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Saturday, 06 December 2008

BBC News

• Worries over 208 car plant jobsA car components firm asks for voluntary redundancies as it deals with a
• Festive bus strike gets under wayA bus strike in Aberdeen is set to cause transport problems for shoppers amid the busy Christmas rush.

Financial Times

• T5 success helps BA narrow gap on rivalsThe British flag carrier has improved greatly on its disastrous performance of a year earlier, with more flights arriving on time and fewer misplaced bags at Heathrow's Terminal 5
• Eurotunnel wants firefighting changeThe company that runs the Channel Tunnel has concluded firefighting rules worsened September's truck shuttle fire
• Ferrovial starts clock in race for GatwickSpain's Ferrovial has started a race against time to complete the sale of London Gatwick airport, calling for indicative bids by January 19

The Independent

• Johnson ditches London's bendy busesThe bendy bus may have condemned Routemasters to the transport graveyard but the 18m-long vehicles are making way for conventional single-decker and double-decker buses.

The Scotsman

• Car firms hold talks over liquidityRepresentatives from the motor industry held talks with the Government over concerns about liquidity in the market, it has emerged.

Times Online

• Train rampage football fans jailed Southwark Five men who were among 30 Crystal Palace supporters who attacked Charlton Athletic fans on a train in South London while chanting “Kill them” and “Get off our manor” were jailed for up to four years each for violent disorder. Those convicted at Southwark Crown Court were Clive Taylor, 35, a dustman, and Carl Thomas, 40, a disc jockey, both from Thornton Heath, South London; and Darren Bush, 39, unemployed, and Ashley White, 21, a roofer, both from Croydon. Andrew Spicer, 38, a railway worker from Ashford, Kent, had already admitted the charge.

Liverpool Echo

• £270m plea for Merseytram bidA REQUEST for £270m of funding is being made in a new bid for Merseytram Line One.

London Evening Standard

• £70 to park at storeA supermarket has introduced a car park charge of £70 for people staying for more than two hours

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Nissan Qashqai factory reveals more cutsCAR giant Nissan has made further cuts to production at its Washington factory. The company, one of the region’s biggest employers, has announced it will not be making any cars on three Fridays in December, starting today.

Other News Sources

• Bush vows to help strong car firms George W Bush has urged Congress to help ailing car makers that can survive the global downturn.
• 30 per cent have voted so far in TIF referendumThe returning officer in charge of the referendum on Greater Manchester’s £2.7bn Transport Innovation Fund bid has appealed for more people to cast their votes.
• Bush 'concerned' about car makersPresident George Bush says he's
• Car firms hold talks over liquidityCar firms hold talks over liquidity
• Honda pulls out of F1The financial crisis claims a high-profile international name and sends shockwaves through the economic and sporting worlds, reports Carl Dinnen.