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Sunday, 25 March 2018

BBC News

• Jet makes history on Australia-UK routeThe first scheduled non-stop flight to the UK takes 17 hours to reach London's Heathrow Airport.

Financial Times

• Qantas pushes boundaries with 17-hour ‘kangaroo route’Airline plans more ultra-long-hauls as it launches direct flight from Australia to UK

The Guardian

• First non-stop scheduled flight from Australia to Britain lands after 17 hoursQantas flight QF9 makes history as it arrives at Heathrow, London, after a direct journey from Perth, Western Australia. The first non-stop scheduled flight from Australia to the UK has landed in London early“ after a 17 hour, six minute journey across 9,240 miles (14,875km) from Perth.Qantas flight QF9, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with more than 230 passengers and crew on board, touched down at 5.03am at Heathrow on a chilly Sunday morning to a welcome from ground staff.

The Telegraph

• First non-stop flight from Australia to UK arrives in London on 'historic day for aviation'

Times Online

• Easter misery on roads and railways [Subscription]Engineering works, traffic congestion and strike action are set to serve up a perfect storm for holiday travellers

Mail Online

• The student railcard scam driving up the cost of YOUR tickets: Our reporter shows how easy it is National Rail later has now issued a statement pledging to clamp down on the loophole. Campaigners have complained that letting people get away with cheap fares 'damages the system's credibility'.

This is Money

• 'Dieselgate': Volkswagen is poised for ruling on class action lawsuit Legal action against Volkswagen could be triggered this week with claims relating to the car emissions scandal that could run into billions of pounds.

Birmingham Mail

• How you could invalidate your car insurance without knowing it - or even break the law 10 ways that have an impact on car insurance - do you know about them?

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh tram project ‘in trouble right from the start’THE tram project was destined for trouble right from the start, the final witness has told Lord Hardie’s inquiry into the fiasco.

London Evening Standard

• BBC journalist Frank Gardner criticises Heathrow for 'mistreating disabled customers'Journalist Frank Gardner has hit out at Heathrow airport after being kept on a plane for nearly two hours after staff claimed to have lost his wheelchair.
• Impressive new images show how Crossrail stations across London are taking shapeThese impressive new images show how Crossrail's stations are taking shape across London.
• Qantas Airways flight QF9: First non-stop flight from Australia to UK lands at HeathrowThe first direct flight from Australia to the UK has landed at Heathrow airport after an epic 17-hour flight.

Manchester Evening News

• 'It was unbelievable': EasyJet passenger describes vile scenes at 30,000ft as drunk women cause chaos on holiday jet 'We were all trapped in there with them. It was awful'

Northern Echo

• Roads boss reveals study to consider prosecuting grass verge drivers DRIVERS who have left grass verges on residential streets looking like a First World War battlefield could face prosecution.

The York Press

• Virgin Trains East Coast tweets warning to passengers of possible delays on York train servicesVANDALISM on a train between York and Doncaster may delay services, Virgin Trains East Coast has tweeted.

Wales Online

• This is what it's like to work as an Uber driver in Cardiff“Sometimes I let people play music through the aux cord and you get them raving in the back. I had one guy blasting a techno version of Sosban Fach.”

Yorkshire Post

• Train strikes explained: Why more action is taking place to protect the role of guardsNext week will see RMT, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, go on strike next week affecting train services in the North of England.

Other Regional Press

• 'Bizarre' rules leave passengers without bus services for EIGHT WEEKSTwo bus routes are set to be saved from the axe - only for a 'bizarre' legal issue to force them off the road for eight weeks.
• £5 train ticket is Scotrail’s apology for poor Fife serviceRail bosses are set to launch a £5 travel ticket to say sorry to Fifers for their poor performance – but it won’t help rush hour commuters.
• Free 'tube' map showing Chester cycle routesMap was produced by the University of Chester and Chester Cycling Campaign
• Long-awaited train finally expected at new Kenilworth stationTHE FIRST train should soon be pulling into the new Kenilworth station.
• Opinion: Investment in Coventry Railway Station will bring a sense of pride to the areaA city's railway station is often the first thing visitors see - and first impressions really do count

Train Operators

• “Face” of Greater Anglia new trains unveiledStadler has sent over this photo, showing the shells of driver’s cabs, from the factory in Bussnang, Switzerland, where the new trains are being assembled.

C.N.N.

• Tesla to slow shipments in Norway due to unsafe delivery trucksTesla is having trouble

Other News Sources

• Truro Bus Station undergoes 10-week refurbCommuters will need to take the bus from different spots as Truro Bus Station undergoes a massive refurb.
• Gatwick Airport launches driverless vehicle trialA groundbreaking project at Gatwick Airport will see workers use driverless vehicles to get between popular locations on the area.
• Autonomous and connected vehicle technology trialled on the streets of Milton KeynesIn the UK’s largest trial of connected and autonomous vehicle technology a consortium including Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Tata and Arup have this week (Thursday 22nd March) demonstrated a range of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies on the streets of Milton Keynes. The UK Autodrive project, which is being led by Arup, has been using […] The post Autonomous and connected vehicle technology trialled on the streets of Milton Keynes appeared first on The Engineer.
• Heathrow plans needed to keep Britain trading, says FTAWith the British economy under more scrutiny than ever before thanks to the potential impact of Brexit, the Freight Transport Association (FTA), ...