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Monday, 05 June 2017

BBC News

• Bee tram tribute to Manchester spirit after Arena attackThe worker bee has become a symbol of solidarity in Manchester since the terror attack in the city.

Financial Times

• Alphabet arm Waymo tests self-driving trucksUber rival enters race to produce autonomous technology for the vehicles

The Independent

• Train which runs on virtual railway track unveiled in ChinaThe Autonomous Rapid Transit (Art), which was unveiled in the city of Zhuzhou on 2 June, is around 30metres long and is fitted with sensors that detect the dimensions of the road.
• This is the ultimate London Underground mapA beautifully detailed map of the London Underground and rail services across Greater London is the only map you will ever need.

Times Online

• Lollipop patrol cuts ‘put pupils at risk’ [subscription]Schools in Scotland have lost dozens of lollipop men and women in the past five years.
• Tram bosses ‘ignored cycle safety advice’ [subscription]Road safety campaigners have said the company behind Edinburgh’s tram project should have heeded advice to segregate cyclists from tram tracks before the network was built.
• BA owner’s board ‘does not get IT’ [subscription]The owner of British Airways is facing criticism for not having enough board-level IT expertise after a computer glitch disrupted the journeys of about 75,000 passengers and cost the company an estimated £150 million.

City AM

• British Airways in talks with Capita to offload call centres in Manchester and NewcastleBritish Airways is in talks with Capita to outsource two of its call centres in Manchester and Newcastle in a bid to cut costs.
• Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary's paper profit from share options tops £40m after low-cost airline's shares soarRyanair boss Michael O’Leary is sitting on a potential €50m (£44m) paper profit following the airline’s shares soaring last week.
• Heathrow airport eyes a series of "viaducts" over the M25 as a simpler solution to its £17bn third runwayHeathrow Airport is considering plans to construct its third runway across a series of “viaducts” that would cross above the M25.
• Britons believe driverless future is on the way to our citiesBritain’s transport authorities may be struggling with regulation of online taxi firms like Uber, but Britons themselves are ready to go a step further and embrace a driverless future, a new survey shows.
• London Bridge underground station open but bridge remains closed to pedestrians and trafficLondon Bridge underground station will reopen and operate as normal on Monday after being shut on Sunday following the attacks on pedestrians in the area on Saturday night.
• London Bridge attack: Uber will refund journeys of people caught up in terror after surge pricing backlashUber has said it will be refunding passengers who were caught up in the terror attack in London Bridge on Saturday night. Many people were left stranded in central London with public transport in the area closed down. Uber drew criticism from for so-called surge pricing, increasing the price by more than twice the normal fare in some instances due to the increased demand.

Mail Online

• BA set to lose its four-star quality rating In a new humiliation, the boss of research firm Skytrax said the UK's flagship carrier British Airways now compares unfavourably with the state-backed Russian airline.

This is Money

• Heathrow plan to build bridges to support third runway The plan, presented at an engineering conference, will see one bridge support a stretch of the two-mile runway while two thinner bridges would support taxiways for planes.
• Volvo designing self-driving rubbish truck Volvo Group and Renova are working on a truck that follows the bin man along the street as he goes from house to house, meaning he doesn't need to constantly hop in and out or have a separate driver.

Conservative Party

• Tony Lodge: For this manifesto transport pledge to deliver, we need more railway competitionTony Lodge is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies and author of Rail’s Second Chance – putting competition back on track.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Security is top priority says airport's new bossTHE new chief executive of Leeds Bradford Airport has reassured passengers safety is paramount after the Manchester terror bombing and a bomb scare at the site itself.

London Evening Standard

• London Overground Barking-Gospel Oak line to close for eight consecutive weekends due to late running worksA commuter rail line will be closed for eight consecutive weekends due to late running work on a £130 million upgrade.

Cambridge News

• How Cambridge's Station Road has changed over the yearsThis is how Cambridge’s Station Road looked back in 1963

Peterborough Telegraph

• LETTER: Two bus shelters in just 18 months I live in Eastfield Road near Peterborough Regional College and about two-and-a-half years ago the council erected a new metal bus shelter just outside our fence.

Other Regional Press

• 'We are being punished for having bus passes': Bridgwater bus users hit out at timetable changesA GROUP of elderly bus users say they are being 'punished for having bus passes' as the Buses of Somerset push through new timetables.
• Cyclists divided over whether helmets should be compulsoryCYCLE helmets can save lives – but should their use be made compulsory?
• Oxford Airport evacuated after 'suspicious item' foundPOLICE evacuated Oxford Airport after the discovery of a 'suspicious item'.

Other News Sources

• Alstom unveils cantilever mechanismAlstom (www.alstom.com) unveiled its new CLever cantilever for the UK rail network at Railtex, the international exhibition of rail equipment, systems and services, which was held in Birmingham last month.
• ITM Power PLC Positive contract and bus refueling activity updateSince the ITM Power Plc (LON:ITM) announcement on April 18th 2017, the pipeline of contracted projects, and projects in the final stages of contract negotiation, has increased by £2.8m to £27.2m, with £23m signed.