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Wednesday 30th June, 2004
BBC
London in grip of Tube strike
MoT exemption for NI drivers
July date set for spending plans
Financial Times  *
Tube commuters face difficult day
Guardian
Union leader warns of more tube walkouts
Asda triggers more petrol price cuts
Railtrack shareholders will see Byers in high court
Lasting the distance  [leader - air travel]
Independent  *
Cost of a gallon cut as oil price tumbles
Tube strike chaos for three million commuters
Telegraph
Tube strike hits millions
Times
Tube strike set to cause chaos across the capital
Cyclists' right of way  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Tube strike causes travel chaos
Mayor backs Tube bosses
Edinburgh Evening News
Watchdog fears rail switch will hit fares

Tuesday 29th June, 2004
BBC
Strike chaos for Tube passengers
Air travel rises across the world
Financial Times  *
Commission rules on FirstGroup takeover
Guardian
Chaos fear as Tube strike goes ahead
FirstGroup to undergo Scottish scrutiny - and pay for it
Jet-fuelled rise for BA
Independent  *
Chaos for London commuters as Tube strike goes ahead
Telegraph
Rough road ahead, warns RMC
Times
Strike on Tube goes ahead tonight
Carmakers fight French plan for gas-guzzler tax
Road tax  [letter]
Airwise News
IATA Says World Air Traffic Soaring
Boeing Vows Action On Airbus Aid

Monday 28th June, 2004
BBC
[Mersey] Tunnels plans could raise tolls
Waite's 'unbroken concrete' fears  [Stansted]
Buses dropped in shelter fiasco
Guardian
Legal battle hits no-frills 'toytown' airport  [Coventry]
Independent  *
Talks aim to head off Tube walk-out chaos
Urban 4x4 drivers should pay more tax, says transport chief
Waite speaks out over Stansted expansion
Winsor warns ministers over rail shake-up
Times
Cyclists' right of way  [letters]

Sunday 27th June, 2004
Independent on Sunday  *
Families' anger at plan to scrap rail safety watchdog
Ex-soldier sues over DVT in first ever short-flight claim
Observer
Road building set for major expansion
Home buyers go further afield to beat city prices
Now street racing is a 145mph girl thing
Sunday Telegraph
Police want more speed cameras
Shell heads for defeat
Sunday Times
Ferry chief demands probe into Channel price-fixing claims
School-run offroaders face tax hike
No-frills rivals target Gatwick
Qantas will create hundreds of cabin crew jobs in Britain
[Dublin] Airport dogfight
Revealed: how McCreevy saved Aer Rianta boss
Edinburgh Evening News
Parking blamed as city tycoon closes stores

Saturday 26th June, 2004
BBC
Blair urged to back speed cameras
Union boss quits transport board  [TfL]
Financial Times  *
Better timings improve journeys by train
Guardian
Livingstone in 'scab' row
Independent  *
Hidden costs of pipeline meant to safeguard West's oil supply
Exposed: BP, its pipeline, and an environmental timebomb
Trains less punctual than before Hatfield
'It's not how much they spend, but how it's run'
Crow quits in strike row with mayor
Telegraph
Whitehall rail review aims to tighten grip
RMT chief quits board
Times
The train arriving late costs you billions
Graphic: Trains arriving on time
Rail chairman is facing an uncertain future
Four out of five passengers in Scotland happy with service
Union rebukes Livingstone on call to break strike
These hidden costs of cars drive me crazy
London Evening Standard
Mixed ratings for London rail firms
Airwise News
Virgin Express Q1 Loss Narrows

Friday 25th June, 2004
BBC
Death toll on UK roads increasing
Railway spending at all-time high
Union cancels rail strike threat
Financial Times  *
Security rules 'likely to disrupt shipping'
Guardian
Born again bikers cause chaos  [safety]
Rail strike called off after pension deal
BA crew face tests after drink claims
Independent  *
Pensions deal halts rail strike
World's biggest ocean liner does not meet fire regulations
Telegraph
Road death rise blamed on speed cameras
Strike called off
Go-Ahead wing plummets
Times
Despite cameras and promises, road deaths rise to 3,500 a year
New car designs put pedestrians in danger
Graphic: Car protection: star performers
Rail strike off as both sides seek compromise
Giant liner refitted after fire safety alert
Roadside eating  [letter]
Edinburgh Evening News
Vow to boost road safety after rise in deaths
City second on list of high flyers
Store fears 10% tolls sales loss
Airwise News
US Airports Must Boost Capacity To Meet Demand

Thursday 24th June, 2004
BBC
Ryanair rapped over 'giveaway' ad
United Airlines in new loan plea
Stagecoach in £250m cash return
Guardian
Judge to rule on 24-hour rail strike after legal challenge to union
Price war continues to buffet P&O
Independent  *
Stagecoach cash return just the ticket for Souter and sister
Telegraph
Authorities to halt rail strike
£3.5bn car tax option
Stagecoach back on high road
P&O face half-year losses
Times
Rail bosses say strike vote is haunted by ghost workers
Stagecoach stands and delivers £250m back to investors
Aircraft pollution  [letter]
Road hogs  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Tube hit by bad weather
Edinburgh Evening News
Road tolls 'will drive customers out of city'
Tolls chiefs 'deceiving public' says McLetchie
City bosses blamed as rail link bid hits buffers
Airwise News
EU Says No Air Deal With US Before Summit
Vietnam Considers New Airport In South

Wednesday 23rd June, 2004
BBC
Transport Police face criticism
Loan confirmed to rescue Alitalia
Flying into trouble - again  [United airlines]
Financial Times  *
More cash urged for transport police
US and EU fail to agree on air deal
Revamp of €10bn car parts market delayed
Guardian
Environment campaigners attack house building plans
France launches radical green tax on bigger cars
Independent  *
Tube deal lifts Atkins back into the black
Telegraph
Rail vote 'invalid'
Tube group back on line
Edinburgh Evening News
Businesses join forces to fight for [Borders] rail link
Airwise News
EU Presses Belgians To Reclaim Ryanair Aid
Italy Approves Alitalia Loan

Tuesday 22nd June, 2004
BBC
Millions face rail travel misery
Financial Times  *
EU challenges UK over airport landing slots
Tube and railway workers call joint strike
Guardian
National rail strike to hit millions
Urbanites head for the hills in droves
Virgin to fly the kangaroo route in time for Christmas
Independent  *
Chaos threat as RMT votes for total strike
Telegraph
Union calls national strike
Times
Rail strike set to cause nationwide travel chaos
Townies fail to turn green in rush to country
Fossil fuels 'to dominate for next 30 years'
Airwise News
Brussels Probes Heathrow Landing Slot Deals
Italy Considers Alitalia Loan

Monday 21st June, 2004
BBC
New powers to fine 'bad drivers'  [London]
Financial Times  *
Rail freight rights under threat from reform plan
Guardian
Call for volunteers to count roadkill
Finding our feet  [leader - walking]
Spanish cyclists strip off to stress their plight
Telegraph
Cars greener than trains
The case for the car  [leader]
AA on the forecourt with £1.5bn price tag
Times
Best-laid flight plans hit towering obstacle  [London City]
Aircraft pollution and policymaking  [letter]
Motorway services  [letter]
Speed cameras  [letter]
Cyclists' right of way  [letter]

Sunday 20th June, 2004
Independent on Sunday  *
Prescott warned over new homes plan
Observer
London tackles 'peoplejams'
Sunday Times
City exodus alters the countryside
Livingstone to have a say over commuter lines
Executive may take control of Scots railways
Scottish infrastructure needs £10bn modernisation
Why Transport Scotland belongs to Glasgow
Stagecoach to hand back £

[15-19th June: records lost - apologies]

Monday 14th June, 2004
BBC
Firms demand transport overhaul
Major rail shake-up planned
'Chelsea will die'  [Congestion charge]
Tube gangs tackled by new powers
Financial Times  *
Airport expansion opponents get day in court
CBI calls for big rise in transport funding
Guardian
CBI seeks another £70m for transport
Independent  *
Labour attempts to move on with new 30-year transport strategy
Family find driver, 19, dead in field five hours after car crashes
Telegraph
Transport needs £252bn
Times
Hold on tight: the bus lanes are clear
Road tax  [letter]

Sunday 13th June, 2004
Independent on Sunday  *
Greener London will target drivers
Fewer trains, fares to rise, in shake-up of railways
Is this the end of the line for the privatised railways?
EasyJet finance chief under pressure from City to bail out
Observer
Aviation's great survivor  [BMI]
Motoring towards an £80,000 bill
Sunday Telegraph
Nats lands safely with £2m profit
It don't come Easy  [Stelios]
Sunday Times
Darling to curb speed camera overkill
McConnell faces ScotRail sleaze claim
Deer bridges to cut car crashes
Network Rail seeks to revamp its board
Easyjet's wings are clipped by more bad news

Saturday 12th June, 2004
BBC
Passenger ferry service revived
Steady passenger growth for BAA
Rail franchise frontrunner named  [Scotland]
Financial Times  *
Alitalia warns of liquidation risk
Guardian
West country link puts Darling on collision course
FirstGroup takes over from axed ScotRail
Independent  *
First grabs ScotRail off National Express
Telegraph
FirstGroup clinches rail franchise
Times
New way ahead for Scots trains
Airports' opponents stall plans on runway expansion
Winsor has vision of floating trains
FirstGroup to run most rail services in Scotland
Signal for integrated transport
Britain stalls aviation pact with the US
Airwise News
EU Rejects US Open Skies Deal
UK Resists US-EU Open Skies Deal

Friday 11th June, 2004
Times
Stores start new fuel price war with 2p cut
Here's another good reason why cyclists should wear a helmet

Thursday 10th June, 2004
BBC
Asda moves to cool petrol prices
Guardian
Budget airline fails to take off
4x4s into Paris won't go - if SUV ban works
BT to transform network with '21st century' upgrade
Independent  *
Ice core reveals a worrying truth about Earth's climate
Stelios 'keeps all options open' over easyJet bid
Now a budget airline fails before take-off
Telegraph
Railways 'abandon safety'
Times
Rail travel now nine times safer than going by car
Graphic: Safety first
Not a good platform for better rail
Gas-guzzlers  [letter]
Air traffic controls  [letters]
Airwise News
EU Presidency Favors Phased US Open Skies Deal

Wednesday 9th June, 2004
BBC
New link route for coastal towns  [Hastings]
Resort's council to sell airport  [Blackpool]
Airline grounded ahead of takeoff
Virgin check trains over coupling
UK loses hours to commuting
Is the world's oil running out fast?
Independent  *
Hydrogen-powered engine for new Cobra boosts profile of clean energy
Telegraph
Speculators helped raise oil price
'We need the Middle East' [US oil]
Times
Rail services to continue on separate tracks
Blame system over train delays to end
Merged Air France and KLM recover
Fuel tax  [letter]
Airwise News
Lufthansa Traffic Up In May
Air France-KLM Seeking More Cost Cuts
London Evening Standard
38C on the buses

Tuesday 8th June, 2004
BBC
New car costs 'top mortgage bill'
Britons choose car over exercise
Commuting takes more UK time
Greens highlight pollution drive
Climate threat to home insurance
What will we drive when the oil runs out?
'Al-Qaeda' threat to US airlines
Guardian
BA chiefs forgo 'inappropriate' bonuses after cutting staff
EasyJet reveals price war scars
Iata boss explains how to tame five apocalyptic horsemen
Climate change 'is costing millions'
Break out the bicycles  [comment]
Towards sustainable [air] travel  [letter]
Independent  *
Airlines told to end price discrimination
Stelios may bid to take easyJet private after fresh profits shock
BA chiefs waive £350,000 in bonuses
Telegraph
Profit warning tailspin  [easyJet]
BA bosses refused £375,000 bonuses
Airlines snub Heathrow chief
Times
Flights pollution danger was hidden, say MPs
EasyJet reviews network after renewed warning
BA bosses waive annual bonuses
Airwise News
British Airways Boss Says No To Bonus
EU Airlines No Longer Discriminate On Prices
EasyJet Sees Fuel Worries As Traffic Rises
SAS Still Cautious As Traffic Rises
Airline Worries Overshadow Airbus Output Rise
Paper Tickets To Go As Carriers Cut Costs
Star Alliance Critical Of BAA
London Evening Standard
Commuter chaos as train fails

Monday 7th June, 2004
BBC
Police detail speed camera sites  [W Midlands]
Oil prices to hit airline profits
Financial Times  *
Ministers plan overhaul of rail authority
Pilots warn on longer flying hours
Guardian
Tabloid spleen blamed for rise in attacks on traffic wardens
Share don't buy. Drivers embrace car-based transport solution
How low can they go?  [lowcost airlines]
Independent  *
Rail Regulator calls for independent body to resolve contract disputes
Telegraph
Car cost more than house
Driving a hard bargain
Times
We won't work unsafe extra hours, say pilots

Sunday 6th June, 2004
BBC
The real cost of motoring
Hauliers stage fuel price protest
Protest over congestion charging
Cameras for speeding black spot
Wind farms 'danger to shipping'
Independent on Sunday  *
SRA to be stripped of power in rail shake-up
Observer
Plans on track for new British Rail
Sunday Telegraph
Labour voters support protests over fuel tax
Motorists' misery is oil companies' ecstasy
Sunday Times
Ryanair to boost capacity with new hubs
Monopoly fears may block FirstGroup bid for ScotRail
O’Leary’s gibe at Ahern flies in face of reason
Dublin buses are world's slow coaches

Saturday 5th June, 2004
BBC
Transport police 'cash-starved'
Oil slips further after Opec deal
Fuel protesters head for Cardiff
Election day Tube strike off
Financial Times  *
Protesters offer breathing space on fuel prices
Guardian
Fuel protesters call off 'go-slows'
Union cancels election day tube strike
Transport police lack funds, say MPs
Commit to cutting carbon emissions  [letter]
The buck stops where?  [leader - air traffic control]
Independent  *
Fuel protests postponed after rethink on tax rise
Livingstone accused of secret deal to avert Tube strike
Police who protect railways are 'ridiculously underfunded'
Telegraph
Fuel protesters back down
Mandarins warn against Bowker
Times
Oil price drop takes heat out of fuel protest
Hydrogen is the car fuel of tomorrow
Green drivers get a taste for vegetable oil
Carmakers count cost of 4x4 damages
Graphic: 4x4 pedestrian protection ratings
Edinburgh Evening News
Outcry over McConnell's tolls support

Friday 4th June, 2004
BBC
Blair to review UK petrol prices
Greens urge fuel duty increases
Plans 'to counter' fuel protests
Oil slips further after Opec deal
Are you worried about rising oil prices?
Financial Times  *
Computer glitch grounds air travellers
Disruption lands air traffic in spotlight
British Airways alliance with Swiss collapses
Rail code will keep operators better informed
Chancellor to review his planned rise in duty
Guardian
Planes grounded by computer crash
Date set to abolish Skye bridge tolls
Brown rethinks 2p petrol rise
BA blackballs Swiss after fallout on frequent flyers
Brown should stand firm on rising fuel prices  [letters]
Independent  *
Air traffic computer crash brings airports to standstill
Patched-up system has a history of problems
Brown may postpone fuel duty rises to stop protests
Oil prices soar despite Opec pledge to increase output
Bowker calls summit of big rail operators
New delays plunge Spanish rail link project into crisis
Telegraph
Fuel duty rethink
Opec increase fails to meet Brown's needs
Glitch grounds flights
Forced into manual mode
Queues as long as patience is short
Times
Long wait to beat air computer chaos
Frustrated travellers sit it out in airport 'zoo'
Brown confirms plan to scrap rise in fuel duty
Rationing and driving ban to beat protests
End is near for Skye tolls after 10 years
More road tolls inevtiable, McConnell tells MSPs
I love to hear the road lobby's howls of rage  [comment]
Pie in the sky  [leader]
Airwise News
British Airways May Passenger Traffic Up
Oil Prices Threaten European Air Traffic Growth
Fuel Costs, Security To Hog IATA Meeting
Air Control Outage Grounds UK Air Traffic
London Evening Standard
Hundreds to join C-charge demo
Transport police hit by £9m cuts
Edinburgh Evening News
City chiefs 'did not look at toll options'
Chaos as UK flights brought to standstill

Thursday 3rd June, 2004
BBC
Bonuses despite Network Rail loss
Computer failure grounds flights
Opec news awaited amid fuel row
Tube strike set for election day
Pumped up? UK motorists discuss the price of petrol
Renault launches 5,000 euro car
Discounts drive US car sales rise
London hails first hybrid taxi
Financial Times  *
Network Rail hails improvements despite losses
Livingstone gets rough ride with the Tube
[Oil] Cost surge holds few fears for growth
Drivers pin blame on government
Police have wide powers to thwart protests
Guardian
Tube strike to hit mayor's election
Threat of new petrol protests in UK
How to beat the price hike
$2 rate angers US drivers
Passengers angered by huge payouts to rail bosses
In 1973, rising oil prices meant recession. Not now
Independent  *
Duty on fuel provides £23bn for the Treasury
Howard accused of electoral opportunism by backing petrol protests as prices rise
The farmers and truck drivers who almost brought Britain to a halt reignite campaign
SRA chief lobbies Cabinet to keep rail body's power intact
Greenhouse gas crisis, 55 million years ago
Telegraph
Howard backs protests
Petrol duty rise 'can go on hold'
Brown's oil myths  [leader]
Motorist banned over camera alert
I've had enough of being told what I can't do with my car
Bonuses for failing  [Network Rail]
Gravy train on time  [leader]
Renault to sell £3,200 car
The car that can see around corners
Times
Secret Heathrow plan to set noise levels soaring
Graphic: Noise increase
Brown ready to drop fuel tax rise if prices stay high
Superstore fuel deals drive off the competition
Billions of reasons to halt tax rise
Graphic: The cost at pumps
Oil price eases as Saudi Arabia loosens its grip
A quick guide to how the global oil business works
Rail bosses get £500,000 for failure
Network Rail debts to reach £20 billion
Company believes it is on the slow track to recovery
Pedestrian protest earns driving ban
Airwise News
ADP Plans Expansion Despite Accident
Fraport Sees 50 Million Passengers In 2004
Edinburgh Evening News
Road tolls 'unfair' to city centre taxpayers

Wednesday 2nd June, 2004
Guardian
Budget airlines doomed, says Ryanair chief
Oil price soars to new high
Rebels seek to halt free airport parking for MPs
Independent  *
O'Leary warns of 'bloodbath' as Ryanair suffers first drop in profits
Brown fights hike in oil price
Motorists gearing up to fight petrol price rises
Father shot in head over parking
Telegraph
Petrol at £1 a litre
The most expensive petrol in Britain
Ryanair's first profits fall
BAA faces vote over £1m 'gift'
BAA's past-it perk
Times
Petrol price fears prompt plea to Opec
BAA shareholders may clamp MPs' free parking
Ryanair makes its first loss as growth stalls
World’s second-largest carrier levies $5 on fuel
Oil price leads to turbulence for airlines
Low-cost carrier offers only turbulence for shareholders
Airwise News
Ryanair Warns Of Tough Winter As Profit Slips
London Evening Standard
CPRE: ban greenfield Thames development
All change at King's Cross
Edinburgh Evening News
First stage of 20mph school speed limit drive begins

Tuesday 1st June, 2004
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Long commutes add pounds, subtract exercise time
BBC
[Lorry] Road charge 'costly and complex'
Network Rail reduces train delays
Call for mandatory cycle helmets
Law change call over road death
Workers 'pay for shorter commute'
Financial Times  *
Train delays caused by crumbling infrastructure fall by 20%
Weight of history burdens Mersey crossing
Guardian
Climate disaster 'upon us'  [Lovelock]
Network Rail lauds progress
Getting back on track  [leader]
Aviation wars hotting up  [letters[
From Kyoto to contract and converge  [letters]
Telegraph
Homes will devastate UK
Prescott's metropolis  [leader]
Cheap flights causing delays
Pollution 'hurts fat children more'
3i steams into UK rail arena
China plans car plant curbs
Times
Chaos ahead on trains after mainline closure
Sorry for the delay: Network Rail is running 500,000 minutes late
Speeding drivers  [letters]
Airwise News
Air India To Launch Discount Airline
Edinburgh Evening News
£10m 'river bus' plan to boost Fife's links to city

Monday 31st May, 2004
BBC
City tram project to be dropped  [Bristol]
Guardian
Rail closures bring longest disruption since 1966
Independent  *
BA fears 'open skies' deal
Is there a doctor on the plane? No, they're too worried about being sued
London Evening Standard
Protesters gather at airport  [Stansted]

Sunday 30th May, 2004
BBC
Major rail works cause disruption
Oil retreats below $40 a barrel
[N Sea] Oil reserves 'may stay untapped'
New engines threaten petrol's dominance
Observer
O'Leary warns of low-cost 'bloodbath' in the skies
Eurotunnel to ditch chairman as crisis grows
Cameras to catch uninsured drivers
Cycle lane death: family plans to sue
Britain divided over calls to dump the hump
Sunday Times
Edinburgh congestion charge 'would create pollution'

Saturday 29th May, 2004
BBC
12m 'to hit Bank Holiday roads'
Rail delays hitting Bank Holiday
Airport workers vote for strike
Financial Times  *
Germans told to stop braking as petrol price rises start to bite
Guardian
Airport architect denies ignoring warnings
Making the car a star
Telegraph
New homes with mod cons but nowhere to park a car
New home buyers will not be allowed to park on the street
Times
Threat to gridlock cities over fuel prices
Airwise News
Germanwings Looks To Eastern Europe
Edinburgh Evening News
Green belt green light for parking

Friday 28th May, 2004
Financial Times  *
OFT refers National Express rail bid to competition watchdog
Guardian
Anger at 'gag' on pollution report
Independent  *
Anglia rail takeover referred to competition watchdog
Telegraph
Anglia sale running late
Times
One million take flight as holiday chaos looms
Airwise News
IATA Sees Strong [global] Traffic Rise
Airbus Sees A380 Break Even By 2010
London Evening Standard
Rail closures hit holiday travel

Thursday 27th May, 2004
BBC
Accessible transport law urged
Safety concerns on Europe ferries
'Supergun' to catch out speeders
Plans give assembly rail powers  [Wales]
Guardian
Officials try to hide rise in transport pollution
Speeders on the fast-track to court
Go-Ahead chief's defiant farewell
Independent  *
'Global warming is as big a threat to the world as terrorism'
A modest proposal to save the planet  [Mayer Hillman]
Times
Rising prices put the brake on gas guzzlers
Airwise News
Qantas' Asian Airline To Fly By November
London Evening News
Mayor: I'll sort out tube and trains next
Edinburgh Evening News
Bus firm joins drive to cut air pollution

Wednesday 26th May, 2004
BBC
Free [school] transport legal challenge  [Wales]
Oil prices resume upward progress
Ryanair contests Charleroi ruling
Airport victory in planning row  [Coventry]
Motoring through the urban jungle
Guardian
Livingstone's £4bn pledge for Tube
Ryanair appeals against loss of £3m Belgium aid
EU rules 'may put £3,000 on car prices'
Independent  *
Blair outlines strategy to cut global warming
Telegraph
EU drives up prices
EU drives up car prices
Screw the share price, this is war, says O'Leary
Times
Speed cameras to catch drivers a mile away
Labour's poor transport record  [letter]
Speeding drivers  [letters]
Airwise News
Ryanair Appeals EU Subsidies Order
Frankfurt Airport Expansion Delayed
Edinburgh Evening News
Protest on fuel to bring city to a halt

Tuesday 25th May, 2004
BBC
Oil price soars despite Saudi vow
Financial Times  *
Probe launched into Paris airport collapse
France to raze airport terminal if building proves unsafe
Guardian
Fears of new Paris airport collapse
Independent  *
Investigators are forced to leave unstable air terminal
Lufthansa in €750m rights issue
Scientist's plea to use nuclear energy starts new climate change debate by green groups
Times
Paris terminal may have to be demolished
Airwise News
Terminal Collapse A Blow To ADP Future
New Cracks At Paris Air Terminal
Lufthansa Raising Capital To Buy Planes
Edinburgh Evening News
Rail leaders outline £630m Waverley plan
Traffic tolls dodgers rat-run warning
Chiefs 'hijacked' road tolls ideas
Hotels cashing in as cheap flights take off

Monday 24th May, 2004
BBC
Municipal airport 'could be sold'  [Gloucester]
4x4 drivers 'idiotic' - Livingstone
Financial Times  *
Rail talks planned to head off chaos
Probe launched into Paris airport collapse
Guardian
New cameras to catch tailgaters
Six die as roof of showcase terminal in Paris collapses
Four die as roof section collapses at Charles de Gaulle airport
Independent  *
'Only nuclear power can now halt global warming'
Guru who tuned into Gaia was one of the first to warn of climate threat
'The ice is melting much faster than we thought'
Motoring groups oppose calls for random drink-driving tests
Telegraph
Five die as airport roof collapses
City's £500m dream lies in ruins
[Rail] Claims would cost £40m
Main rail bodies in dispute on high costs
Times
Fuel tax 'must rise to fund transport plans'
Police plan traffic cameras to clamp down on tailgaters
Five killed as new terminal building collapses at airport
Death terminal 'was a rush job'
As China gets motoring, will the pumps run dry?  [comment]
Roadwork rethink would cost jobs  [letter]

Sunday 23rd May, 2004
Independent on Sunday  *
Mayor pledges 'friendly' buses
Observer
BA wages long-haul price war
The Hummer humbled
Rail bosses hatch plot to defeat the strike
Scandal of our deadly cycle lanes
Sunday Times
Reaction tests for older drivers
Virgin eyes $1bn Airbus contract
Oil running out is our real crisis  [letters]

Saturday 22nd May, 2004
Times
Transport bar to London Olympics  [letters]

Friday 21st May, 2004
BBC
Putin U-turn could rescue Kyoto
Independent  *
Rail chiefs threaten legal action to avert nationwide strikes
Times
Rail strike looms in pay and pensions dispute
Speed limit may vary for road condition
Trains don't stop here? They do now
A380 hits turbulence while still in the factory
Fast-track race for Olympic London
Travelling the Zil lane to Stratford in super-slow time
Airwise News
US, EU Close To Open Skies Deal
Asian Airlines Can Weather High Fuel Prices

Thursday 20th May, 2004
Financial Times  *
French road toll slashed after safety campaign
Guardian
Threat of rail stoppage over pay
Rescue service radios silenced in Tube
Germans 'will make trains run on time'
Independent  *
Planestation buys stake in no-frills airline
Telegraph
Petrol tax rise still likely
Times
'Best trains' shunted to siding
Motorway congestion  [letter]
Airwise News
EasyJet To Challenge Air France-KLM Merger
Record Passenger Numbers Lift BAA Profit
British Airways Posts Higher Earnings
Virgin Atlantic Postpones A380 Deliveries
Yorkshire Post
Bridge too far for toll campaign  [Humber]

Wednesday 19th May, 2004
BBC
New Channel ferry service starts
Blair urged to halt fuel tax rise
Kennedy attack over Kyoto
Clamour for more oil intensifies
US airlines give profit warning
Easyjet challenges KLM takeover
Financial Times  *
'Widen motorways to cut congestion'
Guardian
Doubts on train safety system
BAA sees passenger figures rise
Virgin adds £5 fuel surcharge
Scientists hand Putin weapon to kill Kyoto treaty
Independent  *
EasyJet to challenge Air France-KLM merger
BAA forecasts 6% air travel growth
Telegraph
Speed cameras 'in wrong place'
BAA sets aside £100 million  [Stansted compensation]
Times
Transport mess dooms Britain's Olympic hopes
Cost blamed for delay to rail safety system
Long-haul recovery helps to lift BAA
Drivers exceeding the speed limit  [letters]

Tuesday 18th May, 2004
Independent  *
Norris pledges to make Tube safe for women
Times
Cost of not cutting carbon emissions  [letter]

Monday 17th May, 2004
BBC
Six killed in seven-car pile-up
New speed penalty plans welcomed
BA 'is still business favourite'
Financial Times  *
Speeding penalties may be graded in review
Rail union threatens industrial action
Edinburgh names tramway operator
Guardian
Safety warning as Europe's skies come close to saturation point
Flexible fines for speeding planned
A hump too far ... traffic is contained, but not the growing annoyance of car users
Rail travellers see improvements arrive slowly
Number is up for today's road user  [letters]
Independent  *
Tube and rail workers to vote on joint strike
Minor speeding penalties to be cut
Telegraph
Faster offenders targeted
Bonuses for [Network Rail] directors
The five who stand to benefit
Wrong kind of bonuses  [leader]
Times
Private motorway puts up tolls as jams loom
Speeding penalties to be reformed
Inverness has 1m aircraft passengers in its sights
Rail chaos looms as RMT prepares to strike
Oil prices have not put the economy over a barrel
Fuel disruption  [letter]

Sunday 16th May, 2004
BBC
Flexible speed penalties proposed
Ministers on fuel protest alert
Guardian
Plan looms to concrete 1,000 miles of Britain
BA cost review reaps £800m saving
New British Rail urged to conquer chaos on the trains and cut costs
Independent  *
Drivers to get flexible speeding penalties
BA's £1bn fuel bill threatens to put cost-cutting into a tailspin
Channel Tunnel link at risk of going off the rails
Telegraph
Fury over rail bonuses
Times
Speeding drivers could get six points
This is the night mail...trains return to get post back on track
London faces slow death in the high seas
BA defies airline gloom with £200m extra cuts
Motorway madness  [Ireland]

Saturday 15th May, 2004
Guardian
British Airways cuts summer holiday fares to beat low-cost rivals
Brown backs away from fuel tax rise
Corporates warm to climate change
Independent  *
BA cuts European fares as it fights back against rivals
Telegraph
BA steps up price war
Rail crime up 20pc
Times
Haulage firms demand reduction in fuel duty
Petrol cheaper than 4 years ago
Petrol prices in real terms  [graphic]
Road safety  [letter]
Gas-guzzlers rule  [letter]
Airwise News
EU Talks Tough On US 'Open Skies' Deal

Friday 14th May, 2004
BBC
Rail reform 'will be challenging'
Police 'face speed camera flak'
Upmarket 'buses' to tackle jams
Financial Times  *
Watchdog urges rail chiefs to focus on value for money
Guardian
Parking wardens want body armour
Protests loom over rising petrol prices
Air pressures give Virgin Atlantic a bumpy ride
Alarm over set of near misses by military jets
Independent  *
Emergency summit called as petrol hits record price
Short-term bonuses could tempt rail chiefs to fix results, warns NAO
Oil surge sends petrol to £1 a litre
Profit halves at Virgin Atlantic but Branson still plans growth
Telegraph
Railway report: it's the wrong type of train
Times
Armed Forces on standby to beat fuel tax protesters
Speed cameras make us hated, say police
NAO attacks cuts to Network Rail efficiency targets
London Evening Standard
Airport passenger numbers up 15%
Airwise News
Airport Operator BAA's Traffic Improves
Irish Budget Airline Goes Bust After A Week

Thursday 13th May, 2004
BBC
Near misses spark air safety call
Child car seat 'risk to lives'
Can we shock drivers into safety?
Derailment points 'known danger'  [Tube]
Guardian
Cross-Pennine upgrade tops list of plans to enhance north's railways
FirstGroup's tram-like bus will suit you, sir
Union calls for speed cuts on tube
Independent  *
Network Rail chiefs to get 20% bonus
Troubled rail contractor Jarvis mulls emergency fund raising
Telegraph
Don't like buses? It's a tram
Times
Pension and rail bid costs drag down earnings at FirstGroup
Is it a bus? Is it a tram? Is it profitable?
London Evening Standard
City workers top walking table

Wednesday 10th May, 2004
BBC
Tube train derails near station
Tube line open after derailment
BA fares rise with oil price
Oil price rises hit airline fares
AM campaigns on fuel price rises
Bikes banned on peak-time trains  [Wessex]
First Group profits edge higher
Financial Times  *
BT defends 'free flights' promotion
Tube company faces derailment inquiry
Guardian
Derailed tube train raises safety fears
Airlines pass on fuel cost to passengers
Independent  *
BA customers face air fuel surcharge as oil prices rise
Firm faces inquiry after Tube derailment
CAA unveils fresh airport charge plan
Telegraph
BA introduces £5 oil surcharge
Fourth Tube derails
Times
BA adds £5 levy on tickets to cover oil rise
Livingstone aids forgetful drivers
Error led to Tube derailment
Regulator proposes lighter touch in setting BAA fees

Tuesday 11th May, 2004
BBC
Ryanair boss says prices to drop
Oil cost forces Qantas surcharge
How to build your own airline
Financial Times  *
Rail authority 'insulated' from passenger woes
Independent  *
Too old to be wild?  [motorcycles]
Times
Women drivers safer – except when parking
Driving offences  [graphic]
EasyJet acts on Paris slots
Time for the climate doomsters to face reality  [comment - Lomborg]
Fuel prices  [letter]
Airwise News
EU Says US Air Treaties At Risk
No Fuel Surcharges At Ryanair
EasyJet Contests French Airport Slot Allocations
Lufthansa April Traffic, Cargo Rise
Air France-KLM Says Airports Key To Success
Yorkshire Post
Drivers 'to face road charges'

Monday 10th May, 2004

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Sunday 9th May, 2004
BBC
Biker deaths frustrate officers  [Hants]
Parking U-turn could end ticket madness
Independent on Sunday  *
Government review 'endangers' £20bn cash for railways
EU's Open Skies olive branch to US
Observer
Cash crisis stalls rail upgrade
Webster ponders the 'Branson solution'
Does no frills mean no profits?
Summer heat will cause deadly ozone
Sunday Telegraph
Delay hits [Crossrail] scheme
New bus lane cameras
FirstGroup's chief engineer
Sunday Times
Oil price could reach $50 in next few weeks, say experts
Railway bond plan could be derailed
European dogfight for budget airlines
Airport boss sent to Coventry
Time to open the books on ScotRail, Jack
Full-frills fledgling comes crashing to the ground
JetGreen sells flights without airport slots
Easyjet calls for FSA share probe
Cut-price cat to take on Channel ferry 'cartel'

Saturday 8th May, 2004
BBC
Price of oil breaches $40 barrier
Petrol prices reach 80p a litre
First supersize Airbus assembled
Firms battle for East Coast line
Financial Times  *
Sacked Tube driver wins dismissal case
Tourist arrivals at best level for 25 years
Guardian
Grey skies over green pleasant land  [SE housing]
Bigger, greener and with room for a sauna - the A380
More petrol price rises on way
Eurotunnel faces demise, says ex-boss
Foreign firms in east coast line tussle
Squash-playing tube driver wins case
Roads to nowhere  [leader]
Independent  *
Brown is ready to drop petrol tax rise
Larger than a 747, Europe's 'Big Bird' is unveiled
Ray Webster: The low-cost guru who is battling to survive the fares war
Telegraph
Dissent at 80p gallon
Alarm as oil hits 13-year high
Better fill your tank
C1 rider's helmet ruling
5mph driver 'almost stopped'
Partial victory for sacked Tube man
Uninsured drivers now cost £500m a year
Driven mad by the boy racers
'Outflanked by Miguet'  [Eurotunnel]
P&O ferries buffeted
Car dealers forecast bumper year
Times
Emergency fuel levy to lift air fares
Grandma pays penalty for life in slow lane
Court threat over Skye Bridge tolls
Former chairman says creditors will take Eurotunnel
Deutsche Bahn shortlisted for East Coast rail franchise
Airwise News
Ryanair Traffic And Loads Improve
British Airways Sees Traffic Recovery

Friday 7th May, 2004
BBC
Concern over new traffic figures
Criticised bus firm 'improving'  [Manchester]
New court bid over bridge tolls  [Skye]
Unions agree on Alitalia reforms
RMT threatens strike travel chaos
Oil soars despite overproduction
Turbulent day for BA share price
A wheel clamper, and proud
Financial Times  *
Alitalia jobs deal staves off collapse
France and Italy agree €12.5bn alpine rail tunnel
Guardian
Livingstone rail plan gets Blair's blessing
O'Leary thanks Ryanair staff with 3% pay rise
Prime minister rattled by surging oil price
Fuel worries could turn into Blair's despair
Blair under fire for CO2 retreat
Independent  *
Government under fire after cutting emission targets
Telegraph
SRA is 'too big for its boots'
Hewitt cuts carbon limits
Ryanair staff get 3pc pay rise
Times
Tube workers call for four-day week
Scope of railway review ‘inflated’
KLM’s first profit in three years after cost cuts
Passengers back on the move for BA
Alitalia bosses to go in new rescue plan
Why easyJet's fate had me skipping on the gangplank  [comment]

Thursday 6th May, 2004
BBC
Quiet celebrations for Eurotunnel
Tough outlook hits Easyjet shares
Rail firm's 'one' confusing name
Financial Times  *
Charge takes its toll on the M6 truckers
Guardian
EasyJet shares nosedive
Rail chief attacked over £1,500 fee paid to Norris
Independent  *
EasyJet nosedives as fares war takes toll on profits
Consumers set to gain from budget airlines' tough times
Rail chief's £1,500 briefing is just more profligacy, critics say
Oil prices hit new highs as Gulf tensions rise
Telegraph
Cheap fares in danger
Easyjet shares dive amid fears of low-fare wars
Times
One's train is about to leave from Platform 5
BAA faces Virgin and bmi lawsuit over fees
Transport taxes bring out the beast in Howard

Wednesday 5th May, 2004
BBC
Collapsed airline axes 260 jobs
Pig farmer wants airport response  [Finningley]
Air France seals takeover of KLM
Bankruptcy warning for Alitalia
Financial Times  *
Budget airlines challenge new EU regulations
Independent  *
Rail safety shake-up 'puts lives at risk'
Telegraph
Pump prices hit new high
Times
Bicycle safety  [letter]

Tuesday 4th May, 2004
BBC
Sharp rise in global air traffic
Ministers to curb rail 'insanity'
Speed camera call for fatal road  [Norfolk]
Financial Times  *
Transport minister promises overhaul of Britain's railways
Guardian
Howells calls for speed cuts to save lives
Driven down  [leader - company cars]
Telegraph
200,000 homes to be built
GNER in £25m Hatfield wrangle
Times
The thirsty £1½m car that needs only water
Fuel cell technology  [graphic]
Greener rival to overtake hybrids
Global warming action  [letter - aviation]

Monday 3rd May, 2004
Financial Times  *
Minister promises overhaul of railways
Telegraph
The science behind climate change forecasts adds up to a lot of hot air  [comment]
Times
Regional trains that run empty should go to hell, says rail chief
Hundreds stranded as airline goes bust
London Evening Standard
Bikes used by just one in 10

Sunday 2nd May, 2004
BBC
Welcome back, bicycle bell
Blunder grounds Easyjet flights
Airline goes into administration  [Duo]
Sabbath ferry service sets sail  [Raasay]
Bike camera scheme first  [Wales]
Independent on Sunday  *
Eurostar in the dark over Eurotunnel
Budget flyers left stranded by airlines
Britain has world's worst rate of asthma
Network Rail threatens union over strike
Black cabs go green as London prepares to hail 'electric' taxis
Observer
Police join the assault on speed cameras
Younger flyers also run the risk of blood clots
Howells needs hand-brake turn
Sunday Telegraph
Drivers let off penalties
Mass homebuilding scheme
Something has to be done  [SRA]
Sunday Times
Ken’s secret £75m road charge deals
Two Jags goes electric
Road noise rebels win EU hearing
Passengers stranded as airline goes bust
Non’ to new Eurotunnel loan

Saturday 1st May, 2004
BBC
Controversial road plan approved  [SW A303/A30]
Guardian
Bus miracle  [letter]
Telegraph
1.5m caught by cameras
Drought fear pushes up oil price
Times
Speed camera fines increase, but dangerous drivers escape

Friday 30th April, 2004
BBC
Traffic police chief did 104mph
Financial Times  *
Railway companies accused of market abuse
Times
Cast-offs outdo costly new trains

Thursday 29th April, 2004
BBC
Tilting train makes debut journey
Financial Times  *
UK cities face gridlock without transport reform
Terms of FirstGroup rail bid may vary
Guardian
O'Leary sets date for global domination
Getting back on buses  [letters]
Independent  *
Low-cost rivalry takes off as bmibaby arrives at Gatwick
Telegraph
Bid for Scotrail 'still on track'
SRA franchise attacked as 'flawed'
Times
Rail chief hits at bank 'windfalls'
Fares blow as First is cleared to bid for ScotRail
Airwise News
Berlin And Budapest Add To EasyJet Expansion

Wednesday 28th April, 2004
BBC
Billions cut from [WC] Mainline costs
Date set for airport court battle  [Coventry]
Airport's four million passengers  [Bristol]
Firms agree Potters Bar liability
Financial Times  *
Big cities require £70bn to improve transport
Guardian
Rail chiefs claim £2.4bn saved on tilting train line
New front opened in fight against climate change
Independent  *
Two years on, Jarvis accepts liability for Potters Bar crash
Cities need £70bn to improve inadequate transport system
Opec studying plan to boost oil price band by a third
Blair opens new front in fight against greenhouse gases
Telegraph
Rail firms share liability
Treasury blamed for jam
BT broadband goes rural
Times
Potters Bar crash firm offers cash to victims
Edinburgh road toll inquiry under way

Tuesday 27th April, 2004
BBC
Bus use falls in most UK cities
UK group to push climate process
Tunnel bulging 'effect of light'  [SW]
Lift-off for Boeing's Dreamliner
Financial Times  *
HSE set to lose rail safety role
Terminal failure enhances Mersey port plan
Guardian
Britain catches on to the bus
Ferry harnesses Severn for crossing
Hughes pledges to pedestrianise Oxford Street
Dream ticket for Boeing as Japan orders 50 7E7 jets
Independent  *
Government set to miss greenhouse gas targets
We're MAD as hell...[speed cameras]
Brum Brum: a car with your mortgage
Telegraph
Atlantic £60 fares hope
Slam-door train deadline is put back by a year
The sky's the limit for Boeing
Times
Ministers raise target for cuts in gas emissions by 20%

Monday 26th April, 2004
BBC
Civilian patrols police motorways
Train service row goes to Commons  [NE]
Calls to control low-cost flights
Guardian
Middle Britain  [leader - suburbs]
Independent  *
Suburban gardens should be cut to halt explosion in traffic , study says
Times
Germanwings 'will kick out' easyJet
London Evening Standard
'Tube in a terrible state' - driver

Sunday 25th April, 2004
BBC
Setback for cycle helmet law bid
Independent on Sunday *
City threatens Darling on plan to shorten Crossrail
SRA reforms won't get out of the station, says railway regulator
BA threatens 750 jobs in wake of union rejection of pension deal
Observer
Oil giants join climate group
Drivers warned over hay fever pills
Central pushes French freight link
Sunday Times
Richard Bowker: How I would transform Britain's railways
ScotRail franchise in thrall to the fat controller
Competition concern over First bus and rail routes in Scotland

Saturday 24th April, 2004
BBC
[EM] Airport moves to improve security
What to use when the oil runs out
Telegraph
Rail regulator attacks blueprint

Friday 23rd April, 2004
BBC
Trams 'fail to attract passengers'
Eurotunnel's finance chief quits
Financial Times  *
Airlines reject US calls for passenger details
Guardian
Tram systems 'too costly and underused'
MoD to close four RAF bases
Station parking is ticket to elite club
Eurotunnel loses finance chief
EU says Sicily link is not a bridge too far
Independent  *
BAA outlines £8bn investment plan
Light rail is too costly and unpopular, say auditors
Flooding may cost Britain £27bn a year, scientists say
'Millions more' at risk of global warming floods, UK warned
Eurotunnel in turmoil as finance chief Burge quits
Telegraph
Traffic is speeding up
Tram systems 'costing millions'
Floods bill could hit £21 billion
Eurotunnel finance chief quits
Times
BAA increases its passenger forecast by 2.5m
Alarm as Eurotunnel finance chief resigns
Britain must prepare for coming of the great floods

Thursday 22nd April, 2004
BBC
No more commuting
Airlines contest passenger rights
Retailer's fear on congestion fee  [Edinburgh]
Drunk car driver endangered train
Ford profits double as sales soar
Speed warning for loch ferries
Financial Times  *
Plan for stakes to offset £10bn Crossrail bill
Guardian
It's too late. Climate change floods are inevitable - no matter what we do
Global warming floods threaten 4m Britons
MEPs reject airline data deal
Independent  *
Congestion charge hits sales - John Lewis
Euro MPs mount legal challenge to US air travel deal
Telegraph
Tories call for speed camera crash data
£300m congestion charge
P&O plans Antwerp terminal
Times
Airlines fight plan for delays payout
London Evening Standard
Heathrow construction workers needed

Wednesday 21st April, 2004
BBC
Campaigners win super-port fight
Road improvements essential - RAC
Tube firm fined £11m
Stansted could host more flights
The world's overflowing oil reserves?
Financial Times  *
Minister rules against £600m port plan
ABP hit as UK refuses port development
Edinburgh railway station to expand
Guardian
New port rejected to save birds
Eurotunnel car traffic declines
Check-in times to US may hit five hours
Rail vandal put lives at risk
First-class fare  [train food]
Independent  *
Russia may be ready to ratify Kyoto treaty on climate change
AB Ports rocked by Southampton block
O'Leary says one low-cost carrier will fail this year
Eurotunnel sales fall as car traffic stalls
Telegraph
[Air] Fares to fall by 20pc
AB sinks as terminal scuppered
Boeing stakes all
Times
Fears for new ports after ABP is blocked
Setback alarms investors
Eurotunnel hit by 4% sales fall
Metronet fined £11m over Tube
Ryanair chief's swipe at Gdansk angers Poland
Airwise News
Ryanair CEO Sees No Ceasefire In Fares War

Tuesday 20th April, 2004
BBC
'Super-port' plan inquiry opens  [Essex]
Women drivers face higher bills
Financial Times  *
Rail authority urges shake-up to simplify network
Guardian
Wrong type of pressure halts new trains
Rail body wants to reform itself out of existence
Bowker raises white flag
Stagecoach founders share £65m windfall
Telegraph
Train companies rattled
Stagecoach hands back £250m to shareholders
Times
'Super rail agency' plan to save £5bn attacked
Stagecoach to return £250m to shareholders

Monday 19th April, 2004
Financial Times  *
Canary Wharf tube makes late entrance
Independent  *
Rail union leader vows to cause 'maximum disruption'
Bob Crow: 'I believe in peaceful civil disobedience'
Government cuts funding for environmental issues
Telegraph
Signal for rail shake-up

Sunday 18th April, 2004
Independent  *
Pollution plan cut for being too successful
London rail plan 'unworkable'
Observer
SNCF in daring move to seize control of Eurotunnel
Sunday Times
Airports to be renamed after famous Scots
Tube operator gets £4m bonus — and £4.9m fine

Saturday 17th April, 2004
BBC
Job fears over ferry cut rumours  [Hull]
Guardian
Battle over superport scheme for mudflats  [Dibden Bay]
Fur flies in catfight over airline name  ]Ryan]
Times
Will this be the end of the line for one of the greatest railway journeys in the world?  [N Ireland]

Friday 16th April, 2004
BBC
Cameras 'to replace humps'  [London]
[US] Airlines complain over fuel costs
Telegraph
Britain may face ice age
Times
Search for Channel crossing solutions  [letters]

Thursday 15th April, 2004
BBC
Train ballot threatens key routes  [Virgin]
Financial Times  *
Ford's new model shows road ahead
Guardian
London goes into reverse on speed humps
'Every time a lorry goes over it's like a bomb'
Putin adviser calls Kyoto protocol a 'death treaty'
Call time on our cheap flight hypocrisy  [comment]
Independent  *
Kyoto treaty is an Auschwitz for Russia, says Putin's adviser
Anger at £2.5bn plan to widen motorways
Miles and miles of money  [traffic wardens]
Eurotunnel board seeks state support
Edinburgh group leads bids for TransBus
Telegraph
Car seats up to 11
Britons flock to the sun
Times
Link cuts journey times to the border  [Scotland - A1]
London Evening Standard
Four-lane M25 in £3.5bn roads plan

Wednesday 14th April, 2004
BBC
Blair 'adrift' on the environment
Road improvement plan 'scrapped'  [Wales - A40]
Drivers warned against loud music
Airport to be named 'Robin Hood'  [Finningley]
Ryanair revives Charleroi service
Creditor fears batter Eurotunnel
Strike ballot for railway workers
Financial Times  *
Rail workers threaten national strike
Flights on target for Robin Hood airport
Cheap holidays draw millions abroad but Britain shows its class for the discerning
Livingstone speed hump row escalates
Postal chiefs in talks over return of mail trains
Guardian
Nottingham not so merry about Robin Hood airport
Motorists: less Motorhead, more Mantovani!
Subsiding track could sink city's magnetic levitation train  [Shanghai]
Rail mail may be reprieved
Ryanair to keep hub at Charleroi
Growing strains  [leader]
Independent  *
Kiley is offered £1m to turn round Tube
BAA reports gradual recovery from slump in passenger numbers
New fees deal with Charleroi airport gives Ryanair shares a lift
Telegraph
BAA checks in record number
Rail workers strike vote
Charleroi deal closed as Ryanair blasts Brussels
O'Leary circles over Brussels
Mail train could soon be back
Times
Record traffic for BAA as aviation recovers
Pension ballot could shut down railways
Norris will sack transport chief if elected mayor
Livingstone gets the hump over Barnet
Ryanair agrees new Belgian airport deal
Eurostar checkpoint in Brussels
Blasts of Wagner can drive you off the road
Nice and easy does it on long, winding roads
London Evening Standard
Commuters face more delays
Mayor withholds transport grant

Tuesday 13th April, 2004
BBC
Increase in BAA passengers
Blair 'adrift' on the environment
Airbus wins $1.2bn China order
Guardian
New pact could save Ryanair's Charleroi service
Rights to the roads  [letters]
Independent  *
Blair 'adrift' on environment, warns leading green adviser
The Green Audit
Telegraph
Planes and cars boom can't go on, says Blair's green team
Ryanair sidesteps ruling
Times
Cross-Channel tunnel timings  [letter]

Monday 12th April, 2004
BBC
Rail delays affect Easter travel
St Pancras closure is end of era
Guardian
Eurotunnel bosses are urged not to quit
Independent  *
Virgin train services taken over by state with £1bn subsidy
Telegraph
Vive la revolution! Vive la digging! [Eurotunnel]
Times
Wrong kind of rain blamed for increasing number of car crashes

Sunday 11th April, 2004
BBC
Heathrow ready for superjumbo
Independent on Sunday  *
New link between asthma and diesel fumes shows the campaign must go on
Eurotunnel coup threatens EWS
Observer
M-way limit may rise to 80mph to smooth traffic flow
EU ruling on slot sales may boost airline balance sheets
Why slot sales are key to airlines' take-off
Eurotunnel's entente discordante
Sunday Telegraph
Banks eye Eurotunnel
Sunday Times
New agreement keeps Ryanair flying from Charleroi airport
Ryanair’s O’Leary pushes staff to accept pay freeze
O’Leary warns Ryanair pilots of pay freeze
Eurotunnel rescue deal ‘was only weeks away’
Project Galaxie: The cunning plan to deal with debt

Saturday 10th April, 2004
BBC
Proposals for new Tyne crossing
Eurotunnel names new bosses
Chopper scours tracks for vandals
Cliff railway gears up for summer
Financial Times  *
Defra to retreat on carbon reduction
Guardian
Walkers battle with 4x4s over rights of way
Holiday opens with end of an era at St Pancras
Heat rises in Boeing v Airbus battle
Independent  *
A famous railway name disappears as St Pancras is shunted into history
Activists force vote over BP's Arctic ambitions
Telegraph
Last train from St Pancras

Friday 9th April, 2004
BBC
Easter train disruption warning
Strike on UK railways to go ahead
Eurotunnel names new bosses
'Clever' car to solve congestion
Guardian
Tunnel board alarms lenders
Independent  *
Easyjet prepared to sue in France row
Eurotunnel's banks seek urgent talks with new management
Telegraph
Eurotunnel 'rag-tag'
Times
Rail fare rises 'abuse monopoly'
New Eurotunnel board surprises with a hint of rescue rights issue

Thursday 8th April, 2004
BBC
School transport 'is in crisis'
Eurotunnel rebels secure victory
New routes lift Easyjet numbers
Greenland's ice cap under threat
Financial Times  *
Coastal areas at risk, says report
Traffic protests bring Austrian motorways to halt
Guardian
The mini-car that runs on natural gas
Global warming may melt Greenland's ice, scientists warn
Rebels sack Eurotunnel board
Black hole blues  [leader - Eurotunnel]
Independent  *
Greenland ice melt 'could put London under water in 50 yrs'
Eurotunnel banks may seize control
Fraudster who ousted Eurotunnel's board
One last throw of the dice for angry French investors
Rail unions threaten to halt trains in pay row
Telegraph
Rail unions threaten strike
Easter abroad for Britons
Guillotine falls on Eurotunnel board
Times
Rise in motorcyclists drives up road deaths
UK fatal road accidents  [graphic]
Tories U-turn on speed camera points
No-hands offender among Scotland's 'crazy' speeders
Catastrophe alert over melting ice from Greenland
Eurotunnel meeting confirms rebel victory
Lights and Eurotunnel  [leader]
The drive to vilify our motorists  [comment]

Wednesday 7th April, 2004
BBC
Tax disc fines hailed 'a success'
Crunch time for Eurotunnel board
Guardian
Drink driver went 16 miles on wrong side of motorway
French group seizes control of Eurotunnel
Deep in debt
Independent  *
Terror gas attack on Tube foiled by security agencies
Telegraph
Crackdown on 'killer' cyclists  [Japan]
Times
No-frills airlines boost TBI passenger traffic by 13%
Qantas to launch discount carrier based in Singapore
Country lane access  [letter]

Tuesday 6th April, 2004
BBC
Paddington crash firm fined £2m
Rail fine 'must go to survivors'
Call for illegal driver crackdown
Air France opens offer to buy KLM
Financial Times  *
Thames Trains receives record fine over crash
Guardian
Paddington rail crash firm fined record £2m
Virgin chief to slow down as trains speed up
Unions call for inquiry into crisis at Mayflower
Rail pension hedge fund plan raises alarm at union
Thomsonfly faces high court battle to stay in the air
Independent  *
Thames Trains fined record £2m for Paddington crash
Ryanair ends Brest route and tells customers to take a hike
Carnival targets UK in £500m cruise ship plan
£3.6m saves 'Flying Scotsman' for the nation
Telegraph
Record fine for crash
Survivors' ordeal by fire
Carnival swells UK cruise fleet
Times
Thames Trains fined £2m over Paddington crash
Passenger figures take off for BA and Ryanair
Cheap flights are the future  [Spain]
Air taxis beat Moscow's traffic
London Evening Standard
Protest at congestion charge [extension] plan
Rail idea ministers should back  [Central Railway]
Birmingham Post
Councils at odds over airport  [Coventry]

Monday 5th April, 2004
BBC
Group slams speed camera 'policy'
Financial Times  *
Terminal 3 prepares for superjumbo's arrival
Guardian
Safety fears raised by black cab price hike
Trams leave family begging for sleep  [Manchester]
We don't need all that oil
Independent  *
Private companies managing the Tube 'must step up pace'
Bob Kiley: 'We're still with the sherpas on the lower parts of the mountain'
Times
Rail delays get even worse
Tories to catch uninsured drivers with a letter of the law
Drawbacks of rail renationalisation  [letters]
Second homes are set to double

Sunday 4th April, 2004
BBC
Disabled 'to sue for Tube access'
UK pollution plan 'put on hold'
Observer
One million British cars crawl out of hiding
Thames Gateway aims for 90,0000 new homes

Saturday 3rd April, 2004
BBC
Passenger boom for Eurostar
Guardian
Go-faster Eurostar celebrates its best weekend to date
Putting rail back on track  [letters]
Independent  *
Richard Shirrefs, chief of Eurotunnel: An Entente that is not very Cordiale
Times
Clouds loom over open skies discussions

Friday 2nd April, 2004
BBC
Drastic rail reform call from MPs
Rail regulator slams report
Tube staff unprepared for attack?
Financial Times  *
MPs call for radical shake-up in rail sector
Guardian
MPs want rail revolution to tackle 'scandalous' service
MPs seek Mayflower inquiry
Network derailed  [leader]
Independent  *
Rail network out of control, say MPs
Telegraph
Railways 'out of control'
Badgers 'need SAS training'  [to cross road]
Times
Commons committee calls for single railway agency
Rail networks offer bargains to early travellers
Mayflower job fear as potential buyer goes
Jet of the future?  [letter]

Thursday 1st April, 2004
BBC
Motorists face poor driving fines  [London]
Call for expanded rail service  [N Ireland]
Opec to go ahead with output cuts
US airlines scrap fuel surcharge
Guardian
Public misled over cost of £10bn rail line  [WCML]
The £10bn rail crash - part 1
The £10bn rail crash - part 2
Mayflower [bus builder] calls in the administrators
Independent  *
Opec output cut raises prospect of $40 crude
Mayflower bows to the inevitable
Telegraph
Roads facing axe to meet rail bill
Camera policy attacked
David Ross takes wheel  [National Express]
Times
Do you drive a Porsche 911? Smile please, you're probably on camera
Rights of way on lanes in the country  [letters]

Wednesday 31st March, 2004
BBC
Budget airline takes off into row  [Coventry airport]
Scientist renews climate attack
Rail to get £14m a day to improve
Rail commuter's champ: My road hell
US petrol prices hit record highs
Financial Times  *
Air traffic charges reviewed
EU to require passenger data from airlines
Guardian
Britain forces through demand to retain EU airline passenger data
Network Rail to 'name and shame'
BMI chief scorns Virgin's advance
Generators warn of power shortages from CO2 targets
Tunnel investors have a long, dark road ahead
Independent  *
Network Rail likely to retain control of tracks
bmi threatens legal action over charges
CAA dismisses Nats as costing too much
Telegraph
£17bn on late trains
BMI blasts fees as losses halve
Times
Railway delays to be measured in seconds
Bmi halves loss but says aviation is still fragile
Airline threatens BAA legal action
Burning buses  letter]

Tuesday 30th March, 2004
BBC
Motorbike safety film launched
Go-ahead for £9m village bypass  [A167]
Financial Times  *
Maritime industry fights to get shipshape to keep rivals at bay
Independent  *
Passengers yearn for the return of British Rail
All change at FirstGroup as bus operator announces boardroom shake-up
Telegraph
Gloom over state of railway
Times
Transport troubles  [letters]

Monday 29th March, 2004
BBC
Rail's London focus under attack  [Wales]
Claim pay-outs hit road repairs
Opec mulls wisdom of output cut
Independent  *
Network Rail set to unveil £40bn plan
bmi halves losses and rules out airline merger with Virgin
Telegraph
Road cash goes on claims
Times
Tackling inefficiency in the railways  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Dangerous hole in London road budget
'Thousands not given say on C-charge plan'
New Tube safety alert

Sunday 28th March, 2004
BBC
Heathrow shake-up for BA flights
Independent on Sunday  *
Global warming spirals upwards
No frills, no car park, no terminal - it's no joke  [Coventry airport]
Observer
Greenhouse effect heats up battle of the skies
Oil giants have us over a barrel
Merger of trains and track shelved
Cruise ships must clean up their act
Faulty roads cost £100m in payouts
Sunday Telegraph
Dash to launch airlines
Long flights raise stroke risk
Network Rail wants trains
Opec's taps running
Sunday Times
Germany’s Tui in cheap flight row  [Coventry airport]
‘Smart’ traffic lights can ease motorway jams
BMI cost cutting halves airline’s losses to £9m

Saturday 27th March, 2004
BBC
No-frills flight report withdrawn
BA tells staff to stop skiving
Guardian
'No-frills decline' in fact a rise
Jarvis cleared of rail fraud
Clean, safe and speedy ... so why has the Busway worsened traffic jams?  [Jakarta]
Independent  *
Is this the end of the road for the speed bump?

Friday 26th March, 2004
BBC
Drop in low-cost domestic flights
Flights fall claim 'is nonsense'
Backing for £385m Thames bridge
China learns to travel in style
Financial Times  *
Increase in carbon emissions is just a blip, says minister
EU warned over solo greenhouse gases curb
Strong recovery leaves Alpha Airports optimistic
BA chief in new drive on sick leave
Guardian
Rise in CO2 is 'blip' says minister
No-frill air services 'waning'
Name change cannot shield Jarvis  [letters]
Independent  *
Government slams door on £8bn freight railway line
Carphone millionaire Ross takes the wheel at National Express
Times
BA chief writes to staff about 'dreadful' level of absenteeism
Country lanes  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Huge tube works programme unveiled

Thursday 25th March, 2004
BBC
Bus services 'need improvement'
Cycle helmet ban faces opposition
Maiden voyage for super-ferry  [Plymouth]
Talks over aviation job cuts  [S Wales]
Airport expansion creates 96 jobs  [Exeter]
Jarvis wins Potters Bar rail work
US petrol prices at all-time high
Big China oilfield 'running low'
Financial Times  *
BAA stays firm on Stansted expansion
Guardian
Fires force London's 'bendies' off the road
Barge to free up roads
Independent  *
Blair's drive to cut global warming hit as CO2 emissions rise
Jarvis wins contracts for Potters Bar work
King of the roadside  [service stations]
Rise of 'the centaurs' as Italians take to their scooters with passion
Telegraph
Jarvis wins contract
Buses withdrawn after fires
Times
Protest as Jarvis gets rail contracts
The car way in front of green fuel race is Toyota
London Evening Standard
Pledge to improve commuter trains

Wednesday 24th March, 2004
BBC
Travel revival means more Virgin jobs
Mayor's bid to take over trains
[London] Buses withdrawn after fires
Easyjet announces Belfast routes
Act over 'intolerable' buses  [Manchester]
Financial Times  *
UK train operators bid for more control
Network Rail probes Eurostar signal alert
Guardian
Train operators want to control tracks
Market towns in a state of siege
Confident Virgin introduces new Caribbean routes
Independent  *
Virgin to create 1,400 jobs with new routes to Bahamas and Cuba
'Bendy buses' taken off London streets in fire probe
Rail chiefs lambasted over Livingstone plans
Telegraph
Rail boss wants reintegration
Clapham Junction for rail conferences  [comment]
Times
Train company to take charge of its own tracks
Heartless planners blamed for killing the soul of England's market towns
Branson plans to double size of Virgin Atlantic
New Labour's war against the countryside  [comment]
Country lanes  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Pledge to improve commuter trains
Eurostar trains in near miss

Tuesday 23rd March, 2004
BBC
Oil boom sparks fuel price surge
Financial Times  *
UK train operators bid for more control
Out-of-town shops policy shift denied
Guardian
Planning change 'threatens high streets'
Mystery fires strike Livingstone's new bendy bus fleet
Independent  *
Darling summit to expose infighting over rail network
Telegraph
Cameras catch four drivers per minute
Times
Delay may doom £1bn London rail link
Proposed East London line  [graphic]

Monday 22nd March, 2004
Telegraph
Brown lifts [OOT] store ban
Times
Motorists' champion rips out humps and bus lanes
Jaded commuters share a common dream
London Evening Standard
London's air a concern for Lib Dems  [Nox]

Sunday 21st March, 2004
Independent on Sunday  *
Homes plan 'will lead to car chaos'
Barn owl at risk of extinction in UK as roads take huge toll
Observer
Gridlock fears as car costs fall
Rail chiefs miss £1m bonus
Green belt fears over plans for two million new houses
Sunday Times
Darling calls in KPMG to fix the railways
Airlines reject safety net plan for DIY tourists

Saturday 20th March, 2004
BBC
Flight protection levy considered
Indian private airline heads abroad
Guardian
Network Rail pays millions to sacked firms
Independent  *
BA seeks to hold down pay and pensions
Telegraph
'Carry on working' bonus  [rail]
Livingstone seeks to run trains
Conductor Ken is taking us for a ride  [buses]
Times
Rail contractors 'are paid twice' for work
Efficiency and safety of rail stations  [letters]

Friday 19th March, 2004
BBC
Rail crash charges 'less likely'  [Potters Bar]
Massive job losses at air company
Guardian
Ministers 'colluding on Potters Bar'
Rail passengers face Easter delays
Transport  [public service test]
Livingstone argues Crossrail case
Put Crossrail on track  [letter]
The price of more housing  [letters]
Times
Jarvis prosecution unlikely over Potters Bar train crash
Bombings force Tube to put mobile phones on hold
Stricken aviation firm lays off 80% of staff

Thursday 18th March, 2004
BBC
Extra police for railway stations
Delays hit lorry charges scheme
Bombardier to cut 1,250 UK jobs
Financial Times  *
Road-user charge for heavy trucks delayed two years
UK 'urgently needs' 120,000 new homes a year
Guardian
Six-month freeze on petrol duty delights car organisations
Road levy for lorries delayed until 2008
Cash-starved transport police berate minister
1,362 jobs go in train plant closures
Blast from the past: Acme Thunderer helps make the trains run on time
Independent  *
Motorists given an easy ride, lobby group complains
Case Study: Company car driver
Livingstone may run London rail network
Alstom chief to take over at air traffic controller
Speed cameras drive Cox to record year
Telegraph
1.4m new homes needed
Bombardier cuts 1,362 UK jobs
Times
Air traffic control chief ousted by board
Train factory spared as Bombardier cuts 1,300 UK jobs
White van man runs out of luck
Motoring groups welcome easy ride for drivers
Expansion plan 'spells disaster'
The housing crisis is a castle built on sand  [comment]

Wednesday 17th March, 2004
BBC
Speeding 'loophole' case rejected
Guardian
The cheap way to fly from Edinburgh to Nottingham - via Jersey
Hopes rise that Britain's last train-making plant will survive
Superjumbo hits turbulence before it gets off the ground
Branson fight for Europe grounded in Belgium
Airport and pension costs pull down Menzies profits
Trains taken for a ride  [letters]
Independent  *
Bombardier to cut 1,000 UK jobs to keep Derby rail factory working
Virgin Express creates Brussels airline
Arriva moves to avoid referral on Welsh railway deal
Airbus calls for more aerospace spending
Telegraph
Wardens get clamped
Woman finds role in male world of rail
EC to jack up motor insurance
Times
Last train factory to secure a reprieve
Welsh port deadlock could hold up Airbus
Virgin Express to merge with Belgian rival

Tuesday 16th March, 2004
BBC
Calls for more taxes on aviation
Delta warning hits airline shares
What could trains learn from planes?
Financial Times  *
Aviation growth 'to hit green targets'
New road proves 'magical' for north Wales
Guardian
MPs rail at airport expansion
Deadly strain of TB spread by air travel
Independent  *
Aviation growth 'will wreck emission target'
Rail police cut despite raised security fears
Mass air travel brings TB threat to Britain
Telegraph
Tube trepidation
Survey results has SRA steaming

Monday 15th March, 2004
BBC
Air plans 'will hit green policy'
'Train marshals' to patrol Tube
Fines due in motor tax clampdown
Guardian
Passengers voice new fears about train travel
When the best isn't good enough  [Anglia railways]
Telegraph
Untaxed car number drops
Times
100,000 drivers get £80 fines in the post today
Network Rail bid to take on stations  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Work starts on [Stansted] airport hotel

Sunday 14th March, 2004
BBC
Speed camera vans 'more visible'  [NE]
Proposed improvements on track  [ECML]
Independent on Sunday  *
City threatens Darling on plan to shorten Crossrail

Saturday 13th March, 2004
BBC
EU tackles US over airlines aid
Financial Times  *
Network Rail sees big demand for bond issue
Crackdown on car tax pays off
Tax may strike owners of homes abroad
Guardian
Jarvis seeks Tube stake sale
Independent  *
UK rail network 'could be soft target for attack'
Telegraph
Eurostar throws out revamp of structure
We're not cashing in, says Jarvis
Times
No-frills deal has impact on bmi
Reuniting train and track is best way to keep the railways running

Friday 12th March, 2004
BBC
Toll rates 'too high for lorries'  [M6]
Financial Times  *
Tubelines to gain £30m from refinance terms
Independent  *
BA shares tumble after Madrid attacks and warning of cost rises
Telegraph
Demand in China fuels oil price
Times
Passengers ready for a second battle of Waterloo
Eurostar seeks Euro-friendly title for St Pancras
Public-run trains more punctual

Thursday 11th March, 2004
BBC
Rail watchdog agrees £22bn spend
Cash injection may not be enough
Financial Times  *
UK regulator confirms rail funding plan
Proposal to merge train and track operations attacked
Tube chiefs claim track improvements
Guardian
Winsor takes powers from rail authority
Balfour tracks £100m deal
Independent  *
Cross-subsidy for Stansted vetoed
Rail deal curbs Bowker's powers
Telegraph
BAA may fight for cross-subsidies
Winsor plan to avert £7bn rail shortfall
'Network Rail cost us £40m'
M25 stress spots found
Times
New Stansted runway ‘may need subsidy’ from sister BAA airports
Rail stations head back to public control
Voters still not sure that trains will run on time
Carillion takes £33m hit from cancellation of rail maintenance work
Railways recoupled  [leader]
London Evening Standard
Architects 'to be appointed for Stansted'  [development of Stansted]

Wednesday 10th March, 2004
BBC
Scandinavia's airline faces split
Guardian
Nottingham turns out to hail return of trams
Independent  *
EU clouds 'open skies' deal after rejecting US proposal
Telegraph
Winsor puts the squeeze on SRA
Quarrier's tax rise warning
Bright idea for safety  [road safety]

Tuesday 9th March, 2004
BBC
Toyota helps Ford with green car
Independent  *
Eurotunnel slates rebel plans as 'wild and dangerous'
Investors eject chief executive of Planestation
Telegraph
Mobile phone crackdown
Times
School bus shake-up 'will put more cars on the roads'
London Evening Standard
£13m plan to end car dumping
Union wants support for rail campaign
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Grinding to a halt  [Bingley Relief Road]

Monday 8th March, 2004
BBC
Means-test for school bus passes
Motorists 'flouting mobile ban'
Rail costs are 'out of control'
Northern Line returns to normal
Work begins on 'red route' road  [Birmingham]
Fourth day of Metro strike  [Newcastle]
Profits climb at Airbus builder
Guardian
Campaigners challenge airports plan
Charting M25 stress points
Independent  *
Scientist 'gagged' by No 10 after warning of global warming threat
How chief scientist attracted heat from No 10
Telegraph
Airlines benefit from 'safest year'
Times
Parking bay that puts the squeeze on motorists

Sunday 7th March, 2004
Independent on Sunday *
Taxpayers 'ripped off' as rail spending soars
Treasury backs slimline Crossrail
Watchdog to blast Network Rail for wasting millions in public funds
Observer
Transport crisis 'will cripple economy'
Eurotunnel chief warns board may lose to rebels
Sunday Telegraph
Winsor and SRA on collision course
Eurotunnel steps up fight
Sunday Times
Stagecoach rides into Connex line furore
Rebels will sink us, Eurotunnel warns
Aer Lingus eyeing up expansion in Far East
Rail freight looks for new partners
£13m parking fines row heads for court

Saturday 6th March, 2004
BBC
Easyjet passenger numbers growing
Independent  *
Commuters brace to overhear: 'Hello? Yes, I'm on the Tube'
Times
Airports growth to face court challenge
EasyJet maintains load factor as passenger numbers rise 17%

Friday 5th March, 2004
BBC
Worker suspended over jets alert
Financial Times  *
Livingstone likely to review TfL funding
Guardian
P&O plans further ferry staff cuts
Independent  *
Arriva to drive deeper into mainland Europe
P&O ferry overhaul after £40m loss
Telegraph
Speed cameras to stay
Summer is heating up
Arriva ready for London bus boom
A tale of three cities  [Eurostar]
Times
Speed cameras secretly sited away from blackspots
Arriva confident of market share as more Londoners take the bus
P&O launches review as ferries sail into the red

Thursday 4th March, 2004
Financial Times  *
Move to widen rail competition  [Europe]
Guardian
Rail relief promised in Midlands
France on alert over rail bombs
Telegraph
SRA's train seats pledge
Times
Free buses planned for poorer pupils
Doubt over Virgin Rail stake hits Stagecoach

Wednesday 3rd March, 2004
Financial Times  *
Airline passenger checks 'permanent'
Brussels set to make rail companies pay for cross-border delays
Guardian
Two held over rail runaway deaths
Darling rejects US open skies plan
Highways Agency helps squirrels find path to love
Independent  *
US officials may check travellers at UK airports
Telegraph
Rail rethink carries £9bn ticket
[French] Trains 'hostage to unions'
Times
Road U-turn as rejected plans resurface under new names

Tuesday 2nd March, 2004
Financial Times  *
Brussels set to make rail companies pay for cross-border delays
Times
Enraged driver towed away camera
Blunder in congestion charging exposed
'Smart' car can keep elderly drivers on track
Speed cameras' proper purpose  [letters]

Monday 1st March, 2004
Guardian
All planes - freight and passenger - should pay green tax, say Lib Dems
Opposition to station closure
Telegraph
Cost of motoring

Sunday 29th February, 2004
Independent on Sunday  *
Darling planning extra £2bn for Network Rail
EUjet plans to fly 29 routes from Kent hub
Observer
Device that won't let drinkers drive
Beware mature men wobbling on big motorbikes
Sunday Telegraph
Will VAT on jet fuel fly?
Threat to Sir Richard
Payment makes car the star
Sunday Times
Fifty-year bonds to fund railways

Saturday 28th February, 2004
Financial Times  *
Rail funding deal aims to avert crisis
Telegraph
Winsor to rule on rail fees deal
Times
Honda motors ahead in fuel-cell technology

Friday 27th February, 2004
BBC
Danger driving jail terms raised
'Phenomenal' speeder jailed
Ryanair to axe Charleroi-London
Petrol fears spark oil price rise
Financial Times  *
Local communities to get more control of rural lines under rail authority proposals
Guardian
Devolution plan for rural rail lines
Go-ahead for £150m extension to Docklands Light Railway
Ryanair blames EC as it scraps Charleroi route
National Express moves in on London's local buses
Capita scents congestion payoff in foreign fields
Independent  *
Call to take signalling away from Network Rail
Telegraph
Local control for rural rail
Capita profits from congestion
National Express buys 200 buses
Network Rail seeks £10 billion
Times
Drivers will be able to see if speed cameras save lives
Police chief backs blackspot machines
Rail volunteers could keep local trains on track
London Evening Standard
Police to review speed cameras

Thursday 26th February, 2004
BBC
Howard to become 'driver's mate'
Rural rail users may run trains
Tube Lines misses delay targets
Inquiry into runaway rail trolley
Big loss for Lufthansa
Guardian
UK seeks ideas on recycling tyre mountain
Independent  *
Inflight entertainment? Watch villagers below
Times
Police denounce Tory leader over speed camera politics
Dangerous cars  [letter]

Wednesday 25th February, 2004
BBC
Bad air quality fuels 'Tube rage'
Ferry firm confirms job losses
Guardian
Tube chief blames past for failure to deliver today
Telegraph
[Child] Seat errors cost 30 lives

Tuesday 24th February, 2004
BBC
End of the road for speed cameras  [London[
'Go-slow' taxi protests planned
Flexible future for bus services
Budget airlines turn to telecoms
Poor transport 'costs UK £15bn'
Ford to open second China plant
Financial Times  *
Darling opens first control room to reunite track and train
Guardian
London defies national trend by cutting speed cameras
We need more roads, say business leaders
Telegraph
Frowning on speed
Rail spending shunted
Times
Trains run by three fat controllers
London Evening Standard
London could lose 140 speed cameras

Monday 23rd February, 2004
Financial Times  *
Network Rail to launch bond issue
Independent  *
Network Rail moves closer to agreement on £10bn debt restructuring
Telegraph
Network Rail in £10bn cash call
Times
Subsidies for rail help well-off and hurt poor, says report
London's congestion  [letter - Norris]

Sunday 22nd February, 2004
BBC
Police chief's speed camera fears
Jobs boost as Virgin ups flights
BBC stumps up for tree stunt  [J Clarkson]
Independent on Sunday  *
Supersizeport 'will destroy wildlife'  [Dibden Bay]
Observer
Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us
Key findings of the Pentagon
Drivers face hundreds more speed cameras
Sunday Times
Solo commuters to pay higher Forth bridge toll
Network Rail poised for £10bn fundraising deal
Virgin lines up east coast
Ryanair threat to close down Buzz
Soaring cost of touching down  [Heathrow]

Saturday 21st February, 2004
BBC
Runaway wagon brakes 'broken'
London drives Go-Ahead earnings
Unions condemn three-hour commute
Financial Times  *
Move to restore rail line to local control
Ministry official faces questions over Eurotunnel
US offers to ease curbs on airline ownership
Autobahn deaths boost speed limit call
Guardian
Death crash rail wagon had faulty brakes
Ghost train haunts bid to update railways  [SWT]
London drives Go-Ahead profit up 43%
Independent  *
Seaplanes and airships could help solve Edinburgh's traffic problem
London drives Go-Ahead profits 43% higher
LCR in 'contracts for Eurotunnel aid' bid
Telegraph
Brakes failed on trailer
Go-Ahead lifted by charge effect
Times
Rail chiefs head east for clues to perfection
UK and Japan rail services  [graphic]
London congestion charge gives Go-Ahead a boost in passengers
Plans for a tunnel at Stonehenge  [letters]
A means to reverse our speed culture  [letter]

Friday 20th February, 2004
BBC
Transport cost tops family budget
Heathrow third runway threat
Budget airline unveils expansion  [Scotland]
Rival bus firms battle over fares  [London-Brighton]
Alitalia board 'ready to resign'
Financial Times  *
LCR's Crossrail success linked to Eurotunnel
Cars pass food in family budget
Guardian
Transport soars to twice food spend
Telegraph
Rail crash firm adopts new name
Times
Landscape blight of lorry toll towers
Warning on dumped cars
Railmen tried to stop crash

Thursday 19th February, 2004
BBC
Germany hit by road toll fiasco
Judge wants 'rogue cars' tackled
Guardian
New doubt cast on Heathrow expansion
1 a seat for Stagecoach's Ryanair of the road service
AB Ports warns on UK capacity
Independent  *
Rail authority seeks spin doctor to boost image for £480,000
Times
Intercity bus service to offer 'no frills' trips for £1
London to Birmingham  [graphic]
Heathrow drivers may pay over the odds to go underground
TUI in airport takeover
London Evening Standard
Taxi drivers 'putting lives at risk'

Wednesday 18th February, 2004
BBC
Congestion charging 'a success'
Ferry services under threat  [Wales-Ireland]
BA moves 400 call centre jobs
Financial Times  *
London mayor hails congestion charge success
Guardian
Congestion: they clone, he crushes
Claim that wooden chocks were used on railway trolley which killed four
Independent  *
Mayor to consider twofold extension of congestion charge
Telegraph
Car charge cuts delays
Stonehenge tunnel plea
Times
London to make congestion payment easier
400 jobs are lost as BA closes call centres
Battle opens over buried Stonehenge road
Stonehenge highway proposal  [graphic[
Runaway wagon 'secured by wood'
London Evening Standard
Congestion charge 'surprisingly good'

Tuesday 17th February, 2004
BBC
Inquiry into Stonehenge road plan
Mayor to assess congestion toll
M1 repairs start on 77 bridges
UK centre of global asthma crisis
Financial Times  *
EU commissioner under attack on Kyoto
Guardian
Police focus on brakes in runaway wagon deaths
Britain tops asthma league
Independent  *
Safety fears were raised before runaway train crash
Fight begins over Stonehenge tunnel scheme
Airline pilots angry over 'needless' cancellations
Britain has world's highest rate of children with asthma
Telegraph
Union demands inquiry  [Tebay]
1 in 3 teens asthmatic
[Congestion] Charge fails to stop traffic
Times
Transport and defence in the firing line under Tory plans
Be bold Ken, and charge motorists ten quid  [comment]

Monday 16th February, 2004
BBC
Mayor's investment plans revealed
Speed trap safety role hailed  [SW]
Traffic charge 'hits retailers'
Financial Times  *
Congestion charge 'hurting retailers'
E-tailing comes of age as women spend more than men
Guardian
Call for public inquiry as runaway wagon kills four rail workers
Eurotunnel turns to rail link group for cash
Ryanair plans zero frills and fares
London companies learn to love congestion charge
Independent  *
Four die as runaway wagon ploughs into rail workers
Livingstone aims to double charging zone
Edinburgh may be next to impose city centre toll
Telegraph
Charge 'not working'
BA cutbacks could cost more jobs
Times
Mayor 'made it tricky to pay £5 toll'
Rail staff killed by '20 tonnes of runaway death'
London Evening Standard
Congestion zone 'could double'

Sunday 15th February, 2004
BBC
Ryanair 'to cut frills further'
Drivers put-off by London parking
Independent on Sunday  *
Free train tickets drive Belgians off clogged roads
Bechtel in Eurotunnel rescue bid
Observer
Pollution: now cars set to be cleaner than rail
Sunday Telegraph
'I'm not trying to blackmail governments'  [Eurotunnel]
Sunday Times
Ryanair gets stripped down for take-off
EU airport ruling threat to Inverness
Eddington flies BA Europe back into black
Tunnelling through the debt  [Eurotunnel]

Saturday 14th February, 2004
BBC
Easyjet strengthens German ties
Financial Times  *
Congestion charge zone 'is harming businesses'
Company car tax blunder hits 1m owners
Industry says record sales of trucks reflects robust growth
EasyJet to open second German base
Guardian
[Congestion] Charge has helped break love affair with car
Eurotunnel wins French freight battle
Lost for words in traffic nightmare  [Iran]
Telegraph
Eurotunnel may take Channel Tunnel Rail Link

Friday 13th February, 2004
BBC
Motorists 'admit driving tired'
Financial Times  *
Brussels urged to reject US aviation offer
Guardian
Budget airlines start Gatwick battle
Network Rail shunned by City
Telegraph
Tees ports lined up for £500m sale
Times
Buses are picking up passengers of a different stripe. A pinstripe
Harsh words and elbow-wrestling on the No 88
French railways ready to back Eurotunnel's plan to cut debt

Thursday 12th February, 2004
Financial Times  *
Air France, KLM merger wins approval
Guardian
Rail firms fined for boy's death
Non-polluting, all-seeing cars on the way
KLM-Air France merger cleared
Little light at the end of the Eurotunnel
Independent  *
Rail 'too cautious' on safety, says Darling
Brussels blesses KLM/Air France merger
Telegraph
Rail is 'a job for government'
Times
BAA cheers airlines with 4.8% traveller increase
EU gives green light to Air France-KLM merger
Not in your backyard? Think again, Mr Prescott has plans to build all over it  [comment - SCP]
London Evening Standard
Failure of rail link plea 'to cost millions'
60 people to change train timetable

Wednesday 11th February, 2004
Telegraph
Rail review may wind up SRA
London Evening Standard
33,000 homes a year for city

Tuesday 10th February, 2004
BBC
Tories want 80 mph M-way limit
British Airways profits surge
Rail booking firms set to merge
Eurotunnel's money troubles
Financial Times  *
Eurotunnel seeks to restructure finances
BA flies in at top end of expectations
Guardian
Eurotunnel begs for rescue plan
Tunnel to purgatory
Jubilant BA climbs to 12-year profit high
Qjump rail ticket outfit hits buffers
Hopping aboard the London Routemaster debate  [letters]
Letters extra: Routemaster
Independent  *
Eurotunnel calls for government support after record £1.3bn loss
British Airways readies for short haul profits take-off
Telegraph
Moves for 80mph M-ways
Eurotunnel £1.3bn in red
BA remains cautious
Trainline joins Qjump
Times
Eurotunnel seeks £2bn debt cut in latest rescue
Drive to cut costs reaps BA record rewards
State aid and transport competition  [letter - ferries]

Monday 9th February, 2004
BBC
Eurotunnel racks up big losses
Financial Times  *
Carmakers to query pollution demands
Guardian
Call for 200mph railways
Independent  *
Revenue fall will put pressure on Eurostar
Shelved high-speed rail link 'essential', Darling is told
Telegraph
Eurotunnel to head off cash crunch
Traffic ban in Italy
Times
Tunnel operator counters cash crisis
Emissions plan 'could cripple car industry'
Fine prospect of change in climate  [letter]
London Evening Standard
BA profits soar to £125m
Stansted passenger levels rise

Sunday 8th February, 2004
BBC
High-speed lines 'would shrink Britain'
Rail union breaks with Labour
China hopes for private airlines
Independent on Sunday *
Blair orders hike in SRA train targets
Channel rail ruling could close Thameslink for a year
Flying Scotsman may be sold abroad
Observer
Eurotunnel faces fresh cash crunch
Ryanair to cut routes if it loses Charleroi battle
O'Leary's protests are just so much hot air
Rail overcrowding sparks safety probe
Sunday Telegraph
Motorised resistance  [speed cameras]
Gitten's great freight gamble  [Central Railways]
Ryanair neither saint nor sinner  [comment]
Sunday Times
Global warming is real terror war says top adviser
Congestion charge cuts traffic by third
High-speed lines ‘vital to railways’
Eurotunnel in talks to head off cash crisis
Ryanair flies clear of Armageddon as Brussels spouts spin
Ryanair pilots to fight O'Leary ban on unions

Saturday 7th February, 2004
BBC
UK 'may need to scrap road taxes'
Easyjet's passenger levels climb
Charleroi wins new airline deals
Why millions are terrified of flying
Jail threat to 116mph driver
Apology over plane post delay
Financial Times  *
Visitors from the Continent offset US fall
Germany in truck-tolling talks with Autostrade
Guardian
Bus backlash as mayor rings the changes
Accessibility good, London heritage bad  [Routemasters]
Running out of road just as elections loom  [Rover]
Prescott's pet  [letter - M11 corridor]
Independent  *
Passenger numbers fly 12% higher at easyJet
Telegraph
Prescott homes blunder
Proof of global warming or just hot air?  [local weather]
Times
Drivers wage war against the hated yellow boxes
Vandals show off destruction on the internet
Teenager drove at 76mph over the limit
Rise in passenger numbers lets easyJet cock a snook at Ryanair
Freak winter weather blows hot and cold

Friday 6th February, 2004
BBC
[Road] Bottleneck report published  [Devon]
Speed camera blown up  [Bristol]
Financial Times  *
Truck charging scheme set to start in 2007
EU ruling a step in the right direction  [letter - Ryanair]
Guardian
500,000 new homes for M11 region
Anger over hit and run sentence
Watchdog blocks Stena  [Dublin route]
Clipped wings?  [Ryanair]
Telegraph
P&O sale plan runs aground

Thursday 5th February, 2004
BBC
Call to seize uninsured vehicles
Financial Times  *
Ryanair attacked for lowest fare claim
Travel delays cost managers dear
US concerns dim EU hopes for 'open skies'
Guardian
Get cover or lose your car, says ABI
Unions protest as rail inquiry jobs head off to India
Unions taking wrong line over rail inquiries
Ryanair discovers the high cost of low cost
Ground these subsidies  [letter]
Driving on  [letter - ABD]
Independent  *
Terror fears hit BA passenger numbers
Half of rail inquiry calls go to India in £100m deal
Times
Dynamite used to blow up speed camera
The train time? You're better off asking India, rail inquiries chief says
BA recovery stalls after warning on bookings
Appeals to curb roadside furniture  [letters]

Wednesday 4th February, 2004
BBC
Watchdog criticises train upgrade
Will rail review improve services?
UK ports 'getting near capacity'
Lords dismiss [Barnstaple] bypass appeal
Ryanair slates Charleroi ruling
Ryanair advert dubbed 'offensive'
How to save on your car insurance
Financial Times  *
Ryanair chief blasts Brussels subsidy ruling
Ryanair's rivals welcome Brussels decision
Workers fear a reversal of fortune in revived Charleroi
Polish roadbuilding programme stalls
Guardian
Ryanair claims EC ruling will hit budget travel, but rivals doubt it
Taxpayers' millions wasted on new trains
Lone drive to work on the rise
Ryanair chief fights back
Independent  *
Rail chiefs are blamed for series of errors over unreliable new trains
O'Leary vows to defy 'evil empire' over Charleroi ruling
Rail chiefs are blamed for series of errors over unreliable new trains
Telegraph
Fares will rise by 33pc, says Ryanair
Turbulence for no-frills flying
Ryanair attacks 'numbnuts' ruling
Another example of cut-price thinking
'Blunders' plague trains
Times
£4bn shambles of unreliable new trains
Budget fares to increase after subsidy blow
Low fares tempt Britons to buy abroad
Winged in flight  [leader]

Tuesday 3rd February, 2004
BBC
Ryanair set for aid court battle
BAA passenger numbers to take off
Maruti sees car sales rise by 30%  [India]
Guardian
PPP not to blame for derailment
They call themselves the voice of the driver. But who do they really represent?  [ABD]
No 10 ponders tolls to drive in fast lane ...
In-house rail repair 'has cut delays'
BAA profits rise despite security worries
P&O casts off container unit
Independent  *
Ruling on Ryanair threatens spread of budget air travel
Telegraph
Ryanair [shares sale] inquiry
Busy Heathrow lifts BAA
Times
Extra 2% rate on firms to help fund Crossrail
Support grows for Ryanair's airport subsidies
Airports' profits rise as passengers increase

Monday 2nd February, 2004
BBC
Ryanair vows fight over subsidies
Ryanair to appeal over wheelchair
Financial Times  *
Livingstone gambles on Crossrail funding
Guardian
Warning to travellers: expect more cancellations
Ryanair fights back over airport subsidies
Ryanair's unfair charge  [letters]
Independent  *
Rail chief's future in doubt as his role in review of network is opened to 'job share'
Telegraph
Ryanair warns of soaring fares

Sunday 1st February, 2004
Independent on Sunday  *
Ryanair ready to take on EC over state aid
Ford halts pollution label plan for cars
O'Leary on a wing and a prayer after bad week
Observer
Eddington: BA will bounce back in 2004
BA's Rod is reborn as big wheel in City
Terror plot cancels BA flights
Sunday Telegraph
Ryanair threatens to sue
O'Leary has his wings clipped
Crossrail gets green light
Sunday Times
Ryanair set to record first loss
US offers Europe 'open skies' deal
Ryanair success stalls as first quarterly loss looms
Ryanair thrust into reverse but the pilot is still in control
Aer Lingus float threat
Congestion tolls 'would cut Dublin jams by 20 per cent'

Saturday 31st January, 2004
BBC
National Express in new train deal
Ryanair loses disability ruling
Financial Times  *
Ryanair loses battle on wheelchair charges
National Express wins Greater Anglia franchise
CBI throws weight behind £10bn rail link
Guardian
Tube partners in row over snow chaos
Ryanair must compensate wheelchair user
Safety alert over rail job cuts
Independent  *
National Express to earn £140m from Anglia franchise
Michael O'Leary: Ireland's oligarch flying by the seat of his pants at Ryanair
Blair sends in 'hit squad' to improve failing railways
Airline defeated over wheelchair charge
Telegraph
Ryanair adds 50p levy
Belgians commute for free
£15m expected in rail profits
Times
Disabled flier proves wheelchair is no frill
Cat’s eyes will wink to warn motorists
BA and BAA in compensation talks after snow disrupts Heathrow flights
National Express scoops Liverpool Street deal

Friday 30th January, 2004
BBC
BA wants compensation over snow
Guardian
Any airport in a storm  [comment]
Independent  *
Train operators vie for east coast route
Big freeze brings chaos to Britain's roads and railways
Telegraph
West Coast rail chief quits
Snow causes travel chaos
Times
'Single sky' plan will unify Europe's airspace
A scattering of snow and Britain grinds to a halt
BA calls for £1m after grit failure
Hopes grow for go-ahead on capital's £10bn Crossrail line
Yorkshire Post
New setback for [Leeds] supertram plan
Rivals ready to compete for chance to run services on East Coast rail route

Thursday 29th January, 2004
BBC
Delays ahead for frozen commuters
Ryanair price-cutting hits profit
Guardian
Arctic blast seizes up transport
BA faces battle with unions over new round of job cuts
Ryanair ruling threatens cheap air fares
Independent  *
Profit warning wipes £1bn off budget airline Ryanair
Rail and road travel is disrupted by arctic blast
BA unions vow to oppose cuts in pay and pensions
Telegraph
BA to cut 5,000 jobs
Ryanair shares plunge on surprise profits warning
Even high flyers can run out of hot air  [comment]
Times
Commuters left out in the cold as midwinter bites
On a wing and a prayer: Ryanair’s hard landing
High-flyers that changed the way we live
Ryanair flies close to the wire  [comment]
London Evening Standard
4,000 face axe as BA cuts costs by £30m

Wednesday 28th January, 2004
BBC
Review of train leasing urged
Financial Times  *
Brussels to ban Ryanair from receiving aid
Guardian
Mayor in speed camera row
Ryanair to repay sweeteners
Independent  *
BA unveils plan to curb spiralling wage bill
Ryanair facing fine 'running into millions' over Charleroi state aid
Times
Council cameras target bad drivers
Grants to buy green cars go into the red

Tuesday 27th January, 2004
BBC
BA prepares 3,000 more job cuts
Rail link tunnel breaks through
Rail union set for Labour warning
New budget airline for Britain
Guardian
Research centre to tackle air pollution
Speed cameras review to focus on life-saving
Highway army ready to fight the big freeze
Virgin's new [air] service faces delay
Telegraph
Speed trap? You're covered
Times
Speed ban 'insurance' condemned
MPs put brakes on 20p-a-mile rebate for cyclists

Monday 26th January, 2004
BBC
Scrap tax disc, say most drivers
[Chunnel] Rail link work inquiry starts
Inquiry into train 'separation'  [GNER]
Financial Times  *
Drivers critical of vehicle tax system
Airline braces for Brussels ruling
Guardian
Livingstone hails Brown u-turn on tube funding
Job fears at BA
Independent  *
Government may allow Livingstone to issue bonds for transport projects
Telegraph
BA to slash 4,000 jobs
Public transport 'is poor'
Times
Bond plan to improve London transport
British Airways to announce £300m cost savings
Threat to life from global warming  [letter]
Punishment from speeding points  [letters]
Airliner safety  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Mayor may sell Tube bonds
C-charge brings car use down

Sunday 25th January, 2004
BBC
Rival opposes airport terminal plan  [W Midlands]
Independent on Sunday  *
4,000 jobs to go as BA slashes costs
Global warming will plunge Britain into new ice age 'within decades'
Ex-Buzz boss plans new no-frills flights to challenge UK rail
Sunday Telegraph
Fly to avoid sky high fares
New low-cost airline for UK
Sunday Times
Tory plan to let full cars use bus lanes
Rail chiefs fear power struggle after shake-up
Rail meddling 'like a virus'
Short hop airline launches

Saturday 24th January, 2004
Guardian
Rail safety blunder 'risked disaster'
Flying in the face of the facts
Independent  *
Rail firm's blunder meant signals were disconnected
Times
Councils taking too long to hear drivers' appeals
Boeing sees no airline recovery ‘for two years’

Friday 23rd January, 2004
BBC
No 10 denies speeding laws review
Independent  *
Rail firm's blunder meant signals were disconnected
Telegraph
Trains six years late
Times
Drivers to get speed camera points reprieve
Delayed flights decrease
Sending drivers to jail  [letter]
London Evening Standard
'Hands off congestion charging'
[Tube] Ticket problems denied

Thursday 22nd January, 2004
BBC
Assault fear halts camera plan
Guardian
Trains now only 327 weeks late
[not available yet]
Independent  *
TBI shares crash after Hochtief walks away  [airports]
Telegraph
Back off, says rail regulator
TBI bid halted
Times
Fatal crash bus firm can keep its licence
Looming port crisis could add to cost of UK imports
Capita to be axed by Norris
Climate change: speed is the key  [letter]

Wednessday 21st January, 2004
BBC
Minister: Mistakes made over rail
Family cars 'depreciate quickest'
Net users cut congestion
What's in a name  [EMA]
Financial Times  *
Civic pride in a flap over airport's title
Guardian
Storm over airport's new name
Two railway firms to cut services
BA outbid for Heathrow slots
Live in France, work in Britain and help out Eurotunnel
Independent  *
Howells admits rail crisis failure
Eurotunnel digs for more revenues to avert meltdown
Telegraph
Nottingham airport, Leics
Air crash tally falls
Times
Track and train must be remarried, Darling  [comment]
Future of the railways  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Livingstone: Make me a fat controller
France Rail Strike To Hit Eurostar Services

Tuesday 20th January, 2004
BBC
Rail industry faces huge overhaul
Will rail review improve services?  [voxpop]
New air software after near miss
Financial Times  *
Railway industry backs safety regulation change
The rail review is not a minute too soon
Ten-year plan 'hit by changes of ministers'
Future of rail institutions set to be up for debate
UK rail uncertainty continues as review looms
Show of support sees SRA chief co-ordinate responses
Air France and KLM set for fast clearance
Crossed lines  [leader]
Tories out of focus on speed cameras  [letter]
Guardian
Strife in the fast lane as new road takes its toll
[Air] Control centre gets new system
Minister orders 'streamlining' study of railways
Spot the villain in the railways blame game
Yet more upheaval  [leader]
Independent  *
Darling announces radical review of rail system to prevent 'further suffering' for passengers
Jams on M6 toll - but not on the M6
Telegraph
Rail reliability 'is key'
Darling review 'won't undermine rail regulator'
Forget the old timetable, this late train is Labour's fault
Speed rebel freed
Times
Track and trains stay separate in railways overhaul
Adviser fears ministers are tinkering in the sidings
How the railways are regulated  [graphic]
Air traffic control glitch puts 500 travellers at risk
Toll road gridlocked as M6 runs freely
Commentary: Railways need City support
Privatisation gave us safer, faster and better trains  [comment]
Votes on the line  [leader]
Congestion charge  [letter]

Monday 19th January, 2004
BBC
Rail industry poised for overhaul
Q&A: Rail reform announcement
Petty criminals 'overrun jails' [motoring offences]
Financial Times  *
UK rail uncertainty continues as review looms
New attempt to tackle flaws of privatisation
Rail body's row with regulator has frustrated government
Ten-year plan 'hit by changes of ministers'
Future of rail institutions set to be up for debate
Punctuality study must move with the times
Carbon emissions ruling has industry fuming
Guardian
Jails overrun by motorists, prisons chief warns
Rail regulator faces shakeup
Independent  *
Prescott's ten-year plan for integrated transport is 'dead'
Too many drivers are in jail, says prison boss
Telegraph
Rail review ordered
Driving offences soar
Axed bypass inquiry
Times
Too many motorists are jailed, prisons chief says
Reunite rail industry, watchdog says

Sunday 18th January, 2004
BBC
Rail chief denies plans to resign
Rail tunnel closes for repairs  [Kent]
Tram drivers on strike  [Manchester]
Independent on Sunday *
Darling set to announce big rail shake-up
Observer
Rail chief attacks 'dirty tricks'
Obese told: It's up to you
Drivers want road test for cyclists
Roadside drug tests put on ice
Sunday Telegraph
Darling plans overhaul
Bowker's enemies
Sunday Times
Regional train czars to cut rail red tape
Traffic cop with a mission bags 329 speeding drivers in one day
A derailed railway  [leader]
BA prepares to axe jobs in £300m cost-cutting campaign
Heathrow deal adds value to Aer Lingus

Saturday 17th January, 2004
BBC
M62 tailbacks after crash
Jobs blow for Stansted workers
Financial Times  *
Ministers want more control over UK railways
EU warns US of strong opposition to sky marshals
Guardian
Dismay at punctuality wheeze
Driver took 100 tests for learners
C02 cuts will raise prices, says industry
The beastly bourgeoisie  [letters - speed limits]
Flying train plan comes off the rails
Independent  *
Railway chief on brink of early departure over 'bloody' reforms
European airlines win concessions on sky marshals
Bus driver made £50,000 taking tests for learners
Telegraph
Darling orders railway shake[-up]
Rail industry still not getting there - very quickly  [comment]
Times
Ministers seek more control of railways
US fails to convince Europe over need for sky marshals
Union to fight maintenance staff cuts at Stansted
Blunkett's proposals for speed levy  [letters]

Friday 16th January, 2004
BBC
Network Rail wants later arrivals
Independent  *
Increased air pollution during heatwave killed 800 but ministers say clean air targets were hit
Telegraph
Journey times lengthened
Pollution deaths soar
Times
Airbus delivers more aircraft than Boeing for the first time
London Evening Standard
Congestion charge fine could rise
Stranded commuters walk on live tracks
Power failure disrupted rush-hour

Thursday 15th January, 2004
BBC
Minister meets MPs over [Leeds] Supertram
Financial Times  *
Congestion charge operator criticised
Car wholesaling to launch on web
Transport sector sees competition referral as blow to integration
Guardian
Charity cyclists barred from new trains
Mayor shifts away from bigger congestion charge zone
Autobahns not paying their way
Independent  *
High-speed rail link between London and Scotland postponed indefinitely
Surface problems cause speed restrictions on toll motorway
Telegraph
[Rail] Funding crisis continues
Russia's road rage
French are 'safe drivers'
Times
Penalty for congestion charge non-payers will rise to £100
Road works put brake on M6 Toll after just 36 days
New device lets your car call 999
London Evening Standard
Green buses go into service

Wednesday 14th January, 2004
BBC
Speeding levy 'not definite'
Garages fail to spot MOT faults?
Financial Times  *
A wrong turn for the Conservatives  [comment - speed cameras]
Guardian
Rail network faces £2bn cash crisis
Blair hints at u-turn on speed fines
FirstGroup in rail franchise hitch
The fast ... and the furious  [cameras]
The roadhog right cannot deny it: speed cameras work
Independent  *
Britain's chaotic railways: the report the Government tried to suppress
OFT derails FirstGroup's franchise bid in Scotland
New York Times
To Avoid Fuel Limits, Subaru Is Turning a Sedan Into a Truck
Telegraph
FirstGroup bid in balance
Times
BA blames delays on 'needless' security checks
First Group bid faces competition hurdle
Franchise processs could be delayed
Low-cost airlines give BAA busy year

Tuesday 13th January, 2004
BBC
Victim levy plan provokes outrage
Drivers ignore drug driving risks
Train firm replaces 'new' fleet  [SW Trains]
Road improvements 'need £20bn'
Eurostar 'upbeat' about 2004
Financial Times  *
[Rail] Spending accelerating since crash
Guardian
RAC wants £20bn for roads
Eurostar fares better
Independent  *
Tories accuse Blunkett of new 'stealth tax' over £5 extra fine for minor road offences
Passengers can be guilty, too
Eurostar boasts soaring traffic figures despite shaky 2003
Telegraph
Speeding costs rise
Assault on motorists  [leader[
Rail link speeds Eurostar
Times
Outrage over £5 'tax' on speeding fines
RAC calls for £20bn roads plan to prevent gridlock
RAC recommendations for future roadbuilding  [graphic]
Overcrowded station to lock out passengers
Police 'marshals' go on the buses after rise in attacks
Faster track gives Eurostar passenger record
The cost of crime  [leader]

Monday 12th January, 2004
BBC
Bill 'may increase parking rows'
More caught drink driving  [E Midlands]
Financial Times  *
Rail chief accuses critics of launching 'cowardly attacks'
Rise in tourists and Tube use marks capital's economic upturn
Industry to bear costs of recycling old cars
Guardian
Residents fight to block 24-hour work on Channel link
Freak summers 'will happen regularly'
Independent  *
GNER boss call's Virgin trains 'cheap and nasty'
Times
Car that drives on water sails to success
London Evening Standard
Airline boosts [Brussels] flight frequency

Sunday 11th January, 2004
BBC
Wildlife warning over ports plans
Courts to clamp debtors' cars
Independent on Sunday  *
Darling deal points way to rail renationalisation
Blair presses Bush to act on global warming
One in 20 drive after taking illegal drugs
Observer
Traffic police cuts linked to road deaths
Giant space shield plan to save planet
Running scared on the same old track  [comment]
Sunday Telegraph
Greed cameras
Sunday Times
Jarvis wins new Potters Bar work
Armed police on traffic patrols
Brennan urges swift decision on Aer Lingus
Runway lands developer in more trouble  [Ireland]
Metro delays hold off congestion charges  [Dublin]
London Evening Standard
Speed cameras are good for you  [published 9th Jan as The speed camera whingers']

Saturday 10th January, 2004
BBC
Fine threat for distant parkers
Guardian
Backlash at £2 fare for one-stop tube journey
This is the night mail, with its last orders
Sir Philip ducks out as Shell cuts its reserves
Fear of flying  [comment]
Independent  *
Reserves shock wipes £8bn from value of oil giant Shell
Night train that turned post into poetry makes its final delivery
Telegraph
Speed trap caught man 10 times
Shell in reserves 'bombshell'
Howell calls for rail restructure
Times
Labour repays £78,000 airport donations
How Shell blew a hole in a 100-year reputation
So I drove a little too fast . . . where’s the crime in that?  [comment]

Friday 9th January, 2004
BBC
Global warming 'biggest threat'
Climate risk 'to million species'
Climate threat: What species are at risk?
Support for Thames bridge
End of line for mail trains
Services restored on rail line  [ECML]
UK's airline blacklist published
Can Detroit dodge the bullet?
Blue-sky thinking about climate
Richer, stouter, and no happier
Financial Times  *
UK names airlines banned over safety concerns
American passport measures 'unworkable'
Appointment of rail regulator welcomed
UK moves on carbon emission targets
Guardian
Revealed: airlines barred from Britain
UK pleads for easing of $100 visa ruling
Livingstone gains £200m government support for new Thames bridge
The drivers' dilemma: pay for the pleasure of empty roads or let gridlock take its toll
A policy route less travelled - and likely to stay that way
Top scientist attacks US over global warming
No-frills flying pulls in travellers
On a different planet  [letters]
Independent  *
'US climate policy bigger threat to world than terrorism'
Airlines from eight nations banned for poor safety records
Government backs new London bridge
Telegraph
Banned airlines named
Nature thinks it's spring
Airlines blame Bush
Times
US global warming delay 'worse threat than al-Qaeda'
Winter's tale was over before it even began
Sunniest ever, but now for the bad news...
Spring in their step as lambs arrive early
EasyJet traffic levels shrug off security fears
Name the unsafe airlines, demand passenger groups
Airlines banned from operating in the UK  [graphic]
Backing for new six-lane bridge over the Thames
£67 visa rules will stop tourists visiting US, say travel experts
Fury at advice to speed on riskiest road
Post-sorting trains are now cancelled
I have nothing to be ashamed of over rail firm, says Norris
Desire to consume threatens the planet
Old hand to run 'less personal' rail regulatory board
Working on familiar lines

Thursday 8th January, 2004
BBC
Banned airlines 'will be named'
Climate fears after hottest year  [Scotland]
Speed camera error exposed
US urged to extend visa deadline
Ship shape  [QM2]
Motorists see red at 73 lights  [Dorset]
Delays on busy train route  [ECML]
Investors latch onto BA revival
Sony rapped over car music advert
Financial Times  *
UK to publish list of airlines banned over safety fears
BA travellers return despite terrorist threat
Global warming 'will kill tenth of species'
Guardian
Action now could still save some threatened species
An unnatural disaster
Keeping a river industry afloat  [Thames]
MP proposes to fine children who cycle without helmets
Network Rail's move will cost £15m, says Carillion
UK's love of motors pushes sales to 2.6m
Divorce the car, and learn to love the traffic warden  [comment]
Independent  *
Global warming will cause extinction of a million species in 50 years
Britons will need visas to visit US
Hard core of drivers ignoring drink limit
Cancer increase driven by obesity and suntanning
Lost rail contract to cost Carillion £22m
Telegraph
New car sales soar
Brits love their cars  [leader]
Travellers face visa chaos
New visa rules will hit Britons hardest
Wildlife under threat
Wildlife in peril worldwide
Rail safety defended
Times
First park your car, then pay by phone
Wildlife begins to feel the heat of global warming
Sales by MG Rover slump as UK hits record
Car sales go up a gear  [graphic]
What's black, has a big bottom and is hated by Middle England's drivers?  [comment]

Wednesday 7th January, 2004
BBC
Record UK car sales during 2003
Delays continue on London trains
Rail watchdog 'being undermined'
Confusing cockpits 'unsafe'
Milton Keynes to double in size
Financial Times  *
BA travellers return despite terrorist threat
UK transport secretary defends use of air marshals
Air traffic control's financial structure 'stronger'
 Guardian
Rail union accused of using 'rogue' tactics against staff
20m fee for air traffic rescue
Independent  *
Aslef goes off the rails with threat to employ 'scab' labour
Inquiry launched into 'dramatic' rise in number of rail consultants
December surge takes car sales to a record 2.58 million
BA revenue boost lifts terrorism gloom
Telegraph
Camera proved wrong
Nats rescue 'a success'
Times
Pilots win battle to be in charge of air marshals
One drink-driver caught every hour  [Scotland]

Tuesday 6th January, 2004
BBC
Commuters face rush hour delays
Commuters face rush hour delays  [2]
[Coventry] Airport plan causes tree fears
[Humberside] Airport defends its security
Porsche's daring expansion plan  [SUVs]
Guardian
Rail chaos after crane falls on tracks
Milton Keynes to double in size over next 20 years
Traffic bill under fire from all sides
Wardens ponder the prospect of power
Not fine for wardens  [letters]
Independent  *
Passengers dismiss ministers' plans to strip rail chiefs of power as 'tinkering'
Traffic wardens to hand out £100 fines
Telegraph
Crane causes rail delays
Bolt secures rail post
Times
Misery on trains as crane falls on track
It's the green, clean, family-friendly machine that manufacturers tell us is the future of motoring
Quiet, economical and a joy to drive
... but are these the muscle cars they want us to buy
London Evening Standard
Two more days of Waterloo rail chaos

Monday 5th January, 2004
BBC
MPs to debate new traffic plans
Tilting trains for west coast line
Tube fares rise
Air alert delays 'to last years'
Advance train bookings barred  [NW]
'Rescue' kicks off new car launches  [US]
FT  *
Travellers face years of delays to flights
Fare rise and road hold-ups mark end of holiday
Guardian
Air travellers face years of chaos
Chaos predicted as widening of M25 begins
Motorists 'face new purge by wardens'
BA to save £400m with more job cuts
Put the brake on speeding proposals  [letters]
Independent  *
Furious ministers to strip rail chiefs of power
Unhappy new year for commuters with fare rises and delays
Plan for 'super-wardens' to fine errant drivers
Embattled British Airways may cut more jobs
Telegraph
Slow road back to work
Wardens' powers 'open to abuse'
Times
Back-to-work chaos as repairs clog the roads
Going nowhere  [graphic]
Tube errors may cost you dear
Eurostar demand increases with new services
Labour plans to build on countryside
Pilots fear delays are ploy to back air marshals plan
Penalties for speeding motorists  [letters]
Pay and display rip-off  [letter]
London Evening Standard
'Secret' fares increase hits Tube and bus users
Return to rail chaos

Sunday 4th January, 2004
BBC
Drivers 'face new fines'
Two years of roadworks on M25
Independent on Sunday  *
Air passengers will face disruption for years
SAS takes off on the low-budget vapour trail
Snowflake is the SAS chief's hope in long-haul hell
Observer
Motorists face new enforcers
New Labour's contrail
Airline industry on frontline in al-Qaeda's war on the west
Sunday Telegraph
Low rates drive up new car sales
Savings plans for BA
Sunday Times
Drivers face more cameras and new fines
Breath test kit to immobilise cars

Saturday 3rd January, 2004
BBC
Train firm considers Europe travel
Service resumed on trams  [Manchester]
Independent  *
Bureaucrats ignore regional railways, says train operator
Mayor faces Labour row over traffic charge
Telegraph
M6 toll speeds up traffic
Times
Air delays will grow with new terror checks
Arriva eager to expand in Europe

Friday 2nd January, 2004
BBC
Use lower gears, motorists urged
Car crime falls but fear remains
Carmakers hope for healthy year
FT  *
'Co-opetition' across national borders vital to future of Europe's high-speed railway services
Independent  *
Suburban drivers to face tolls in congestion charge shake-up
Telegraph
Car tax instant fines
Times
Danger abroad on roads
London Evening Standard
C-charge to hit suburbs

Thursday 1st January, 2004
BBC
Pilots agree deal on air marshals
Toll's cash lift for ambulance
Guardian
Hi-tech gear needed to enforce Lakes speed limit
Independent  *
Pilots' union to allow sky marshals despite reservations
Times
Instant fines are the new 'stealth tax'
Buyers come to Brighouse for its motorway, not bright lights

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