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Virgin's Sir Richard Branson: Government must not back unrealistic West Coast rail bid
Sir Richard Branson has complained to the Government that it risks a re-run of previous rail franchise failures if it awards the West Coast Main Line contract to an unrealistically high bid from FirstGroup.
Gatwick Airport master plan shows flights to increase by 82 every day
LAND equivalent to more than than 900 football pitches is being reserved for a second runway at Gatwick, as flights are scheduled to increase by 82 every day. The airport master plan, released last Thursday, predicts aircraft movements will hit 278,956 per year within the next ten years, compared to 248,679 in 2011/12, and the airport will hit its current capacity by 2030.
Thursday, 02 August 2012
The Herald
- Deaths at speed trap sites fallTHE number of people killed or seriously injured at sites where speed cameras have been installed has fallen in Scotland, according to new figures.
Blackpool Gazette
- Pupils™ 20mph plea to driversTWENTY is plenty. That was the message from children at a Freckleton school who have welcomed a new 20mph limit introduced on the town’s residential roads.
Carlisle News & Star
- Cumbria police deal with 200 drivers in crackdown Police have dealt with 200 drivers in the last month in a crackdown on road traffic offences.
Other Regional Press
- UK & World News: Londoners abandon the roads to avoid Olympic traffic chaosTHE busy streets of London have apparently emptied of traffic, with figures suggesting nearly one in five motorists has abandoned the roads.
- Kirklees Council gives green light for £1m Wakefield Road and Penistone Road scheme works schemeA £1 MILLION scheme to repair two of Huddersfield’s busiest roads has been approved.
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