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Sunday, 13 May 2012

BBC News

• Driver sought after biker hurtThe driver of a car which failed to stop after colliding with a motorcyclist is being sought by police.
• Two men killed in road accidentsA 21-year-old man dies in an early morning road accident in Armagh, and the name is released of a motorcyclist killed in Lisburn on Friday evening.

The Scotsman

• Harley-Davidson devotees rescue crumbling Scots home of legendary motorbike makerA TINY but ’n’ ben is about to get a new – and noisy – lease of life. The cottage in Angus is the former family home of the American Scot who helped found the most iconic motorbike ever produced. Now devotees of the Harley-Davidson brand have used their own money to buy the cottage to turn it into a pilgrimage site for bikers around the world.
• MP urghes Scottish high speed rail linkScotland should be included in plans for the high speed rail network, an SNP MP has claimed. Mike Weir has written to UK Transport Secretary Justine Greening asking to see a clear timetable for the line’s extension north of the Border.

The Telegraph

• Red alert over HS2 rail linkControversial train project hit by new blow after official warning that it faces "major risks or issues"
• How to protect ancient woodland from HS2 - just move itJustine Greening, the Transport Secretary, has a novel solution for campaigners fighting to save ancient woodland threatened by the controversial HS2 rail-link - move it.

Daily Record

• Kid pilot gets wings by building simulator in spare bedroomSCHOOLBOY Tom Hall built a £5500 flight simulator in his mum and dad’s spare bedroom to become Scotland’s youngest qualified pilot.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Drop in airport passengers amid issues with carriersPASSENGER numbers at Edinburgh Airport have fallen amid a running dispute with Ryanair and uncertainty over the future of BMI.
• Tramworks suspected as Haymarket restaurant is floodedMANAGERS of a business flooded by sewage water during this week’s heavy rain are demanding compensation after it emerged the damage may have been caused by tramworks.

Manchester Evening News

• Return of the Hornet Moth: First plane to land at Manchester Airport makes 75th anniversary flightThe plane which made the first landing at Manchester Airport is returning to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its historic flight. The Hornet Moth two-seater aircraft will fly back to Manchester next Thursday “ exactly 75 years after it first touched down on the runway.

Yorkshire Post

• Hydrogen power pioneer takes top environment awardTHE chief executive of a business at the forefront of pioneering hydrogen technology was revealed as the winner of the green champion award at the fourth annual Yorkshire Post Environment Awards.

Peterborough Telegraph

• TRANSPORT NEWS: Chatteris bypass reopened after serious collisionUPDATE 3PM: Police have reopened the Chatteris bypass following a two car smash.

Other Regional Press

• Ilminster RNLI receives £52,000 in one year A HUGE thank-you has gone out from the Ilminster branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for the support it has received from local people over the past 12 months.
• Boat show weighs anchor at GunwharfTHE first boat show to ever be held in Portsmouth has made a splash with a great start.
• Minibus timetable under fire againTHE council’s minibus service has come under fire again after the incident last week which saw an elderly Alzheimer’s patient left in a bus overnight at the Kingsway depot.
• Work on south Newport M4 link 'will take a year' WORK to link the M4 at Junction 23A with Queensway in the south of Newport is expected to be completed early next year, according to Monmouthshire council.
• Network Rail jeered at angry meeting over Whitstable tree fellingA public meeting descended into chaos as angry residents repeatedly shouted and jeered at staff from Network Rail, which wants to chop down trackside trees
• Drivers facing delays on busy Aberdeen commuter routeMOTORISTS are facing potential rush-hour chaos next week with roadworks due to start in the north of Aberdeen.

Aviation Industry

• Special report: private jet business travelWith the squeeze on travel budgets, who is using corporate jets in these days of austerity?
• GTMC 2012: Qatar Airways boss slams EU airlines and governmentsQatar Airways CEO Akbar al Baker said European airlines’ criticism of Middle Eastern carriers unfairly grabbing market share while boosted by government handouts was “bullshit”, driven by fear of healthy competition. Addressing delegates at the GTMC conference in Doha, Al Baker lambasted the¦

Other News Sources

• Scottish HGV driver jailedHugh Cowan Richardson, a 51year old goods vehicle driver from Glasgow appeared at Carlisle Crown Court on the 10th May 2012 and received a custodial sentence of four months for falsifying tachograph charts. Richardson was initially stopped by VOSA officers on the A6 at Wragmire Moss, near to Carlisle on the 18th September 2011. Mr Wallace from VOSA was suspicious of some charts produced at the time and contacted Cumbria Police. From information available to the Police it was further believed that the charts were false and Mr Richardson was arrested. A joint investigation was started between VO...
• Budget airline unveils new route between Edinburgh and PolandRyanair announces special £10.99 flight to mark the inaugural month of its new service.
• ScotRail reintroduces Sunday trips to ObanScotRail’s Sunday train services for day trippers to Oban will return this summer following their success over the last two years. And the price of the return trip between Edinburgh and Oban is frozen at last year’s rate - £36 for adults.
• Boost for ScotRail's Highland cycling schemeScotRail today announced the expansion of a cut-price bike hire scheme – to save cyclists cash and enable scenic A-to-B journeys across the Highlands.