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Tunnelling preferred option for Heathrow rail link
Heathrow Southern Railway executive director Graham Cross has said tunnelling is his preferred option for the new 13km long “missing link” railway line connecting Heathrow Airport to the local network in the South East.
Wednesday, 07 February 2018
BBC News
- Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launches successfullyUS entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched his new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- Airlines get tough after surge in requests for 'support pets'Airlines are stopping hedgehogs and turkeys being brought on board, after 76,000 requests for 'emotional support pets'.
The Guardian
- Space oddity: how Elon Musk and SpaceX sent a car towards Mars A Starman sitting in a tin can is currently navigating the heavens, soundtracked by David Bowie. How did it – and we – get there?It takes a beat or two for the brain to compute. The image is startling, incongruous, barmy. A car floats in space. At the wheel is a spacesuit, seatbelt on. Earth hangs behind it. The two objects don’t work together. The image jars like bad Photoshop. But it is real. The photograph was beamed down to Earth courtesy of Elon Musk’s ego, bravado and taste for the absurd. It is human folly and genius rolled into one, a picture that sums up 2018 so far. Life on Earth fe...
The Telegraph
- Airlines tighten leash on 'emotional support' pets as hedgehogs and peacocks are banned
- Elon Musk sends Tesla car to Mars on SpaceX rocket
City AM
- Ryanair’s perception climbs again after winter turbulenceRyanair has posted a 12 per cent rise in profits after tax in the three months to December.
Mail Online
- Ryanair warns of Easter getaway crisis Michael O'Leary said he was prepared to face down a strike from the pilots, who want better pay and working conditions.
The Mirror
- Elon Musk's SpaceX company launches Tesla CAR on journey to Mars via world's most powerful rocketElon Musk's aerospace company had taken on the ambitious task of putting the massive rocket into space
- Why is a dummy 'driving' Elon Musk's car around space? Latest launch sees SpaceX take intergalactic travel to next levelMegarocket Falcon Heavy launched last night with one of Musk's cherry red Tesla Roadster's on board
London Evening Standard
- Ryanair customers warned of flight chaos amid row over unions' 'laughable' demandsRyanair customers have been warned they could face major travel disruption during the Easter getaway amid a row with unions.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Employers say the North East needs expanded Heathrow Airport to thrive after BrexitBusiness leaders write to MPs as Government considers findings of Heathrow third runway consultation
Aviation Industry
- TUI Group CEO: Selling Corsair not a priorityTUI Group has no immediate plans to sell French leisure airline Corsair International, TUI Group CEO Fritz Joussen told ATW recently in Brussels. read more
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