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Monday, 19 September 2011

BBC News

• Activists warn Clegg on becoming 'Tories in disguise' Lib Dem councillors from Derby are to lobby Nick Clegg over the future of Bombardier
• Letter sparks new Sheffield railway barrier fears A fight against ticket barriers at Sheffield railway station has restarted after campaigners saw evidence that the government was in favour of the idea.
• Guernsey bus services 'not meeting needs' The managing director of Guernsey's bus service has partly agreed with criticism the island's transport system does not meet the needs of residents.
• Lewes MP Norman Baker hopes for rail fare decrease Transport Minister and Sussex MP Norman Baker has signalled that the cost of rail travel could come down if the economy improves.
• Qantas strike to cause flight cancellations and delays Qantas said more than 6,100 passengers will be affected due to a strike on Tuesday by ground staff.
• Siemens to quit nuclear industryGerman engineering giant Siemens is to withdraw from the nuclear industry following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, its chief executive says.
• New plant for Jaguar Land RoverCar maker Jaguar Land Rover is expected to confirm plans for a new engine plant in the West Midlands, employing hundreds of people.

Financial Times

• US: Feeder company hopes for coastal revivalOnerous shipping rules and road and railway freight services mean most domestic ports see no services to other parts of the continental US
• Big ships: Container lines reach for scaleThe pursuit of size is exciting debate about how far and how fast the growth of ships can go
• Rail: Europe fails to follow US routeQuestions remain over the effects of the continent's rail liberalisation strategy

The Guardian

• Derby's fury could provoke a sensible plan for UK industry The failure to give a key contract to our last train factory undermines what ministers say about rebalancing the economy
• This expensive, ineffective transport system is ruining London Raising fares for the fourth year won't improve the capital. But more road charges – and the benefits they bring – could do so

The Herald

• IT’S INSPIRING – BUT THE NEW FORTH BRIDGE WON’T MAKE US RICH. BY BUSINESS EDITOR COLIN DONALD On a gigantic scale, in a setting that will enhance the sleek minimalist beauty of its architecture, Scotland’s most important civil engineering project since the 1960s is finally under way.

Reuters News

• Automaker JLR to open plant in England - reportLONDON (Reuters) - Luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover is set to build a 400 million pound engine plant in the UK, according to the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.

Daily Express

• CATCH THIS BUS...BUT YOU CAN’T COME BACK ESIDENTS of a small market town are fuming after council cuts left them with no option but to take a one-way trip on the bus to nowhere.

Mail Online

• Boost for the British car industry as Jaguar announces £400m expansion that will create 2,000 jobsThe luxury carmaker will locate an engine plant in the West Midlands after fears the investment and jobs might go abroad – possibly to India.

Derby Telegraph

• Transport Secretary refuses to reverse train deal despite 50,000-name petitionTHE Transport Secretary has refused to reverse the decision to deny Bombardier the Thameslink contract, despite a 50,000-signature petition calling on him to do so.
• Soapbox Helen Clark: Conservative MPs must sign motion in support of Bombardier as priorityI AM extremely disappointed by the refusal of Derbyshire's Conservative MPs Nigel Mills, Pauline Latham and Heather Wheeler to sign a parliamentary motion tabled by Derby North's Labour MP Chris Williamson in support of city train-maker, Bombardier.
• Derby Telegraph commented Hoping that fortunes are finally turning in favour of BombardierArticle

Yorkshire Post

• Go-ahead given for inflation-busting 11pc increase in Humber Bridge tollsAN INFLATION-busting rise in the cost of tolls on the Humber Bridge will come into effect next month.