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Monday, 10 November 2014

BBC News

• Bus passengers describe bridge crashTwo passengers who were on board a bus as it struck a railway bridge in County Down on Thursday night criticise Translink's handling of the incident.
• Organ donation plug for Oyster usersLondon transport users with Oyster cards will now have the opportunity to join the organ donation register.
• Cycle scheme 'not thought through'The mayor's flagship cycle superhighway along a busy route in central London has

The Guardian

• David Cameron to announce £15bn plan to improve 100 road blackspotsThe A1 near Newcastle, Pennine crossings and the A303 London to Cornwall road will be upgraded, the PM will tell the CBI

The Independent

• Network Rail summons contractor to explain series of serious accidentsHead of BAM quizzed on plans to improve safety on the tracks
• Train station tourism takes off at Glasgow CentralVisitors are increasingly being invited to explore hidden nooks and crannies of historic rail hubs
• Dover ferry accident: Four in hospital after ship ploughs into dock Four ferry passengers have been taken to hospital after the ship they were travelling in ploughed into a wall in Dover harbour.

The Scotsman

• £1m Scots Heathrow advert blitz aims to take offThe record marketing push at Heathrow is aimed at significantly boosting the number of people heading north of the Border from the fast-growing Asian tourism markets.

The Telegraph

• What sort of motorway driver are you?Are you a fast lane speed demon or a middle lane hogger?

Daily Express

• £15bn boost to widen our motorwaysDAVID Cameron will today unveil plans to widen motorways across Britain in a £15billion push to get the country moving.

Mail Online

• The £15bn roads revolution: PM embraces Margaret Thatcher's 'great car economy' and promises biggest building blitz for 50 years Prime Minister David Cameron will announce a £15billion boost for more than 100 projects to be completed by the end of the decade, resulting in hundreds of miles of extra lanes on Britain’s roads.
• Ban on smoking in cars will be passed within weeks and will come October 2015  In an historic vote in February, Tory and Lib Dem MPs backed plans to make it illegal to light up in a car in England, punishable by a £60 fine or points on a motorist’s licence.

Network Rail

• VIDEO: Brighton to London Bridge - stunning new helicopter footage shows improvements taking shape thanks to massive Thameslink railway upgradeAerial footage showing the huge amount of work taking place to improve journeys on one of Europe’s busiest rail routes has been captured by helicopter.

Liverpool Echo

• How do cars age? We examine the impact of age on maintenance and repair bills...WhoCanFixMyCar.com have compared the costs of looking after a motor, here they explore what happens to service and repair bills as a car gets older...

Northern Echo

• A1 improvements due to be unveiled by Prime Minister LONG-awaited upgrades to key North-East roads are set to be unveiled today (Monday, November 10)by the Prime Minister as part of a £15bn investment strategy.

Sheffield Star

• Construction starts on Robin Hood Airport ‘workpods’Contractor Henry Boot Construction has begun work on the new Doncaster International Business Park project at Robin Hood Airport.

Yorkshire Post

• Cameron promises to end stalemate on key road improvementsDavid Cameron will promise to improve transpennine journeys today as part of the biggest investment in roads in four decades.
• Appeal after deliberate attempt made to derail trainDetectives from British Transport Police (BTP) are appealing for witnesses, or anyone with any information, into what they believe was an attempt to derail a train in Swinton to come forward.

Doncaster Free Press

• Construction starts on Robin Hood Airport ‘workpods’Contractor Henry Boot Construction has begun work on the new Doncaster International Business Park project at Robin Hood Airport.

Other Regional Press

• Call to get long shut alternative to Dawlish railway line between Exeter and Plymouth back on track AN MP is campaigning for funds to reopen a train line between Exeter and Plymouth. Cornish Liberal Democrat MP Dan Rogerson wants government investment to reopen the railway line between Tavistock and Plymouth - which would be an alternative to the Dawlish route.
• Police and ambulance crews called after Dover Seaways ferry hits harbour wall at Dover Eastern Docks as it left for DunkirkA traumatised couple injured when a passenger ferry carrying hundreds hit a harbour wall have compared the impact to Titanic's infamous crash.

Other News Sources

• Bus diversions while road closed for work BUS services will be diverted this week while road works are carried out.