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Monday, 19 November 2012

BBC News

• Virgin wins Heathrow routes bidVirgin Atlantic is offered the rights to operate Heathrow links to Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Financial Times

• Maersk to switch away from shippingThe group will no longer invest large amounts in Maersk Line but focus on oil, drilling rigs and ports as container business struggles
• Hedge funds face losses over UPS-TNT dealIf the proposed merger falls apart after objections from Brussels, arbitrage managers stand to be down hundreds of millions of dollars
• Sandy will have ˜no effect™ on NY faresMetropolitan Transportation Authority head vows that users of its trains, buses, bridges and tunnels will bear no cost from the superstorm
• Virgin set to boost short-haul ambitionsCarrier to announce it won the bidding for 12 pairs of slots at Heathrow and aims to start daily services between Aberdeen and Edinburgh to London
• Shipping sector caught in choppy watersOvercapacity in a volatile market, with many orders placed ahead of the recession “ including for ever-larger vessels “ mean instability will continue

The Herald

• Welcome for new Virgin routes to HeathrowAIR passengers are expected to benefit from increased competition after Virgin Atlantic was awarded routes from Aberdeen and Edinburgh to London Heathrow.
• Road-jams fear over ferry lossMOTORISTS could find themselves stuck behind convoys of lorries on some of Scotland's major trunk roads if the country loses its only ferry connection to Europe, it has been warned.

The Scotsman

• Warning on King™s Cross fire anniversaryTRADE unionists marking the 25th anniversary of a devastating Tube station fire in London yesterday demanded the scrapping of proposed staffing cuts.

The Telegraph

• Big Brother road sensor will tip off traffic wardens Developed by a Scottish company, Town and City Parking, the technology is already being used by Westminster and Edinburgh City Councils.

Daily Express

• WHY DID WE EVER GET RID OF STEAM TRAINS? HE ship-like hooter of Princess Elizabeth, a majestic London Midland and Scottish Railway locomotive resplendent in a regal livery of crimson lake and gold, resounded from Battersea railway bridge across the Thames. The express passenger steam engine, built at Crewe in 1933, had been named after the young girl who was to become Queen Elizabeth II.

Mail Online

• Four in 10 British pilots have 'nodded off at the controls in mid-flight'Between 70per cent and 80per cent of exhausted pilots would not declare themselves unfit to fly for fear of being stigmatised by their employers or left facing disciplinary action.
• Jaguar and Land Rovers to be built for first time in China under 'milestone' £1billion deal to accelerate global salesIt means the UK firm's luxury limousines and off-roaders will be built inside the booming capitalist-loving communist country that is now officially the world's biggest car-market.

The Mirror

• Snore-tomatic pilot: Half of aircraft skippers have fallen asleep at the controlsThe alarming figures show that most pilots admit they have made mistakes because of tiredness

London Evening Standard

• Virgin to begin UK Heathrow flightsSir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic is poised to begin new domestic services from Heathrow Airport.

Wales Online

• 'Welsh bus fares should be cut to increase use' - say expertsAn experimental fares cut in an English city has brought passengers flocking to the buses – triggering calls for cheaper fares in Wales.

Other Regional Press

• Council not to oppose Owston Ferry wind turbine plan which Robin Hood Airport says will interfere with radar CONTROVERSIAL plans to install a wind turbine will not be opposed by Epworth Town Council.
• ˜New airport a flight of fancy™A BUSINESS leader has grounded a proposal to close two airports and create a new one on land near Peterlee.

Other News Sources

• Learn more about HS2 compensation There’s a chance to find out more about the government’s proposed HS2 compensation scheme, at a series of 22 information events along the route.
• Cycling is the 'Cinderella' form of transport for the EU money men "For the cost of one kilometre of urban freeway you could build 150km of bicycle paths, 10,000km of bicycle lanes or 100 well designed 30kmph zones."