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Sunday, 21 November 2010

BBC News

• Cyclist critical after collisionA 43-year-old cyclist is in a critical condition after his bike was in collision with a car near Swansea, say police.
• Paramedic car hits and kills manA 70-year-old man is killed after being hit by a paramedic vehicle that was responding to an emergency call.
• Flights diverted to ManchesterFlights are diverted from Birmingham to Manchester after a small jet carrying a liver for transplant crashes.
• Man is found dead on M60 motorwayA man has been found dead on the hard shoulder of the M60 motorway in Greater Manchester, police say.

Daily Express

• BA-Iberia merger set for take-offBRITISH Airways chief executive Willie Walsh is set to pull off his long-desired merger with Spain's Iberia next week if as expected shareholders in both airlines vote for the £5 billion tie-up.

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham Airport crash: Passengers allowed to fly but delays expected Birmingham Airport spokeswoman Justine Hunt said the investigation by the AAIB on the airfield had been completed and necessary safety checks carried out, allowing the runway to reopen at midday.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bradford Council introduces new parking ticket policy A new penalty charge appeals process is being introduced for drivers who repeatedly drive illegally up bus lanes in Bradford city centre and Shipley town centre without the first notice having yet landed on their doorsteps.

Manchester Evening News

• Airline's publicity campaign backfires after blogger compares 'empty' Manchester Airport to Paris Hilton A campaign to promote Manchester using real travellers backfired after one reviewer blasted the city's airport. Hundreds of people responded to an unusual offer by Finnair to spend two months trotting the globe to plug the airline™s routes.

Northern Echo

• Would increase in precept pay for bus service? PARISH councils have been advised that they could raise their precepts to preserve threatened bus services.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Former chairman of BMI airlines to become Conservative peerTHE FORMER chairman of airline BMI was yesterday appointed to the House of Lords. Michael Bishop CBE, a long-standing member of the Conservative Party, is to become a Tory peer. Sir Michael sold the Castle Donington-based airline to Lufthansa in 2009 for £220m. He took control of the airline in 1978 after a management buy-out. In 1986 he was awarded the CBE, before being knighted in 1991. He has also chaired Channel 4 television and set up the Michael Bishop Foundation which he launched to support charities and the arts. Sir Michael was head of BMI when one of its flights crashed on the M1 at ...

Sheffield Star

• Night buses launch in cityA NEW night bus network has launched in Sheffield for a flat fare of £2.50.

The York Press

• Funding hope for National Railway Museum projectTwo Government ministers have said the National Railway Museum could get alternative Government money to replace the £5 million it lost from Yorkshire Forward through spending cuts.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds City Council's u-turn on car parks closuresAn urgent review of Leeds city centre car parking will go ahead after YEP readers came out in force to criticise plans to shut seven all-day car parks.

Sunderland Echo

• Final trip home for Ark RoyalWEARSIDE seamen aboard HMS Ark Royal are enjoying a weekend at home as they prepare to say bon voyage to their ship.

The Shields Gazette

• Bikers urged to lock up their machinesMOTORCYCLISTS in South Tyneside are being reminded to lock up their wheels.

Other Regional Press

• Have your say on bus plansTake part in the informal consultation on Metro's Quality Contract Scheme proposals at Halifax Bus Station on Wednesday.
• Commuters invited to rail user's group meetingCommuters are invited to attend a Watford Rail Users' Group open meeting at the beginning of December.
• ESSEX: Still more drivers caught breaking law on mobiles DRIVERS in Essex are continuing to risk their own and each others' lives by using mobile phones at the wheel. In January the Chronicle took the unprecedented step of naming and shaming motorists who were flouting the law. This week we hit the road again with Essex Police traffic officers to once again make an example of those who still have not got the message. And we found there are still plenty who are either oblivious to the fact they are four times more likely to have an accident if they use a mobile phone – or just do not care. Shortly after we set off from South Woodham Ferrer...
• Village traffic scheme plans to be shelvedProposals for a controversial traffic scheme in one of the West's most congested villages are to be shelved after a public consultation. There had been proposals to introduce a footpath and traffic lights to control traffic flows through the centre of Barrow Gurney, near Bristol Aiport, which would encourage motorists to use alternative routes such as the A3029 or the B3133. Councillor Elfan Ap Rees, executive member for highways, said:
• Boat builders looking to ride crest of wind energy waveWIND FARM Windfall: All this week the Telegraph has been reporting on the massive potential for the off shore wind turbine industry to centre its developments along the South Humber Bank. This centres on the creation of a new development and deep water port currently being worked on by Able UK. We have been asking people to back out campaign, which urges the public and the private sector to unite and make this happen – you can do this by completing the form on this page. But things are already happening now… as Business editor David Laister reports in today's Grimsby Te...
• Lights plan to ease congestion at Northampton roadworksTHE TRAFFIC lights at a set of nightmare roadworks in Northampton are due to be turned off to help tackle traffic jams.
• Local News: Traffic chaos after a four-car smash on A19 A FOUR-CAR smash on Teesside’s busiest road resulted in miles of tailbacks last night.
• £7,500 for Weymouth and Portland projects MORE than £7,500 of project funding is up for grabs from the Weymouth and Portland Partnership.

C.N.N.

• Obama stands by controversial air security screening methodsPresident Barack Obama stood by new controversial screening measures Saturday, calling methods such as pat-downs and body scans necessary to assure airline safety.

International Herald Tribune

• Off the Shelf: The Pain of Change at Boeing“Turbulence,” a new book by four authors, uses employee surveys to examine a stressful period of change at the Boeing Company.

Railway Gazette

• Easy measurement USA: Corru-Gage is a compact corrugation measuring tool designed for ease of use with all rail sizes, track gauges and curve radii. The rugged aluminium body has precision alignment anvils and magnetic steel feet, with an optional electronic dial indicator which allows data to be downloaded to a PDA or laptop in the field. The roller bearing tip dial indicator is placed onto the rail and swiped to measure the depth and the peak-to-peak length of any corrugation, as well as high and low welds, weld batter and wheel burn depth.

Other News Sources

• Vauxhall: Help car parts makers nowVauxhall chiefs have appealed to the Government to boost the failing car components industry as the car giant faces growing financial losses
• Silent donor gives £2,000 to Mail bus appealTHE Mail's Buy A Bus appeal has been given a massive boost by a 68-year-old “ who lives on his pension.
• Gliders could be grounded by new lawGliding - flying a plane without an engine - is popular in Britain, and we have regularly produced world champions. But, as Keme Nzerem discovers, the sport is under threat from a new European law.