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Monday, 29 August 2016

BBC News

• Night Tube: Journeying to work when everyone else is drunkAlongside the boisterous revellers on London's first regular all-night Tube service were a sprinkling of more introverted, nocturnal travellers.
• Airline pilots arrested on alcohol charge at Glasgow AirportTwo airline pilots are arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly from Glasgow Airport to New York.
• Uber suspends services in Abu DhabiTaxi-hailing service Uber and rival Careem suspend their services in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, as drivers are reportedly arrested.

Financial Times

• Union boss blames cuts for rail strikesMick Cash, head of the RMT, insists trains will be less safe without guards
• nuTonomy looks to beat Uber at its own gameHead of US robotics start-up says big players are not committed to driverless cars

The Guardian

• M20 reopens completely following bridge collapsePrecautionary 50mph limit in place after stretch of Kent motorway is cleared of debris from accident on SaturdayThe M20 has completely reopened to traffic more than 24 hours after a footbridge collapsed, causing hours of traffic chaos on one of the busiest weekends of the year. Motorists can now use both carriageways of the M20 in Kent, according to Highways England, after a stretch between junctions one and four was cleared following Saturday’s accident, which saw the structure struck by a digger being transported on the back of a lorry. Continue reading...
• Richard Branson should lose his knighthood, says John McDonnellIn wake of ‘Traingate’ row, shadow chancellor says Virgin founder is a tax exile who should lose his UK honourJeremy Corbyn’s closest ally has called for Sir Richard Branson to be stripped of his knighthood, days after his company Virgin released CCTV footage casting doubt on the Labour leader’s claim of train overcrowding.John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, used an interview in the Sunday Mirror to call Branson, who lives in the Caribbean, a “tax exile who thinks he can try and intervene and undermine our democracy”. Continue reading...
• Virgin broke own rules by releasing Corbyn CCTV, document showsLeaked internal policy document raises questions over why Virgin and Richard Branson released images The decision by Virgin Trains to release CCTV images of Jeremy Corbyn on one of its services after he complained on video about the journey being “completely ram-packed” was in breach of the company’s own policies, the Guardian can reveal.The company handed images, which appeared to show the Labour leader walking past empty seats before sitting on the train’s floor, to the media earlier this week in a move that embarrassed Corbyn. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Historic steamship TS Queen Mary in £150,000 funding boostONE of Scotland’s most famous turbine steamships will be dry-docked for the first time since 1997 thanks to a £150,000 fundraising boost.
• Two pilots due in court after being arrested on suspicion of being drunk before take-offThe men, aged 35 and 45, are expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court after the alleged incident at Glasgow Airport on Saturday.

The Huffington Post

• Pete Waterman Called As Expert In BBC Railway Nationalisation Debate, Gets A ‘Lot Of Stick’BBC radio listeners were baffled on Saturday morning when music producer Pete Waterman was used in a debate about renationalistion of the railways.

The Telegraph

• United Airlines pilots arrested in Glasgow on alcohol charge
• Man in Zorro costume detained at LAX airport after 'loud noises' mistaken as gunshots�

Times Online

• Road may be bumpy but prospects are good, Stagecoach boss says [subscription]The chief executive of Stagecoach yesterday warned shareholders that there may be “bumpy” times ahead.

The Mirror

• Delays to Heathrow expansion will 'harm the whole UK', union leaders warn Theresa May Union bosses have called on the PM to prove her commitment to industry and give the go-ahead to a new runway next week

Birmingham Mail

• Fury as Birmingham Airport passengers wait TWO HOURS for their luggage Staff shortages and check-in problems trigger nightmare Bank Holiday weekend

Edinburgh Evening News

• Rail misery as late trains are scrapped Rail travellers are to be hit with even more misery – with trains scrapped in the evening on the main route between Edinburgh and Glasgow amid fresh engineering chaos.

London Evening Standard

• Waterloo station fire: trackside blaze sparks severe delays to train servicesA trackside fire at Waterloo has caused severe disruption to trains coming into and out of the station.

Wales Online

• Plans revealed for a new bus interchange which will be built at city tip The recycling centre closed in 2014 and campaigns to get it reopened have failed

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Birmingham Airport delays: Bank Holiday bedlam as passengers vent their anger A computer breakdown and staffing crisis combined to trigger Bank Holiday bedlam at Birmingham International Airport on one of its busiest weekends of the year.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Yorkshire Dales bus route to star in TV specialA YORKSHIRE bus route which takes in some of our region’s finest views is to star in a BBC programme this Bank Holiday Monday.
• ‘Huge pressure’ on Leeds school transport services as numbers of special needs children riseSchool transport services for thousands of vulnerable Leeds children are under “huge pressure” as the number of youngsters with special needs rises, a new council report has revealed.

Bucks Free Press

• Train services to be cancelled due to 'shortage of drivers' A number of Chiltern Railway trains in and out of London were cancelled today due to a

Reading Evening Post

• Free bus travel at 9am and Readybike could lose council subsidy Reading Borough Council is consulting on concessions for bus and Readybike users it can no longer afford

Railway Gazette

• Test a quick-assembly rail heating system ELTHERM: Visitors will be able to test their skills installing different rail and point heating...
• Rail freight news in briefWhat is described as the first train from China to Afghanistan left Nantong in eastern China’s...

Aviation Industry

• Technical fault forces Mitsubishi to abort US ferry flightMitsubishi’s first MRJ90, which was positioning to the US for flight testing, has been forced to return to Tokyo because of an air management system fault. read more

Other News Sources

• Leicester tops 'least railway stations per population' pollLeicester tops a list of places in Britain with the fewest number of railway stations per population, Press Association research has revealed.