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Glasgow's Riverside Museum is as much a memorial as a celebration of the city's shipbuilding tradition. Its jagged steel frame, by renowned architect Zaha Hadid, echoes the triumphs of industrial design that have floated down the Clyde over the centuries, as well as the construction sheds that once stood on the site. Inside, it displays scale models of the famous ships built on the river – HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the QE2 – and the now antiquated tools involved.
Benefits of HS2 were exaggerated secret report reveals
Official Department for Transport research, suppressed for three years, which torpedoes the remaining business case for HS2 has been revealed.
BA is on course to revamp its fleet
BRITISH Airways owner IAG is gearing up to refresh its fleet with new widebody aircraft from manufacturer Airbus or its rival Boeing.
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BBC News
- Tribute to motorway death womanThe family of a woman who was found dead on the M61 carriageway in Bolton pays tribute to her.
- Bus strike looms over Games payBus workers in London vote to take strike action in a row over their workload during the Olympics.
Financial Times
- Bus drivers vote to strike over Olympic payTfL chiefs are set to reap an average of £80,000 if the system works smoothly, while bus drivers vote to strike over a £500 claim
The Herald
- Europe can help African airlinesAirlines have urged western governments to do more to improve the safety of flying in Africa, after a week in which more than 160 people died in plane crashes in Nigeria and Ghana.
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- Britain's last few shipbuilders steer a course through the fiscal stormGlasgow's Riverside Museum is as much a memorial as a celebration of the city's shipbuilding tradition. Its jagged steel frame, by renowned architect Zaha Hadid, echoes the triumphs of industrial design that have floated down the Clyde over the centuries, as well as the construction sheds that once stood on the site. Inside, it displays scale models of the famous ships built on the river – HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the QE2 – and the now antiquated tools involved.
- London bus workers vote to strike for £500 Olympic Games bonusBuses could be brought to a halt during GamesLondon bus workers on Saturday raised the threat of industrial action during the Olympics after voting to strike if they do not receive a £500 bonus.Members of the Unite union supported industrial action by a ratio of more than nine to one, on a 38% turnout. The union is seeking the bonus, which will cost £14m, for the 20,000 bus workers it represents, claiming that all other transport workers are being paid a premium for working during the event. At least 800,000 extra passengers are predicted on buses during the Olympics.The ballot allows the uni...
The Telegraph
- London 2012: bus workers threaten Olympics strikeThousands of London bus workers have voted to go on strike in a row over extra payments for working during the Olympic Games.
- Benefits of HS2 were exaggerated secret report revealsOfficial Department for Transport research, suppressed for three years, which torpedoes the remaining business case for HS2 has been revealed.
- Team of wounded British servicemen to take part in one of world's toughest cycling endurance racesA soldier who lost both his legs after stepping on a roadside bomb in Afghanistan is to take part in one of the world's toughest cycling endurance races.
Daily Express
- BA is on course to revamp its fleetBRITISH Airways owner IAG is gearing up to refresh its fleet with new widebody aircraft from manufacturer Airbus or its rival Boeing.
Liverpool Echo
- Pedestrian suffers serious head injuries after he was hit by car in BirkenheadA PEDESTRIAN has been left with serious head injuries after he was hit by a car in Wirral today.
Manchester Evening News
- Eleven injured in M60 motorway smash near Trafford CentreEleven people were taken to hospital after a motorway collision between two cars and a HGV.
- Testing times on overdue Metrolink lineTrams will be tested on the new Metrolink line to Droylsden from Monday “ amid hopes passengers could start using it later this year.
Metro
- London bus drivers vote to go on strike over 2012 Olympics payBus drivers have voted to go on strike over pay during the London 2012 Olympics, and suggested their walkout could coincide with the Games next month. London bus workers are requesting an extra £17 a day for their services for the duration of the Olympics Bus drivers, who are members of the Unite union, are using the strike to demand extra pay over the Olympic period.Drivers reportedly want an extra £500 for their increased workload during that time. The strike action could have a potentially damaging effect if it continues into the start of the 2012 Olympics, causing serious delays to trav...
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Metro pay dispute 'is one the region cannot afford'FEARS of further strikes by Metro drivers are growing as the dispute over pay continues. This week’s walkout by transport workers caused disruption for commuters and Coldplay concert-goers in Sunderland as trains came to a standstill for 24 hours.
Sheffield Star
- Huge growth in rail passengersA TOWN rail user group’s campaign to improve train services and the appearance of the local station has led to a massive increase in the number of passengers over the last three years.
- Merge rail firms to ˜save costs™Transport chiefs are calling upon the Government to allow local rail services to be merged and managed “by the north, for the north.”
- Motorway lane closures alertMOTORISTS are warned of delays on the M1 due to roadworks on two stretches around Sheffield this weekend.
The York Press
- Petition bid over changes to Coastliner bus service 844 HUNDREDS of residents have petitioned against changes to bus services claiming they will leave them struggling for seats.
- Train driver reunited with ˜Flying Scotsman™ A CELEBRATION of the railways in York has reunited a former train driver with the famous locomotive he was once in command of.
- Punctuality problems for rail operator East Coast YORK-BASED rail operator East Coast had the second worst punctuality record in the country last month, new figures have shown.
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- Only quarter of West Midlands speed cameras in useJust 73 out of 305 speed cameras in the West Midlands are still in use, figures revealed today. Funding cuts and rising costs of processing old style wet film have taken their toll on cameras.
Other Regional Press
- Decision needed over future of Wellington bus shelter RESIDENTS of Rockwell Green in Wellington are being asked to give their views on the future of a disused bus shelter.
- Free rides for bikersMOTORBIKE lovers will get the chance to ride one for free at Goodwood Racecourse this weekend.
- Ferries cancelled due to engine problemsBAD weather and engine problems are causing delays to ferry services between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight today.
- Two-wheeled tribute by Malmesbury charity A bike dedicated by a friend of 17-year-old Toby Hearne, who died after being hit by a car just before Christmas, has been sent to Africa by a Mal-mesbury cycle charity.
- Sherston bus route changes discussed Elderley residents let down by the re-routing of a bus service away from their homes in Sherston are being invited to a meeting to discuss the changes next week.
- MPs to discuss transport links THE Welsh Affairs Committee chaired by Monmouth MP David Davies is to take evidence on road and rail links between Wales and England next week.
- Sixteen hurt in motorway crash Sixteen people have been taken to hospital after a white Ford transit mini-bus crashed on the M40 southbound between junction 12 and 11.
Other News Sources
- Council ready for more free travelTHERE will be an extra 30 minutes of free bus travel for Reading's elderly if councillors approve a move which could cost up to £46,000 a year.
- Medvedev orders to build new aircraft plantRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered for construction of an aircraft manufacturing plant for producing tactical transport aircraft in Kazan city, said Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
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