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Saturday, 24 September 2011

BBC News

• Bombardier pays off agency staffBelfast plane maker Bombardier confirms that it has paid off 40 agency workers in recent weeks.

Financial Times

• BA buys BMI Heathrow slotsBA's parent company said it had authorised the purchase of six pairs of slots from BMI, which consist of daily take-off and landing rights
• Founder drops effort to oust EasyJet directorLow-cost airline moves to pay dividends for the first time in latest stage of protracted dispute with its founder

The Guardian

• Labour takes aim at rail and energy suppliers' rising pricesEd Miliband targets initiative at squeezed households with plan to reset terms of privatisation for power and train companiesIn a populist eve-of-conference appeal, Ed Miliband plans to turn Labour's fire on privatised industries “ proposing a national system of purchasing energy and a ban on train companies that rig prices.The Labour leader hopes to reset the terms of privatisation for industries contributing most to a squeeze of living standards. Miliband pledges that train companies currently rigging fares will be disqualified from renewing their franchise by a Labour government.He also vow...

Journal Live

• Europe could fund Metro expansion plans TYNE & Wear Metro bosses will approach the European Investment Bank as part of plans to fund two decades of rail expansion.

Liverpool Post

• Investigation underway after Merseyrail paralysed by cut cable MERSEYRAIL’S top boss has demanded a full investigation after a damaged cable brought the entire rail network to a standstill.

London Evening Standard

• Mayor claims first victory in roadworks warBoris Johnson claims his first success in his 'guerrilla war' on roadworks after forcing TfL chiefs to get one of London's busiest roads moving

Metro

• Thousands of Merseyrail passengers stranded after signal failureThousands of commuters were stranded on trains in and around Liverpool this morning after a signalling fault brought the Merseyrail network to a standstill.

Carlisle News & Star

• Bikers across Cumbria to protest against new laws HUNDREDS of bikers from across the county will take part in a protest ride on Cumbria™s roads tomorrow in opposition to new EU laws.

Other Regional Press

• New road safety campaign launched five years on since Connor Graham’s death A NEW road safety campaign is being backed by a Huddersfield charity – and a family with tragic memories.

Global Rail News

• A new safety policy statement from Network Rail™s Chief ExecutiveWritten by Colin Wheeler for RailStaff On visiting Network Rail™s Safety Central website I was delighted to find a new, simple, intelligible but focused and relevant ...

Transport for London

• New Docklands Light Railway extension an instant hit with passengersNew six-kilometre extension gets match-fit for 2012 Games by supporting the success of Westfield Stratford shopping centre's first week. Total Docklands Light Railway (DLR) passenger numbers break all previous records.

Green Miscellany

• Both electric and petrol cars get louder Even though car manufacturers spend millions on the development of technology to make petrol engines quieter and electric vehicles that are near silent, both types of vehicle look set to get louder in the near future. read more

Other News Sources

• Road salt moved by rail to help keep transport moving this winter The annual movement of salt to make stockpiles for use in gritting the road network during the worst of the winter weather has received a sustainable boost. Nationwide Gritting and Salt Supplies, Associated British Ports and DB Schenker Rail have successfully completed the first ever long distance movements of salt by rail from the Port of Southampton to Teeside.Each train was loaded with 1,200 tonnes of salt at the new aggregate terminal at the Port of Southampton and then transported by rail to DB Schenker Rail™s depot at Thornaby in Teeside where it was unloaded and taken by road for local...
• Personal pods replace buses at HeathrowA new form of public transport is operating at London Heathrow Airport, where individual driverless ’pods’ have replaced shuttle buses serving the business car park at Terminal Five.
• Distracted Drivers Are Dangerous DriversIn recent years, United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has announced new anti-distracted driving regulations. Learn more from the personal injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Kottler & Kottler.
• NTSB Calls for National Cell Phone Ban for All Commercial DriversThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for a nationwide ban on the use of mobile phones by truckers, except in emergencies, to reduce trucking accidents.
• Truck Drivers, Trucking Companies Carry Heavy Loads and ResponsibilityDriving trucks for a living carries a heavy responsibility. Truck drivers have to follow both state and federal commercial vehicle laws and other laws that control traffic and criminal violations.
• Confidence hits record lowSHIPPING sentiment has never been worse and rate pessimism has soared, according to a survey released today by Moore Stephens.
• Weekend trains a slow goWeekend subway service is as slow and creaky as ever, showing only marginal improvement over the last year, new data shows.Trains on the 1 through 6 lines ran on or close to schedule 83.2 percent of ...