BASED rail operator East Coast is set to cut 28 travel centre posts in a move which has been fiercely criticised by a union chief.
  • York Cycle Challenge BUSINESSES, schools and organisations are being urged to throw themselves into a city-wide competition.

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Other Regional Press

  • Railway plans face hostile reception PLANS to build a £45 million rail link between Ripley and Derby were derided at a packed town council meeting on Tuesday night. Desmond McKinley, managing director of CES Group Partnership, faced a hostile reception from nearly 90 townsfolk angry at the company’s plans to re-open line along Ripley’s Greenway, which was closed to passengers in the 1930s, and build new stations in Denby and Coxbench.
  • Southend Airport boss: Court challenges will not stop expansionAN airport boss is forging ahead with plans to expand Southend Airport, despite a legal challenge by campaigners.
  • Motorists will be tracked by number-plate camerasHertfordshire motorists will be tracked by number-plate recognition cameras due to be introduced on main roads across the county.
  • Orbital bus here to stayThe future of Preston’s Orbital Bus Service will NOT be threatened by Lancashire County Council’s decision to withdraw almost £300,000 of funding for part of the route, council chiefs said today.

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