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Saturday, 20 May 2017

BBC News

• Cyclist Becky James' mother breaks pelvis in bike knockSilver medal-winning cyclist Becky James urged people to
• CarFest plane crash: Kevin Whyman's death 'accidental'Pilot Kevin Whyman lost control during a 360-degree roll at the CarFest North event in August 2015.
• Croydon tram driver filmed 'sleeping' at controlsA passenger filmed an apparently sleeping driver on the Croydon tram network.
• 'Sleeping' Croydon tram driver footage probedA passenger filmed an apparently sleeping driver on the Croydon tram network.
• Air traffic control of the futureThe BBC's Richard Westcott has visited London City Airport's new control centre, 120 miles away from the landing strip.
• GM to stop making cars for Indian marketThe firm says it will honour warranties and maintenance contracts with its Indian buyers.
• London City first in UK to get remote air traffic controlLondon City Airport flights will be directed by controllers using a remote system 80 miles away.
• The UK's most delayed airlines revealedIcelandair, Air Transat and Norwegian are most likely to arrive late, according to Which? survey

Financial Times

• Singapore Airlines ponders ‘radical’ measures after posting lossCarrier’s costs are rising and it is losing market share to Gulf and Chinese rivals
• British Airways loses landmark legal case against pension trusteesAirline fought move by scheme to award extra payments to thousands of retired workers

The Guardian

• Air Force fighter jets scrambled after disturbance on American Airlines flightTurkish passenger reportedly tried to force his way into the cockpit of the Honolulu-bound flight from Los AngelesThe US military on Friday scrambled two Air Force fighter jets to escort an American Airlines flight into Honolulu International Airport after a disturbance involving a Turkish passenger aboard the plane was reported, officials said. The nature of the fracas was not immediately disclosed by the FBI, the military or American Airlines, but local news media reported that a passenger had tried to force his way into the cockpit of the Honolulu-bound Flight 31 from Los Angeles. Continue...
• Mother of champion cyclist Becky James injured in cycle crashChristine James was hit sideways at speed by a car while cycling near her home in Abergavenny, south WalesThe mother of a world champion cyclist has been injured after being knocked off her bike. Becky James, 25, who won two golds at the 2013 World Championships and two silvers at the Rio 2016 Olympics, urged people to “PLEASE think once, think twice, think BIKE!!!!” after her mother Christine’s crash in Monmouthshire on Thursday.The champion cyclist added the words “My poor Mumma” and the image of a broken heart as she retweeted a photograph of her injured mother, who she said was lucky to es...

The Huffington Post

• 10 Types Of People You Always Meet On Public TransportFor anyone who has had the misfortune to travel on public transport, you’ll know your fellow citizens aren’t always the best version of themselves when forced together in a confined space. Why? Because we do things like apply makeup, have loud phone calls, and fall asleep on each other. In fact the latter happens so frequently rail companies are now training staff to deal with people nodding off.  A London Midland Trains spokesman said: “All our conductors have to check every carriage at the end of the line in case any passenger has fallen asleep. It is part of our routi...

The Telegraph

• Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond test fires Sea Viper missile on incoming 500mph drone
• Croydon tram driver suspended after video emerges showing him 'asleep at the controls'
• Cycle lanes putting patients' lives at risk by delaying ambulances, College of Paramedics warn
• Fast food should be banned from public transport to tackle 'guzzling on the go', say obesity experts
• Jets scrambled as American Airlines passenger duct-taped to seat after disturbance on LA to Hawaii flight

Times Online

• Pothole crisis sends village quackers [Subscription]First it was the guerrilla gardeners: green-fingered warriors sneaking their way through shabby urban spaces to illicitly plant flowers. Now comes the turn of the fowl fighters: an activist army demonstrating against a local authority’s lack of action over potholes by filling them with rubber ducks.
• Passengers: this is your king speaking . . . at 30,000ft [Subscription]King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands hopes to be flying passengers around Europe on board Boeing jets for KLM from this summer, he has said.
• The Fiat 500 Riva: perfect for a journey to the sea [Subscription]There have been automotive co-branding partnerships in the past that marketing teams have called “collaborative meetings of minds”, but were, in truth, far more like car crashes. In the Seventies a Florida car dealer sold Gucci Cadillacs, which for Tom Ford would have been something like listening to fingernails dragging down a blackboard. (Although I must admit to a secret admiration for this Frankenstein’s motor. A Google image search will tell you all you need to know.)
• Easyjet lands title of the UK’s most-delayed airline [Subscription]Easyjet is the UK’s least punctual airline with more than a third of its flights arriving late, according to Which?.

Daily Record

• Car owners warned as men posing as police officers make off with vehicles The car thieves, claiming to be plain-clothed officers, had police equipment including handcuffs and covert harnesses at the time of meeting.
• Glasgow airport boss denies new drop-off charge is a profit-driven rip-off for fliers Motorists are furious about the move with critics branding it as purely a money-making exercise for the airport owners.

Mail Online

• Tram driver caught 'asleep' three stops Croydon disaster Passengers said they had to bang on the windows to wake the driver up after the tram, heading towards Wimbledon, stopped at a red signal near East Croydon, but never set off again.
• Boris Johnson defies May to attack Heathrow expansion In an extraordinary act of dissent, the Foreign Secretary broke ranks just a day after his party's manifesto re-committed itself to highly controversial plans to build a third runway.

The Mirror

• Burger ban plan for buses and trains in bid to combat Britain's obesity epidemic Experts claim a curb on junk food would cut the £16billion a year overweight people cost the NHS

Bolton News

• Calls for more roads to be made 20mph zones CALLS have been made for a more extensive rollout of the 20mph speed limit in Westhoughton's residential roads.
• Traffic disruption expected as road resurfacing work beginsMOTORISTS are being warned of road closures due to resurfacing work on the edge of the town centre.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Airport plans expansion as record passenger numbers expected STAFF at Leeds Bradford Airport are gearing up to welcome a record four million passengers over the next 12 months, as its masterplan for growth takes flight.

London Evening Standard

• Ugly cars: are these the world's worst looking autos?Just look at the disasters in our 'anti-beauty parade'
• Horrified plane passenger demands refund after finding cockroach on American Airlines flightA horrified American Airlines passenger demanded his money back after he found cockroaches crawling over the seats mid-flight.
• Croydon tram passenger tells of concern for daughter's safety after waking 'dribbling' driverJon Hall was one of the passengers who was forced to bang on the window to wake the 'sleeping' driver.

Wales Online

• Mother of Olympic cyclist Becky James has been injured in a road accident Christine James was injured while out cycling in Monmouthshire
• Bus link connecting mid and west Wales with cities under threat - six months after being saved There are fears that people living in rural parts of Wales could be cut off from the rest of the country

East Anglian Daily Times

• Traffic and health care concerns highlighted over Adastral Park projectCommunity leaders say long-term solutions are needed to deal with the traffic and congestion that is likely to be generated by building 2,000 new homes and other facilities at Adastral Park at Martlesham Heath.

Peterborough Telegraph

• TRAFFIC: A605 at Thrapston to face closures and delaysA main route near Thrapston will face road closures and delays starting tomorrow (Sunday) for work on the carriageway.

Reading Evening Post

• Passengers will never get wet again as Reading Buses launches honesty umbrellas Honesty umbrellas are being supplied on Reading Buses’ services to Woodley

Other Regional Press

• Villagers have quackers approach to highlighting pothole problem VILLAGERS have come up with a completely quackers way of drawing attention to an ongoing pothole problem.
• New transport chief keeps could rethink Queen Street bus banTHE county’s new transport boss says she could rethink plans to pedestrianise Queen Street in Oxford, as the opening of the revamped Westgate Centre draws closer.
• Warning after week of carnage of Dorset's roads and death toll rises DRIVERS are being urged to be safe and heed advice after a week of carnage of Dorset’s roads.
• Flight heading to Birmingham struck by lightning before declaring emergency The pilot declared an emergency shortly before preparing to land at Birmingham Airport (BHX)

C.N.N.

• American Airlines passenger detained after in-flight disturbanceA man who caused a disturbance aboard an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu on Friday was subdued by passengers and a flight attendant, a passenger told CNN.
• Driver charged with murder in Times Square crashA man with a history of drunken driving has been charged with murder after police say he barreled a car through the crowded sidewalks in Manhattan's Time Square, leaving one person dead and 20 injured.
• After I-85 fire, states are taking a closer look under their bridgesWhen an elevated section of Atlanta's Interstate 85 crashed to the ground in a fire this spring, motorists already navigating one of the nation's most congested cities braced for what the city's mayor called a transportation crisis.

Forbes

• Japan's Big Carmakers Gang Up In Support Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles, At Least OfficiallyToyota, Nissan and Honda join hands with energy suppliers to build out a network of hydrogen fueling stations. Government money is behind it, Nissan maybe not completely.

Buying Business Travel

• London City unveils plans for digital control towerAirport will use high-definition technology to improve air traffic control
• Look beyond Heathrow expansion, urges GTMCTMC group publishes its own General Election manifesto for next government
• Durham Tees Valley announces terminal renovationAirport will introduce free wifi and install workstations as part of project

Rail Technology Magazine

• Liverpool businesses call for end to RMT Merseyrail row 'as a matter of urgency' Businesses in Liverpool have called on the RMT and Merseyrail to return to negotiations and bring their long-running dispute to an end as “a matter of urgency”. The union has been locked in a dispute with the operator since the start of the year, and last went on strike in April to...
• HS2 likely to create polarisation of high-skill jobs in London, LSE findsBetter high-speed rail (HSR) links could lead to highly skilled managerial jobs being “geographically polarised” in London, research conducted by the London School of Economics (LSE) has found. The university looked at the effect that the implementation of high-speed routes had had...

Green Miscellany

• Vanmoof launches thief proof electric bicycleThe bicycle manufacturer Vanmoof claims to have made its latest electric bike thief proof. The Electrified S includes a built-in tracking function that allows the bike to be located should it be stolen. So confident is the Dutch company, that it guarantees to replace a bike that’s been pinched if it cannot be traced within two weeks. The high-tech features… The post Vanmoof launches thief proof electric bicycle appeared first on ETA.
• Drivers four times more likely to die in older carsOlder cars are dramatically over-represented in fatal crashes according to analysis conducted by engineers in Australia and released to coincide with the 4th United Nations’ Global Road Safety Week (8-14 May 2017). The research reveals that older cars built before 2000 represent only 20 per cent of the vehicle fleet, and yet are involved in 33 per cent of fatal crashes.… The post Drivers four times more likely to die in older cars appeared first on ETA.
• End of the road for bicycle that was too advanced for productionThe team behind the Denny – a radical new interpretation of the urban bicycle – are appealing for a new manufacturer to resurrect the project. After winning the Oregon Manifest Bike Design competition, the battery-assisted bicycle was due to be built in small numbers by Fuji, but it was not to be.  The Denny won a public vote on the… The post End of the road for bicycle that was too advanced for production appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• Pictures: Flying Scotsman attracts crowds in HerefordCROWDS gathered at the Hereford Railway Station to see the Flying Scotsman pass through.
• Middle lane hoggers, tailgating and more: These are YOUR most annoying driving habits you see on the roads Surrey road users react to an AA poll that claims tailgating is the most irritating habit on the roads
• M3 drivers face weekend diversions as road resurfacing takes place on �174m Smart Motorway scheme Travelling on the M3 this weekend? Check out these diversions before you travel