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Tuesday, 03 April 2018

BBC News

• Shipping faces demands to cut CO2The industry could contribute almost a fifth of the global total of CO2 by 2050 but some nations resist targets.
• French SNCF rail strike to defy Macron labour reformsFrance faces weeks of turmoil as rail staff begin striking over free-market reforms.

Financial Times

• Lloyd’s Register to expand its tech-based servicesThe 258-year-old register of shipping will focus on areas such as big data, cyber security and robotics
• Hapag-Lloyd: contain your enthusiasmGerman shipping group needs to do more if it is to find a safe harbour
• Tesla shares plunge after regulator’s rebuke over fatal crashInvestors alarmed by mounting losses and reprimand for disclosing details of accident

Times Online

• Edinburgh going extra mile to cut car numbers [subscription]Cars could be banned from parts of Edinburgh under plans to make the heart of the city more friendly to pedestrians.

City AM

• Easyjet CEO Johan Lundgren says forced sale of UK shares after Brexit "won't need to happen"Easyjet's CEO Johan Lundgren has said he does not think UK nationals will be forced to sell their stake in the airline after Brexit, saying he is "confident" a deal will be reached with the EU.
• Easyjet CEO Johan Lundgren says forced sale of UK shares after Brexit "won't need to happen"Easyjet's CEO Johan Lundgren has said he does not think UK nationals will be forced to sell their stake in the airline after Brexit, saying he is "confident" a deal will be reached with the EU.
• Sixty-eight per cent of businesses think Britain's roads are "less reliable than five years ago"The vast majority of businesses think UK roads as less reliable compared with five years ago, according to new research by the British Chambers of Commerce.

Birmingham Mail

• This mistake could see you fined £2,500 even though your MOT is in date Motorists can be fined up to £1,000 if they are caught driving a car without a valid MOT certificate
• Paradise developers to build new cycle hub Consultation launched by council and development team into what facilities cyclists would like to see in new hub

Birmingham Post

• This app reckons it can transform your commute forever Finnish company making its first overseas launch in the West Midlands

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Crackdown on foreign-registered vehicles under way in West Yorkshire A crackdown on motorists using foreign-registered vehicles is under way in West Yorkshire.

Liverpool Echo

• Union and Merseyrail bosses set for talks: is the end of gruelling guards dispute in sight? Rail chiefs announce RMT has agreed to independent conciliation

London Evening Standard

• SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasts Dragon capsule carrying supplies to International Space StationSpaceX has successfully blasted its Dragon spacecraft on a NASA mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.

Bucks Free Press

• Transport chief responds to anger over 'confusing' road layout following car crash Drivers have been left angry after a crash on a road where improvements were dubbed “confusingâ€�.

Rail Magazine

• Government works on resolving MML stock shortage - MinisterRail Minister Nusrat Ghani says the Government is working with East Midlands Trains on finding a solution to meet the potential shortage in rolling stock on the Midland Main Line from December 31 2019.

Railway Gazette

• Eurostar selects Sqills distribution and reservation softwareEUROPE: Dutch ticketing software company Sqills is providing its S3 Passenger sales, distribution...
• Rhätische Bahn replaces ticket machinesSWITZERLAND: Scheidt & Bachmann is supplying Rhätische Bahn with 97 replacement ticket vending...

Aviation Industry

• Air Belgium to launch first service April 16New Belgian airline, Air Belgium, will begin ticket sales April 3 for flights set to launch April 16. read more
• Delta rolls out biometric fingerprint entry at US member loungesAtlanta-based Delta Air Lines rolled out new fingerprint biometric check-in devices at all 50 of its US Delta Sky Club locations last week; it is available free for Delta Sky Club members who are US citizens or permanent residents, and who have registered with Delta’s biometrics program. read more
• European air traffic up 4.3% in 2017, Eurocontrol saysThe number of controlled flights in Europe increased 4.3% to 10.6 million in 2017, the fourth year of growth, according to Eurocontrol. read more

Other News Sources

• Cambridge MP and National Pensioners Convention celebrate 10 years of the Bus PassDaniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge, today visited Downing Street with members of the National Pensioners‘ Convention, to hand in giant birthday cards from pensioners showing their support for the National Concessionary Travel Scheme Bus Pass for pensioners.