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Wednesday 31st December, 2003
BBC
Motorists face tough fines regime
New Year strike on Metrolink  [Manchester]
Union advises pilots not to fly
Bridge restrictions worry farmers
FT  *
Axe considered for speeding penalties
Guardian
Tories provoke fresh look at speed cameras
Tube strain  [letters]
Independent  *
Labour: Speed cameras are 'for safety not cash'
Congestion charge firm may lose fines role
Excel [airline] lifted by online air bookings
Telegraph
Speeding fines relief
Times
One in a billion: the satisfied rail passenger
Cheap flights set to hit tour sales
Are airlines safer with marshals?  [letters]

Tuesday 30th December, 2003
BBC
Tories tackle speed camera rules
One billion train journeys made
FT  *
Maintenance groups defend track record
Independent  *
Airline pilots condemn sky marshal plan as flawed and dangerous
Times
Speed camera curbs to halt driver backlash
Speeding drivers find range of escape routes
Malta the ticket for Welsh bus bosses
Pulling a fast one  [leader]

Monday 29th December, 2003
BBC
Air marshals on flights this week
Super liner will boost city
FT  *
Railways celebrate carrying 1bn people in a year
UK aircraft to get armed guards
Guardian
Revealed: tube crisis as firms fined £32m
Public-private promise slides down the tube
Armed guards plan for UK flights
Fears mar case for guards in the sky
Times
British airlines to get armed sky marshals
Reality of road tolls  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Tube's year of decline

Sunday 28th December, 2003
Observer
Stressed pilots turn to drink

Saturday 27th December, 2003
Guardian
Queen Mary 2, the world's biggest liner, arrives in new home port
Independent  *
Passengers face week of delays as rail routes close for revamp
Telegraph
Queen of the ocean

Friday 26th December, 2003
BBC
Super liner heads for new home
Independent  *
Escape from Christmas: cyclists pedal an alternative vision

Thursday 25th December, 2003
BBC
Festive travellers go sky high  [Scotland]

Wednesday 24th December, 2003
BBC
Festive Tube strikes cancelled
'Christmas train delays a must'
Heavy traffic for Christmas Eve
FT
Tube strikes called off at last minute
Guardian
Train lines closed and jams on the roads
Four in five vehicles shun toll motorway
Bitterness behind £7bn rail decision
Independent  *
Snow clears as festive travellers clog roads
M6 toll road chief 'encouraged' by 35,000 vehicles in first week
Telegraph
Christmas exodus chaos
Toll road attracts 20pc
'West Coast decision is final'
Times
The great getaway: millions rush to shops and airports
. . . and the great jam, stuck in the car park
Number of women drink-drivers soars
Airport expansion  [letter]
Airline tickets currency of the privileged few

Tuesday 23rd December, 2003
BBC
Opposition to congestion charge
Gritters out to tackle icy roads
Full load  [airports capacity]
Super liner heads for home
Train franchise bidders announced  [SE]
Tube driver 'sorry' for strikes
Graffiti threaten rail prices  [Brighton]
FT
Regulator in clash with rail body over west coast upgrade
Guardian
Drivers told to stay indoors 'unless absolutely necessary'
Express shunts Anglia off track
Drink-drivers beware: the car that shops you
Virgin pilot remanded as row over alcohol tests deepens
Vauxhall Belmont named as car most likely to be stolen
Independent  *
First Group trounced by National Express in Anglia franchise battle
Global warming made worse by soot, study says
New law fails to impose flight ban on airline pilots caught drinking
Boozing is 'part of the cabin crew culture'
Telegraph
FirstGroup stands by GB deal
Pilot alcoholism claims
Queen Mary 2 sets sail
Clever cogs and giant fish beat bottoms hands down  [car advertising]
Times
Tube strike driver says sorry
Airport expansion and aviation taxes  [letters]

Monday 22nd December, 2003
BBC
Virgin boss 'shocked' by pilot
Safety work at accident blackspot  [A64]
Airport helps Christmas getaway  [Bristol]
FT
Regulator overruled on West Coast line upgrade
Independent  *
Watchdog blasts SRA over £2bn train disaster
Pilots' union blocked random alcohol tests
Delays over £1bn rail link threaten bid for Olympics
Telegraph
The Virgin hangover
Times
Speed and road safety  [letter]

Sunday 21st December, 2003
BBC
Bid to beat winter traffic chaos
Drivers warned as snow sweeps in
Tube station closes over asbestos
Boost to Christmas trains  [GNER]
Observer
Stansted plan to stall, letting Heathrow fly
Out-of-town sites face parking levy
Police call for remote button to stop cars
Sunday Times
Germaine's planes come home to roost  [letters]
Ministers pledge 25% cut in road deaths  [Ireland]

Saturday 20th December, 2003
BBC
Road racers jailed for girls' deaths
Probe into airline ticket prices
Guardian
EC launches airline ticket price inquiry
Independent  *
Brussels launches inquiry into air fare 'rip-off'
Telegraph
Nat Express favourite for Anglia rail franchise
Times
Tired budget jet pilots 'endanger passengers'
New Statesman
Aviation - What's on the horizon  [32 page supplement 850k]

Friday 19th December, 2003
BBC
24-hour rail [Chunnel] link work rejected
Higher fares threat at Stansted
Ryanair loses Strasbourg appeal
FT
A 1p ticket won't help pay for much  [letter]
Guardian
1% risk DVT on long-haul flights
Arriva fails to make [Northern] rail shortlist
Ryanair appeal rejected
Move over New York - bring on Bratislava
Independent  *
France to spend £14bn extending high-speed railway network
Air travellers nine times more likely to get DVT than expected, study finds
Ryanair defiant after failed appeal over Strasbourg route
The Government should tax aviation fuel and put VAT on flights  [letter - Meacher]
Telegraph
Ryanair subsidies illegal
'There's a danger I'll self-combust'  [O'Leary]
Arriva loses Northern bid
Why should BAA enjoy an airport monopoly?  [letters - O'Leary]
Times
Four passengers on every jumbo suffer DVT
The great getaway may be snowed in
France plans canal to link the Channel and Paris
Ryanair loses appeal over airport subsidy
BAA and airlines in row over charges
The key decision on our aviation future was fudged
Flaws in Darling's airport strategy  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Airport compensation criticised
Campaigners to stage runway protest

Thursday 18th December, 2003
BBC
Two Christmas strikes to hit Tube
Guardian
Virgin wins Luxembourg appeal on dirty tricks in BA sales
Take off for air industry  [letters]
Independent  *
Tube drivers plan strikes over Christmas period
Telegraph
BA fails in challenge to market fine
Times
Speed camera fines to triple as limit is cut
London Evening Standard
Darling told to clarify runway plan

Wednesday 17th December, 2003
BBC
Stansted heads air expansion
Growing pains: Impact of new airport expansion plans
'I love Stansted just as it is'
Ups and downs for 'dithering Darling'
New £2bn airport plan dropped  [Severn]
Late night Belfast flights plan
BA celebrates Heathrow expansion
Thomson's low-cost airline
FT
UK airport plans fly in face of opponents
Heathrow-based airlines welcome runway plans
Stansted group threatens 'massive opposition'
Discussion: What do you think of the proposals?
This year will be world's third hottest on record
Rolling out the airport tarmac  [leader]
Guardian
Huge airport expansion given the green light
Cleared for take-off - from Stansted to Inverness and Plymouth to Derry
How aviation could clean up its act
Villagers declare Essex expansion plans an economic and environmental dead duck
Still reaching for the sky  [leader]
Green buses come in threes
China's leap backward  [bicycles]
Independent  *
White Paper gives go-ahead for new Stansted runway
Heathrow's future up in the air as Darling leaves decisions hanging until after election
The cost - two ancient monuments, 54 listed buildings, 200 homes and a great deal of anger
BAA angers airlines with subsidy plan for Stansted
Online travel shaken as CAA refuses to renew OTC operating licence
Some tactical dodges, but fundamentally the right route for our airports  [leader]
Mirror
NEW RUNWAYS FOR STANSTED AND HEATHROW
Sun
Fury over airports plan
Telegraph
Storm over runway
There's nothing wrong with flying that more airports wouldn't cure  [comment]
Too little, too late  [leader]
Airlines seek break-up of BAA over Stansted
It's time for BAA to stop flying in formation
Times
Darling of aviation is hit by turbulence
Air travel to triple as new runways get the go-ahead
Now back to where it all began
Stansted Nimbies full-throttle against growth
Cost of tickets set to fall again as green taxes are ruled out
Heathrow expansion attacked as 'betrayal'
Edinburgh pips rival Glasgow for new runway
We have to bring the air industry back down to earth  [comment]
Taking off  [leader]
Yorkshire Post
'Let's meet' call to Darling over future of [Leeds] Supertram
Clearance likely for airports' expansion

Tuesday 16th December, 2003
BBC
Stansted tipped for air expansion
Split views ahead of decision
Push for sky 'congestion charge'
FT
Transport critic escapes abolition
Guardian
Darling accused of silencing his critics
A weapon with wings  [comment]
Independent  *
Budget airlines set to make big fare increases
Telegraph
[Transport] Advisers gagged
Times
Whitehall's critical transport watchdog loses its teeth
Speed trap defender defies death threats by drivers

Monday 15th December, 2003
BBC
Roads are 'national disgrace'
Track work hits train bookings
EU agrees $76bn investment plan
Guardian
Minister opts for Stansted, with deal for Heathrow
Network Rail heads for clash with union
Rail drama  [letter]
Independent  *
Gatwick is surprise option for expansion
AA attacks 'disgrace' of poor road standards as a fifth fail safety test
Times
One fifth of road surfaces 'unsafe'
London Evening Standard
Heathrow flying high
Government braced for airports protest
Hughes wants Oxford Street car ban

Sunday 14th December, 2003
BBC
UK 'will have total toll system'
Independent on Sunday *
Airport expansion grounded
Network Rail blocks Virgin ticket sales after New Year
Observer
Brown invests less than Tories
Airlines 'must clean up if they want to expand'
Fatal crash may have been part of road racing craze
BA staff fear 5,000 job cuts
Revealed: how Network Rail wastes £1.5bn
Warming to the US?  [letters]
Sunday Telegraph
Heathrow runway to get go-ahead
Dreamliner prepares to take-off
Sunday Times
Heathrow bid for 20m extra passengers
Eddington: 'Stansted could kill UK aviation'
Come, friendly planes, and land on my back yard  [Germaine Greer - Stansted]
Regulator raps rail finances
Speed cameras enter 20mph zone
Germans to enter no-frills air market
TUI takes on budget airlines
Note your exits before investing in airlines

Saturday 13th December, 2003
BBC
Tory admission over rail sell-off
Tilting trains return 20 years on
Network Rail to get an extra £7bn
Toll road access extended
Internet shopping hits new high
New bid to end congestion misery
A brown future for UK housing?
FT  *
Travellers face big rise in air passenger tax
UK railways win extra £7bn from regulator
Freight group seeks talks over rail line
Some low-cost airlines boycott Ryanair alliance
Guardian
Railways 'need £7bn to get back on track'
Tilting technology finally gets up to speed
Justice for petrosexuals  [debate about speed cameras]
Independent  *
Not a drop of water spilt as new west coast tilting train passes first test
Strike action threatens Eurostar after union rejects imposed pay deal for drivers
Telegraph
Tories admit: we were wrong on rail
Interview with David Willetts MP
Who is responsible?  [comment]
Rail chiefs at loggerheads
The rail panto won't squander billions  [comment]
Early retirement for [Arriva] director
Times
Rail bottleneck to stay until end of decade
Tilt train smooth on the stomach
Tories admit to bad rail policy
Row over discomfort station  [Edinburgh]
Prison for driver on phone in fatal crash

Friday 12th December, 2003
BBC
New moves to combat traffic jams
[Rail] Passengers 'suffered in the heat'
Guardian
Train delays 'no better' report finds
Tube control centre was 'ill-equipped' for blackout
Global warming kills 150,000 a year
Ryanair defies ASA over misleading ad
Independent  *
Trains are arriving even later, despite cutbacks to timetables
Global warming kills 150,000 people a year, warns UN
Telegraph
Trains late despite £4bn
Fresh Channel chaos
Times
New firm fails to get rail back on track
French blockade hits ferries
Late again  [rail - leader]

Thursday 11th December, 2003
BBC
Darling: Rail must get on track
Speed camera switch resisted
Thames [Trains] admits Paddington guilt
Stagecoach boosted by UK travel
MyTravel posts massive £910m loss
Further ferry disruption expected
EU clears BA tie-up with Iberia
New Year travel row settled  [Tube]
Have Your Say: Should speed cameras be used on all UK roads?
FT  *
Thames Trains admits Paddington safety breaches
Barker calls for 146,000 new homes each year
Woes blamed on supply and demand mismatch
Guardian
Ladbroke Grove train company pleads guilty
French port blockade sees ferries cancelled
Extreme weather of climate change gives insurers a costly headache
Global warming is killing us too, say Inuit
Drivers confused as LPG duty rises
Stagecoach back on track
Independent  *
Trains firm admits Paddington guilt
Rail users can make mobile calls in tunnels
Minister launches new campaign to restrict off-roaders
It is one of mankind's final frontiers. But the North Pole's icecap is thawing fast
Congestion charge drives bus profits higher at Stagecoach
Telegraph
Thames Trains faces fines
Blockade causes chaos
Stagecoach back in the black
UK needs more houses
Times
Channel shoppers stranded by ferry blockade at Calais
‘Slack’ rail crash company faces huge fines
Operators urged to reach bus fare deal
Stagecoach prod for Network Rail
BA alliance is approved
Fuel duty changes reflect green cost
Last chance saloon for family motors
Humans began global warming 8,000 years ago
London Evening Standard
Heathrow flights hit by fog

Wednesday 10th December, 2003
BBC
Force criticised over speed cameras  [Durham]
BA to fly back into the FTSE 100
M6 Toll road opens
FT  *
Footpath curb on off-road drivers abandoned
EU battles to save 'single sky' plan
Guardian
Climate change doubles Britain's stormy weather
They're off: newly opened M6 Toll road could be the shape of things to come
Motorway madness  [M6 Toll - letters]
Independent  *
Landmark toll road rises up to meet M6 gridlock fugitives
Vow to cut greenhouse gas divides ministers
Ryanair founder in Singapore launch
Telegraph
12.15pm on Britain's first toll M-way
An ancient method
Road deaths rise without cameras
Darling defends fares
Times
Spaghetti Junction toll road opens a wider argument
Free run thrills the drivers who can find it
Bicycle falls victim to Shanghai's love affair with the car
Brussels set to clear BA link to Iberia
London Evening Standard
Tube faces New Year's Eve chaos

Tuesday 9th December, 2003
BBC
M-way toll road landmark
A long and winding road
Rail fares set to increase by 9%
Tube go-slow called off
Commuter delays due to rail blunder
'Blind hope' led air traffic sale
FT  *
Train fails to pass car in public's affection
London commuters face 9% fare rise
Guardian
'Eye-watering' rises for rail passengers
Tolls anger truckers as first pay-per-drive motorway opens
Phone driver gets five years
Air traffic sell-off was wrong, say MPs
Independent  *
Pressure grows for more Heathrow flights
Death-crash driver using phone gets five years' jail
Telegraph
Rail fares jump by 9pc
We've turned the corner  [congestion charge]
Times
Rail users face fare rises of up to 9%
Fares and therms to rocket in new year
Driver on phone jailed for crash death
Report raps air control sell-off
Capita in talks for Edinburgh congestion deal

Monday 8th December, 2003
BBC
Speed camera cash switch urged
Study suggests drink-driving rife
Airlines urge Heathrow expansion
Bus crime team changes route  [W Midlands]
Final bid to avert airport strike  [Liverpool]
Work disrupts rail services  [W Country]
MP calls for school car ban  [Wales]
FT  *
Row over plans to cut rail upgrade  [WCML]
Guardian
Bypass blocked by stone-age fireplace
Japan refuses to fly Airbus superjumbo
Virgin's Singapore partnership hits turbulence
Independent  *
Europe's hottest summer points to global warming
Rail fares set to rise by four times the rate of inflation
Telegraph
Motorists caught in congestion stunt fined
Times
£3m fight to curb drink-drivers
Speed-trap profits reach £20m as car crime soars
The daily commuter who has a railway station all to himself
BA poised to regain place in FTSE 100
London Evening Standard
Airlines join forces over Heathrow
Rail improvement scheme begins  [ECML]

Sunday 7th December, 2003
BBC
[Brixton] Tube station shuts over asbestos
Extra cost of new runway  [Stansted]
Demand for 'Kyoto tax' on the US
Independent on Sunday  *
First pay-as-you-go motorway to open  [tomorrow]
Germaine Greer and Jamie Oliver square up over airport expansion
Stansted would 'cost 100,000 jobs'
It's green for stop as Ford scraps LPG-powered cars
Melting ice 'will swamp capitals'
Observer
Airport plans face legal flak
CBI chief warns over SE runway
Taxpayers to fork out millions for railways - again
Wanted: new city to solve UK housing crisis
Sunday Telegraph
Speed cameras: They don't save lives'
CBI: Third runway vital
Sunday Times
Airlines fear Labour will hike flight tax
Regulator to bang heads together on rail funding
Drivers turn off mobiles as ban is hailed a success  [Scotland]
British Mediterranean Airways

Saturday 6th December, 2003
BBC
Greens urge air travel tax hike
EasyJet unveils jump in bookings
Online shopping soars during 2002
Guardian
[Paddington] Station makeover threatens heritage listing
Landing us in it  [lowcost]
Times
Rail optimism  [letter]

Friday 5th December, 2003
BBC
Rail link work to begin  [Lanarkshire]
Hope of Tube agreement
UK airport firm eyed for takeover
FT  *
Value of carbon trading doubles in a year
Guardian
President stands firm on Kyoto: he will not ratify the present protocol
Brits love their motors
Independent  *
German construction giant mulls bid for Luton airport operator TBI
Ryanair may take stake in Charleroi
Telegraph
Winsor convenes rail summit
Germans circle UK airports group
Times
Ryanair to add 12 new routes in Europe
Car sales to overtake last year’s record
TBI shares soar 17 per cent as Hochtief says it may bid
TBI: Ready for take-off  [graphic]
On the right track: the old Soviet rail network keeps on running
London Evening Standard
Airport protesters attack BAA
Tube go-slow 'unless safety improved'

Thursday 4th December, 2003
BBC
Rail plans 'plagued by red tape'
Trains face safety checks
Derailments cause cash shortfall
Speed fine man faces prison
Routes axed in Ryanair shuffle
FT  *
Trains withdrawn for safety checks
London air link to Liverpool planned
Russia seeks to allay fears over ratification of Kyoto
Most EU members failing to meet Kyoto Protocol pledges
Guardian
Airport operator takes off
Independent  *
Virgin withdraws flagship trains after engineers find broken bolt
French routes axed in Ryanair overhaul
Telegraph
Stansted charges take off
Times
Russian death knell for Kyoto treaty is echoed in EU forecast
Ryanair to launch new Charleroi route
Virgin takes 13 Bombardier trains off track
BA hints at overseas growth option
Stansted expansion would be flight path of least resistance
Congestion charge  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Tube '£55m short after derailments'
Chunnel rail link 'Olympic shuttle'
Tube peace deal hope

Wednesday 3rd December, 2003
BBC
Russia pulls away from Kyoto pact
BA 'needs' new Heathrow space
Wheelchair policy 'discriminates'  [Ryanair]
Workers unearth ancient chariot
Railtrack investors take action
FT  *
Transport advisers devise funding plan
Brown offers more inner city help
Settling for second best at Stansted  [leader 2/12]
Guardian
EU nowhere near meeting Kyoto targets
Liverpool to get direct air link with London
Low flying 'would cut pollution'
Japanese magnetic train sets new world record
Byers at risk as Railtrack investors sue
Tube deal helps put Atkins back on profit track
Kerkorian: Daimler hoodwinked me
Independent  *
Death knell for the Kyoto treaty
Ryanair in court battle over fee for wheelchair
Tube workers sacked after alcohol is found at station
Students pay huge fares in Heathrow taxi fraud
Telegraph
Tube workers sacked
Byers to be sued
Norris stirs things up
Pro-child initiatives  [speeding - letter]
Times
Tube faces strike over five drink sackings
Ryanair hits turbulence over airport policy
Global warming puts heat on tour operators
First driver caught with mobile is fined £50
Alpine ski resorts face ruin as snow disappears
Meltdown in the mountains  [graphic]
Railtrack lawsuit may call on PM
Railtrack back to bite Labour
Ban on driver's use of mobile phones  [letters]

Tuesday 2nd December, 2003
BBC
Phone charge 'first' for driver
Guardian
Rugby parade delays action on tube
Scottish drivers first to feel force of mobile phone ban
Independent  *
Tube workers postpone go-slow
Woman, 35, is first to fall foul of car mobile ban
Telegraph
Mobile phone ban: Woman is charged
Rail's £70m cost to taxpayer
Vote on BAA's perks for MPs
Times
Police told delay on phone law could cost lives
London Evening Standard
Calls to rule out third runway

Monday 1st December, 2003
BBC
Drivers face mobile phone fines
Motorists to escape mobile fines
The highway dialing code
Motorway plans under scrutiny  [Scotland]
Crime blitz on London's transport
Strikes hit European air carriers
Dogfight over UK's top rail lines
FT  *
Regulator offers compromise funding scheme to steer railways from crisis
BA threat to sue if Stansted gets runway
Companies face fines if drivers caught using mobile phones
Holiday poll tax hits the poorest hardest  [letter]
Guardian
Fines from today for drivers using mobiles
Takeoff for Heathrow plan for £50m control tower
New degree in railway engineering
BA looks for room in Europe
Telegraph
Hands-free sale boom
Pain of daughter's death
How the new law works
Times
Norris promises to cut buses and bus lanes
Rail investors set to issue writ against Darling
Confusion over car phone ban
Immobile phones  [leader]
London Evening Standard
Tube report 'toned down'
Stansted protesters are joined by BA
Third Heathrow runway ruled out

Sunday 30th November, 2003
Sunday Times
Sunseekers' jets leave folks back home under cloud
Police get lines crossed on new mobile law for drivers
Scots shown no leniency in mobile phone clampdown
Speed camera rebels claim blast  [Scotland]
Railtrack action group takes Darling to court
Ryanair pledges cash to punters

Saturday 29th November, 2003
FT  *
Stansted chosen for SE airport expansion
Independent  *
Minister backs extra runway at Stansted despite airline lobbying for Heathrow
Rail passengers warned of disruption on busy Christmas routes because of track closures
Times
Police give motorists two months to end their call
'Fat controllers' thin out train delays
France speeds way to cities across Europe
Christmas travellers stopped in their tracks
Route deal may bring price rises, Stena told
Network Rail's private loans costing millions

Friday 28th November, 2003
BBC
British tourists splash out
Commuters face Tube 'go-slow'
[Gatwick] Train drivers press ahead with strike
Airlines plan major new routes
FT  *
Former rail safety chief pours scorn on regulator
Guardian
Northern rail rush-hour 'worse than London'
Tube go-slow to hit rugby parade
BMI Midland flies into a rage over new treaty
Independent  *
Britain's safe roads are the envy of the world, study finds
Tube go-slow called on World Cup parade day
Telegraph
Motorists cry foul  [speed cameras]
John Redwood: Motorist bashing
Fury fuels drive to cut cameras
'They don't work'
Stuck in the sidings  [Network Rail]
Times
Tube union puts the boot into victory parade
Cities turn their back on congestion charging
Hidden speed camera named as nation’s worst
Heathrow blow for BA and bmi
Flights will continue to the [Western] Isles
Labour link with rail union may be broken

Wednesday 26th November, 2003
BBC
Breath test driver is reinstated
FT  *
BAA set to spend £450m on developing Heathrow
Air deal could benefit Virgin and Cathay
Guardian
Super-jumbos get ready to take flight
All aboard?  [York buses]
Bombardier cost cutter moves in
Privatised tube helps Jarvis profit jump 77%
British Waterways ties up with pubs
Independent  *
Ryanair warned of 'severe' penalties if it quits Skavsta
Telegraph
Heathrow capacity soars with new Jumbo
Joint bid for rail franchise
TBI [airport group] earnings nosedive
Times
800-seat Airbus 18 months from take-off
London transport perk questioned
Coal deal signals move into rail freight
TBI plans disposals in order to focus on Europe

Tuesday 25th November, 2003
FT  *
Austria fights on to keep Alpine trucking curbs
Independent  *
'Religious' Rastafarian has drive ban quashed

Monday 24th November, 2003
BBC
Easyjet founder targets buses
£1.3bn boost for Port of London
Airport expansion faces legal threats
Residents get airport payouts  [Manchester]
FT  *
Network Rail urged to borrow £3bn
Investors demand information on global warming
Independent  *
Is the Flying Scotsman bound for a museum overseas?
Telegraph
Speed camera re-think
Times
Drivers told to identify rogue speed cameras
RMT sets out action on Tube safety
Laird says rural rail link will spoil land
Luton airport  [letter]
The fate of 'abandoned' vehicles  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Runway plans face legal threat

Sunday 23rd November, 2003
Observer
Network Rail urged to up debt risk
Sunday Telegraph
£1.5bn extra needed  [Network Rail]
Stelios on the buses
Sunday Times
End of the road for third of Scots speed cameras
QC backs BA’s Heathrow fight
Analysts can’t get BA out of their heads

Saturday 22nd November, 2003
Guardian
Ryanair demands apology from Air France

Friday 21st November, 2003
BBC
UK "has 1.25m uninsured drivers"
Network Rail steams into the red
Gatwick MP's no-frills fears
Union votes for Tube strike
FT  *
London Underground faces more strike action
'Zero tolerance' attack on Tube vandals aims to rid fleet of graffiti in six months
Par Avion  [100 years of flight]
Guardian
Passengers face tube chaos in safety row
Renewal costs push Network Rail losses to £233m
Independent  *
Treasury warned it must bail out Network Rail
'Two Jags' makes mincemeat of the motor car at the Chazza and Prezza love-in
Tube staff vote for protest over safety
Telegraph
2 years of M25 misery
In charge of rail spending
Friend of the air  [letter]
The yellow bus road: Really cool  [letter]
Times
Passengers face Tube go-slow protest
Regulator denies that Treasury is meddling in rail budget

Thursday 20th November, 2003
BBC
Firms urged to fly  [Newquay]
FT *
Why domestic flights make more sense  [letter]
Independent  *
Tube staff vote for protest over safety
Times
Regional buses  [letter]

Wednesday 19th November, 2003
BBC
Ferry operator P&O cuts 500 jobs
BA pension fund hole nears £1bn
Easyjet sees annual profits drop
Air France profits lose altitude
FT  *
Midlands toll road to open within 10 weeks
Guardian
Lorries shun M6 toll road
British Airways flies into pensions black hole
Driver quits rail freight firm
Independent  *
Secrecy of private sector puts safety at risk, says Tube chief
State to 'reprivatise' rail network in South
BA forced to double its pension funding
P&O forced to scale back cross-channel capacity
Telegraph
P&O to shed 600 jobs
Easyjet swipes at rival
Pension bill rises for BA
Absurd economics  [aviation - letter]
Times
BA in talks over pension top-up
P&O aims to save £15m by shedding 600 staff
EasyJet 'set to overtake BA'
Environmental benefit of third runway  [letter]
More London buses  [letter]

Tuesday 18th November, 2003
BBC
'Terrorist' speed camera rebels
Number of rail deaths increases
FT  *
BT plans to extend broadband to all homes by 2005
Air passenger duty drives users in right direction  [letter]
Guardian
Railways claimed 50 lives last year
Ryanair seeks UK help over landing rights
BT to cast high-speed net nationwide by 2005
Independent  *
Ryanair in last-ditch bid to save Charleroi
Telegraph
We're first airline to pay passengers, says Ryanair
Times
Rail regulator fears for his successor
MPs back SRA over rail franchise

Monday 17th November, 2003
BBC
Mobile ban driven home by ads
FT  *
Authority snub could threaten train building
Independent  *
City lines up Norris to be new Jarvis chairman
Telegraph
Fines for mobile users
Times
Hands-free phone sales ignore call on safety

Sunday 16th November, 2003
Independent on Sunday *
TUC boss urges Blair to expand Heathrow
Diesel cars to get £2,500 grant if they cut emissions
Observer
Congestion tax threat to train and bus
Behold the airport of the future ... built in Beijing by British firms
Sunday Telegraph
Oxbridge 'Don Air' flights begin
Broughton's flight plan for BA
Sunday Times
Darling set to pick Stansted runway option
Airbus wings its way into record books
McCreevy wants public sale of Aer Lingus
Being more backward will help going forward, Mr O’Leary
Oxbridge may fly ‘Don Air’
Tobacco chief will light up BA

Saturday 15th November, 2003
BBC
Europe car sales hit the brakes
Guardian
Derailment inquiry condemns 'short-term' tube repairs
Independent  *
Train drivers' strikes to cause chaos at Gatwick
Telegraph
Tube strike chaos
Times
Edinburgh to charge cars the friendly way
Edinburgh's cordons  [graphic]
European directive threatens PFI projects
Bus driver read text message at wheel
Dismissed Tube driver off sick one day in five
London Evening Standard
Two held after airport protest
Train strikes over festive period

Friday 14th November, 2003
BBC
Tube strike disrupts services
Guardian
Network Rail culls 600 jobs as part of £5bn cuts
P&O ferries pay for cheap flights exodus
Independent  *
Tube strike hits 400,000 commuters
P&O profits sink after passengers shun ferries
Telegraph
P&O hit by low-cost airlines
Times
Lawsuits threatened as Luton airport is 'frozen out'
Low-cost flights hurt P&O

Thursday 13th November, 2003
BBC
Network Rail managers lose jobs
Ryanair braced for Belgium ruling
The future of airport security
FT  *
Trust puts brakes on grants for eco-cars
Guardian
Ryanair 'convicted by Brussels'
Telegraph
Low-cost flights threat
Loss of cheap fares would hit Britons
Ryanair drops on fears over Brussels ruling
Rail-user info from India
Times
Ryanair chief expects Brussels to rule against airport subsidies
Loganair criticised over fatal crash
London Evening Standard
Cabbies lose battle against trishaws
'No choice over Tube action'

Wednesday 12th November, 2003
BBC
School-run parents ordered to pay for parking
BA staff 'breached alcohol rules'
Lufthansa hints at recovery
FT  *
OFT says end restrictions on number of UK taxis
Italy adds Alpine tunnel to list of EU priorities
Guardian
Deregulate taxis, says watchdog
Branson millions out of the Blue
High cost of high-flyers   [letters]
Independent  *
Darling backs national charge for trunk roads
Jarvis threatens legal action against rail magazine
Deregulate taxis so they run more often ­ OFT
Record trade deficit fuelled by cars and aircraft
Telegraph
Stansted runway in doubt
Times
Roads need £1 billion overhaul, MSPs told
Plan to put 15,000 more taxis on the road
Runway capacity in the South East  [letters]

Tuesday 11th November, 2003
BBC
Deadline in Tube asbestos row
Threat of Metro strike
Airline revenues 'set to slump'
The highway dialing code
FT  *
Neglected port harbours global shipping ambitions
Guardian
Tobacco chief to chair BA board
Independent  *
Marshall bows out of BA on low note as profits fall by a half
Architect of privatisation to the door marked exit
Tube workers charged over drinks find
Telegraph
Quest for quieter jets
Broughton takes BA helm from Marshall
Times
Silent 'batwing' passenger jet by 2018
Speed traps provoke the French to fury

Monday 10th November, 2003
BBC
BA sees profits drop 57% to £105m
How green are Mr Brown's taxes?
FT  *
Eurostar set to revamp management structure
The false arguments for airport expansion  [comment -Meacher]
Guardian
MPs to attack transfer of rail inquiries to India
Virgin Blue flotation will net Branson £100m
Independent  *
Cost of house purchases hits Heathrow expansion plan
'British Rail' back on the tracks - for now
Telegraph
SRA seeks train operator to replace sacked Connex
Times
BA would fight Stansted decision
Call to spend on airline security
The true cost of travel by road v rail  [letters]

Sunday 9th November, 2003
BBC
Rail regulator takes on franchise
Independent on Sunday  *
West Coast line stripped of £1.5bn
'British Rail' back on the tracks - for now
Run the railways with your budget carved up like a turkey? Someone's got to do it
Observer
Airport plans in chaos as legal threats mount
Let's put the brakes on scramble for skies  [comment - Begg]
Airspace: the final frontier  [comment - Eddington]
Sunday  Telegraph
'I was Bowker's soft target'  [Connex]
Sacking of Connex 'will solve nothing'
The latest [car] insurance scam
Sunday Times
PM asked to save Heathrow runway
Italy and Germany vie to host new Ryanair hub
Business sees red over Dublin gridlock tax
Pilots fly low to curb radiation

Saturday 8th November, 2003
BBC
New airport strike goes ahead
Easyjet fills more seats
FT  *
Utilities face daily fee for digging up roads
Heathrow pricing scheme aims to cut aircraft pollution
Guardian
The plane takes the strain as commuter belt reaches the Med
Telegraph
SRA to run Connex routes
Judge rules against rail link developer
Times
Ryanair set to fight EU in court over airport subsidies
Each new Lord Mayor has his Crossrail to bear for the City

Friday 7th November, 2003
BBC
Network Rail to shut pension plan
Airbus hit by profits slump
FT  *
BAA and BA speed up plans for Heathrow T5
Guardian
Airlines protest over BAA's terminal 5 'stitch-up'
Independent  *
BA speeds move to Heathrow Terminal 5
At breakneck speed, White Van Man takes over the nation's roads
Telegraph
Rail unions threaten strike on pensions
BAA reschedules Terminal 5 move
Times
£2,000-a-day road work charge to curb delays
Unions threaten rail strike over pensions
Call for more development away from big city centres
Upturn in air travel lands BAA in profit
Soaraway Airbus quarter lifts EADS
London Evening Standard
Capital worst hit for pollution

Thursday 6th November, 2003
BBC
Tube strike over sacking
'No new runway at Heathrow'
Easyjet sets up in Berlin
FT  *
Ireland launches drive to fit cars with 'black boxes'
Yellow buses likely to be seen more often on the school run
Muddled and unfocused' policy holds back development of biofuels industry
Guardian
Red faces over yellow buses
Rail safety too pricey - minister
Bus firm wants C-charge to go national
EasyJet sets up new hub in Berlin
EasyJet shuns dogfight over Berlin
Independent  *
Most remote village has the cleanest air
London bus boost offsets FirstGroup rail setback
Telegraph
FirstGroup defends privatisation
Times
Save the planet by driving to the supermarket
FirstGroup boosted by London congestion charge
Stalwart to represent train operators at Network Rail
Bad landing forecast for airport in Japan's hills
London Evening Standard
Tube workers set strike date
Heathrow staff to stage new strike

Wednesday 5th November, 2003
Guardian
Leaf-fall causes train to skid
Thames loses franchise
Branson pilots plan for US budget airline
The vandals are in retreat  [rail - comment]
Independent  *
Slow, unreliable, expensive: 10th anniversary of rail sell-off gives little cause for celebration
Telegraph
FirstGroup wins franchise
Heavy lifters sweat over Rail's £8bn gap
Rail bonds as slippery as leaves on the line
Times
Heathrow to lose battle for new runway

Tuesday 4th November, 2003
BBC
Tube workers balloted over strike
Fuel protest targets [Welsh] assembly
Profits news gives Ryanair lift
FT  *
Network Rail set to reorganise regions
Guardian
Move to put Ripon back on track
Ryanair boss risks Ratnerism
Alarm at planned airport tax hikes
Telegraph
No sympathy: O'Leary
Jouez the game, M O'Leary
Ryanair reaches £129m
Leaves on the line
Times
Ryanair boss tells holiday-home owners to take a flying leap
Ryanair holds its course, but there's only so high it can go
Strain of the train  [letter]

Monday 3rd November, 2003
FT  *
Impact of airport strike limited
Guardian
Leaves signal rail delays

Sunday 2nd November, 2003
BBC
Delay threat over Heathrow strike
Speed camera warning 'a hoax'
Alitalia cuts 1,500 jobs
Independent on Sunday  *
Army engineers: 'We'll make trains run on time'
Observer
Jarvis will make £21m windfall gain from Tube
Sunday Times
Tilting trains barely faster
Begg refuses to get on his bike

Saturday 1st November, 2003
Independent  *
Heathrow baggage handlers and check-in staff to strike for 48 hours in pay dispute
Telegraph
Spy checks rail safety
Times
Parking space in Edinburgh is just a call away

Friday 31st October, 2003
BBC
Heathrow workers to strike
Traffic fears at new Ikea store  [Cardiff]
Lie detectors 'cut car claims'
FT  *
Attempts to cut number of cars on road 'are failing'
Selby crash insurer loses court battle
Guardian
Antarctic ice shelf is melting rapidly, scientists warn
Selby crash driver's insurers lose claim for cash

Thursday 30th October, 2003
BBC
Air duty rise 'could cost jobs'
Job fears at train maker
Tube line partly re-opens
[Mersey] Tunnel toll increases move closer
Guardian
20mph limit 'would save children'
Public given say on A1 upgrade
Contractors attacked for ice chaos
Jarvis Rail hopes new chief will steer it back on track
Independent  *
Vandals push car to edge of Eurostar track
Contractors are blamed for snow chaos on roads
Telegraph
Rail repair wage bill could hit £70 million
Lie detectors slash car claims
Times
Road gritters to blame for leaving M11 drivers on ice
Bombardier may close UK train operations
Bumpy ride ahead to save the climate  [aviation]
Safety on the Tube  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Heathrow strike looms over pay row
In-house maintenance urged for Tube

Wednesday 29th October, 2003
BBC
Rail repairs switch 'cheaper'
Guardian
The Thames Gateway: here be monsters
Transport troubles  [letters]
Times
'Stelios had won: they sold us out for a quick profit'  [Cassani]
London Evening Standard
'Tube safety credibility on the line'
Test train runs on Northern Line

Tuesday 28th October, 2003
BBC
Summit discusses Tube safety
Road blockades back after crash
Commuters lured by luxury bus  [Yorks]
Jarvis investigated over rail work  [London]
Guardian
Leak reveals tube safety warning
Poll reveals attitudes to green fuels
Brown plan to double airport tax
Independent  *
Budget airlines fight Brown plan to double tax on fares
Tube bosses were told to widen safety checks six months ago
Telegraph
7,000 faults on the Tube
No niceties as Winsor presses SRA
Times
Three groups seek to run Scots [train] services
China sees record growth in car industry
Railway Children's line steams into rush hour
London Evening Standard
Rail union call over tube maintenance

Monday 27th October, 2003
BBC
UK transport 'hits economy'
Tube 'failing safety standards'
Residents flee train acid spill
Airline cleared for takeoff  [SW]
FT  *
Investors deterred by tired road, rail networks
Drivers using phones to face charges
Guardian
£10bn Crossrail faces axe
Transport is failing firms, says CBI
How Concorde went off the rails
Independent  *
Brown halts £10bn rail scheme in funding row
Telegraph
Second Stansted runway 'unviable'
'Breaking point' for transport says CBI
Times
Shortfall in transport funds hurts UK, says CBI
BA settles cabin pay talks
'I was a sparky loud-mouth and BA thought it needed a few like me'  [Barbara Cassani - Go]
'The board was willing to risk £25m . . . we had just 25 weeks to build a new airline'
Tears and cheers at loss of Concorde  [letters]

Sunday 26th October, 2003
BBC
Severe delays after M4 pile-up
Independent on Sunday  *
Crashes and near misses could derail the privatised Tube
Chancellor mulls air-travel tax hike
Hidden charges: Car rentals - ever felt you've been taken for a ride?
Observer
Pay rise threat to rail savings
From private to public with no level crossing
How to run a model railway  [leader]
The big issue: The transport crisis  [letters]
Sunday Telegraph
Connex to lose franchise early
Network Rail makes a point about cost cutting
[and - a recent correspondence on Govt attitudes to speeding]
Labour targets middle-class criminals
Aiming low  [minister replies]
Speed kills: Moving targets  [letters]
Driven by money
All crime matters
Sunday Times
Ditch Stansted, airline chiefs tell Darling
Network Rail back on track as work is brought in-house
Walkers will get green light to stop cars at will
Double bridge to put Mersey ferries in shade
Aer Lingus cabin crew defer strike but keep work-to-rule
Concorde’s £50m farewell boom
Jeremy Clarkson: What a wonderful flight into national failure

Saturday 25th October, 2003
BBC
End of an era for Concorde
Why economists don't fly Concorde
Tube drivers vote on strikes
Rail maintenance: Will changes improve service?  [vox pop]
Crash victims cheer rail overhaul
FT  *
Shares hit as rail groups lose repair contracts
Healthy car sales boost UK as export base
Heritage role may be flight of fancy
Guardian
['Our service has been temporarily suspended due to essential maintenance']
Independent  *
Rail contractors may demand compensation
State already owns or subsidises lion's share of rail network
Union aims to cause 'grave problems' for passengers
At 4.07pm, one of the world's most exotic birds became extinct
Crowds awestruck as Concorde touches down for last time
Telegraph
Loss of contracts angers private rail firms
Ol' Bozo rides again as companies hit the buffers
Villagers to trap motorists
Christmas tube chaos
'It just goes very, very fast'
Save the bird  [leader]
Times
Pressure grows to end Tube contracts
Contractors fume as Network Rail takes back control of maintenance
Loss of contracts sends shares plunging
'Network Rail now has the nightmares to itself'
Village arms lollipop ladies in the battle against speeders
‘You were noisy and difficult, but we loved you’
Look back to the future for travel supersonic-style
The eagle has landed  [leader]

Friday 24th October, 2003
BBC
Network Rail takes repairs in-house
Rail probe batters Jarvis shares
Homes pulled down for runway  [Londonderry]
Tube boss apologises for failures
Tube strike ballot looms
Airliner and jet had near miss
Concorde makes last London flight
FT  *
Network Rail to do own track maintenance
Jarvis shares fall 16% amid investigation
London motorists may pilot national road-pricing plan
Tube unions set to vote on strike
Drop in traffic through UK ports
Mid-air disaster avoided by little more than luck, says watchdog
Guardian
Rail union to hold strike ballot over state of underground
Rail safety move ousts contractors
Creeping renationalisation puts brake on operators
Jarvis hires Major's PR man
Mayor vows to double London charge zone
Ryanair chief strafes Eurocrats and rivals
Underground warfare  [leader]
Road to ruin  [US climate change]
Independent  *
Blair and Brown split over location of new runway for the South-east
How expanding air travel has led to a cabinet dogfight
Government takes step towards renationalisation of the railways
Worth £50m or ruining London business? A balance sheet for the congestion charge
Near-miss RAF pilot may have been on a 'high'
Big crowd to cheer Concorde's farewell
Traffic warden steers a safe course on St Mary's
Telegraph
Rail contracts cut
Jarvis rails fail test
Jarvis shares jolted by new track error
O'Leary confident over Charleroi
Chaos fear at Concorde farewell
Times
End of privatised rail maintenance
Free way through Livingstone's new traffic zone
The new proposed charging area  [graphic]
Time running out for Scarlet Pimpernel of the congestion charge
Driver caught using two mobiles at wheel
Ryanair expects EU clearance
Delays expected as Concorde makes final departure
Clarkson drives into the sunset and a hole
Boy left in cold by bus that never came
London Evening Standard
Action threat over Tube safety

Thursday 23rd October, 2003
BBC
Jarvis under new rail probe
SNP in second euro ferry call
Airport road 'to be rejected'  [Cardiff]
FT  *
Jarvis hit by probe over false work claims
London's mayor calls for more funds for transport
Congestion charge 'a £50m boost for London'
Guardian
Stalled train causes tube chaos
Independent  *
Rail chiefs probe claim that Jarvis 'falsified paperwork'
Telegraph
Jarvis rail renewal work under investigation
Crumbling London a 'threat to economy'
TV turned on in trains
Times
Rail contractor accused of false work claims
Tory mayor would ban white van man  [London]
Drivers not told of speed trap error
Boy racer sees jail sentence doubled

Wednesday 22nd October, 2003
BBC
Tube line shut until next week
Eurotunnel targets rail freight
FT  *
London's mayor calls for more funds for transport
Guardian
Livingstone asks for £5bn extra
Rural fears over M11 homes plan
Get a grip  [leaves on the line]
Independent  *
Stagecoach boosted by success of UK rail division
Times
Wanted: £5bn to keep London moving
Transport projects facing the axe  [graphic]
Tube to get more checks on tracks
Traffic hit as first snows blanket northern Scotland
Off-roader invasion brings 4x4 gridlock to Wild West
London Evening Standard
Crossrail delay claim dismissed

Tuesday 21st October, 2003
BBC
Car break-ins on the rise
Eurostar results boost
FT  *
Subsidy deal for Welsh trains
Guardian
Tube rail 'broken for five months'
Cautious drivers 'add to leaves woe' on rail lines
These aren't accidents  [Tube - comment]
Independent  *
Tube rail cracked months before accident, says union
Tube incidents hit maintenance firms
Wales rail franchise to cost the public £1.8bn
MG Rover cuts losses to £111m but profits still two years away
Final call  [Concorde]
'Why would anyone want to travel any other way?'
Difficult birth - and death - of a national emblem
Telegraph
Fines for tube firm
Crossed lines  [leader]
'Car muggings' on the rise
Times
Repaired points may have caused Tube crash
How the Camden tube derailed  [graphic]
Rail union wants private Tube contracts suspended
Wales gets one-track firm
Leaves saved by late arrival of lasers
Oil prices fall as Opec warns of output rise
London Evening Standard
Experts puzzle over derailment cause
Passengers up on high-speed Eurostar

Monday 20th October, 2003
BBC
Hunt for Tube derailment clues
Delays after Tube derailment
A1 upgrade moves closer  [Yorks]
Guardian
Tube safety in doubt after crash
Chaos in Camden as train smashes into tunnel
Mayor may seek Treasury help to plug £1.5bn gap in finances
Off-motorway delights  [leader]
BA cuts first class seats
Independent  *
Fears over Tube safety after two trains derail in 48 hours
Sparks, smoke, stretchers and lingering fears over rail safety
Telegraph
Another Tube derailed
Instant speeding fines
Times
Tube staff threaten strike after derailments
A safer course for speeding drivers

Sunday 19th October, 2003
BBC
Drivers 'set to break mobile ban'
Road patrols to combat gridlock
Checks failed to spot broken rail
The cost of running a railway
Independent on Sunday  *
Rail 'checked on day before crash'
Observer
Transport boss calls for more tax on gas guzzlers
Emergency units to aid gridlocked motorists
Checks on Tube crash line 'were cut'
Faint light at end of the track  [comment]
As sun sets on Concorde, the super-rich go private
Sunday Telegraph
Shell to build $5bn 'clean fuel' plant in Qatar
Network Rail plans to take back all maintenance work
Sunday Times
Congestion map drawn up as first step to road pricing
Trains are getting back on track, says rail supremo
Rail firm may still need public guarantees
Scottish bogs emit more hothouse gas than cars
Ford plans to close Coventry Jaguar plant
Aer Lingus sell-off will raise just €417m

Saturday 18th October, 2003
BBC
Big car owners face tax hike
Rail cash 'must be cost-effective'
Rail safety views 'skewed', says minister
Budget airlines want BAA split
Tube derailed by 'broken track'
Inquiry after power surge halts trains  [Birmingham]
Staff paid to not use cars
Investigation into train crash  [WCML]
Ford announces China expansion
'I said Concorde would be an expensive mistake. I was right'
FT  *
Rail costs soar while reliability plummets
Rail regulator: Details of fundng increase
Air France, KLM ratify final merger agreement
GM hitches a ride on the Chinese expressway
Guardian
Winsor adds £8bn to rail repair bill
Independent  *
Rail reliability 'still five years from pre-Hatfield levels'
Dozens stranded after Tube accident
Train station blackout causes chaos
Telegraph
Winsor poised to shunt upgrade into the sidings
Rail compensation cut
Tom Winsor interview
Network doesn't work  [leader]
Turn back now; this track's a dead end  [comment]
Bus firm fined £140,000
Times
Gas-guzzlers on the road to big tax rise
End of the road for gas guzzlers  [graphic]
Car industry drawing up tougher targets on emissions
Government raids road budget to find £8bn for rail
Crash disrupts Heathrow link

Friday 17th October, 2003
BBC
Rail regulator calls for more money
Rail chief warns of funding crunch
Luxury rail service on track  [Pennines]
Commuters hail crowding report
BA engineers vote for pay deal
Qantas plans no-frills carrier
FT  *
Railways plan pan-Europe express
Guardian
North may get budget rail service
Air France and KLM merger firms up
Luton via Bangalore  [comment]
Independent  *
Short-haul flights can cause blood clots, say scientists
Telegraph
Go-Ahead shares ride high

Thursday 16th October, 2003
BBC
Commuters hail crowding report
Train crash blocks main line  [WCML]
Commuter swap: The car share
Eurostar complains over BA ads
FT  *
Call for action on overcrowding 'trauma'
EU airlines ordered to pay for overbooking
Guardian
MPs attack 'the daily transport trauma'
30% fare cut plan to encourage Londoners to work
Air travellers given right to compensation
Subsidy might put Royal Mail back on the rails
Independent  *
Rail passengers suffering 'daily trauma' on overcrowded trains
No more Eddie Stobart spotting... he's selling up
Telegraph
Commuters 'face trauma'
Not such a bumpy ride  [air]
Times
Taxpayer faces extra £1.5bn railway bill
Rail overcrowding is hidden threat to health, say MPs
Airlines ordered to pay for terminal delays
Passengers may find fares are taking off
Stobart to give up the wheel
Decaying railways  [letter]
Mourning trolley buses  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Darling: new trains to ease strain

Wednesday 15th October, 2003
BBC
Police warn over Concorde flight
FT  *
German road toll delay claims first scalp
Truck drivers' plight causes red faces in Berlin
Guardian
Catching a train to Crewe? Call Bangalore
Free 24-hour travel on New Year's Eve in London
European car sales turn the corner
Unnatural disasters  [climate change]
Independent  *
Fourth censure for Virgin Trains ad
Telegraph
Royal Mail 'still talking about rail'
Times
Discipline on the road  [letter]

Tuesday 14th October, 2003
BBC
UK congestion charge proposed
Rail safety boss leaves job
End of the line for rail plans  [S Yorks]
Commuter swap: Changing car for bike
FT  *
Extending congestion charge across England 'would raise £16bn'
Head of railway safety resigns
Guardian
£16bn 'pay by mile' roads plan
Independent  *
Alcohol ban on trains planned to cut hooliganism
Telegraph
Disruption for rail users
Times
14p-a-mile toll proposed as cure for traffic chaos
Going off our trolleys  [debate - trams]

Monday 13th October, 2003
BBC
Residents hold lorry protest  [W Yorks]
FT  *
Clean Diesel seeks retro sales
Guardian
A matter of time on the Enfield line
Arnie's beloved Hummer
Independent  *
Civil servants plot rail coup at retreat
Telegraph
Whitehall shakes up rail strategy
Times
Scotland's roads 'a Treasury cash cow'

Sunday 12th October, 2003
BBC
Horse death sparks speed protest  [Devon]
Observer
BA pays £12m for four more landing slots at Heathrow
BA-AA alliance is still the only show in town
Sunday Telegraph
[Rail] Bags sent by road
Carmakers to 'throw money' at UK market in new price war
Sunday Times
Darling curbs his transport watchdog
Police to snap speed camera attacks (yes, with cameras)
Running out of road  [Dublin]
Should you be buying shares in Ryanair?

Saturday 11th October, 2003
FT  *
£25bn rail deal may herald more cuts
Jarvis quits rail maintenance contracts
Nats to resume work on Scottish air traffic centre
Guardian
Jarvis bows to pressure and abandons track maintenance
Former transport minister with diverse interests was key figure in decision to negotiate u-turn
End of the line for Jarvis  [leader]
Independent  *
Network Rail invites private firms to bid for Jarvis contracts
How a 'white knight' for railways quickly fell from grace
Telegraph
Rail deadline set
Shareholders back Jarvis retreat from rail upkeep
Times
Rail chiefs signal public control over track repairs
Jarvis denies it misled market on contracts
Air traffic control project approved
Give us all a return ticket to 1923, please  [rail - comment]

Friday 10th October, 2003
BBC
Jarvis quits rail maintenance
Take off for air traffic centre  [Scotland]
Fire destroys M62 services  [G Manchester]
FT  *
CBI urges chancellor to lift spending on transport
Capita penalised £1m over congestion charge
Guardian
London congestion charge firm fined £1m
Brussels takes on US air
Independent  *
Under-fire Jarvis quits rail contracts
Telegraph
Capita to net £7m
Pupils miss free bus by 200 yards
Nat Express gets £123m to cover costs  [Central trains]
Japan sinks road schemes
Times
Rail repair contracts are 'renationalised'
Traffic picks up at Heathrow
Challenge facing new rail guard
Walking buses  [letter]

Thursday 9th October, 2003
FT  *
Green group call for higher tax on fuel
Motorists encounter 'clearer' road signs
EU plans duties for subsidised foreign airlines
Deutsche Bahn says it is back on track
Times
Rail division boosts Jarvis
Roads network is vital to economy  [letter]

Wednesday 8th October, 2003
BBC
Parking fines hit £165m a year
Selby bridge barrier 'too short'
FT  *
German truck tolls delayed
Italy's [EU] transport projects scaled back
Guardian
Selby crash insurer in legal battle
Bombardier UK job losses likely
Luton airport eclipsed
Independent  *
Train operators lengthen journey times to allow for leaves on lines
Air aide accused of 'conflict of interest'
Times
Cities' great tram revival goes off the rails
Croydon convinced it's on the right lines
EasyJet soars on buoyant passenger figures
Ryanair confident over EU subsidies inquiry
London Evening Standard
Four charged after [T5] crane protest

Tuesday 7th October, 2003
BBC
Airport protesters occupy crane
Labour roads record lambasted
Congestion charge call by CBI
Guardian
School bus 'apartheid' attacked
Telegraph
Low interest rates fuel new car sales
Times
No tax or insurance will mean no car

Monday 6th October, 2003
BBC
Road fears 'affect school walk'
Guardian
Jarvis blamed for derailment
A worried BA turns up the heat on competition watchdogs
Road rage  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Tube facing fresh strike threat
High-speed train put to track test

Sunday 5th October, 2003
Observer
American is back in BA's sights
Giant of skies will struggle to get airborne
New car prices fall 14 per cent in five years
Train delays costing £3bn a year
Sunday Times
Safer train carriages stalled for lack of electricity
Security firm spied on road protesters
‘Open skies’ is the key to more deals
Endgame looms for airlines

Saturday 4th October, 2003
BBC
Rail route reopens after fire
FT  *
Annual car sales 'set to reach 3m in five years'
Strike has little effect on airport train link
Guardian
Bus shake-up planned to end private free-for-all
Independent  *
Network Rail cuts hundreds of managers to save £30m
Judge tells Blunkett to 'butt out' over remark on speed-hump case
Telegraph
Blunkett told to 'butt out'
Times
Regulatory hurdles hit BA-Iberia hopes
New London buses  [letter]

Friday 3rd October, 2003
BBC
Train fire closes line  [WCML]
Injured cyclist awarded £5m
Strike to hit Heathrow trains
Car price cuts on the way?
FT  *
EU and US make 'open skies' progress
Guardian
Builder's anger as things go bump in the night
Canal boat trips to ease congestion
Network Rail says 15% of its managers are timetabled to go
Independent  *
Drink-drive deaths are highest for six years
Builder got the hump with road noise
Telegraph
Drink-drive deaths up
EWS vows to fight rail freight cuts
Times
Costs push Network Rail to sack 700 managers
Ryanair still unable to fill extra aircraft

Thursday 2nd October, 2003
BBC
Paddington crash prosecution
Petrol tax protest falters
Idling drivers face fine threat  [Inverness]
EU-US in 'open skies' talks
EU calls for transport spending
Japan airlines land state loans
FT  *
Prodi outlines plans to fund transport links and growth
Alitalia sale plan to be reviewed
Guardian
Drivers' fuel protest stalls
SRA in retreat over sacking
Ford cuts 3,000 jobs as European sales slump
Independent  *
Oil and gas running out much faster than expected, says study
Train firm bosses spared charges of manslaughter
Telegraph
Paddington crash trial
SRA backtracks over Julia Clarke sacking
Times
Thames Trains faces crash charges
Edinburgh 'risks losing stores by road charging'
'Open skies' result may take years, negotiators warn
All Nippon cuts costs to keep its aircraft flying
Quicker by train?  [letters]
Road tax, road safety  [letter]
No-frills flying: Are cheap flights a false economy?  [debate]
London Evening Standard
Cuts due to new equipment
Yorkshire Post
More roads will not solve problems, says Darling

Wednesday 1st October, 2003
BBC
Petrol prices rise amid protests
Fuel protesters urge disruption
Fuelling discontent?
Ban on 'worst train passenger'
Reforms could mean cheaper cars
European airlines join forces
Telegraph
Air France travels long-haul
Air France agrees takeover of KLM
Ford to slash 12,000 jobs
Times
Fuel price rebels call on drivers to block roads
BA misses out on KLM link
Chocks Away? The KLM and Air France merger  [graphic]
Air France pins its hopes on KLM in flight of fancy
Airline deal still has hurdles to clear
BA urges vigilance by regulator
Merger fails to end legacy of protected national carriers

Tuesday 30th September, 2003
BBC
Putin attacked for Kyoto delay
Fuel protesters urge disruption
Airlines move closer to tie-up
Guardian
EU alarmed as Putin backtracks on Kyoto
Independent  *
Putin refuses to say if Russia will ratify Kyoto protocol
Telegraph
'BA is better value'
Air France backs KLM alliance
Times
No-frills airlines may land you with worst deal
Early birds get full service before prices take off
Air France and KLM agree deal
Scotland 'the most expensive for diesel'
Safety first in Hull  [letter]

Monday 29th September, 2003
BBC
UK drivers 'getting raw deal'
Climate debate moves to Moscow
Faster Channel rail service begins
FT  *
Eurostar admits forecasts were optimistic
EU and US to begin open skies talks
Telegraph
Driving curbs shelved
British drivers get worst deal
Times
British drivers pay most tax for worst deal
Number of cars set to triple as global love affair continues apace
Cars for all  [graphic]

Sunday 28th September, 2003
BBC
Faster Channel rail service begins
Fuel protesters warn of a repeat
Independent on Sunday  *
GM crops could be new 'green' fuel
186mph Eurostar ends British humiliation
'Revolutionary' scooters are recalled after riders fall off
Observer
Air France-KLM merger threatens BA dominance
Sunday Telegraph
Brown milking motorists
Eurostar goes for market share
Sunday Times
Blair's 'big idea' to end road chaos
Ryanair strikes deal in airport subsidy row
Open skies talks set to founder
Road puts £10m windows in peril
On the road to nowhere  [letter]

Saturday 27th September, 2003
BBC
Fuel protesters warn of a repeat
Jarvis questioned over rail errors
How passengers using the loo put the brakes on hi-tech trains
FT  *
Clean fuel initiative stalled by safety fears
Network Rail keeps close eye on Jarvis
Jarvis denies it is being watched
Fuel cells start to generate a spark of interest
Guardian
Concern grows at mail train loss
Independent  *
Anger over Royal Mail switch from rail to road
Times
Rail passengers face 70% rise on same-day ticket
The damaging effects of Concorde  [letters]

Friday 26th September, 2003
BBC
Extra cash must bring improvements  [rail]
Airport plans unveiled  [Finningley
Petrol price rise announced
FT  *
Network Rail keeps close eye on Jarvis
UK motorists to suffer fuel duty rise
Guardian
Petrol prices to rise after Brown's tax increase
SRA makes rail cash case
Independent  *
Fury as Brown goes ahead with fuel duty rise
Paved with gold, the coastal path pumping £300m into local coffers
Telegraph
Brown's tank runs low  [fuel duty]
Staffs scraps traffic wardens
SRA prepares £28,000 trainspotters' guide for Chancellor
Times
No more public money to bail out declining rail industry

Thursday 25th September, 2003
BBC
Motorists fear petrol price rise
Asian car makers storm Europe
France 'backs' airlines tie-up
Guardian
Direct action plan to fight new runways
Independent  *
Pump prices to rise after Opec cutback
London's new rail director warns of third world overcrowding in decade
Telegraph
Trans-Pennine receives £637m
Times
Opec fuels petrol price fears
Warning of rail chaos in London

Wednesday 24th September, 2003
BBC
Rail firm to cut track repair bill
Troubled Swiss in BA tie-up
FT  *
Network Rail to save £5bn by curb on maintenance
US presses Brussels over access to passenger data
Guardian
More broken rails, more delays, more signal failures - the price of £5bn cuts
BA nets wealthy flyers in Swiss tie-up
Telegraph
Car prices are driven down
Runaway rail
Operators lose patience with Network Rail
BA gains more Heathrow slots
Times
Train chief calls for break-up of Network Rail
EasyJet to challenge BA deal with Swiss
Cost of the deregulated bus services  [letters]

Tuesday 23rd September, 2003
BBC
Rail repairs shelved in £5bn cutback
French low-cost airlines struggle
Swiss airline shares frozen
Guardian
Strikes on Heathrow Express
Independent  *
Network Rail to delay track renewal in £5bn savings drive
Times
Angry commuter sets up one-step Tube refund website
The school run  [letters]

Monday 22nd September, 2003
BBC
Children 'want speed cameras'
Drivers text and talk
Plans for new Heathrow rail link
Cars banned by cities
FT  *
Network Rail plans cuts in railway spending
Telegraph
Stansted homes 'inevitable'
Network Rail bows to Winsor costing
Government seeks to put brakes on rail regulator
Times
TV is bad news for train of thought

Sunday 21st September, 2003
BBC
Petrol 'stealth tax' claims
Train delays caused by station closure  [St Pancras]
Independent on Sunday *
Fuel-tax rise prompts new protest threat
On-board TV for suburban trains
Observer
Legal battle looms over train chaos
Sunday Telegraph
Clasper's in no mood to split  [BAA]
Sunday Times
Network Rail plans £5bn cuts
Banks stir up private-equity bids for BAA
Level playing field threat to Ryanair

Saturday 20th September, 2003
BBC
Petrol tax 'to rise'
More trains on time
FT  *
Only quarter of long-distance trains on time
Independent  *
Road-hump delays 'kill hundreds of ambulance patients' each year'
Complaints over trains in South-east soar by 30%
Telegraph
Fuel price to rise
Brown wants oil revenue
Rail complaints rise
Times
Petrol price to rise by 1.28p a litre
Delayed trains, but passenger numbers still rising
Slow progress for better railways  [letters]

Friday 19th September, 2003
BBC
Ryanair Strasbourg appeal fails
Guardian
Dismay as Ryanair loses route case
Independent  *
Blow for Ryanair in battle over Strasbourg route
Telegraph
Setback for Ryanair
Times
Speed humps may have reached end of the road
Ryanair court plea rejected

Thursday 18th September, 2003
BBC
Danger warning over rural roads
City gets first 10mph limit  [Plymouth]
Bats flap over road plan  [Weymouth]
New transport body planned  [Scotland]
Aer Lingus buys Airbus fleet
EU blocks Alstom rescue plan
Guardian
Peak district pass named as UK's most persistently dangerous road
Jarvis derailment bill likely to top £1m
Putting our railways back on track  [letters]
Independent  *
A scenic route through the rolling hills of the Peak District is Britain's most dangerous road
Times
The roads to danger all lead to Buxton
Girl, 9, is killed by live rail line
Born-again bikers dice with death
Airbus beats Boeing to biggest Aer Lingus deal
Airlines still at odds over link
London Crossrail's duties of care  [letters]

Wednesday 17th September, 2003
BBC
Faulty points derail train
Were trains any better 100 years ago?
First class commuter loses case
UK to give up BAA 'golden share'
Transport keeps disabled from jobs
Jobs boost for aviation industry
FT  *
Rail derailment causes chaos to service
Guardian
Track firm Jarvis admits blunder after train is derailed
£50m plan to cut school run traffic
Independent  *
Track blunder by Jarvis at King's Cross derails train
Telegraph
Fault derails train
Times
Express derailed by repair blunder at King's Cross
Fast Channel link to be first of many
Golden share in BAA to be relinquished for symbolic £1
Air France and KLM poised to agree alliance

Tuesday 16th September, 2003
BBC
High-speed Channel rail link opens
Dover port 'must expand'
FT  *
Airlines offer to surrender slots
Bigger tax incentives for biofuels urged
Rail crash victims to attack companies
Guardian
Heathrow expansion may cause floods, says report
Asylum centre plans for Manchester airport rival  [Finningley]
Independent  *
Payouts to victims of Paddington rail crash delayed again as insurer reaches £30m limit
Caped crusader on mission to free cars
Telegraph
Chunnel link developer takes Winsor to court
Times
Anti-clamper with an angle to grind

Monday 15th September, 2003
BBC
Funding plan to get railway on track  [Borders]
Silverlink trains back on track
Independent  *
Jarvis faces new inquiry over rail safety breaches
Telegraph
Network Rail 'must curb its spending'
Times
Crossrail link could bring £22bn to capital
Ensuring safety on the railways  [letter]

Sunday 14th September, 2003
Independent on Sunday *
Railway cutbacks could 'cost lives'
Observer
Taxpayers' bill rockets as high-speed rail line arrives
Sunday Telegraph
Black box for cars
KLM and Air France close to merger

Saturday 13th September, 2003
BBC
BAA sees record air traffic
Selby victims 'unlawfully killed'
BA engineers reject pay offer
KLM 'close to Air France deal'
Guardian
Skye's the limit for making the most of your sports car
Take the Skye road  [leader]
Telegraph
Train chaos continues
Budget carriers help BAA to its busiest August
KLM says Air France deal is set to take off
Times
Selby rail victims unlawfully killed
Passenger numbers hit record at BAA airports
Speculation of KLM deal with Air France mounts
Speed and accidents  [letter]
Cycling in London  [letter]

Friday 12th September, 2003
BBC
Road tax dodging 'on the rise'
Trains coming back on track  [Silverlink]
Inquest told 'no system failure'  [Selby]
Flights 'still below' pre-9/11 levels
BMW launches its 'butch baby'
Financial Times *
Train operator withdraws fleet on safety fears
Guardian
Selby rail crash jury mull verdict
Fault with brakes grounds Silverlink
Rail firm's £100k a day faulty brake bill
Mayor was ready to sack C-charge company
Trafficmaster navigates around London levy
Collision course  [TfL]
Independent *
National Express gets back on board gravy train
Thousands stranded by rail firm's safety alert
Telegraph
More rail misery on the way
Rail aids profit at National Express
Times
Brake fault halts fleet of trains
The wheels come off Europe's car industry  [graphic]
London Evening Standard
Free flights deal heralds price war
M25 is worst road

Thursday 11th September, 2003
BBC
Trains halted in fault inquiry
The five main reasons trains are late
Trams return to city streets  [Nottingham]
Independent *
Entire fleet of commuter trains withdrawn
Telegraph
Rail delays up 80pc
Times
Rail delays are blamed on fear of prosecution
Speeding and accidents  [letters]
Cycling in London  [letter]
London Evening Standard
'Transport a disgrace' - union boss

Wednesday 10th September, 2003
Financial Times *
Hopes grow that Russians will ratify Kyoto pact
Guardian
Mayor may sue over tube train safety
Problem rail franchises extended
Times
Speed cameras  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Rival bid for cross-London rail link
Livingstone orders tube [safety] inquiry

Tuesday 9th September, 2003
BBC
Scotland gets new NY air route
Metal 'caused Selby crash'
Call for say on speed cameras  [Scotland]
FT
Waitrose stores have caused their own congestion  [letter]
Guardian
Metal clue to Selby rail disaster
BA piloted off FTSE course
Rail line worries grow  [Crossrail]
Independent *
'Super El Nino' could turn Amazon into dustbowl
Telegraph
US car industry in crisis talks
Times
Selby derailment blamed on scrap of metal
McConnell defends tourism record with air link
No-frills bus service links Scotland for £1
Flights ruling boosts policymakers' power

Monday 8th September, 2003
BBC
Airline talks take flight  [Scotland]
Rail crash inquest opens  [Selby]
Commuters: 'Back Crossrail'
Guardian
The day the City stood still... and Britain's defence against terror was put to the test
BAA stoic about loss of government shareholding
PFI triples profits, say firms
Telegraph
Paths 'impassable'
Norris pans traffic charge
BAA loses immunity to bids and break-up
Times
Car safety features could backfire
The effect of cameras on motorists  [letters]
London Evening Standard
'Tube fares to rise by 45%'

Sunday 7th September, 2003
Independent on Sunday *
UK faces epidemic of dumped vehicles
Observer
Saboteurs take out 700 speed cameras
Iata accused over 'flight data monopoly'
Sunday Times
Scotland fights for extra air routes
Mulcahy to push for sale of Aer Lingus

Saturday 6th September, 2003
Times
Go-Ahead hit by slump in air travel
'Success' of privatised bus services  [letter]

Friday 5th September, 2003
BBC
John Lewis hit by road charge
Guardian
Plan to bury CO 2 under North sea
Shop speaks up against car levy
Rail subsidies now higher than before privatisation
Pupils rail against the school bus
EU cool on Ryanair chief's plea for future of airline
Congestion charge boosts bus operator
Independent *
Congestion charge cuts sales, says John Lewis
Telegraph
Congestion charge fears
Arriva rides on capital's buses
Rail cargo firms hit back at SRA
Times
Traffic charge ‘bad for business’
Rail subsidies beat amount paid to BR
Congestion charge puts Arriva in front
Bmi hits monthly record for passengers
Ryanair chief confident of winning Charleroi inquiry
London Evening Standard
Train company gets strategy chief

Thursday 4th September, 2003
BBC
Debut for 186 mph Aston Martin
Financial Times *
Brussels launches raids on Channel operators
Guardian
UK firm unveils amphibious answer to traffic congestion
Brussels raids Channel ferry firms
ABP says it has tamed wildlife fears
Royal Mail to cut air services
Telegraph
Rail services 'not improving'
Amphibious car on sale
Times
Price-fix raids on Channel ferries and trains
BA shares take off on rise in passenger traffic
Business class boost at KLM points to upturn for airlines

Wednesday 3rd September, 2003
BBC
Rural transport 'not good enough'
Fake speed camera tricks drivers
Guardian
Connex cuts 40 south-east services
Independent *
Connex cuts 40 trains a day to boost reliability
Telegraph
Train firm cuts services
Times
Rail repair cuts to put more lorries on roads
London Evening Standard
Chaos looms on Thameslink
War on school run traffic

Tuesday 2nd September, 2003
BBC
Force defends [speed] camera stance
New safety fear on Tube
Two killed over parking space
Motorist shot in legs
Man falls through bus window
Travellers feared train derailment
Train companies bid for franchise  [Greater Anglia]
Guardian
When commuters prefer to be late
And now the car that parks itself
Independent *
Train was 'almost derailed' as it tried to make up time
Two shot dead 'in row over parking space'
Telegraph
Pollution 'killed thousands'  [France]
Times
Look no hands: the car in front parks itself
[Bus] Deregulation’s results  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Cracks found on Tube trains

Monday 1st September, 2003
BBC
Crime 'drives people into cars'
Financial Times *
Plea on airline pollution taxes
Guardian
Not just warmer: it's the hottest for 2,000 years
Brown ends spending spree
Independent *
Car costs fall, but rail and bus fares rise
Stop signs go up in war against speed  [letters]
Telegraph
Steep cost of car travel
Times
Deaths highlight police clash on speed cameras
A tale of two forces  [graphic]
London Evening Standard
Three runways to get go-ahead

Sunday 31st August, 2003
BBC
Drivers 'ignorant of new test'
Road crash death toll rises  [Lincolnshire]
Road link boost for sport fans  [Leeds]
Independent on Sunday *
US says CO2 is not a pollutant
Observer
School-run parents face crackdown at rush hour
Lethal blight of Barra's drink drivers
Sunday Telegraph
Fear drives away public  [from public transport]
L-test under the bonnet
Ryanair 'may quit France'
Cheap flights to fantasy
'There are lots of people waiting for us to blow up'  [Ryanair]
The war is over, but oil is costing more
Sunday Times
Peak-time passengers face airport congestion charge
Amphibious sports car can motor by land and by sea
Drink-drive limit to be less than pint  [Ireland]
Aer Lingus to use cash to buy fleet
Air France attempts to outmanoeuvre Ryanair on routes

Saturday 30th August, 2003
BBC
Anger over power meltdown
No-frills travel hits roads  [Stagecoach]
Guardian
Why tube kept its power during blitz
Stagecoach holds up
Cenotaphs for car wars  [comment on speed]
Hole in policy to councils  [letters on roads]
Independent *
Italian drivers tamed by penalty points fear
Telegraph
Ryanair flights at risk
Strasbourg's loss is our gain  [comment]
Times
Tube may need its own source

Friday 29th August, 2003
BBC
Commuters' blackout misery
Guardian
Tube sell-off blamed for blackout
Airline cuts cost with sandwich flights
Independent *
Rail services return after blackout paralyses London
I was adrift in the chaos, before boarding a bus without a thought for its destination
Telegraph
London loses power
Times
Memorial signs to mark road deaths
It's really quite worrying, sigh commuters kept in the dark
BA in move to cut fees to travel agents
Cheap flights and EU politicians  [letter]

Thursday 28th August, 2003
BBC
UK local roads 'deteriorate'
Fears for badgers on new road  [Northamptonshire]
Roads repair bill soars  [Wales]
Green light for £10m road plan  [Llanelli]
Financial Times *
Shipping hub aims to transform Orkney's economy
Guardian
Pothole plague as councils cut back
Makeover cash plea for 'worst' rail station
Freight shipping rides the crest of a wave
Happy motoring as car prices fall
Times
Roads crumble as councils divert cash
London Evening Standard
Anger at BA payout fiasco

Wednesday 27th August, 2003
BBC
'Take week off' say rail firms
Traffic warnings 'cost £6m'  [Devon]
City braced for bus strike  [York]
Ryanair halts Strasbourg flights
Firms driving bio fuel demand
Financial Times *
West coast rail line disruption continues
Guardian
Scientists turn up heat on global warming  [E Anglia]
Stelios funds empire building with airline share sale
Ryanair stops Strasbourg flights
Independent *
Ryanair suspends Strasbourg route
Firm hired to find good news about the railways
Telegraph
Price falls drive up used car sales
Ryanair suspends flights to Strasbourg
Times
Ryanair flies into turbulence over France
New Dordogne being swept off the map
Ryanair Head-to-Head  [graphic]
It's a subsidy, frills or no frills  [comment]
Commuters urged to take a break
London’s road victims
Swiss and BA in talks on alliance
London Evening Standard
'Impose 20mph limit across capital'
Government considers sea airports

Tuesday 26th August, 2003
BBC
Rail repairs hit commuters
Anger over rail crossing closures  [Scotland]
Fears over UK's worst rat run
Road traffic hits new high  [Scotland]
Financial Times *
Scotland happy to overcome its fear of flying
Berlin to push Brussels on road toll plans
Guardian
Britain hit by plague of rat runs
Greenfield airport plan re-examined
US green activists vandalise 'polluting' 4x4 cars
Rail contractors to lose signal work
Independent *
Welcome to the dangerous world of Wykeham Street, the worst rat run in the country
Hundreds of rail station upgrades abandoned in cutbacks
Motorists get clear run at end of bank holiday
Times
Rat run causes house price fears
Rail and road safety  [letter]

Monday 25th August, 2003
BBC
Confusion over drink-drive limits
'Spy' plans for new cars
Chaos averted in rail disruption
Financial Times *
LPG lobby starts drive to keep tax subsidies
Guardian
Air travellers fly into holiday record books
Times
Drivers in doubt on limits to drinking
Why roads are a better investment than the railways

Sunday 24th August, 2003
Independent on Sunday *
We apologise for the late-running of any road and rail chaos
Observer
Weekend of rail chaos 'only just the beginning'
Sunday Telegraph
Bike beats train to Reading
Sunday Times
Goodbye speed cameras, hello a spy in every car
The Informer: a car that will tell the police everything
Back-seat tax collector  [leader]

Saturday 23rd August, 2003
BBC
Rail repairs delay travellers
Rail chaos divides papers
Guardian
Rail deaths happen, says Howells
Holiday traffic heads for network chaos
On the right track  [leader]
Independent *
Private rail firms get extra £1.5bn in subsidies
Train crash deaths 'not the end of the world', says Howells
Welcome to a weekend of train delays and traffic gridlock
Telegraph
Bank holiday standstill
Bank holiday doomsday  [leader]
Times
17-mile jam in weekend getaway
Liquid assets: New dawn rises for Britain’s waterways

Friday 22nd August, 2003
BBC
Holiday travel chaos looms
Loathing the fast lane
Crackdown on uninsured drivers
How car prices were driven down
Financial Times *
Government clampdown on uninsured motorists
Telegraph
Holiday railway misery
Merger sign ahead for road managers
Times
Road and rail chaos to slow run for the sun
Rail delays and traffic problems  [graphic]
Cameras to trap littering drivers
Last train factory is facing closure

Thursday 21st August, 2003
Financial Times *
Ryanair hits out at landing fees
Guardian
Chaos fear over bank holiday rail shutdown
Telegraph
Mind the gap  [Rail Regulator]
One [drink] is enough
Times
A lunchtime pint can seriously damage your driving
New Bill aims to end roadworks misery
Ryanair keeps up new routes expansion
Ryanair flight may turn bumpy
London Evening Standard
Rail delays due on Bank Holiday

Wednesday 20th August, 2003
BBC
Tube fares to rise
Financial Times *
Mayor risks rise in bus and Tube fares
Guardian
Mayor's £500m shortfall forces up fares
Swiss seeks international air alliance
Anatomy of a budget flight
Independent *
Huge rise in Tube fares to plug deficit
Times
Tube fares rise by up to 25% as Mayor signals start of smartcard travel on buses
KLM and Air France in talks
Hubbub for Schiphol as KLM seeks a home
Boeing challenge to new Airbus

Tuesday 19th August, 2003
BBC
UK buyers put brake on car imports
Times
10-year transport targets are sent into the sidings
Thousands fail to pay congestion charge penalties
London Evening Standard
Commuters face rail delays

Monday 18th August, 2003
BBC
Week of work restricts trains  [Slough]
Financial Times *
Business gloomy on congestion charge
Guardian
Business backs congestion charge
Independent *
Hundreds of trains scrapped 'to boost services'
Telegraph
Charge debate rolls on
Air fares to take off
Times
'Heat proof' track could stop trains going off rails
New concrete slab track  [graphic]
Mayor rejects call to end congestion charge at noon
Short railway lines  [letter]