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Monday, 05 January 2015

BBC News

• Listing ship investigation beginsAn investigation begins into why a car transporter ship, deliberately grounded in the Solent, started listing shortly after leaving port.
• Coastguard suspends ship crew searchThe search for the eight missing crew of the cargo ship Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth is suspended by coastguards.
• Stansted delays after 'exit error'Passengers at Stansted Airport are delayed by up to an hour on Sunday after people arriving on a Ryanair flight went through an exit door

Financial Times

• Car carrier deliberately beached in SolentGreat skill shown by crew in grounding egh Osaka after it began listing
• City Link collapse shows systemic problemsOvercapacity in the market is driving down prices, making profitability difficult

The Guardian

• New rural public transport company provides lifeline in NorthumberlandBus driver Steve Hurst set up Spirit Buses having spotted a ’gap that’s long needed filling’
• Underwater search for AirAsia flight QZ8501 to resumeImproved weather means divers can look for five large objects believed to be part of plane that crashed between Indonesia and SingaporeDivers will renew their search on Monday for large objects on the ocean floor believed to be the fuselage of the AirAsia flight that crashed into the Java Sea more than a week ago, as weather improved in the area.Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, crashed on its way from Indonesia’s second city Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people on board. Continue reading...
• Stansted delays after Ryanair passengers go through wrong doorThousands faced delays of up to an hour after a group arriving on a flight from Lisbon mistakenly entered through wrong doorThousands of passengers faced delays at Stansted airport on Sunday after people arriving on a Ryanair flight went through an exit door “left open in error”.Passengers waiting in the departures lounge were forced to go through security again after a group arriving on a flight from Lisbon mistakenly entered the airport through the wrong door. Continue reading...
• Funding cuts to local bus services leave people isolated LabourParty says 30m miles of bus journeys lost after services funded by local authorities fell by 17%, hitting rural residents hardestThe Northumberland bus service putting people before profitPeople are being left isolated in their homes as more than 30m miles of bus journeys have been cut because of squeezed council budgets, an analysis by Labour has found.The party said those living in rural areas have been particularly badly hit, as the number of miles of bus services funded by local authorities has fallen 17% from 2011. Overall, the length of bus services axed equate to travelling all the way ...
• Car carrier ran aground in Solent deliberately to prevent capsizing25 crew members were rescued from Hoegh Osaka between Southampton and the Isle of Wight on SaturdayA car carrier vessel that ran aground next to busy shipping lanes, leading to the rescue of 25 crew members was grounded deliberately to prevent the vessel capsizing, its owners have said.The 51,000-tonne Hoegh Osaka became stranded on Bramble Bank in the Solent between Southampton and the Isle of Wight on Saturday at 9.20pm. The stricken vessel listed at 45 degrees during the rescue mission, and is now listing at 52 degrees. A 200-metre exclusion zone has been set up around the ship to prevent s...

The Herald

• Probe into sinking of cargo ship opens as hope for crew fadesThe investigation into why a cargo ship capsized and sank off the north coast of Scotland has begun.

The Independent

• Solent rescue: Captain of cargo ship lauded for his quick thinking after running vessel aground The captain of a massive cargo ship has been praised after deliberately running it aground in the Solent when the vessel started listing to one side.

The Telegraph

• Hopes fade for crew of upturned cargo ship as search is suspendedEight crew members missing after the upturned hull of a cargo ship was spotted off Pentland Firth, north Scotland

Mail Online

• Flight delays at Stansted airport after staff open the wrong door for passengers Staff insisted on reprocessing everyone in the departures lounge at Stansted Airport after passengers arriving on a flight from Lisbon became mixed up in crowds waiting to board flights.
• Tory election poster is based on a photo of road in GERMANY The Tories, already under fire over claims to have ‘halved’ the deficit, today faced questions about why a scene of a German road had been used in its ‘Road to recovery’ poster.
• British Airways passengers including special needs children told to wait EIGHT DAYS for next flight after being stranded in Mumbai airport The holidaymakers - including young children and those with special needs - had flown from Goa to Mumbai after a two-week holiday, where they were due to catch a BA flight to London Heathrow.
• Hoegh Osaka cargo ship will remain stuck off Isle of Wight for another 3 days Ingar Skiaker of Hoegh Autoliner, which owns the Hoegh Osaka praised the 'skill and seamanship' of the captain after it was run aground to stop it from capsizing in the Solent after beginning to list.

The Mirror

• Overrunning engineering works: Travel chaos predicted tomorrow after Network Rail blunderThe news comes just days after a Network Rail blunder led to festive travel chaos at King's Cross and Paddington stations

Belfast Telegraph

• Rail commuters warned of delaysTrain passengers will have to contend with another Network Rail engineering work over-run when they return to work today.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Crime falls at North Wales railway stationsOffences committed at Rhyl station were down from 100 in a year to 67

Metro

• Train fares go up again: Why privatising the railways was the worst thing to happen to British transportWho's benefitting? Because it isn't commuters.

Sheffield Star

• Transport bosses spending £235,000 on Sheffield HS2 studyMore than £200,000 is being spent on carrying out a study assessing Sheffield’s two rival options for a potential new HS2 station - by the same organisation planning millions in cuts to local transport services.

Wales Online

• Full steam ahead for the group hoping to reopen Wales’ longest tunnel as a tourist attractionAmbitious plans are being drawn up to reopen the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Tunnel

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Campaign against rail reform is rolling on in LeedsProtests are being staged at a number of Yorkshire train stations today over rail fare rises and the threat of job cuts.

Yorkshire Post

• Fare-rise protests at region’s rail stationsProtests are being staged at a number of Yorkshire train stations today over rail fare rises and the threat of job cuts.

Blackpool Gazette

• U-turn over crossingsBlackpool council has done a U-turn on one of its shared space style road systems to help people with vision problems.

Carlisle News & Star

• M6 re-open after pile-up and fire The motorway in south Cumbria is back open after highways staff had to carry out emergency repairs to the road surface.

Doncaster Free Press

• Dearne MP's campaign for bus controlA new campaign has been launched to give local communities greater control over bus services amid claims that numerous routes have been reduced in recent years.

Other Regional Press

• Bus on fire outside Sevenoaks railway stationA rail replacement bus service had to be replaced itself after catching fire.
• Transport chiefs promise better service as ticket costs riseA RAIL company says annual ticket increases will be ploughed back into giving travellers a better service.

Other News Sources

• Likely 'catastrophic failure' of sunken cargo ship - videoThe absence of a distress call suggests that whatever caused the Cemfjord cargo ship to sink off Scotland
• Motorists warned of overnight works on busy stretch of the A27 DRIVERS are being warned of possible delays when part of a major road is closed overnight for resurfacing work.