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Monday 30th June, 2003
BBC
Train time woes to drag on
Villagers rally against runways  [Stansted]
Financial Times *
Rail chiefs say £58bn needed to run system
'Maglev' train suffers cancellation blow
Guardian
Regional flights at risk if Heathrow runway refused, Darling warned
Independent
Network Rail to cut 2,000 jobs
Telegraph
Sacking can't be justified, says Connex
Treat for train spotters  [Yorkshire]
Times
Build Heathrow runway or else, warn airlines
Ultimatum over Railtrack

Sunday 29th June, 2003
BBC
Connex in running for franchise
'Shocked' Connex mulls next move
Rail job cuts 'expected'
Observer
UK transport crisis deterring investors
Birds ground plans for a new London airport
Solar aircraft heralds revolution in the sky
Kick out the fat controllers  [comment]
Get back on track  [leader]
Sunday Telegraph
Connex was 'non-compliant' says PwC
Basher Bowker of the SRA
Sunday Times
Network Rail faces £60bn repair bill
Rail supremo rules out return to state control
Tobacco boss to fly in at BA
Air links ready for take-off  [Scotland]
Buses to use hard shoulder to ease Dublin congestion
EasyJet: ‘No profit in coming to Dublin’
Aer Lingus scraps South Africa plans

Saturday 28th June, 2003
BBC
'Shocked' Connex considers options
Off the rails
Rail job cuts 'expected'
Financial Times *
Connex sacked for going off the financial rails
Guardian
French line misses the connection
Independent
Connex stripped of rail franchise as SRA loses faith
Capercaillie puts a spoke in the wheels of mountain bikers
First Group abandons SRA legal challenge
Connex: Nobody should be charged for an experience so awful
Power lines blamed for widespread chaos
Telegraph
Connex sacked by watchdog
Connex 'shot to encourage others'
Finances at centre of Connex dismissal
Withdrawn from service  [leader]
Times
Renationalisation threat to failing train firms as regulator gets tough
Connex pays the price for its incompetence
Rail chief boosts his empire with a brutal coup
Passengers have little hope of a better railway
We apologise for the late running of this service ...  [graphic]
Network Rail close to £4bn financing
FirstGroup drops SRA challenge

Friday 27th June, 2003
Financial Times *
Nats warns against new airport in south-east
Guardian
Renault Espace tops Euro poll for safety
Railroaded  [letter - Virgin Trains]
Independent
Technician 'lied over faulty rail check'
Telegraph
Network Rail to cut 2,000 jobs
Times
Carmakers have blind spot for pedestrians
Motorcycle deaths rise

Thursday 26th June, 2003
BBC
[Newquay] Airport could be expanded
Stagecoach drives profits up
Financial Times *
EU paves way for emissions trading
Guardian
Virgin Trains in line for aid
New action plan fights fine dodgers
Independent
Virgin train subsidy soars to £282m
Telegraph
Souter drives past private stop
Times
Seven more years of train delays
Stagecoach to bid for new Greater Western franchise
First Group the operator to beat
London Evening Standard
Tube crash was 'waiting to happen'
Comment: Central line failure

Wednesday 25th June, 2003
BBC
Cause of Tube crash revealed
City's plea for London air link  [Liverpool]
Drivers face mobile phone ban
Financial Times *
Research unit calls for end to clean fuel tax breaks
BA sets October date for Concorde's final landing
Nations in push on greenhouse gases forum
Guardian
Fines for drivers using mobiles
BA flags list of final resting places for Concorde fleet
Swiss cuts jobs and planes
Independent
Drivers who use mobiles face fines of up to £1,000
BA may keep Concorde to fly on 'special occasions'
Telegraph
Mobile phone fine
Declan Ryan resigns from Ryanair
Times
Drivers facing ban on hand-held mobiles
Network Rail accounts to be investigated
I'm in the car!  [leader]
London Evening Standard
TUC backs airport expansion plans
Virgin wants new Heathrow runway

Tuesday 24th June, 2003
BBC
Long delays for rail travellers
Row over rail bosses' bonuses
BA spurns fresh Concorde bid
Guardian
Air traffic stress soars
Independent
Network Rail directors given big bonuses despite worsening service
Telegraph
Bonus for worse train times than Railtrack
Councillor caught on camera
Times
Air traffic controller warnings ‘ignored’
Rail bosses lower bonus targets
EasyJet flies higher on hopes for update
Rail fare rise  [letter]

Monday 23rd June, 2003
BBC
BA spurns fresh Concorde bid
Guardian
Virgin attacks 'Concorde sabotage'
Telegraph
Eurostar solution  [airports]
Virgin bitter as Concorde dream fades
Times
E & Y paid senior Railtrack engineer £700,000 to stay

Sunday 22nd June, 2003
Independent on Sunday
The London literati wage war on the road hump
Observer
'Green' cars fail environment test
Sunday Telegraph
Money down the train  [Network Rail]
Branson wants Concordes
Sunday Times
Railtrack boss given £700,000 ‘golden handcuffs’ after failure
Analyst warns of passenger decline at Ryanair

Saturday 21st June, 2003
BBC
New patrols for motorways
Drivers 'multi-task' behind wheel
Alstom halts UK train production
Trains resume on fire-hit line
Financial Times *
Alstom to shed 700 jobs at train factory
Guardian
Alstom to halt UK train making
Jarvis keeps Potters Bar track work
Independent
Decision to reappoint Jarvis for maintenance at Potters Bar is 'insult to the dead'
Alstom ends train building and puts 1,000 jobs at risk
British motorists warned over French road law crackdown
Telegraph
Jam busters patrol
Times
Cunning plan from Network Rail is shunted into siding
Jambuster force to patrol the highways

Friday 20th June, 2003
BBC
Fire closes main rail line  [Berkshire]
Air link plan triggers row  [Scottish Executive subsidy]
Guardian
Passengers condemn 4% rail fare rises
Independent
Rail passengers to pay above-inflation fare rises next year
Telegraph
Rail fares unfair
Times
Rail season tickets will go up and up and up
How airport protesters hit turbulence  [Stansted]

Thursday 19th June, 2003
BBC
Fare rises for rail commuters
'Tougher' crash sentences sought  [N Ireland]
MPs join airport debate  [Plymouth]
Telegraph
Network Rail fees cost taxpayers £70 million

Wednesday 18th June, 2003
Financial Times *
Brown aide backs London toll as model for regions
Guardian
Global air slowdown hits home
Underpass en route for building award
Independent
Darling says rail cuts will improve reliability
Mushy peas jam on the A1
Telegraph
Motorist travels at 157mph
Rail firm wins right to see bid details
Times
First Group wins battle with SRA on bid refusal
Deutsche BA may expand into Europe
BA struggles to gain altitude
Road pricing  [letter]

Tuesday 17th June, 2003
BBC
Rail records another dismal year
Rail fares rise but services cut
£9bn upgrade for west coast line
Strike threat over Tube camera
Guardian
Rail fares set to rise as complaints go up and services fail to improve
Independent
Derailed: How transport has become Labour's most spectacular failure
Derailed: The wrong lines
Taxpayers to bail out Europe's most expensive toll road  [Skye Bridge]
Rail services get worse as one in five trains runs late
Telegraph
Less is more  [rail]
SRA blames operators for blocking rail system
Inter-city services should look to Beeching rather than Stephenson
Times
Passengers to get fewer trains at higher fares
Busiest lines may get fewer trains  [graphic]
Massive airports spending exposes BAA to ratings cut
Passengers accuse BA over prices
London Evening Standard
AA calls for congestion charge audit

Monday 16th June, 2003
BBC
Rail improvement plans to set targets
Call for UK congestion charge
Votes set on regional assemblies
Underground idea for Birmingham
Lorry protest over landfill site
Financial Times *
Pricing 'could raise road costs but cut congestion'
Driving Deutsche Bahn to privatisation
Prescott go-ahead to devolve regions
Guardian
Network Rail scheme offers executives £2.7m incentive
Independent
Traffic 'will increase 25% in seven years'
Cycling 'causes thousands of men to be impotent'
Airbus and Boeing stick with forecasts despite downturn
Telegraph
Road tolls would 'cut costs'
[London] Traffic charge an 'economic failure'
Motown fears for Ford
Times
Road tolls 'only way' to control traffic growth
Assemblies in North will lead to local infighting
Dubai airline poised to unveil massive £9bn aircraft order
Environmental terror group targets Ford boss

Sunday 15th June, 2003
BBC
'Impotence risk' to cyclists
Protest over Gatwick expansion
Airbus boost for thousands
Safety plea after two biker deaths
Independent
UK rail fares highest in Europe, and rising
Cycling? But I'm far too young to die
Observer
12-lane freeways to ease crisis on roads
The super-highway solution to keep Britain on the move
Transport figures that don't add up
Sunday Telegraph
Bridleway racetracks
Cycling bad for sex life
A burning issue for Britain  [CO2 cuts]
Fat cat pay deal for rail chiefs
Sunday Times
Plane noise nuisance set to soar
Rail chiefs in line for £2.7m bonus
Women rev up for illegal car racing

Saturday 14th June, 2003
BBC
German rail 'to shed 40,000 jobs'
Financial Times *
Court review of rail franchise to begin
Guardian
Anger at go-ahead for 'slave pay' on ferries and liners
California guns for gas-guzzling SUVs
Independent
Blair accused of sidelining transport in 'clumsy' shake-up
Telegraph
BT to expand net links
Times
Cameras curtail speeding drivers
Schools urged to start the day at 8am
... but signs of recovery at Heathrow
Road pricing  [letter]

Friday 13th June, 2003
BBC
Darling takes up Scots role
Sars hit airlines 'more than war'
Guardian
Congestion charge in cash crisis
Drunk driver who killed 3 gets 10 years
British Midland to cut one-third of workforce
Independent
Congestion charge hit by drivers avoiding zone
Telegraph
BMI axes 1,500 jobs to survive
Jarvis profits full steam ahead
Times
Fares to rise after congestion charge success
No escape for EU drivers who dodge holiday fines
BAA accused of abusing its monopoly
Jarvis expects to get £146m profit from Tube Lines
London Evening Standard
Congestion scheme faces shortfall
Hit squad will tackle London gridlock

Thursday 12th June, 2003
BBC
Crash motorway partially reopens
Row over airport car ban  [Newcastle]
Street lights go solar  [Cornwall]
Oil price leaps on supply fears
Swansea airport row takes off
Guardian
US gas guzzlers drive up oil prices
Independent
Two die in car plunge on to railway track
Five killed as army transporter jackknifes on M1
Enemy at the gate?  [school run]
Telegraph
FirstGroup goes to High Court
Times
Five die as transporter ploughs across M1
Two killed in crash on to rail line
London Evening Standard
New airports 'will blight 135,000 lives'
Mobile speed cameras arrive

Wednesday 11th June, 2003
BBC
Mobile cameras target 'hotspots'  [London]
'Yank Tank' under fire  [Humvees for sale]
[Richmond] Park blocks scenic rat run
Guardian
Increased air traffic noise could hit 600,000 people
Ryanair chief's annual sell-off raises timely £17m for wedding
Decongesting Britain  [leader]
Independent
Ryanair chief sells £17m of shares
Telegraph
Air travel noise misery
Pay as you drive plan
Ryanair's O'Leary nets £17m
BAA chief collects £3.4m pot
Times
BAA chief calls for simplified regulatory system
TBI makes the case to expand Luton airport
London Evening Standard
LES transport archive

Tuesday 10th June, 2003
BBC
UK flights grow despite scares
Telegraph
'Staggered' school hours
Stagecoach takes the £176m road away from Hong Kong
Times
Stagecoach takes a trip away from Hong Kong

Monday 9th June, 2003
Guardian
Motorists may face rush-hour charging
Guernsey buys local airline in £6m deal
Independent
School run drivers face peak-time road tolls
Telegraph
New congestion charges planned
Let-off for car insurance dodgers
Ridgeway ban sought
Times
School-run drivers face shock on road pricing
Old glass to go for road resurfacing
London Evening Standard
Protesters march against Heathrow plan
Bid to improve tube station

Sunday 8th June, 2003
BBC
Rush hour road tolls loom
Bus drivers go on strike  [S Yorkshire]
March against proposed runway  [Heathrow]
Observer
National airlines set to fly the flag into the sunset
Can Ryanair soar higher?
School run tolls to cut roads chaos
Sunday Telegraph
Satellite tolls
Times
Ministers plan nationwide road charges after London success
Disabled set to 'stand tall' in new wheelchair
Ken comes clean: road charging hurts  [comment]
Ryanair reveals Buzz’s true cost
Soaring costs will clip Ryanair wings
Easyjet collects by passing Go figures
Airline industry flies towards a great shakeout

Saturday 7th June, 2003
BBC
Mail trains to be scrapped
Stagecoach sells US buses
Guardian
How to put Network Rail back on track
Independent
Congestion charge has cut jams by 40 per cent in first three months, says Livingstone
Telegraph
Stagecoach deal speeds US exit
Times
Accident spurred family to design new safety helmet
EasyJet loses title to Ryanair
The cruel truth is, the world has left the train behind  [comment]

Friday 6th June, 2003
BBC
Mail trains to be scrapped
Man chopped down speed trap
Brussels wins air power
Ryanair perfects budget flying
Draft Stonehenge plans published
Financial Times *
Number of cars cut 40% by London toll
Royal Mail drops 'slow and costly' rail deliveries
Guardian
End of the line for night mail
A message no mail train would carry
Charging speeds up London 37%
UK gives in over 'open skies'
Independent
Fury at huge 'outer M25' being built by stealth
Telegraph
£4000 speed camera fine
Times
Heritage fears at £193m road scheme  [Stonehenge]
Isle of Man ferry set for £150m sale to Montagu
In the fast lane on the Irish Sea
EU takes over 'open skies' talks with US
London Evening Standard
South east will be L.A. of Europe  [M25]
Tube handover confirmed

Thursday 5th June, 2003
BBC
Child car seats 'fail' safety tests
Bid to end Tube strike threat
Airline aims to plug BA gap  [Newquay]
Blow for air traffic service
KLM despairs at 'lousy' business
Financial Times *
EU set to clear way for open skies deal
Guardian
Drunken teacher's air outrages
Independent
Train drivers threaten strike over 'dangerous' hours
Telegraph
Child car seats failing
Aslef anger grows at rail authority
Times
Coach drivers 'put lives at risk'
Brakes go on car sales worldwide
Firms reap rewards of booking trips online
London Evening Standard
Drivers desert C-charge London
Tube pay deal 'will end strikes'
Central line failure  [comment]

Wednesday 4th June, 2003
BBC
Mayor scrutinises Tube pay-offs
EasyJet rapped for confusing ads
Guardian
Black cabs will stay as capital's star turn
Rail union lays Labour link on the line
Railtrack was much worse  [letter]
Independent
Ryanair margins under threat from 10% cut in airfares
Telegraph
Ryanair aims to leave BA in slipstream
BAA surges 3.8pc despite Sars and terror threats
Times
Ryanair alert hits shares
BAA boosts guards at airports
Eurostar's priorities
London Evening Standard
No fat-cat pay-offs for tube bosses

Tuesday 3rd June, 2003
BBC
Ryanair 'to be bigger than BA'
Europe strikes disrupt UK flights
BA sells German airline
Guardian
Network Rail 'out of control'
BA takes flight from Germany
Airlines seek removal of foreign ownership restrictions
Independent
Regulator lambasts Network Rail
Telegraph
Network Rail attacked for £12bn overspend
Arriva probe into Accident Group claims
BA nets Eu1 for German subsidiary
Times
BA pays £37m to offload subsidiary
Regulator attacks rail spending
Urban driving  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Underground blamed for derailment

Monday 2nd June, 2003
BBC
Runway 'risk' to Gatwick safety
Tube crash raises 'real concerns'
Financial Times *
Derailment report questions Tube safety
Taxpayers face £40m Tube bill over closure of Central line
Guardian
Protesters at war over airport plans
Independent
'Make do and mend' worker is blamed for Potters Bar crash
Times
Assessing aircraft noise and needs  [letters]
Port of London profits double
London Evening Standard
Gatwick runways threaten safety

Sunday 1st June, 2003
BBC
Hundreds stranded by rail hitch  [WCML]
'Crusher' threat to fine dodgers
Sunday Telegraph
EU to allocate Heathrow slots
Where will BMI slot in?
Sunday Times
Ryanair trounces BA with record results of £180m

Saturday 31st May, 2003
BBC
Residents' train horn misery  [Brighton]
Time running out for Air Canada
Financial Times *
How trains keep running . . . late
Guardian
Airline flies flag for Cornwall
Times
London to send in congestion clampers

Friday 30th May, 2003
Financial Times *
Road charging 'to be considered'
UK minister set to unveil 4% rail fare rise
Sabotage ruled out as cause of UK rail disaster
Improved services still years off, warns rail body
Reform of motor premiums could cost women dearly
Young girls caught playing deadly game
Hi-tech scheme to cut vehicle crime
Guardian
Rail fares to rise by 4% despite problems
Crash report blames poor maintenance
Arrests surge in road camera pilot
Girls caught on camera hurling missiles at cars
Traffic police take a shine to their Harley
Profits run off the rails  [letter]
Independent
Errors, not vandals, blamed for disaster in damning report
Novelist's daughter angered by failure to apologise for deaths
Girls aged nine caught throwing bricks on to M25
Telegraph
Girls too young to charge
Faulty points missed
Potters Bar report in full
Numbers up for crime cars
Cost of going for gold  [Olympic bid]
Exxon ditches green proposals
Times
Girls caught throwing bricks at cars on M25
Police question Potters Bar track workers
South East train fare increases cut to 3.5%
Drivers face more fixed penalties to fund crime crackdown
No takeovers till business gets better, says BA
Sars sparks Dragonair freight expansion
Not an easyTime to be boss of a budget airline

Thursday 29th May, 2003
BBC
'No sabotage' in Potters Bar crash
A licence to speed
Network Rail in the red, but upbeat
Multi-million facelift for Eurostar
Financial Times *
Improved services still years off, warns rail body
London to test-drive national road toll system
Ford welcomes currency boost for luxury cars
Brussels wins powers on 'open skies' deals
Guardian
Pedal power to tame life in fast lane
Repair costs shunt network into the red
Independent
Poor maintenance blamed for Potters Bar crash
Network Rail under fire as delays rise by 9%
Telegraph
Speed limiter goes on trial
Number's up for trainspotters
Network Rail debt surges
Costs go loco but motive defective
Times
In-car computer puts brake on speeding drivers
Life in the slow lane grew on me (slowly)
Ministers 'wasted £80m on Network Rail'
Network Rail admits delays have risen 9%
Railtrack needed more money, but not this much
More bad omens for railways
KLM ends business class in Europe
London Evening Standard
Cheaper train route could be scrapped

Wednesday 28th May, 2003
BBC
Network Rail in the red, but upbeat
Multi-million facelift for Eurostar
Mostyn-Dublin ferry route dropped
Cheaper trains 'may be cut'  [Wales]
CrossRail eyes mail line
Car dealer costs 'nearly double'
Financial Times *
Virgin Atlantic scorns reports of BA buy-out
Guardian
Exxon mauled by green tiger protest
Eurostar's luxury ideas above its station
Swiss and Virgin show airline pain
Independent
Lib Dems declare war on four-wheel-drives
Telegraph
MP wants 4x4s out
Medicines label alert for drivers
Losses mount for Virgin Express
Times
Eurostar gets a makeover in passenger war
[French] Air traffic controllers may join wider action
Keep off-road vehicles off urban roads, says MP
Virgin Express plunges further into the red

Tuesday 27th May, 2003
BBC
Air chaos as France strikes
Airport 'playing politics' claim  [Freedom to Fly v Airportwatch]
City's £6m public transport boost  [Newcastle]
Financial Times *
Flights cancelled because of strike in France
Car dealers warn best bargains will not last
Voluntary permits planned for London roadworks
Guardian
Cycle groups attack road safety 'skull' campaign to shock youngsters
Independent
Passengers face air fare hike to pay for noise compensation
Times
Night flight noise is twice the legal limit
Damages may hit £2bn if residents win their case
Sound and fury  [graphic]
Noise and nonsense  [leader]
Greens give Schröder's prized motorway the bird

Monday 26th May, 2003
BBC
Tram power lines go up  [Nottingham]
Airline merger plot thickens
Guardian
Historic buildings face blitz of destruction  [airports]
Small airports owner accuses Nats of overcharging
We can buy Virgin or BMI, says BA
Rail firms on horns of dilemma over noise levels
Independent
British Airways threatens Virgin Atlantic bid
All bicycles to be fitted with bells from May 2004
Telegraph
Quiet life after Concorde

Sunday 25th May, 2003
Independent on Sunday
Campaigners sue over new runways
EU set to fight US over air subsidies
Observer
BA in battle to stop Virgin merger
Road tolls could end vehicle tax
Sunday Telegraph
BA considers bid for Virgin Atlantic
Network Rail to post record loss
Sunday Times
Darling plans tolls for a fifth of roads
Livingstone plan for 20mph London
Urban 4x4s run into backlash
Branson planned BA takeover — but now BA may buy Virgin
Airline odd couple consider marriage

Saturday 24th May, 2003
Financial Times *
UK road tolls could mean end of car tax
Guardian
Running late - crucial London rail link that may miss the Olympics
Doomed to travel forever on a wrong way journey to nowhere in particular  [Crossrail]
BA accused of foul play in runways campaign
Can staff ever rise above the bumpy ride?  [aviation employment]
Independent
Minister may end car tax to compensate for road tolls
Telegraph
Ryanair options net staff £20,000
Times
Stores cut petrol prices to brighten holiday
BA chief attacks strategy of ailing Swiss

Friday 23rd May, 2003
BBC
Virgin and BMI airlines in talks
Clamp down on car tax evaders
Warning over stopped flights  [SW]
Mayor opens space age pier  [Thames]
Financial Times *
Extra runway 'vital for economy' says BA
PM pins transport revival hopes on new head  [DfT]
Poor rail links condemn Midlands business to slow track
Motor Show's final drive to turn corner
Guardian
BA rejects Stansted new runway option
BMI snubs merger approach from Virgin
Broadband Britain counts 2m homes
Telegraph
New Heathrow runway 'worth £37bn'
Virgin and BMI merger talks
Times
Drivers to face automatic £80 fine for failing to pay road tax
Virgin's attempt to merge with bmi 'doomed'
Network Rail set to drop property developments
London Evening Standard
Paddington rail crash court bid fails  [HSE]

Thursday 22nd May, 2003
BBC
BA backs third Heathrow runway
Financial Times *
Land deals could net rail group billions of pounds
Guardian
P&O supports 'zero emission' shipbreaking
Expansion is still in the air  [letters]
Telegraph
Village divided in half  [rail maintenance]
Times
'Millions wasted on car study'  [school travel]
The digging never stops in London, tunnel capital of the world
Tunnels under the Thames  [graphic]
Decline in travel abroad continues

Wednesday 21st May, 2003
BBC
South West air route secured
BA flight offer let down
Financial Times *
Livingstone urges help for retailers in car charge zone
Guardian
Think-tank at odds with Labour on airports
Livingstone sends bus crews back to school
Platform soul  [little used stations]
Independent
France to pay for high-speed rail links by taxing lorry trips
Telegraph
Car price falls put brake on Ford recovery
Times
Runway scheme bad for Britain, think-tank says
Airport expansion  [letter]
London Evening Standard
'Cut parking costs to ease congestion'

Tuesday 20th May, 2003
BBC
Corporate killing law promised
Olympic bid 'fails without rail link'
[BA] South West flights to end
Cost of car cover slows
Financial Times *
Darling set to hand over Tube in July
Guardian
Air industry rejects Cliffe site
Independent
BA warning overshadows return to black
Telegraph
BA flies back into the black
Times
Railway signals to be replaced with computer in cab
Pension woes and trade fears hit BA
BA back in profit but the horizon looks red
In a tailspin? Airlines' performance
Grounding Concorde to cost carrier £84m
London Evening Standard
London 'needs crossrail for Olympics'

Monday 19th May, 2003
BBC
Cost cuts put BA back in the black
Attempt to strike airport deal
Vandals attack speed camera
New [train] route opens for Midlands
Financial Times *
Rail operators asked to explain why more than 25% of services run late
Car insurance slowdown drives fears for industry
Guardian
Firms face corporate killing law
Rail fares go up, number of services goes down
Towns cut off as signals turn red for four months
Independent
BA flies back into profit
Sisters and cousin killed after M25 breakdown
Telegraph
Demand for flights up
If our airports don't grow, they will die  [comments]
SRA calls timely summit
London Evening Standard
Tube fares are the highest in world

Sunday 18th May, 2003
BBC
'Summer of discontent' for trains
Independent on Sunday
Roads and Railways: Mondeo man is still in the driving seat
Sky marshals will be used on UK flights, minister says
Observer
BA profits nosedive amid 'perfect storm'
Sunday Telegraph
The South's public enemy  [BAA Clasper]
Sunday Times
Skye Bridge toll deal may cost £100m
Toll charges imposed on 11 motorways  [Ireland]
Report calls for auction of UK airport slots
BA faces a £1bn pension fund hole
Redhill joins the fight for new runways
Passenger numbers to grow 40-50%, claims Ryanair

Saturday 17th May, 2003
BBC
BA 'targeted by al-Qaeda'
Vandals suspected in rail chaos  [WCML]
Financial Times *
Weak pound gives car buyers cheaper deal than in Germany
Guardian
Congestion charge speeds up traffic but burdens tube
Livingstone in the fast lane - but can he stay there?
The enforcers
Congestion charging in other cities
The tube since congestion charging
After soft soap, plane talking  [BAA]
Times
EasyJet may sue over French 'cartel'

Friday 16th May, 2003
BBC
Glider crashes on main rail route  [WCML]
Financial Times *
Fall in western Europe car sales
Telegraph
Five months for 156mph
Killer driver's £200 fine
Times
BMW driver jailed for speeding at record 156mph
Bus lanes to ease London congestion
New York subway ordered to reverse 50c fare rise

Thursday 15th May, 2003
BBC
Train grumbles make socialising a rail pain for Alistair Darling
Olympic bid set for green light
[Railway] Mast bill clears first hurdle
National Express to quit Eurostar
Guardian
Alstom hit by rail contract costs
Routemasters near their last stop
Making the railways work  [letters]
Independent
National Express plans its departure from Eurostar
Telegraph
SRA deaf to FirstGroup plea
Times
Homes hit by runways will get only £2,000
...but evidence shows house prices take off
How 100,000 families would be affected  [graphic]
Eurostar's British operators pull out of bureaucratic consortium
Rejected FirstGroup keeps rail aim
Carillion favoured for road and hospital projects
First class falls victim to prudent passengers
CAA to resist in-flight use of mobile phones
Airlines encouraged by on-board laptops

Wednesday 14th May, 2003
BBC
Mayor urged to extend tram scheme  [Croydon]
BAA 'golden share' ruled illegal
Financial Times *
EU court rules against 'golden shares'
Increased grants for rail freight shrunk by inflation
Guardian
Ferry service may be replaced  [London crossing]
State's golden share in BAA is illegal
Air France on course for sell-off
Time for an air traffic congestion charge  [letters]
Independent
Court orders Government to abandon golden share in BAA
Telegraph
BAA golden share barred by EU
Times
Drink-driver sped 100mph wrong way
Rail authority to revive freight facilities grants

Tuesday 13th May, 2003
BBC
£1bn train improvements promised  [S Central]
Thames bridge plans put to public
French strike brings travel chaos
Slate plans to boost jobs and rail  [N Wales]
Financial Times *
Late trains fail to stop operator subsidy rise
Critics attack new Thames bridge plan
Guardian
BAA demands runways to avert sky 'gridlock'
Independent
BAA denies lying to Terminal Five inquiry
Telegraph
Three runways needed
South Central rolls with £1bn
Times
Schools under threat as BAA backs third Heathrow runway
Rail investment cut after contract reduced  [S Central]
London Evening Standard
Anger greets plan for new runways
£1bn investment in rail service

Monday 12th May, 2003
BBC
UK 'needs more runways'
Airport expansion plans condemned
Runway enemies square up
Stansted expansion option under fire
Campaigners 'dismayed' at runway plan  [Heathrow]
Airport protesters vow to fight on  [Cliffe]
Opposition to runway goes on  [Gatwick]
Road link row heats up  [Scotland]
Parties unite to fight M74 plans
Financial Times *
BAA calls for three more runways in South-East
Boeing to use British fuel cell in aircraft
Rail cuts overshadow train investment
Worsening transport 'making staff late'
Guardian
Transport chief 'trying to gag rail companies'
FirstGroup pits passenger opinion against SRA veto
Losing track  [comment - Bob Crow]
Independent
Darling 'tries to gag train companies' on bad news
Telegraph
BA flies to the aid of tithe barn
London Evening Standard
Huge airports growth plan
Connex trains will not run on Chunnel link
Budget airline for Amsterdam route

Sunday 11th May, 2003
BBC
Number's up for phone drivers
Toll road director quits
River 'threatened by off-roaders'
'Rope bridge' for dormice
Independent on Sunday
Bitterness and rage at Potters Bar ceremony
Observer
Pay taxpayers £600m for Concorde, Branson tells BA
Branson's flight of fancy
And why Rod Eddington is sure Branson's Concorde won't fly
Reckless drivers who kill face 14 years in jail
Potters Bar families call for public inquiry
Sunday Telegraph
The no-frills Kiwi  [easyJet]
Sunday Times
BAA calls for new runways in southeast
220mph national rail line to go ahead
Scots get 220mph trains to London
Traffic police given monthly fine targets
Trees blitzed to keep trains running
Steady hand keeps Easyjet aloft in no-frills dogfight
Low-cost airlines struggle to pull out of dive
Is that Seamus Brennan we see sitting on the airport fence?

Saturday 10th May, 2003
BBC
River 'threatened by off-roaders'
War and Sars hit UK air travel
Guardian
4x4s trash Roman town
Runway 'will only affect 10,000'  [Heathrow]
Telegraph
Toll M-way chief quits
Roman site wrecked by 4x4s
BAA hit by fall in long-haul traffic
Times
Police target drivers
Roman site damaged by off-road drivers
Lords back EU over open skies deals
Airports see fewer long-haul passengers

Friday 9th May, 2003
BBC
UK 'will make bigger greenhouse cuts'
Financial Times *
Rich countries' greenhouse gas emissions likely to rise 10%
Call for talks on EU-US free skies
Guardian
Right lines  [letter - land values]
Independent
Rail season-ticket prices set to rise as subsidies scrapped
Telegraph
Drivers may face huge price rise on toll M-way
Highway robbery  ]leader]
P&O cuts its container losses
Times
Commuters face rail fare free-for-all
KLM warns of falling yields

Thursday 8th May, 2003
BBC
UK 'doing well on emissions'
Commuters flee train fire  [Oxford]
Financial Times *
Rail bid by respected German operator rejected
Concorde campaign still on the runway
Guardian
M-way firm brags over tolls
Darling may speed changes on tube
EasyJet slumps £48m into the red
Telegraph
EasyJet comes in £48m too low
Times
EasyJet warning as interims tumble
Delays over London's Crossrail link  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Passengers face rail chaos

Wednesday 7th May, 2003
BBC
Europe slips on greenhouse targets
Road toll levy announced  [M6]
Will toll road scheme spread?
Easyjet flies into the red
Airport permitted to move road  [Plymouth]
Branson's Concorde bid rejected
Financial Times *
Rival Crossrail bid would cost £3.3bn, says consortium
Guardian
£11 for 27 miles: why lorries will steer clear of Britain's first toll motorway
Mayor may tax firms to fund rail link
Footpaths at risk in bid to fight crime
Sars worsens business travel losses at BA
Decongesting Britain  [leader]
Independent
£3 to drive on first toll motorway - and more planned
British Airways sees fall in premium class passengers
Telegraph
£2 for toll motorway
BA slashes seat prices as first-class cabin empties
Times
The M6 choice: pay £3 or crawl for 45 minutes
Driver guilty of killing student was road racing
Doubts cast on public spending plans after £7.5bn underspend
BA's Asia-Pacific flights hit by Sars
EasyJet set to cut head office staff
Air traffic forecasts  [letters]

Tuesday 6th May, 2003
BBC
Road toll levy to be revealed  [BNRR]
Branson's plan for Concorde
Financial Times *
Increase in lorry loads means jams ahead
Traffic jams will only get worse, says freight chief
Warning on congestion charge benefits
Guardian
[SRA] Spin doctor's phone rant leads to calls for dismissal
Independent
BA hit by £1bn pensions black hole
Minister urged to fire spin doctor for foul-mouthed rant on rail boss
Telegraph
Virgin Atlantic 'back in the black'
SRA slams Network Rail's lobby for secret meeting
Times
90% of drivers win congestion charge appeal
Virgin Atlantic profits at £10m
EasyJet boss plans bus and pizza launches

Monday 5th May, 2003
Independent
Branson steps up bid to keep Concorde airborne
Times
EasyJet shares slide on gloomy profits forecast
Virgin to launch airline in US
Airport standards  [BAA letter]
London Evening Standard
Airport campaigners set up exhibition  [Gatwick]

Sunday 4th May, 2003
Sunday Times
Easyjet faces losses of £50m after Go merger
Self-parking car to banish bumps

Saturday 3rd May, 2003
BBC
Air travel 'to rise by half'  [London]
More problems for Pendolino  [WCML]
Madonna blasts congestion charge
Shell profits double
Supermarkets cut petrol prices
Swiss airline in low-cost split
United Airlines posts more losses
Guardian
New generation of jams may trap drivers for days
Swiss to create a low cost carrier
Shell doubles its earnings
Warning sends EasyJet into a dive
Independent
Eurostar feels the strain as passenger numbers slump
Who wants high-cost Eurostar when a cheap flight is faster?
Stores step up petrol war
Telegraph
Swiss unveils budget spin-off
Madonna gets charged up

Friday 2nd May, 2003
BBC
Fuel price hike could cut pollution
Traffic 'damages male fertility'
Chunnel firm faces spiralling costs
'Phone threat' to air safety
Work to end rail bottleneck  [Cornwall]
Guardian
Shock tactics hailed as road injuries fall
Channel tunnel faces second NAO audit
Network Rail to hold secret meeting
Times
Eurostar set to ask for £1bn handout
London Evening Standard
Firms welcome London-Glasgow  [air] link

Thursday 1st May, 2003
Times
Crossrail timetable put back as cost soars to £15bn
BA chief blames French for killing off Concorde
Tunnel rail link aid is approved

Wednesday 30th April, 2003
BBC
MPs to hear killer driver campaign
Financial Times *
Branson's Concorde bid grounded by Airbus chief
Guardian
Tunnelling restarts despite collapse  [Chunnel link]
Branson seeks Concorde help
Times
EasyJet has to pay for ‘deceitful’ cancelling
Airport standards  [letter]
Integrated transport  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Setback for Central Line passengers

Tuesday 29th April, 2003
BBC
Warning over new homes plan   [SE]
Financial Times *
South-east housing programme 'will cost up to £20bn'
Councils accused of diverting road cash
Guardian
Price of Prescott housing plan too high, MPs warn
Chunnel commuting  [leader]
Miles better  [letter - about Env Agency relocation]
Times
MPs warn of ‘urban sprawl’ in South East
Fines are cancelled for the cloned car
Stagecoach still stuck in a rut

Monday 28th April, 2003
Guardian
Minister wades into row over London traffic lights
BA's £20m cuts put regional services at risk
Times
Car cloners beat congestion charge
Airlines look for insurance refunds
Airport standards  [letter]

Sunday 27th April, 2003
BBC
M-way plan could be extended
Thameslink denies timetable 'ploy'
Independent on Sunday
Darling to extend motorway pilot scheme
British inventors offered £10m prize to design green family car
Sunday Times
Darling pushed to bring in road tolls
Runaway train [costs]
Irish road project costs soar due to land prices

Saturday 26th April, 2003
Financial Times *
UK plans new roads and action to cut congestion
Guardian
Airport rules relaxed to help ailing airlines
EasyJet hits turbulence
Angry - but not off the rails  [Moir Lockhead]
Independent
Hard shoulders to be opened in rush hour to ease congestion
Telegraph
EC plans help for stricken airlines
Times
Timetable ploy to cut the number of late trains
Fat motorists ‘more prone to accidents’
Metronet finds £314m black hole in Tube contract
BA pledges to keep up alliance
Virgin Atlantic faces industrial action by pilots

Friday 25th April, 2003
Guardian
Rural roads show stark deterioration
Telegraph
Iceland puts hydrogen fuel on road
Times
Airport pollution figures cut to stifle runway protesters
Icelanders to fill up on hydrogen thanks to Shell
Opec quota move sends oil price tumbling

Thursday 24th April, 2003
BBC
UK's 'dangerous' road tunnels
Flybe in £500m planes order
Huge fire hits tyre yard
Passengers stranded on train
Financial Times *
Network Rail probe into chaos at London terminal
Guardian
Mayor sharpens focus on charge zone cheats
Tyneside ready for new £140m tunnel
Precautions poor but accidents few  [road tunnels]
Dutch state-owned firm wins Merseyside rail franchise
$1bn loss at American Airlines
Telegraph
Merseyrail franchise goes Dutch
Times
Budget airlines in dogfight over flights 'giveaway'
Driver on phone as train hit his van
Light at end of British tunnels
Motorist gets axe after rude gesture

Wednesday 23rd April, 2003
BBC
Wave of fresh rail strikes
Paddington station reopens
Financial Times *
London businesses blame road toll for cut in takings
'Green' fuel review could mean red faces
Guardian
Chaos at Paddington
More strikes in rail safety dispute
High winds bring rail chaos
Ryanair's Easter sale lays an egg
Independent
Rail union calls four more strikes in safety dispute
'How am I driving?' Don't call us, we'll call you
Telegraph
Paddington causes chaos
Ryanair lampoons rival easyJet in fares war using 'Iraq propaganda'
Times
Rail chaos as repair work is held up by breeze
Rail guards call two more strikes
Transport criticism  [letter]

Tuesday 22nd April, 2003
BBC
Commuters face Easter hangover
Rail commuters face chaos
Financial Times *
Airports operator warns on expansion plans  [rail access]
Guardian
Paddington closure spells rush-hour misery
Closure looms for capital's other underground railway
Big, not clever  [American SUVs]
Independent
Paddington stays shut as work overruns
Telegraph
Olive stones join growing list of green fuels
Times
Paddington commuters face delays as station stays shut
Bus system gets green light to beat the red ones
A partial cure for Heathrow's ills  [letter]

Monday 21st April, 2003
BBC
Bank Holiday traffic warning
Train derailment blocks [WC] mainline
Financial Times *
Concorde prepares to fly out with a boom
Private Tube company has fewer delays
Rail authority set to reinstate freight grants
Greece faces Olympic Airways subsidy suit
Guardian
Darling acts in MyTravel crisis
Independent
West Coast line shut by collision of repair trains
Telegraph
Government in talks with CAA about MyTravel
Times
Minister holds talks with CAA about troubles at MyTravel
London Evening Standard
New UK-Ireland air route

Sunday 20th April, 2003
Sunday Times
Channel rail link cost leaps to £9 billion
Ryanair to attack Easyjet’s home base in Luton
Budget airlines target Ireland
Spin over plans for Aer Lingus sell-off fails to take off
BA to resume scheduled flights to Baghdad
Green cars: New eco warriors are a breath of fresh air

Saturday 19th April, 2003
BBC
Supermarkets in petrol price war
Jams on roads to the coast
Economic benefits of disused railways  [Y&H]
£30m investment cuts train delays  [GNER]
Drivers delayed by huge lorry  [Wales]
Financial Times *
End of Iraq war boosts tourist industry
Rich, sporty singles drive resurgent market for luxury camper vans
Guardian
Traffic misery as sun makes holiday appearance but cool change on way
Spring's record drought sparks pollution danger
28 hurt in Dover ferry collision
Rail refund plan scrapped
Independent
Paddington closure adds to holiday gridlock
Ministers float plan to impose 'water' tax on sailors
Telegraph
Families stuck in 110 miles of jams on the motorways
Times
Drivers spend best day of weekend stuck in jams
Rail repairs to disrupt holiday travel all year
War 'premium' drives down petrol prices
No time for you to go off the rails, Darling  [comment on Crossrail]

Friday 18th April, 2003
BBC
Rail strike hits Easter travellers
Paddington station shut for Easter
Cruise ship plan for River Tyne
Guardian
Rail misery slows traditional Easter getaway - and the good weather won't last
Instructors hoot at driving test
On track to regional rail revival
Darling faces backlash over review
BA and Virgin race to take Baghdad
Independent
Rail strikes threatens Easter chaos on roads
Telegraph
Sun lovers jam roads
Times
Sunshine starts holiday weekend jams a day early
London Evening Standard
Airline suspends London route

Thursday 17th April, 2003
BBC
Rail strike to disrupt busiest day
Couple win jet noise claim
Financial Times *
Couple win payout over noise from overflying military jets
Guardian
Forecast clouded by ozone alert
£1m payout over country house idyll ruined by the scream of Harrier jets
Independent
Couple win £1m landmark payment for RAF jet noise
Telegraph
£950,000 for jet misery
Times
Couple win £1m damages over unbearable jet noise
Transport adviser faces axe for taking ministers to task
A clash of unlike minds
Beg to differ  [leader]

Wednesday 16th April, 2003
BBC
Cities shun congestion charge
Software brings buses closer
Guardian
Plan to cut congestion discounts
High charges 'turn bridge into barrier'
EasyJet may sue over Orly slots
Times
Residents lose discount as congestion zone grows
Most [London] journeys now take longer  [graphic]
£500 to get your car back as clampers gear up

Tuesday 15th April, 2003
BBC
Selby crash driver loses appeal
Financial Times *
Architect of congestion charge looks overseas
Selby crash driver fails to have his conviction overturned
Guardian
Confusing computer data caused jumbo jet near miss
Rail crash driver loses appeal
Times
A £3.7bn mouth organ - Heathrow's Terminal 5
Selby crash appeal rejected
Air traffic should pay  [letter]

Monday 14th April, 2003
BBC
Italy flights cut due to strike
Selby crash driver launches appeal
Commuters brave congested Tube
Better buses for South West
Independent
Ministers oppose plan for national railcard
Walt Disney and airlines admit Sars virus is crippling business
Telegraph
More Heathrow night flights
London Evening Standard
Bus firms doubt charge success

Sunday 13th April, 2003
Independent on Sunday
Jarvis slammed over rail maintenance
Sunday Telegraph
Metronet to cut 660 jobs
Union to vote on [American Airlines bankruptcy]
Sunday Times
Airlines ground flights as war and Sars bite
Aer Lingus seeks buyer consortium

Saturday 12th April, 2003
BBC
Tube gearbox 'never serviced'
Central Line reopens fully
Commute from France, council suggests
Safety system fitted to trains  [Arriva Northern]
Fight to stop nuclear trains
Financial Times *
Fate of transport watchdog raises fresh concerns over Blair's policy
Guardian
Kent wants 10,000 to commute from France
Ryanair's no-frills price for Buzz
Independent
Tube crash report points to 'incompetent managers'
Commute from France, overcrowded Kent tells its residents
FirstGroup to take row with regulator to court
Telegraph
Kent says live in France
Times
There's light at the end of Chunnel for commuters
Ryanair completes Buzz deal without clearance
Private cars fuel oil imports

Friday 11th April, 2003
BBC
Rail franchise out to tender  [Thames Trains]
Jet testing upsets residents  [Gloucestershire]
Concorde grounded for good
Financial Times *
BA and Air France to ground Concorde
Futuristic dream overtaken by today's financial realities
Guardian
How Tube partnership came unstuck
Concorde's end will cost £83m
Independent
Branson unveils £1 rescue bid for unwanted Concorde
Ageing icon whose cost was sky-high
Telegraph
Concorde grounded
Times
Passengers face long wait for next supersonic jet

Thursday 10th April, 2003
BBC
War puts off fuel tax rises
Airport traffic on the rise  [Scotland]
Long-haul flights down
Concorde to retire in October
'Congestion charge for Heathrow'
Homes shaken by sonic boom
Police get free ticket to ride
Financial Times *
Budget speech text and Red Book
Budget speech summary
Guardian
Driver in fatal coach crash 'nodded off'
Mayor plans kiss and fly charge
Greens furious at petrol tax freeze
Speed of sound is silenced
Independent
End of an era - Concorde is retired
Telegraph
BAA congestion charge clash
Budget: No cars qualify for new tax
Times
BA admits Concorde will fly for last time this year
Freeze at the forecourt cuts cost of motoring
War and virus hold back BAA
Noisy concrete roads  [letter]

Wednesday 9th April, 2003
BBC
Virgin rapped over train ad claims
Fatal coach crash inquest begins
Bridge could create 2,000 jobs
Financial Times *
Night flight curbs extended
Times
Livingstone to charge £5 for driving to Heathrow
Unpopular Concorde to be retired soon

Tuesday 8th April, 2003
BBC
Bombardier wins Tube deal
Financial Times *
Birds 'would pose hazard to aircraft at new London airport'
Industry beats gas targets
Guardian
Congestion enforcers may be clamped
Report gives airport plan the bird
[Tube] Commuters taken for another ride
Metronet shelters under PPP liability cap
Corus woes help CO2 goals
Independent
£9bn Thames airport ruled out because of birds hazard
Metronet fines capped at £4m for Tube closure
Steel crisis helps Britain beat target on greenhouse gas
Opec calls crisis meeting to cut production as oil price tumbles
Telegraph
Bird blow to airport plan
Ford to slash $6bn costs
Top oilmen share $180m bonanza
Times
Birdstrike crash risk 'rules out' airport site
Wildlife fears over 12-mile Morecambe Bay bridge project
Tube partners could force new PPP deal
Oil prices at lowest level since November
Slump in fares may deepen easyJet loss
Brussels accuses UK over White City  [EIA failure]
Buses and other pensioners' perks  [letters]
London Evening Standard
C-charge 'ups journey times'
Bright future promised for Tube
Invensys signals Tube deal
Hailing the electric taxi

Monday 7th April, 2003
Independent
Darling urged to act in FirstGroup row
Telegraph
Lives 'ruined by [traffic] noise'
Times
Road test for self-braking car that obeys speed limit
Flights of fancy  [letter]

Sunday 6th April, 2003
Observer
Expand the South and demolish the North?
Doubt cast over need for growth in South East
Major reforms essential to get us running smoothly  [Stephen Joseph]
Home is where you'll want to live  [John Prescott]
Telegraph
London faces £35bn transport shortfall
Cars priced by region
War and pestilence sends US airlines into a steeper nose dive
Times
Green fuel plan
Apax set to buy rail freight firm
Irish Rail records loss of €12m

Saturday 5th April, 2003
BBC
New airport gets the go-ahead  [Finningley]
Final stamp on Tube PPP deal
'Death driver' gets 12 years  [N Ireland]
Guardian
Go-ahead for new airport on RAF base
BA caps Concorde ticket sales
Underground lease completed
Independent
22,000 congestion charge fines revoked
Telegraph
Metronet signs tube deal
12 years for driver who killed
Times
Doncaster to get major airport
Runway conflict of interest claim
Greens promise to put the brake on building trunk roads
BA chief attacks aid package for US carriers
Metronet seals £17bn Tube deal
The Tube deal  [graphic]

Friday 4th April, 2003
BBC
Tolls needed to cut jams, say MPs
UK greenhouse gas 'failing'
Airport expansion brings 700 jobs  [Liverpool]
Hitches spoil Tube line reopening
Danger driving terms reviewed
Financial Times *
Dangerous drivers warned of stiffer penalties
Guardian
Road charging backed by MPs
Corporate flyers spurn BA
Stagecoach slips
Telegraph
BA traffic hit by war and virus
Time for mobile killers
Times
MPs tell minister it's tolls today or jams tomorrow
How the government has watered down its transport targets for 2010  [graphic]
Jail for drivers who kill at the wheel
Workmen kept disabled driver at bay
Sars hits BA bookings
Manchester PFI tram firm sees losses soar
Carillion lands highways deal
Sars fears take toll of shares in Stagecoach
Flights of fancy?  [letter]
London Evening Standard
First London-Wales [air] service in 35 years
Fire alerts mar tube line reopening

Thursday 3rd April, 2003
BBC
Reopened [Central] line suffers new hitch
Air strike threatens travel delays
Financial Times *
MPs attack ministers over green 'failings'
Telegraph
Air crash risks cut
Times
Warning could cost airlines £6.5bn
Block for $3bn US airline aid plan

Wednesday 2nd April, 2003
BBC
Fines pay for more cameras
Central Line reopens to West End
Financial Times *
MPs criticise greenhouse gas progress
Taxpayers face £40m Tube bill over closure of Central line
Anger as road plans include Peak District
Guardian
Central line to resume City and West End services
£755m plan will quieten noisy roads
EasyJet makes staff go
Independent
FirstGroup at war with rail regulator
Airlines may face charges over DVT deaths
Telegraph
FirstGroup threatens to sue Strategic Rail Authority
Times
£700m road plan helps bring quiet to 11,000 homes
Forth Rail Bridge to close for repairs
FirstGroup may sue rail regulator over franchise
Leading airline shares take a dive
London Evening Standard
Hauliers hit at congestion charge
Toll decision upsets drivers

Tuesday 1st April, 2003
BBC
Rail safety overhaul unveiled
Financial Times *
One fifth of rail network overdue for replacement
Train services disrupted again by guards
No hand-outs, Brussels tells Europe airlines
Premiums on shipping at highest for many years
Guardian
[Aviation] Fuel tax strategy a 'complete mess'
Network Rail seeks to fill £10bn hole
Air transport's hand-outs  [letter]
Independent
Rail commuters suffer as second strike by guards cuts services by up to 90 per cent
Telegraph
5 years for rail improvements
Ryanair flight vow  [to maintain French airport network]
Times
New rail operator steps back from plan to cut delays

Monday 31st March, 2003
BBC
Fresh rail strike starts
Troubled rail link attracting users  [Newcastle metro]
Guardian
£1.5bn funding gap raises fears of huge rail cutbacks
Network Rail says costs will almost double to £27bn
Unpopular head of [rail] safety loses his job
Iron resolve keeps the one-way ticket to ride train chugging
Pilots propose cuts to save American Airlines
Independent
Rail safety chief executive expected to lose his position
Telegraph
Network Rail £6bn costs bombshell
Times
Drivers' hands-free mobiles to be banned
[1930s] Oil industry suppressed plans for 200-mpg car
War may delay Tube handover
Network Rail to cut costs by £1bn
It's time to put these grey freeloaders off the bus
London Evening Standard
BA takes off from London City
Firemen tackle train fire

Sunday 30th March, 2003
Sunday Telegraph
[Networkrail] 'Worse than Railtrack'
Cost of running railways doubles to £6bn
Nats signs £125m radar deals
The slow runner at Aintree is Network Rail
Sunday Times
London Underground to give up its Canary Wharf headquarters
Cost of running rail network to hit £6bn a year
Tax changes fail to stem rise of the company car
War to push BA back into the red

Saturday 29th March, 2003
BBC
Rail fares to rise
Financial Times *
Railway running costs 'to be double its budget'
Second day of train strikes set to go ahead
Motorists flushed as car values go down the pan
Congestion charge fines trigger 100 appeals a day
Guardian
Train strike causes chaos and more walkouts loom
Independent
Rail services halted across Britain by guards' walkout
Telegraph
Guards defy strike call
Times
Guards hide rather than sell tickets, says rail firm

Friday 28th March, 2003
Financial Times *
U-turn on Dartford tolls
Guardian
First train guards strike begins
Rush-hour Britain slows down
Network Rail's clawback gathers pace
Airlines lobby for waiver of ticket tax over war period
Blasting the past  [airports]
Independent
Rail union says more strikes will follow one-day walkouts
Balfour hit as Network Rail reclaims contracts
Telegraph
In-house rail maintenance
Times
Insurance bill for European airlines likely to hit £950m
Rail contractors set to lose £1bn

Thursday 27th March, 2003
BBC
Rail guards announce walk-out
Financial Times *
Rail body to fund losses caused by union action
Virgin told to cut train costs by up to £300m
Companies switch to diesel cars
Guardian
BA blames war for jobs and flight cuts
Rail chaos looms after talks fail
Thin air won't keep carriers flying
Independent
Guards plan three 24-hour strikes in rail safety row
Telegraph
Guards' strike to go ahead
Times
BA cuts flights to save cash
Merrill warns that long-haul routes will suffer
Aid planned for airlines
Pilots threaten a confrontation
Amey resolute on Tube strike
BA's London City debut offers new European option
London Evening Standard
Let's reclaim our roads, says actress

Wednesday 26th March, 2003
BBC
British Airways cuts more flights
Financial Times *
BA and Lufthansa set to cut capacity
Guardian
Brussels relaxes airline aid rules
Swiss to miss its breakeven target
Independent
War forces BA to cut jobs and flights
Telegraph
BA fastens seatbelts for war
'BA flying through crisis'
Times
Slow-down signs work better than cameras
Railway upgrade millions to be lost on strikes
BA to cut routes as EU plans aid for airlines
Big airlines get their wings clipped  [graphic]
London Evening Standard
Ken's congestion charge chief quits

Tuesday 25th March, 2003
BBC
More Central Line stations open
Financial Times
Tube line set to reopen by Easter
Brussels to allow compensation for airlines
Independent
Concorde flights cancelled as travellers begin to shun costly supersonic flight
Telegraph
Office staff to be guards
Times
Car death girl's mother wins damages battle
Country beats city in driving test table

Monday 24th March, 2003
Independent
One rail firm in four 'technically insolvent'
Times
Rail safety rules may be eased
Remote Welsh route faces crippling costs
Airbus gets to grips with scale of its vision

Sunday 23rd March, 2003
Sunday Telegraph
Virgin low-cost airline launch  [US]
'We'll keep BA flying through the crisis' says Eddington
Flying in the face of reality
Sunday Times
Heathrow prepares to handle new jumbo
Arcadia millionaire plans to rid railways of leaves

Saturday 22nd March, 2003
Guardian
Green light to charge utilities for roadworks
Times
Delays as drivers skirt congestion zone
War hits airline jobs and services

Friday 21st March, 2003
Times
Speed cameras may be hidden
London Evening Standard
'Tube line to reopen fully by Easter'

Thursday 20th March, 2003
BBC
Speed camera policy challenge
Guardian
Airline hopes stay grounded
Laser gun to curb boats' speed on Windermere
Telegraph
Alarm at Network Rail's extra £10bn
Air Traffic handed £130m parachute
Times
BA set to reopen airline sale talks
Revamp gives air traffic controllers a clear flight-path
Secret EU agreement lets US snoop on transatlantic flyers

Wednesday 19th March, 2003
Financial Times *
Success of London road toll to affect bus timetables
Guardian
Thriving rural railways forgive Beeching at last
EasyJet dumps plan to buy Deutsche BA
Easy come, easy go
Telegraph
Labour laws put easyJet off Deutsche BA option
UK airlines excess luggage loss
United [Airlines] on the brink of liquidation
Times
Routemasters put on road to retirement
You're less likely to arrive with bags on BA
EasyJet bales out of option on DBA
CAA agrees restructuring of UK air traffic control network
London Evening Standard
End of journey for bus conductors?

Tuesday 18th March, 2003
BBC
Strike action by train guards
Guardian
Medieval village fights jet age nemesis  [Gatwick]
Buzz staff accept Ryanair terms
Independent
Congestion charge success reduces revenue to £9m
Commuter chaos ahead as rail union names three strike dates
Telegraph
Congestion charges take their toll on Westminster
Ryanair in rethink
Nats awaits credit clearance

Monday 17th March, 2003
BBC
Business backs congestion charge
Financial Times *
Tube expected to receive £1bn funding boost
Air traffic group's rescue deal set to be announced this week
Guardian
Road and rail promises leave commuters unmoved
Telegraph
Road projects delayed
Hatfield claim launched
Times
Company executives back road charging
Airline passengers spread killer bug
London Evening Standard
Tories pledge road-building

Sunday 16th March, 2003
Observer
Potters Bar safety moves dismissed
Road diversions  [letter]
Independent on Sunday
Spain's high-speed train sinks into political mire
Telegraph
Connex staff to cover strike
Times
Welcome to congestion charge country  [National Parks]
Direct flights to Europe from isles  [Scotland]
Lorries are a growing danger on rural roads  [Ireland]

Saturday 15th March, 2003
BBC
Central Line partially reopened
Firms vie for Scottish rail deal
Financial Times *
Aviation industry could face higher taxes to deal with pollution
Guardian
Airlines face 75% green tax rise
Bus to the bus stop is a transport of delight
Buzz staff defy Ryanair's deadline
Independent
Passengers face 'green tax' on airline fuel
Telegraph
Train fare rise approaching
Drunk driver gets judge's pity
Times
Air travellers may be charged for climate damage
Airlines angered as ministers consider environment levy
Road charge has reduced traffic in zone by a fifth
Four rail rivals in battle to run Scottish services
The congestion charge reviewed  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Safety fears shut vital rail tunnel
Rail strike called off

Friday 14th March, 2003
BBC
Crash during Tube safety run
Major rail project 'on track'  [Scotland]
Financial Times *
UK rail fares may increase sharply
Guardian
Rail crash police seize engineer's papers
BAA deal saves air traffic control
National Express won't take strain of unviable trains
Telegraph
Back on the buses  [National Express]
Times
Prescott sees the wheels fall off his cycling plan
Cycling in Europe  [graphic]
Misery worsens on Tube
Learning to live with the new breed of cyclists will always be an uphill struggle  [comment]
London Evening Standard
Airline to start Stansted flights

Thursday 13th March, 2003
BBC
Tantrum toddler 'thrown off' plane
Train fire causes delays  [E Anglia]
Guardian
Train delays 'justify cuts'
BA ejects toddler in mid-tantrum
Independent
How a toddler's tantrum brought BA flight to a halt
Telegraph
[Train] Punctuality at new low
Times
Central Line could partly reopen soon
New trains are no match for reliable 1960s 'workhorse'
Rail chiefs refuse punctuality targets
Boy, 2, ordered off BA flight after tantrum
Fall in spare capacity sends oil price higher
'No show' Heathrow tops delays
Accident-prone lorries  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Rail complaints rocket
Villagers oppose airport expansion  [Gatwick]

Wednesday 12th March, 2003

BBC
Cities warned about congestion charge
Train halt delays minister
Favoured airport rail links  [Scotland]
Guardian
Shell chief delivers global warming warning to Bush in his own back yard
War fears plunge airlines into crisis
Telegraph
National congestion charge trials
Times
Congestion chaos risk 'exaggerated'
Air passengers increase as no-frills carriers cut fares
Congestion charging  [letter]

Tuesday 11th March, 2003
BBC
'Public voice' over night flights  [N Ireland]
Guardian
Budget airlines fly high in satisfaction survey
Independent
Winged: the most popular budget airlines
Telegraph
1,000 errors a day  [congestion charge]
Times
Cut-price airlines are still favourite
American airline 'close to filing for Chapter 11'
London Evening Standard
Work starts on city airport rail link
Blair `will pay congestion charges'

Monday 10th March, 2003
Independent
Rail freight link to take 10,000 lorries a day off roads?

Sunday 9th March, 2003
Observer
Traffic chaos rises as schools siphon off cash
Rail woes  [letter]
Traffic light  [letter]
Times
Safety fears as EU lets pilots fly 14-hour day
BA hands southwest routes to airport owner
O’Reilly may be forced out of joint role  [Ryanair]
Buzz faces closure if €24m Ryanair deal collapses
Revenge for Ken as Blair clocks up congestion charge fines
McCreevy slaps down €6bn Dublin metro plan

Saturday 8th March, 2003
Independent
Traffic 'rat runs' are springing up around congestion charging zone, according to study
Times
EasyJet passengers rise 44%
EasyJet performance figures  [graphic]
Accident-prone lorries  [letter]

Friday 7th March, 2003
Financial Times *
Train guards vote for action on safety role
Guardian
Rail strikes over 'Kit-Kat seller role'
Blackpool cheered by air link to London
Congestion charge 'good for bus business'
The political cost of more cuts on the railways  [letters]
Independent
Rail chaos ahead as guards vote for action in safety dispute
Telegraph
A £21bn challenge to Brown  [Network Rail accounting]
Ford fights back after bankruptcy forecast
End of the Liverpool line for Arriva
Times
Timetable scrapped as buses speed up
Motorist triumphs over clampers to win £9,500
London Evening Standard
No date for return of Central Line

Thursday 6th March, 2003
BBC
M25 tolls scheme 'scrapped'
Financial Times *
Rail companies training managers to beat strikes
Study doubts efficacy of emissions trading scheme
Guardian
Flight of fancy
Car radar could cut deaths on roads
Telegraph
BA loses out to weather and fears
Jojoba oil as good as diesel
Balfour Beatty hits back at critics of PFI quality
Times
Widening of M25 'should not wait for tolls'
London Evening Standard
Airport expansion plan criticised

Wednesday 5th March, 2003
Financial Times *
Airport proposals 'pose threat'
Guardian
Forget the war, it's the rail-bus ticket coalition
No new Beeching  [leader]
Telegraph
Nat Express appoints new finance chief
Times
Lorries are highest risk on motorways
Too-slow gritters caused M11 chaos
London Evening Standard
Terror simulation targets Tube station
Union plea on congestion charges

Tuesday 4th March, 2003
Times
'Dirty bomb' and gas attack plans tested on Tube
Network Rail chiefs could net 80% bonuses

Monday 3rd March, 2003
Financial Times *
Climate shift could harm rail safety and performance
Higher taxes urged to curb expansion of airports
The noise over UK airports
EasyCar plans unmanned rental pick-up
Guardian
BA uses no-frills tactics in new £450m restructuring
Telegraph
Delays worst in Europe  [air travel]
BA banks on self-service to help cut further £450m
Times
Delays on the Tube  [letter]
London Evening Standard
PPP chiefs 'inundated with Tube offers'

Sunday 2nd March, 2003
Independent on Sunday
Motorway tolls win industry approval
Observer
Rail network set for further cuts
Sunday Times
20mph limit looms as congestion charge speeds up traffic
Brennan told to cut costly rail plans  [Ireland]
BAA flies high on price ruling

Saturday 1st March, 2003
BBC
A future for Concorde?
Route chosen for £150m canal
Virgin train hit by fire
Congestion charge tax 'muddle'
Financial Times *
BA blames oil for rise in fares
Airlines attack planned rise in landing fees at Heathrow
Traffic in London cut by 20%, says mayor's agency
Guardian
Catch 77 - bus gets ticket at bus stop, for stopping
Airline fury at Heathrow fees
Independent
Airline fury at Heathrow price rise
Dordogne's expats rise in revolt after cheap airline takes flight
Telegraph
Fury at Heathrow increases
Street racers dice with death  [Russia]
Times
Extension to Tube gets green light
Traffic still light in London charge zone
Zero adds up to £400   [Congestion charge]
£20m formula to deduce if trains are too crowded
Airlines set to fight higher airport charge in court
BAA cleared for take-off  [graphic]
Ask not for whom Red Ken tolls, it could be for a whole world that
still believes in the right to roam in little metal boxes  [comment]

Friday 28th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Two extra runways at Gatwick proposed
Network Rail has started making job cuts
Guardian
New runway plans 'blight 350,000 lives'
Travel delays take toll of business
Darling's dilemma  [leader - aviation]
Independent
Government urged to cut fuel tax as oil price soars
Ancient heronry threatened by airport plans
Telegraph
Gatwick expansion plan
Times
Flight growth plan zeroes in on Gatwick
Threat returns to historic village
Options for Gatwick  [graphic]
AA drops historic opposition to road use charging
EasyJet 'reneged on deal with BA'
London Evening Standard
Congestion charge working, says Darling

Thursday 27th February, 2003
BBC
Airport expansion plans due
Fury as rail link is axed   [SW]
Financial Times *
Transport minister softens on road charging
London's congestion charge: does it work?
Congestion charge cameras to help combat terrorism
Tube chief's departure is symptom of deep malaise
Guardian
Job seekers to get cheap driving lessons
Darling climbs off the fence to praise congestion charge
Independent
BA considers scrapping Concorde
Telegraph
Ryanair cuts 400 jobs at Buzz
Concorde to be grounded
Builders demolish Labour's plan
Times
Poorer pupils to get free ride
Buzz staff warned 'take cuts or we close'
Don't badger us with excuses, say angry drivers
EU states could be sued for ignoring 'open skies'
Company car congestion 'perk'
Canny flyers save by buying abroad
Ferries steam into battle with airlines
London Evening Standard
M25 stays closed after lorry accident

Wednesday 26th February, 2003
BBC
Train services to be axed
Villagers win bypass inquiry fight
Financial Times *
BA may axe Concorde
Guardian
Vehicle charge to be pegged at £5
Easyjet forced to cut fares
Independent
Congestion charge leads to flood of false number plates
Telegraph
Gas guzzlers choking on the $2 gallon
EasyJet shocks with fare cut warning
Congestion charging: £1.5m per week  [fines]
[Congestion] Charge confuses taxman?
Times
Mayor pledges to peg congestion charge for decade
Road accident danger doubles for pupils at 11
EasyJet hit by trading update turbulence
Channel rail link  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Anger as rail cuts announced
Passengers escape as carriage derails
Congestion charge increase ruled out
Traffic still light as school holidays end

Tuesday 25th February, 2003
Guardian
Congestion charge curbs school run but drivers claim fines errors
Risk to environment poses same dangers as terror, warns Blair
Blair sets out far-reaching vision but where are the practical policies?
Saving the planet, at home and away
Oil rises on war fears and cold
Blair's green politics  [letters]
Fewer charter flight delays at UK airports
Independent
Congestion scheme passes back-to-work test
Telegraph
Congestion zone success
Climate key to policy
Times
Airline customers told to buzz off
Greenhouse gases mean far hotter summers
Global warming  [graphic]
Cars could run on rocket fuel by 2010
£55 a year - the cost of stopping global warming
Record punctuality for charter airlines
Charter airline delay (summer 2002)  [graphic]
Kengestion is extended (right back to 1965)
Even Victorians were in a worse jam
A good deal for idle Tube drivers
Freezing temperatures in US keep oil prices on the boil
EU seeks finish to 'national' airlines concept
Aviation pollution  [letters]

Monday 24th February, 2003
BBC
Congestion charge costs cash
New jobs at Birmingham airport
Driver 'on mobile' missed stop
Financial Times *
Blair urges worldwide cut in carbon emissions
Plans for second runway would see capacity at Gatwick airport double
London's mayor calls for roadworks regulation
Guardian
Liverpool transport goes back in time  [trams]
Downing Street to challenge Bush on greenhouse gas emissions
Independent
Blair: CO2cuts would not 'trash' US economy
Times
Blair plans 60% cut in greenhouse gas output
Blue sky at night may be polluters' delight
US-style school buses cut car journeys
Drivers benefit after lawyers agree to cut fees
Personal freedom and road charging  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Traffic still light as school holidays end
Property success on the Jubilee line

*****

Friday 21st February, 2003
BBC
Transport chiefs deny flaws
Financial Times *
Tube hires aircraft engineers to check trains
Guardian
Mayor hits back at congestion claim
Capita says congestion charge queue is growing
Independent
Paper is lying over congestion charge, Mayor says
Telegraph
Capita chief hits out at congestion charge 'fantasy'
Accident averted by accident   [rail]
Times
Congestion drivers are fined even if they pay
Tube train bolts come loose yet again
Urgent: Don't miss your Travelcard refund
Qantas warns of slump in air travel
Capita promises smoother ride
May I say something vaguely controversial? I miss the traffic  [comment]
London Evening Standard
Safety row as Tube service resumes
Tube drivers seeking safety assurances
First congestion charge fines set to arrive
Track fault 'led to derailment'

Thursday 20th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Fault which led to tube crash remains
Fines for 15,000 congestion charge dodgers
Guardian
Congestion charge is hurting, say shops
Worry over level of congestion payments
Ministers clock up a million miles on road
Trains in a sorry state  [comment]
Independent
Congestion charge cuts journey times but empties shops
Times
Copycat cities learning from capital's mistakes
From snap to scrap: How failure to pay could crush your pride and joy
Londoners find advice is bordering on the unintelligible
London's cure for traffic congestion  [letters]
London Evening Standard
'Many journey times cut by charge'
Roads charge 'keeping shoppers away'
Safety scare on Underground

Wednesday 19th February, 2003
BBC
10,000 chased for congestion fine
Congestion poster 'misleading'
Financial Times *
Thousands avoid paying London traffic toll
Guardian
10,000 motorists face first day fines for avoiding congestion charge
Dearer petrol pumps up inflation
Our decongested city is simply a breath of fresh air  [letters]
Independent
Congestion charge rakes in £1m and sways the critics
Rail union calls new strikes in pay dispute
Telegraph
National toll next says Ken
Motoring: Congestion charging
Jail sleepy drivers who kill
Times
Road toll scheme 'losing £100,000 a day'
Congestion by numbers
The ripple effect  [graphic]
Travellers' tales
Tube safety guides may have cut toll
Drivers on phone who kill face five years' jail
Channel rail link  [letter]
Buses to the rescue  [letter]
London Evening Standard
'10,000 drivers' fail to pay charge
Freight bosses slam charge 'shambles'
Tube line re-opens after crash

Tuesday 18th February, 2003
BBC
A stress-free drive to London
First congestion fines to go out
Congestion charging: in pictures
Speed limit blunder could mean payout
Financial Times *
Smooth start for London's traffic scheme
Extra buses 'pay off' as Tube escapes rush
A taste of life without gridlock wins converts to Ken's cause
Half-term launch pays off for travellers
Free-wheeling
Guardian
Whatever happened to rush hour?
In a car
On the buses
On the perimeter
On the tube
At a paypoint
Traders' beef
The rest of Britain
Chaos, mayhem, dead cyclists... well, no, the streets are empty  [comment]
Manchester opens to low-cost airline
Independent
'C' is for calm: commuters stay away as London brings in congestion charge
London has that Sunday morning feeling as drivers desert the roads
Control centre staff get to work on the charge's litmus test - sending out fines
Businesses cash in on congestion benefits
Telegraph
Third of cars deterred
£5 fee met with resignation
To Red Ken: father doing well  [comment]
Livingstone goes to market  [leader]
Times
The day the lights turned green
A quarter of the capital's drivers take a hike
Relieved Ken leaves lone snail trailing
Motorcyclists 'should have to pay as well'
Congestion by numbers
How to pay
Man on the Clapham omnibus has his day
Virgin cyclists ring the changes
Old hands learn new ways and means of travel
Edinburgh '3 years to learn from mistakes'
Congestion questions  [letter]
EasyJet swoops in for vacant capacity in France
Pop! The bubble must burst for cheap flights  [comment]
The Mirror
D CONGESTION DAY
Bouquets and brickbats as the Wizard of Westminster pulls ANOTHER fast one
RYANAIR'S WHEEL DEAL
The Sun
Ken's con-gestion charge
London Evening Standard
Charged traffic flows smoothly
Airport access road reopens

Monday 17th February, 2003
BBC
Smooth start for congestion charge
Head-to-head: Congestion charging
Why Ken's charge will do damage for years to come  [Steve Norris]
Police clamp down on drink drivers  [N Ireland]
Transport "failing"  [Panorama programme - transcript]
Financial Times *
Drivers face two months of chaos
Hard to operate but necessary, says traffic toll chief
Livingstone's gamble crucial to poll hopes
Excellent value for money - but it won't last
Tube journey fears turn into pleasant surprise
An end to gridlock  [leader]
Guardian
Thousands of drivers leave it late as congestion charge starts
Norris pledges to jettison £5 charge
Bill for outside advice on railways triples to £39m
Paying for traffic  [leader]
Dreams for cities can come true
Independent
Livingstone predicts 'difficult few days' as congestion charge begins
Councils plan new court challenge to revised airport plans
Telegraph
Ken wants bigger zone
London's deadliest enemy - Mayor Livingstone
Parcel van surcharge in West End condemned
Blind alleys on the road to paying
Congestion charging's real test: will it choke off jobs?
Tories choose Norris
Times
Fuel tax emerges as new weapon to curb air travel
Late payers spark fears of traffic charge chaos
Scooters, buses, feet and trains take the strain
London crawling  [leader]
Take Ken's £5 decongestant medicine and be glad today. It's London's
last hope
Rejection of green tax on air travel  [letters]
Heralding London driving charge  [letters]
Buses to the rescue  [letters]
London Evening Standard
All quiet as charge bites
Smithfield workers in protest march
I was first past the post!
Rail power lines collapse
Brave new world  [leader]
Central line misery  [leader]
Blue skies thinking  [leader]
Prescott is building in the wrong place  [Simon Jenkins]
 

******

Wednesday 12th February, 2003
BBC
Greenhouse gases 'at record levels'
UK 'may fail on climate cuts'
Thorny issue of congestion charges
Financial Times *
Blow to scheme as car park operator offers £5 discount
Climate change targets 'will be missed'
Guardian
Gearbox suspected in tube crash
Independent
News flash: speed cameras are making our roads safer
Telegraph
Ryanair flights offer 'avoids Hoover-style gaffe'
NCP fees reduced  [London]
Times
Minister rejects call for green tax on air travel
Britain's weather to warm up even faster
I don't hate cars, says Livingstone
MPs give short shrift to traffic charge scheme
Ryanair flies into the credit market
Retailers fear effect of mayor's congestion charge
Auditors at Midland Metro refuse to sign off accounts
It cost a pound to fail to speak to the Oz of the fortress kingdom of Congestia

Tuesday 11th February, 2003
BBC
More speed cameras for Britain
Call for end to rail privatisation  [Scotland]
Gritters to be forced out in icy conditions
Reward to catch speed trap bomber
Oliver's recipe for airport future
Guardian
BA sees zero growth ahead
Eurotunnel breaks even in cash
Banishing congestion  [leader]
Poor will be hit by car tax  [letters]
Independent
Blair signals support for 'spy in sky' road pricing
Tube line likely to be closed for several weeks
Telegraph
Estuary airport urged to replace Cliffe
Taken for a ride  [railway funding]
British Airways braced for rough ride
Eurotunnel on track with interest bill
Times
Fines may rise to deter core of speeding drivers
Drivers urged to put cheque on charges
SNP promise to 'take back' rail services
BA expects flat sales in 'tough market'
Tunnel operator calls for rail boost
Free thinking and London transport  [letter]
Congestion charge  [letter]
Tube leader  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Congestion charge profits 'overestimated'

Monday 10th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Ministers 'should back' road fee
Mobile parkers driven off street
Guardian
Ministers 'muddled over road charging'
SRA 'forcing freight from rail to lorries'
Ready, Ken?
Independent
Mayor 'should have tested traffic charge'
Rail tunnel firm ignored subsidence warnings, say residents
Telegraph
Fee 'punishes poor'
Times
Hole swallows gardens as rail link rattles East End
Old firm powers fuel-cell revolution

Sunday 9th February, 2003
BBC
Congestion scheme criticised by MPs
Independent on Sunday
Traffic charge 'is unfair to the poor'
Observer
Hard shoulder will be used to beat gridlock
Off-shore cities floated as cure for overcrowding
Sunday Telegraph
Concrete for Kent
Sunday Times
Labour’s road plans put rare species at risk
Overworked pilots snooze at controls
Dublin’s new metro is to be sunk, along with €3bn

Saturday 8th February, 2003
BBC
'Irate' passengers stuck on Eurostar
Financial Times *
Call for extension of London congestion charge
Tube head's learning trek
Independent
American freight train chief takes over the Tube
Telegraph
Speed camera is blown up
US freight boss heads the Tube
Times
Cameras catch more drivers
Long ride of cattle-train boss taking over Tube
Long and the short of commuting
It's big, it's red and it's free. And it will save London  [comment]
London Evening Standard
Prescott is building in the wrong place  [comment]

Friday 7th February, 2003
BBC
American lawyer named Tube chief
Delay to new train carriages
Financial Times *
Tory mayor would abolish traffic tariff
Guardian
Bosses' rescue bid for commuter boats
Jump in number of journeys by car
Public will pay up to £50m to ensure new trains stand idle
EU legal eagle shreds BAA's golden share protection
Monti drives home car message
Independent
Bush asks Congress to fund hydrogen cars
Train blunder costs taxpayer £100m
Thousands stranded by collapse of second-biggest French airline
Telegraph
Hundreds of new trains sidelined
Bush backs hydrogen as fuel source
Times
Safety fears over paying road charge by mobile
Another American set to take over the Tube
New trains cancelled as expansion plans shrink
Commuting? Your chance to let off steam
Turin car clubs lead drive to ease congestion
Jurys plans €34m Heathrow hotel
Golden share in BAA 'illegal'
Air Lib grounded as last-ditch talks fail
Collapse fuels budget airlines plans
Taxpayers should not feed the jams

Thursday 6th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Prescott says homes plan will need 'phenomenal' cash amount
Business support for traffic zone wavering
Darling accepts rail safety advice
Air Lib on brink of bankruptcy as talks fail
Guardian
Billions promised for house-building bonanza
Amey shudders as tram project hits £100m crisis
Independent
Capital offence
Times
£22bn plan 'to bulldoze North and concrete South'
Prescott to advance along line of least resistance
Green fields of Kent will vanish under red brick
Building land for the future  [graphic]
Tramlink backers get on board for refinance talks
Air rivals force fares down
Charging's effect on London traffic [letters]
London Evening Standard
Campaigners warn over housing plans

Wednesday 5th February, 2003
BBC
Speed camera destroyed by bomb
Exeter faces gridlock
Road rage attack on child
Financial Times *
Deal would close diesel duty gap by 2012
Guardian
Blizzards bring road chaos
Drivers sign up to pay capital toll
Tube deal leaves Livingstone to solve overcrowding
O'Leary tells Buzz unions: I'll close you down
Independent
Money down the Tube?
Telegraph
Ryanair cuts Buzz flights
London traffic falls 18pc
Strike and we close Buzz, Ryanair chief tells pilots
I got beat, Mayor says of Tube fight
Times
Traffic toll chiefs warn of lengthy disruption
New Connex trains will have no toilets
Mayor abandons Tube campaign
Tram project threatens to be PFI casualty
Ryanair chief threatens to close buzz
Uncertain trading spurs MyTravel to cut 700 jobs
Why rail will never deliver Blair's promise  [Alistair Morton]
Ryanair formula is paying off
Cuts in rail services
London Evening Standard
New warning on Tube overcrowding

Tuesday 4th February, 2003
BBC
'No benefit from Heathrow expansion'
Financial Times *
BAA points out flaw in plans for Heathrow runway
Avoiding the charge fuels the engines of innovation
Tradesmen's customers face traffic zone premiums
Guardian
Deputy takes BAA's top slot - and the flak flies
Has the buzz gone out of low-cost airlines?
Independent
Livingstone to run the PPP
Telegraph
BAA ready to 'ride out' war traffic loss
TfL makes deal on Tube privatisation
Times
Boycott congestion toll, says car group
Minister underwrites SRA
Heir apparent to take over hot seat at BAA
RoadChef wins contract to run M6 Toll services
Why a little snow led to travel chaos

Monday 3rd February, 2003
BBC
No benefit from Heathrow expansion'
Financial Times *
Arriva wins £207m interim rail franchises
Aslef demand on drivers' pay increases risk of rail walkout
Guardian
Threat of national rail strikes over pay
Independent
Rail union backs strikes in fight for national rate
Telegraph
Charge zone monitored
Rail's green light from credit agencies
Times
Train drivers threaten strike over equal pay
Rail on the right lines
London Evening Standard
Blame game over gridlock

Sunday 2nd February, 2003
BBC
Travel disruption slow to ease
Ticket staff agree pay rise  [Arriva]
Independent on Sunday
Prescott plans new homes on green sites
US motorists' chance to go armour-plated
Observer
U-turn as Darling admits responsibility for travel chaos
We get the chaos we deserve  [comment]
Prescott's homes plan will blight green land
Sunday Telegraph
To grit or not to grit
Sunday Times
London gets 2,000 anti-car ‘soldiers’
No escape in congestion charge London
Forecasts to be focus of snow chaos inquiry
Ryanair set to be global highest flier
Prescott fires up southeast building boom

Saturday 1st February, 2003
BBC
Winter travel misery continues
Snow brings chaos to London
Why can't we cope with bad weather?
Green transport system dealt blow  [Wales]
Second train collides at crossing
Jail for bus queue killer
Banned driver jailed for crash death
Killer driver gets 5 years
Financial Times *
Icy weather causes travel chaos in UK
Guardian
Ryanair swallows up ailing rival for £15m
Stranded in a winter blunderland
The wrong kind of air halts Eurostar in its tracks
Durham scheme charges ahead
Railway sickness  [leader]
Britain at a standstill  [leader]
Independent
Recriminations fly as UK freezes to a halt
For thousands, this was their longest (and coldest) day
Ryanair seizes ailing Buzz in challenge to easyJet
Telegraph
Gritting law pledge after ice chaos
Ryanair buys Buzz
Times
True grit, or lack of it, brings out best in British
Miserable night at Stansted for 10,000
Roads and railways blocked in Europe
Ryanair promises quick profits at Buzz
Ryanair makes a Buzz  [graphic]
Ryanair out to ensure expansion is painless
London Evening Standard
Fire alert brings new Tube delays

Friday 31st January, 2003
BBC
Ryanair snaps up rival airline Buzz
Rail plans 'short-change' Scotland
Railing against the train companies  [ECML voxpop]
FT *
30bn railway spending may provide few improvements
Guardian
Road charge row as tube line shuts for two more weeks
Dismay for passengers as rail modernisation hits the buffers
Independent
Rail network 'will miss target to increase number of passengers'
The £30bn question: can our railways ever get back on track?
Ryanair buys Buzz for £15m
Telegraph
SRA: We'll get private cash
Bottom line for Network Rail
Rail improvements on hold
Times
Drivers face night in cold as snow brings roads to a halt
Railways abandon £10bn plans for improved services
Rail spending hits the buffers  [graphic]
Rail project to test plan for funding
Central Line closures to continue until March
Ryanair set to order more jets
Tube congestion  [letter[
London Evening Standard
Cross-London rail project faces delay

Thursday 30th January, 2003
BBC
Rail upgrades feel financial pinch
Taking flight to attract tourists  [inbound air services to Scotland]
Financial Times *
Network Rail chiefs could earn more than £1m
Brussels warns on 'open skies'
Independent
Drivers face 1,000 new road cameras
Times
Rail chiefs abandon targets for growth despite rising demand
'Posh' shops will pay congestion charge to keep customers sweet
London Evening Standard
Cross-London rail project faces delay

Wednesday 29th January, 2003
BBC
Tube lines remain closed
Guardian
Mayor attacks tube chiefs
Telegraph
Livingstone close to Tube deal
Bottom line for Network Rail
Times
Cheating drivers will escape fee-zone fines
Rail apologists resort to wrong kind of words
Congestion charge  [letter]
Tube crash  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Four weeks to examine derailed tube train

Tuesday 28th January, 2003
BBC
Analysis: Investigating the Tube crash
Financial Times *
Livingstone backs down over Tube
Commuters face week without full Tube service
Straight run for tilting train
Guardian
Announcing the arrival (at last) of the Pendolino
Mayor and ministers close in on tube deal
Managing the tube  [leader]
London's calling for a new approach on transport  [letters]
Independent
Tube lines to stay shut for crash inquiry
Telegraph
Tube lines shut for now
Times
Mayor is urged to delay road tolls after Tube crash
McConnell gives pledge on new city bypass
Complex decisions on the railways  [letters]
London Evening Standard
LU knew about fault
Livingstone 'close to deal on PPP'

Monday 27th January, 2003
BBC
Tube shutdown hits commuters
First passengers to use tilting train
Getting trams back on track  [Nottingham]
Financial Times *
Call for halving of maximum speed on Central line Tube
Guardian
A tube train was checked for safety. Two days later it crashed
Commuters face weeks of chaos
Derailment fuels safety debate
Tourists can evade congestion charge, debt collectors admit
This charge is a charter for the rich  [comment]
Road cameras raise arrests
Whitehall backs BAA on fees
Independent
Commuters face weeks of disruption after Tube crash
Residents fail to register for congestion charge discount as confusion over scheme persists
Telegraph
Weeks of chaos after crash
Traffic 'already falling'  [London]
Times
Central and City lines stay shut after Tube crash
Alert on 'noises' failed to halt Tube crash train
'The panic welled up as the dust came through'
Tales from the Underground
Why the Tube train crashed at Chancery Lane  [graphic]
Down the tube  [leader]

Sunday 26th January, 2003
BBC
Tube headache for London's commuters
Drivers miss traffic charge deadline
Weeks of delays for Tube commuters
Search for speed camera attacker
Independent on Sunday
Motor failure caused Tube crash
Investigation to focus on maintenance of electrical equipment on the train
Accident is worst since King's Cross fire in 1987
Schools fear 'zone-dodger' rat runs
Lesson for Ken as army ants charge without congestion
Oil price soars as American stocks shrink
Observer
Vital railway projects ditched as budget cuts bite
Gridlock fears outside London charging zone
Thirty hurt in Tube tunnel horror
Airlines in a steep dive
Sunday Telegraph
Tube funding talks get heated
Saudis: No oil shortage during war
Sunday Times
SRA to unveil high-speed £6bn rail link
United mortgages its Heathrow slots
Londoners pay charge by txt

Saturday 25th January, 2003
BBC
'Sort it out' Darling tells rail bosses
Getting trams back on track
Agency to end airport row  [Exeter]
Financial Times *
Time for a solution to urban gridlock
Price to be paid for congestion charge
Tube talks 'right up to the wire'
Senior director at rail authority disciplined
Telegraph
Rail upgrades in the sidings
Times
Director quits Rail Authority

Friday 24th January, 2003
Independent
Passengers trapped in Tube 'close to disaster'
Times
Tube delay was nearly a disaster
Overcrowded? We don't know what you mean  [Tube]
KLM may forgo control of buzz
Railway capacity  [letter]

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Saturday 18th January, 2003
BBC
RAC pledges to end battery scam
Financial Times *
Grants for rail freight facilities are cut
Railtrack investors set for one of great revolts in corporate history
Guardian
Eastward Ho! Go-ahead for 40-mile linear city along the Thames
Congestion charge faces late payment jams
Subsidy cut for freight
Car wars [comment]
Recycle cars  [letters[
Telegraph
Thames Valley toll plan
Railtrack shareholders 'put New Labour on trial'
Times
Cut in rail subsidy to cause 5 million extra lorry trips
Looming clouds of war cast shadow over an industry struggling to soar  [airlines]
London Evening Standard
No congestion charge [change] before mayor poll

Friday 17th January, 2003
Financial Times *
Train users may have to travel in shabbier carriages
Guardian
Dismay at 'thinning out' of rail services
Gladstone's platform  [comment]
Independent
Cars offer better deal than buses, study says
Analysis: London at the crossroads as 40,000 motorists await the final realisation of Ken Livingstone's big idea
The psychological gamble at the heart of this daring transport policy
Telegraph
Thousands may miss toll deadline
Norwich Airport top bidder
Times
Cuts in train timetable will worsen road jams
Rail travel costs up more than a third over past 20 years
Six Virgin services will be scrapped in northern Scotland
The shrinking railway  [graphic]
Extra security ordered for the Tube
Charter flights more punctual than scheduled rivals

Thursday 16th January, 2003
BBC
Train services to be cut
Financial Times *
Railways agency abandons passenger targets
SRA consultants' bill is £18m  [subscription only]
New setback for promised rail safety plan  [subscription only]
Fleet car managers warned of fines over insurance
Low-cost airline to serve Spain from Scotland
Guardian
New rail plan to improve punctuality - cut the number of trains
Independent
100 trains a day axed 'to improve service'
Telegraph
'Drive a 4x4, help a terrorist'  [US]
Times
Darling has doubts over congestion boundary
SUVs are a danger, says safety chief  [US]
Lining up the no-frills rivals on the net
Heathrow runways  [letter]

Wednesday 15th January, 2003
BBC
Railway fear in Commons report  [Wales]
Guardian
Congestion charge to be spent on buses
Telegraph
MPs consider Thames airport
Times
Modern trains delayed for two more years
£500 bounty puts brakes on drink-drivers
Airbus aims to overtake Boeing as number one
Rail contract worries send Jarvis tumbling
Birmingham Post
Airport decision is year away  [Rugby]

Tuesday 14th January, 2003
BBC
UK 'faces abandoned car mountain'
Financial Times *
Brakes put on pricing voters out of cars
Daily commute by train 'bad for health'
Transport holds up London's Olympic bid
Guardian
Accident-prone stretch of railway 'renationalised'
Number of dumped cars set to soar
Plans to increase UK airport capacity
Ryanair complains to OFT about higher fees
Mayor to appoint roadwork tsar
Prescott faces counterattack on the edge of town
Independent
Fears over delay in fitting train safety system
Network Rail takes direct control of maintenance work
Telegraph
Amey loses rail contract
Back to BR era
Times
Track upkeep reverts to control of Network Rail
Drivers get in a jam buying congestion charge tickets
BAA moves more passengers
Knight shift for the Tube
Countdown to the congestion charge  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Government and airlines  [Chris Mullin MP]
Airport expansion  [leader]

Monday 13th January, 2003
BBC
Airport backers unveil £2bn plan  [Severn]
Guardian
Airport plan for Severn estuary
Threat of u-turn on 'green' car loophole
Car dumpers dodge law
Germany sizes up ScotRail
Times
Heathrow third runway will blight another 200,000 lives
London car charge tickets go on sale
BoA quits as finance adviser to Crossrail
Trains like clockwork  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Transport revolution needed to back Olympic bid

Sunday 12th January, 2003
Observer
Official: commuting is bad for you
Unions revolt over London car charges
Give the charge a chance  [comment]
Scrap this unfair tax
A curse on cars
Bid to reduce greenhouse gases 'is folly'
Sunday Times
Rebel drivers pledge London charge ‘havoc’
Network Rail gives banks first call on public funds
Power switch jolts Islay’s eco-bus dream

Saturday 11th January, 2003
Times
Hit-and-run death crash driver had killed on the road before
Sports car show-off cost woman's life
German railways ready to bid for British lines
Railtrack battle fund tops £2m
All together now, you SUV drivers ... 'hit the road, jerk'  [comment]
Who is in charge of congestion?  [letters]

Friday 10th January, 2003
Telegraph
Wheels come off bike industry as Chinese buy cars
Times
Cramped passengers sold short as rail companies cash in
Pedestrians grit teeth as councils stick to roads
Traffic safety short of target
America's gas-guzzlers facing end of the road
Airlines complain Heathrow charges will squeeze industry
Proposals for a new Central Railway  [letter]

Thursday 9th January, 2003
Guardian
Tube investors to make 19%
Times
Hard core of motorists still drink and drive
Tube consortium to earn £250m over six years
EasyJet chief allays City fears as share price slides

Wednesday 8th January, 2003
BBC
Tube modernisation plans set out
Train services return to normal
Tram plans derailed  [Bristol]
Rare newt protection scheme
Question mark over station's future  [W Midlands]
Guardian
Mayor attacks PO on congestion charge
Congestion charging will hurt, but it has to be done  [comment]
Independent
New car sales crash through 2.5 million barrier
Times
Lady Macbeth: out, damned congestion charge, out
London Evening Standard
Tube's £4.4bnmove to cut delays
Travellers face more chaos

Tuesday 7th January, 2003
BBC
Freezing conditions bring travel chaos
Record year for UK car sales
Violence drives buses off estate  [S London]
Car club plan to get Cornwall moving
Financial Times *
The strain of taking the train  [US planes v trains]
Halting a cash runaway  [ditto]
Guardian
Motorists break sales record
Telegraph
Airlines suffer as BA warns on outlook
Times
C is for cars, cameras, charges, controversy ... and chaos?  [London]
Livingstone tells Samaritans: You must pay car toll
SNP calls for sale of airport
BA and KLM warn of turbulence
Gulf Air to buy new jets for budget carrier
Passengers queue for 9p ride above a capital's chaos  [Delhi Metro]
Maglev trains  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Snow brings travel chaos

Monday 6th January, 2003
BBC
Pedal power targets missed  [Scotland]
Financial Times *
Doubts that surround the mayor's big gamble  [London]
Packed Tube and trains leave buses poised to take the strain
All eyes fixed on one man alone at the wheel  [Ken]
Independent
Rail union warns of unrest over pay policy
Times
France tries to keep British freight railway on course

Sunday 5th January, 2003
Independent on Sunday
Focus: Gridlock Britain
Rail safety plan is put on hold
Observer
Blair told to scrap new runway plans
Coming to a street near you - a pile of rusty bangers
Sunday Telegraph
Another rail delay
Sunday Times
Drivers see red as cities copy Ken
Traffic goldmine
Prescott’s dithering puts key rail upgrades in mothballs
Congestion charge scheme will make £28m for Capita

Saturday 4th January, 2003
BBC
Call for road tolls debate  [Edinburgh]
Financial Times *
Stalled rail safety plans delayed again
Railway safety patchy says HSE  [subscription only]
Transport plan failing 'because of economy'  [subscription only]
Darling faces anger over creaking system  [subscription only]
Guardian
Rail safety system faces delay
Telegraph
Budget airlines fly high
BAA staff agree 8pc pay deal
Times
Charging 'will deter 68% of motorists'
Ryanair sees 64% rise in passenger numbers

Friday 3rd January, 2003
Guardian
Congestion charges: an end to jams or road to nowhere?
'The money must go to public transport'
Virgin flights without an aircraft
Times
EasyJet shares climb as aircraft deal is sealed
Congestion charging  [letter]

Thursday 2nd January, 2003
Independent
Romantic names of rail travel consigned to history
Brighton-London train derailed after rainfall causes landslide
Times
Mayor has already cut car use by commuters
Traffic charge is driving teachers out of London
Airline to cut many domestic routes  [BA]
Nuggets of excellence in no-frills industry

Wednesday 1st January, 2003
Independent
Tube Lines signs £4.4bn deal for Underground
Times
Central London motorists are put on their marks
Jarvis counts on huge profit from Tube deal
Benettons bid to run Italy's roads

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