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Sunday, 22 December 2013

BBC News

• Airports ready for festive influxNorthern Ireland's three airports are preparing for many thousands of passengers over the festive period.
• Pedestrian critically injured by carA 20-year-old man is critically injured after being struck by a car late on Friday in Kilwinning Road, Irvine.
• Airport's Christmas rush takes offCardiff Airport is expecting a big boost in passenger numbers through its departure gates over the holiday period.
• Assault linked to fatal car incidentPolice are linking an assault to an incident in which a man died after being hit by a car in Aberdeenshire.
• London crash bus removed from sceneA bus involved in a crash in south London which injured more than 30 people is removed from the road.

ITV News

• Trains may be delayed or cancelled on 27 rail networksWith many people expected to travel to share Christmas with family and friends, National Rail Enquires said that very strong winds and heavy rain are forecast throughout England, Wales and Scotland on Monday December 23. "This may mean that some trains are delayed or cancelled, and some train operators may run an amended timetable," it said in a statement

The Independent

• Simon Calder: Ho, ho, ho! Christmas cheer to reportYou never see Santa and Sir Howard Davies in the same room. 'Twas a week before the night before Christmas, and at a press conference in central London on Tuesday, the chairman of the Airports Commission was handing out gifts for long-suffering airline passengers.

The Scotsman

• Navy shadows Russian warship off Moray coastTHE Royal Navy was believed to be shadowing at least one Russian naval vessel off the coast of Scotland last night after it sailed near the Moray Firth while on exercise in the North Sea.

The Telegraph

• Heathrow runway plan dreamt up 25 years ago Former Concorde pilot Captain William “Jock” Lowe can remember exactly where he was when he had his Eureka moment, even though it was a quarter of a century ago. It was 1988 and he was having dinner at a restaurant in Dubai with the UK’s then head of air traffic control. The dinner topic was one of Lowe’s greatest bugbears – capacity at Heathrow.
• Heathrow super runway backers could sell scheme to airportInvestors behind Heathrow Hub, the company whose proposals for airport expansion were shortlisted by the Davies Commission last week, could cash in by selling the intellectual property for its scheme.
• Rail fares for commuters to rise by up to 5%Commuters struggling with cost of living face fare rises of up to 5 per cent in New Year, train companies to announce    
• European Union funding £90m green lobbying conGreen activists are given more than £90 million on EU

Daily Express

• Storms set to cause delays for festive travellersMILLIONS face “certain disruption” to road, rail and plane travel in the Christmas getaway as hurricaneforce winds are set to hit Britain.

Mail Online

• David Cameron 'lunch for lobbyists' row over huge £400m railway depotThe Prime Minister was challenged by Labour to ’come clean’ about his links to Simon Hoare, the lobbyist at the centre of the row over plans for a massive rail freight terminal.
• Chauffeur? No, give me a ministerial bike, says Home Office Minister... but officials refuse to let Lib Dem ride to Commons - because it's too expensiveHome Office Minister Norman Baker is rebelling against an order to use a driver by demanding officials provide him with a 'ministerial bike' instead.

The Mirror

• Hard-up Metropolitan Police splurge almost £5MILLION on luxury flights while 800 officers are axedThe Met bought 23 first-class and 1,529 business-class tickets in two years and spent £2.4m chauffeuring senior officers around in luxury cars
• Motoring Triumph as couple drive across 16 countries in classic car they bought for £500Couple travelled around Europe and Asia in classic 1968 Triumph 1300 that they bought on eBay and restored

Sheffield Star

• Police car involved in collision with pedestrian in SheffieldA woman was hit by a police car responding to an incident in Sheffield.
• Sheffield student is crowned world championA Sheffield student came third at the Cycle Speedway World Championships in Australia.
• Police and ambulance crews called to Doncaster bus crashEmergency services were called out this evening (Saturday Dec 21) after a bus crashed on one of Doncaster’s busiest roads.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Anger at supplier as isles face fuel crisis PARTS of the Western Isles were in danger of running out of fuel last night as ferries remained stormbound and island storage tanks were closed for repairs.

The York Press

• Pensioners offer to ‘subsidise’ rural bus services Rural pensioners have offered to pay towards their bus fares in a bid to save threatened services – only to be told Government policy makes this impossible.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• New picture reveals Birmingham Airport's £40m runway extensionBirmingham Airport’s £40 million runway extension is on schedule for a spring 2014 opening, with new destinations hailed as a boost for business and leisure passengers alike.

Carlisle News & Star

• Carlisle Airport saga set to go back to High Court The saga over the redevelopment of Carlisle airport looks to be heading back to the High Court.
• Cumbrian coach driver was three times drink-drive limit A man who drove a coach with a passenger onboard while almost three times the legal drink-drive limit has been banned from the roads.

East Anglian Daily Times

• A14/Claydon: Road cleared following earlier diesel spillA diesel spill which had caused delays for drivers on the Felixstowe-bound carriageway of the A14 near Claydon has been cleared.

Other Regional Press

• Car stuck on wires of telegraph poleA car was stuck half way up a telegraph pole after leaving the road in a Lancashire village.
• Hull rail electrification: Transport Minister Stephen Hammond to meet MPsTrnsport ministers have agreed to meet a delegation of MPs, city councillors and business leaders to discuss proposals to electrify railway lines in and out of Hull. The meeting was promised by transport minister Stephen Hammond in response to a question by Hull North MP Diana Johnson.