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Sunday, 23 April 2017

BBC News

• Why Rome sends trains filled with rubbish to AustriaRome's rubbish is helping to power Austrian homes - and it gets to Austria by train.
• Why Rome sends trains filled with rubbish to AustriaRome's rubbish is helping to power Austrian homes - and it gets to Austria by train.

The Guardian

• Freewheeling in the city: cycling London – in picturesFor south London-based illustrator Hannah Warren, cycling in London is about “exploration, slowing down and seeing the city from a different perspective”. In part inspired by David Byrne’s book Bicycle Diaries, she started a series of digital drawings depicting some of her favourite spots to cycle in the capital. Warren started cycling in the city some years ago, tired of being stuck on the bus while seeing bikes whizz past and thinking: “Why am I stood under this man’s armpit? I could be doing that.” The illustrations, which seek to capture the feeling of “stumbling upon a place I didn’t know...
• Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollutionExclusive: analysis commissioned by Labour reveals 59% of Britons live in areas where diesel pollution threatens healthNearly 40 million people in the UK are living in areas where illegal levels of air pollution from diesel vehicles risk damaging their health, according to analysis commissioned by the Labour party.The extent of the air pollution crisis nationally is exposed in the data which shows 59% of the population are living in towns and cities where nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution breaches the lawful level of 40 microgrammes per cubic metre of air. Continue reading...
• HS2 is on its way but bid troubles and snap election could still derail projectThe new line’s progress is anything but speedy and, in light of controversy and recent political events, it could grind to a halt‘Passengers awaiting the 2026 fast train to Birmingham: your service is on its way. Honest.” If this announcement has left the public sceptical after seven years of relaunches and debate, there are signs that HS2 is starting to carve its first marks on the landscape. Is anything now stopping the £55.7bn high-speed rail scheme from becoming physical reality?Royal assent in February gave HS2 Ltd the full legal, financial and planning powers to build the first half of a...

The Independent

• Why American air travel could be transformed with tiny electric planes and £20 ticketsImagine you’re city-hopping in the US and taking your next trip of a couple hundred miles. New York City to Boston, for example. Or Houston to Dallas. Tampa to Miami. The obvious choice might be to drive. But what if you could show up at an airport at one of those cities, bypass security checkpoints, board a small hybrid-electric plane with luggage in hand, and be on the ground at your destination in about an hour – all for about $25 (£20) each way?

Times Online

• Motorists in ‘poisonous cabin’ alert [Subscription]Research shows poor filter systems can expose drivers to vast doses of particulates from other vehicles’ fumes
• Residents get up steam to halt railway extension [Subscription]A plan to link a heritage line to the national network is dividing a Sussex community
• Revved up for driverless [Subscription]Plans to put driverless cars on Britain’s roads have been fired up by a government decision to support a consortium led by a veteran technology entrepreneur.

City AM

• London City Airport's chief executive Declan Collier steps down after five yearsThe chief executive of London City Airport is stepping down from his role. Declan Collier, who was appointed in March 2012, will stay on in his position until a successor is found and will help the airport find its next chief executive.
• Here's how the Elizabeth Line is shaping up with architectural ceilings for Farringdon and Liverpool Street stationsProgress on Crossrail is building up speed, with new pictures showing the completed construction of new architectural ceilings at Farringdon and Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line stations.

Daily Record

• Glasgow Airport named among worst in the world for passenger complaints in shock survey Consumer rights website Resolver say the biggest grumble from passengers was about flight delays and cancellations.

Mail Online

• British Airways wi-fi in the sky finally takes off with connectivity on long-haul flights landing this month Ten years ago it was assumed that in-flight wi-fi would soon be commonplace. It hasn’t happened, but airlines are finally showing a keenness to wire up the skies with fast links.

The Sun

• FAST RAIL AXE FOR BREXIT Tory MPs want to put halt to £100billion HS2 high-speed rail network to save money for BrexitThey have persuaded Theresa May to abandon plans to build a line linking London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

London Evening Standard

• Four fifths of motorists support London's new cycle lanes, study claimsFour fifths of motorists support the construction of new cycle lanes in the capital, a recent survey has claimed.

This Is Local London Network

• Councils who have spent £350k fighting Heathrow expansion plans 'doing taxpayers a favour'Local authorities spending £350,000 fighting Heathrow’s planned third runway are ‘doing taxpayers a favour’, according to an anti-expansion campaigner. A freedom of information request first reported by the BBC revealed Wandsworth, Richmond and Hillingdon councils spent £300,000 from their general funds, and Windsor and Maidenhead Council spent £50,000 from its development fund.

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster-built Flying Scotsman to take to the tracks tomorrow morning as part of special celebrationWorld famous locomotive Flying Scotsman - built in Doncaster - will travel alongside three modern trains to celebrate the "past, present and future" of Britain's railway.

Other Regional Press

• Airport expands after business jet usage boomsLONDON Oxford Airport is set to expand after seeing jet movements increase by more than six per cent in 2016.
• Contactless tickets to be rolled out by Oxford Bus Company BUS passengers in Oxford will soon be able use contactless payment methods to buy tickets when a pilot scheme is introduced in the city.
• Guest Night The Northumbria Club held its Guest Night at the National Liberal Club on March 15. Ian Graham was in the chair. Guest speaker was Steve Hails, director of health and safety for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project
• End of an era as rail link is withdrawn to the LakesIT is now 50 years since the last railway freight services were officially withdrawn on the Lakeside branch line from Ulverston to the shores of Windermere.

Other News Sources

• PHOTOS: Striking new ceilings completed at Elizabeth line stationsPhotographs showing “striking” new architectural ceilings on some of London’s newest underground railway platforms were released on Friday, as Crossrail completed construction of the features at Farringdon and Liverpool Street stations on the under-construction Elizabeth line.