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Sunday, 13 October 2013

BBC News

• VIDEO: Royal carriage restoration completeA railway carriage built by Great Western in 1881 and used by the future King Edward VII is restored to its former Victorian glory.
• Motorcyclist dies in Highlands crashA motorcyclist dies after a collision involving a car on the A82 near the Glencoe Visitor Centre in the west Highlands.
• M1 motorway re-opens after alertThe police have reopened the M1 between Lisburn, County Antrim, and Broadway in Belfast in both directions following a security alert at lunchtime.

The Independent

• Rally car careers off track and hits spectatorsA father flipped over the top of a rally car after his two young sons “flew up into the air”, when the vehicle careered off the track and hit spectators at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.    

The Scotsman

• Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line needs rebuildONE of Scotland’s newest railway lines will have to be largely rebuilt at a cost of up to £17 million – just five years after it was opened.

The Telegraph

• There's a patriotic case for renationalising our railwaysThey're 'private', now, but massively subsidised, says Andrew Martin    
• HS2: Supreme Court to hear challengesSeven judges sitting at the UK's highest court are to hear appeals from three HS2 campaign groups    
• Scrap first-class to give more train passengers a seatA survey shows many first-class train seats remain empty during rush hours, raising demands for more standard seating to ease commuter overcrowding    
• The moment brave neighbours foiled a car thiefNeighbours stop a car thief getting away by holding onto the doors of the vehicle, despite his threats    
• David Cameron faces Cabinet unrest over 'badly handled' HS2Backlash against HS2 has caused tensions in the Cabinet as senior ministers blame David Cameron for the 'badly handled' policy.    

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Women in hospital after smash on A65 The A65 between Skipton and Gargrave was closed in both directions on Saturday evening after a two-car crash near Thorlby.

Manchester Evening News

• Bus driver’s photography book is just the ticket Ron Barton began working for the Manchester Corporation Transport Department in 1962, first as a conductor and later as a bus driver.
• Chinese construction company confirmed as part of Manchester Airport City development group The Beijing Construction Engineering Group is involved in the joint-venture that will bring the Airport City scheme to reality over the next 12 years.

Northern Echo

• Fire damage being assessed and repaired at Port of Tyne Following a fire in a conveyor transfer tower at the Port of Tyne yesterday (Friday) work has begun to assess and repair the damage and determine the cause.
• Bid for rail electrification cash A BID for £93m of funding has been launched as part of a ten-year battle to improve rail services on the York, Harrogate and Leeds line.

Sheffield Star

• Bus bosses say new changes will improve Barnsley servicesBarnsley’s bus routes are set for a number of changes following a host of customer requests.
• Major delays on East Coast Main LineAll rail services between Doncaster and London King’s Cross are suffering major delays due to signalling problems.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Laybys plea to ease A96 delays to trafficA call is to be made for more laybys on the A96 Aberdeen-Inverness trunk road, and other main routes, to allow slow moving traffic to pull in and let faster traffic pass.

The York Press

• Thieves steal diesel from lorries in yard raid HUNDREDS of litres of diesel has been stolen after thieves drained two lorries' fuel tanks in an overnight raid,

Wales Online

• Swansea car thief is trapped and caught on camera - videoMatthew Draper, jailed for 32 months at Swansea Crown Court, cheekily asked the car owner's neighbour to move his car so he could make off in the vehicle - watch the video to see what happened next

Other Regional Press

• Motorway closures to carry on into next weekTHE M275 will be closed for further resurfacing works to be carried out.
• Gosport talk to commemorate sinking of first Royal Navy submarineTHE sinking of the first Royal Navy submarine 100 years ago this month is to be commemorated with a talk at the Submarine Museum in Gosport.
• HMS Westminster welcomes top visitorsHMS WESTMINSTER welcomed the UK ambassador to Oman, Jamie Bowden and the chief of staff to the United Kingdom Maritime Component Command Bahrain Capt Robert Bellfield, to show off the ship’s capabilities.
• Mum feels no bitterness towards firm which breached safety rules leading to death of dadA mother has told how she feels no bitterness towards the shipbuilding firm which breached safety rules leading to the death of a Teesside dad
• Mail reveals county's most pothole-plagued roads THE most pothole-riddled roads in the county are revealed today.
• JOE CLOUGH: the first black bus driver in LondonHe left his home in Jamaica aged 18 years and never saw it again but he loved his adopted country and made a wonderful life for himself with his wife and daughters in Bedford.

Other News Sources

• Disruption for travellers as roads re-opened after tram worksSecond weekend of work near Haymarket in Edinburgh following installation of tram lines.

EIN News Subscription

• European Council plans on on establishing the next generation air traffic management system EU strategies on how to increase safety and efficiency of air traffic … ensuring air passenger rights are proportionate,” said the Minister of Transport and … .   In the Council the EU Ministers of Transport reached a general approach … of transport also sought an agreement on further funding for the European …