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Sunday, 08 January 2012

BBC News

• Bike co-operative in jobs boostA bicycle co-operative is set to create nearly 140 jobs under a five-year expansion plan to be unveiled this week.
• Train to school after rockfallsAbout 60 pupils in Wester Ross are to travel to school by train on Monday because their normal route by road continues to be at risk of landslides.
• Woman injured in car hijackingA woman is injured as her car is stolen by three men in Belfast on Friday.
• Tanker cargo transfer completedAn operation to remove 54,000 tonnes of oil from a damaged tanker in Belfast Lough is completed.
• Fast rail link 'to be approved'Ministers are

The Independent

• Green light for high-speed rail stalls car lobby The Government is to end the truce in the

The Observer

• Cargo ship Rena breaks up off New ZealandWreck described as New Zealand's worst maritime disaster ever before rear section broke away overnightA cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill, maritime officials have said.The wreck of the Greek-owned Rena was described as New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster even before the rear section of the ship broke away overnight. The ship previously spilled heavy fuel oil that fouled pristine North Island beaches and killed up to 20,000 seabirds, and despite salvage efforts ...

The Telegraph

• David Cameron to face revolt over high-speed rail green lightDavid Cameron will face a damaging Commons revolt with possible ministerial resignations if, as expected, the Government signals the go-ahead for a new high-speed rail link this week.

The Mirror

• Grounded cargo ship breaks apartA cargo ship grounded off the coast of New Zealand since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill.
• Ed Miliband targets fuel bills and rail fares in New Year fightbackHe will renew ­attack on “predatory” ­businesses such as payday loan ­companies

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph commented CASE FOR REVERSING THAMESLINK DECISION NOW 'OVERWHELMING'Article

Journal Live

• North East attack on metal theft wins wide supportLORD Henley, Minister for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction, has launched a crackdown on North East metal thieves.

London Evening Standard

• Grounded cargo ship breaks apartA cargo ship grounded off the coast of New Zealand since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill.

Manchester Evening News

• Wheel falls off ambulance taking 81-year-old patient from Bolton to hospital A wheel fell off an ambulance as it took an elderly woman to hospital. It shot off across the road leaving Renee Brady, 81 “ who had injured herself in a fall - facing an agonising wait for another vehicle.

Metro

• HS2 London to Birmingham high-speed rail link 'close to approval'The proposed HS2 high-speed rail link to connect London with Birmingham is closer to being approved than ever after a report into two alternatives dismissed both as not fit for purpose.

The York Press

• Five car crash on York's ring road TWO men have been taken to hospital following a car crash near Clifton Moor on York™s ring road this afternoon.

Wales Online

• Drunken joyrider jailed for horrific Bangor crashTHIS is the scene of “utter devastation” after a drunken joyrider’s car was ripped in half in a horrific crash from which he and his 16-year-old passenger miraculously escaped with their lives.
• Fares overhaul urged as Wales' most expensive stretch of rail track revealedRAIL passengers in some routes in Wales are being charged 10 TIMES more than those in other parts of the country after the latest round of inflation-busting fare rises.

Yorkshire Post

• Government review criticises HS2 high-speed rail™s rival optionsA REVIEW commissioned by the Government to examine alternatives to the proposed HS2 high-speed rail scheme has concluded they offer fewer benefits and would result in greater pressure on the network.

Other Regional Press

• Borough gets £1.8m cab bill for school-runA council is spending around 2 million a year on cabs carrying children to and from schools.

Railnews

• High Speed 2 on course for government approval The government is now expected to approve at least the first phase of High Speed 2 in a key announcement on Tuesday. A report from Network Rail has ruled out the alternatives suggested by anti-HS2 campaigners, on the grounds that their ideas would only provide short-term solutions.

Aviation Industry

• World's largest passenger plane may be unsafe, some sayThe BBC reports that the engineers are concerned about small cracks that have appeared on the wing ribs of some Airbus A380 airplanes, and that they're calling for the whole fleet to be grounded for investigation.

Green Miscellany

• HS2 - Could go ahead Last century I thought, and I still think, that Britain should join the euro. The weakness of the euro today is because we did not join it. Had we joined it would have been set up in a different way and we would not have been in this mess. Similarly, I think Britain should build a high speed rail system as part of a European network: the reasons for not doing so are weak.read more

Other News Sources

• 30 degree self-steering axlesIMS Limited, the exclusive distributor of SAF Axle Systems in the UK and Ireland now have available a large steering angle of 30 degrees for its self-steering axles. It is believed to be the widest steering angle currently available as a specific wide angle self-steering axle, it is not a modified unit in any way. Arran Leatherland, Sales Manager at IMS Limited explained, œThis specifically designed, wide angle, self-steering axle demonstrates the commitment from SAF to not modify existing axle systems to comply with changing UK legislation, but to develop and produce them. Arran continued œS...
• Man killed in road crash namedPolice have named the 26-year-old who died after his car crashed into a wall in Caithness.