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Sunday, 21 August 2016

BBC News

• 'No pollution' after Transocean Winner oil transferSalvage experts successfully transfer diesel oil on a 17,000-tonne grounded rig from pontoon tanks to a safer position above sea level.
• Crew rescued from Dundee pilot boat after fireThree people are rescued in thick fog from a fire on a boat in the Firth of Tay near Buddon Point.
• All aboardRiding the trains on the first evening of London Underground's Night Tube service.
• Night Tube begins in London, bringing 'huge boost' to capitalThe first Night Tubes roll on to London Underground platforms - almost three years since the plan was first announced.

The Guardian

• London night tube: meet the people who travelled on the first nightA few hours on the Victoria line’s new night service yield music, laughter, selfies, mice and an encounter with London mayor Sadiq KhanIt was the night that London’s Underground finally became a 24-hour service, or, as one driver put it in an announcement: “It’s 4am and you lot are still on the tube.”The Victoria and Central lines are the first two underground lines launching a night service. The Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines are expected to follow suit before the year is out. Continue reading...

The Herald

• How railways are run around the worldSpain - State-owned Renfe Operadora owns the trains and operates the bulk of passenger and freight services, while state-owned ADIF manages the infrastructure. There has been huge investment in expanding and modernising the railway in recent years, especially in high-speed lines, but it has struggled to attract enough passengers to make any of the lines profitable.
• Our railways: to nationalise or not to nationalise, that is the question...CHEAPER fares, more reliable services and a fairer deal for taxpayers was once the rallying cry behind privatisation of the railways.

The Huffington Post

• Night Tube Launches As Sadiq Khan Accuses Boris Johnson Of 'Giving Up' On The ServiceLondon’s Night Tube begins this weekend, with mayor Sadiq Khan saying it will be used by a variety of people including “a middle-aged clubber” like himself. Trains will operate overnight on Fridays and Saturdays on the Victoria line and parts of the Central line, with the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines following in the autumn. There will be six trains per hour through central London between 12.30am and 5.30am, the Press Association reported. Transport for London (TfL) predicts the service will cut late-night journey times by an average of 20 minutes, benefiting p...

The Scotsman

• Glasgow Subway could follow Tube with extended night servicesSubway trains in Scotland’s largest city could run into the small hours to boost Glasgow’s burgeoning night-time economy.

The Telegraph

• New York City cab drivers no longer have to speak English as new laws come into force
• Night Tube: 10 amazing works of art you need to see on the London Underground�
• #NightTube first night: selfies, students and, oh dear, soaking-wet seats
• Kalashnikov to sell model AK-47 assault rifles at Moscow Airport
• Navy to lose 'invaluable' only repair ship in cost-cutting

Times Online

• As clubbers stumble out, night Tube pulls in [Subscription]At Oxford Circus Underground station, girls in miniskirts stumble downstairs, gripping one another for support. Couples stand on platforms snogging. Groups ride the escalators in sunglasses, drinking from cans of beer.

Daily Record

• FlyBe flight forced to land back in Glasgow after circling above city with technical fault FlyBe flight BE1143 to Jersey returned to Glasgow Airport after technical issues force it to circle the city.

Mail Online

• Southern Rail trains are literally falling apart, right on top of us! London commuters were given a shock this morning when the ceiling of a�Southern Rail train carriage collapsed between Purley Oaks and South Croydon, south London yesterday morning.

This is Money

• Commuters could buy new car for less than the price of their first class rail season tickets, says report And that’s without factoring in the controversial new 1.9 per cent RPI inflation rise set for the New Year based on the rate on July.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Councillors agree �150,000 package of road safety improvements in Keighley A �150,000 package of road improvements across the Keighley constituency has been approved.

London Evening Standard

• Ford's self-driving cars to arrive in five yearsFord has stepped up its quest to conquer the market for self-driving cars with a plan to mass-produce autonomous vehicles by 2021.
• Night Tube launches: Zero arrests made as 24-hour services get off to 'superb start'Transport police made zero arrests as tens of thousands of passengers boarded the Night Tube for the first time.

Northern Echo

• Motorists faced with extra delays in city centre as last phase of work starts on new traffic light scheme. MOTORISTS are warned of “significant restrictions” as the next phase of roadworks mounting traffic lights on city centre roundabouts gets underway, today.
• Bus driver denies dangerous driving over children rescued from floodwater A SCHOOL bus driver has denied dangerous driving in connection with an incident which saw 26 children having to be rescued when their bus got stuck in flood water.

The York Press

• Flood schoolbus driver went past 'road closed' sign but denies dangerous driving THE driver of a school bus that got stuck in floodwater has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving.
• Last chance to speak out on East Yorkshire bus cuts RESIDENTS have only a few days left to have their say on East Riding of Yorkshire Council proposals to cut subsidies for bus services by �600,000 in the wake of reduced Government funding.
• These 15 sets of York traffic lights are to be replaced YORK transport bosses have listed 15 sets of traffic lights and pedestrian crossings they want to replace in the next two years.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Delays on the way as roadworks start in Walsall town centre Hatherton Road will be closed to all vehicles between the junctions of Hatherton Street and Lower Forster Street in Walsall, causing long delays.

Yorkshire Post

• Tom Richmond: A fare deal on trains means ticket prices linked to reliabilityGIVEN that Britain now has a Government which is committed to working in the interests of all – and not just a privileged few – how about Ministers living up to this mantra and getting the railways back on track?

Blackpool Gazette

• Cross-Pennine tunnel routes revealedFive alternative routes have been published for a possible new tunnel under the Pennines – a project described by the Department for Transport as the most ambitious road scheme in the UK for half of century.

Peterborough Telegraph

• New plans to extended A1M to create continuous motorway from Peterborough to LondonA new study has set out plans for the A1M to be extended creating a continuos motorway between Peterborough and London.

West Sussex Gazette

• Classic sports cars go on display in Horsham town centreA range of classic sports cars are set to descend on Horsham today (Sunday August 21).

Other Regional Press

• Bicester needs a bus group say residents after two more routes axed BUS users need to create their own campaign group if they are to prevent more services in Bicester being lost, a local councillor has warned.
• Mail readers hope for return of 'Santa Bus' to HartlepoolMail readers in their droves have called for the return of a festive bus which was a regular fixture in Hartlepool for two decades.
• Cancellations to Weymouth bus services this weekend DUE to
• Courier bus aims to coble together more driversKen and Christel Smith know all about supporting their local community. They took time out while volunteering at Lythe Village Store, to talk about how they need more drivers for Staithes Coble Courier.
• TRAVEL: Bus replacement services between Watford and St Albans BUS services will replace trains from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey.
• Tonne of cocaine worth £80 million seized near Falmouth in one of UK's biggest ever hauls More than a tonne of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than £80 million has been seized from a boat off the coast of Falmouth, in what has been described as “one of the most significant drugs seizures ever made in the UK.”
• New transport strategy will 'improve air quality and cycling links' A HAMPSHIRE city will get a new transport strategy council chiefs say will improve air quality and create cycling links.

Other News Sources

• Airshows continue after Shoreham but with increased safety precautions THE tragic events at Shoreham has not dampened the nation’s enthusiasm for airshows with 35 planned between now and October.
• Investigation into Shoreham Airshow disaster must be absolutely right IN ONE way it could seem like one of the more straightforward incidents police have to deal with.
• Volvo and Uber join forces on driverless taxi planSwedish carmaker Volvo has joined forces with ride-sharing company Uber on the development of self-driving vehicles. The two companies have agreed to jointly invest $300m in a project that could reportedly see a fleet of up to 100 autonomous taxis take to the street of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the end of the year. According to […]

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