Four groups make final rail bids - From BBC - Final bids are being invited from the four groups who want to operate services on the main rail line between London and Scotland. 06-10-2004 Return rail fare 'hiked' by 170% - From BBC - Central Trains has abolished cheap day return tickets on journeys of more than 50 miles, causing one fare effectively to soar by about 170%. 06-10-2004 'Move cars' appeal to residents - From BBC - A 100-day campaign is being launched to make Barnsley a cleaner place. 06-10-2004 Arrest after bus shelter vanishes - From BBC - A 60-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft after a new bus shelter disappeared within hours of being put up on Tuesday. 06-10-2004 Black cab firm reduces its losses - From BBC - London Taxis International, the Coventry-based firm which makes black cabs, has seen a significant drop in its pre-tax losses. 06-10-2004 Boss cleared on transporter death - From BBC - The boss of a road haulage company has been found not guilty of manslaughter, after a car transporter careered off the road and killed an elderly woman. 06-10-2004 Bravery awards for rescue heroes - From BBC - The skipper of a lifeboat which was nearly swamped by dangerous seas during the rescue of a teenage girl has been given a bravery award. 06-10-2004 Bus crashes on rail line bridge - From BBC - A bus crashed through railings after colliding with a car and ended up in danger of falling onto a rail line with a 20ft embankment, police have said. 06-10-2004 Bus firm counts cost of dodgers - From BBC - A bus company says it has lost nearly £20,000 in one month because of fare dodgers. 06-10-2004 Council backs docks refurb plan - From BBC - Major work could start on the regeneration of Gloucester docks before the end of the year. 06-10-2004 Court blocks rail freight strike - From BBC - A strike by EWS rail freight workers has been temporarily blocked by the High Court in a row over its legality. 06-10-2004 Cyclist killed in lorry collision - From BBC - A cyclist has been killed in a collision with a lorry in Lincolnshire. 06-10-2004 Driver 'may have been distracted' - From BBC - A driver who knocked down a 69-year-old woman could have been distracted by a speed camera, a coroner said. 06-10-2004 Drivers 'think rural roads safe' - From BBC - Many town-based drivers think it safe to speed in the country, a government survey published on Wednesday suggests. 06-10-2004 Ferries powered by solar energy - From BBC - Passenger ferries on one of Cumbria's most popular lakes will soon be powered by solar energy. 06-10-2004 Ferry company stops live exports - From BBC - An Ipswich ferry company is to stop carrying live animals on its vessels. 06-10-2004 Firms fined over rail link death - From BBC - Three companies have been fined a total of £100,000 at Maidstone Crown Court for breaches of health and safety laws that led to the death of a scaffolder. 06-10-2004 Further road closures in Guernsey - From BBC - Gridlock on roads in Guernsey is likely to continue as three major road closures coincide this week. 06-10-2004 Gatwick 12-hour walkout now over - From BBC - A 12-hour strike by baggage handlers at Gatwick Airport on Wednesday failed to have an affect on flights. 06-10-2004 Girl, 8, seriously hurt in crash - From BBC - An eight-year-old girl has suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car. 06-10-2004 Lift sharing could ease traffic - From BBC - Sharing lifts to work could help reduce traffic congestion in Guernsey, according to the UK's largest car-sharing company. 06-10-2004 Link road protests 'will be huge' - From BBC - Environmental campaigners are threatening protests on a scale of Newbury and Twyford Down over a link road through greenfield land in Sussex. 06-10-2004 Memorial marks Paddington crash - From BBC - Survivors and relatives of the victims of the Paddington rail crash have attended a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the tragedy. 06-10-2004 MG Rover dealt further sales blow - From BBC - MG Rover car sales have suffered a sharp fall in sales for the second month running, industry figures show. 06-10-2004 Minister visits £28m bypass site - From BBC - Work on a £28m bypass to relieve congestion on one of Cambridgeshire's busiest roads has got underway with a visit from the transport minister. 06-10-2004 New 30 and 40mph zones kill speed - From BBC - New 30mph and 40mph speed limits will be introduced to a number of roads in Oxfordshire in a bid to cut the number of people killed in accidents. 06-10-2004 New checks on city taxi drivers - From BBC - More rigorous guidelines are being proposed over the issuing of taxi licences in Bradford. 06-10-2004 New inquiry into boy's bus death - From BBC - Police are to reinvestigate the events which led to the death of a south Wales schoolboy in a bus crash. 06-10-2004 New waiting room for city station - From BBC - Planning permission has been granted for a new waiting room at Sheffield station as the latest stage in the redevelopment of the building. 06-10-2004 Pedestrians injured in collision - From BBC - A group of pedestrians have been injured on a city street after a car mounted a pavement and hit them. 06-10-2004 Police name death crash passenger - From BBC - A man who died after a crash while being pursued by police has been named. 06-10-2004 Pool crash car victim is named - From BBC - A man who died when a car landed upside down in a swimming pool has been named by police. 06-10-2004 Prescott backs plan to reopen branch rail lines - From Guardian Unlimited - Forty years after the government chopped the heart out of Yorkshire's railways, civil servants are to meet in Leeds to appeal for help in reopening lines and getting branch services running again. 06-10-2004 Rail death boy family speak out - From BBC - The family of a boy killed by a train have urged children to keep away from the railway tracks. 06-10-2004 Rail workers killed after being hit by repair truck - From Guardian Unlimited - Two rail workers were killed yesterday morning when they were hit by a repair truck at a project involving three firms under contract to Network Rail. 06-10-2004 Road death toll passes 2003 total - From BBC - More people have been killed in road crashes in Cornwall so far this year than in the whole of 2003. 06-10-2004 Row over chopping back of rail hedge - From Cambridge News - RESIDENTS in Great Shelford are furious that more than 100 conifer trees which shield them from the Cambridge to Liverpool Street railway line are being cut back without their permission. 06-10-2004 Speed cameras slow bridge traffic - From BBC - Mobile speed cameras are being used to slow motorists using the Second Severn Crossing after a series of high-speed accidents in recent years. 06-10-2004 Speeding drivers given education - From BBC - Drivers caught speeding in Rochester are attending an education evening instead of paying a fine and having points added to their licences. 06-10-2004 Success for steam train project - From BBC - More than 13,000 people have visited a rail project in two-and-a-half months since steam trains were brought back to a stretch of track. 06-10-2004 Super-trams win support from Prescott - From Guardian Unlimited - The government is under pressure to revive plans for a string of new and expanded super-tram projects in English cities, particularly in Leeds and Manchester, after pressure from John Prescott and local MPs. 06-10-2004 Toll road protest - From IC Network - Angry homeowners are planning a mass march against the Government's proposed toll road to run alongside the M6 in Staffordshire. 06-10-2004 Traffic chaos after M62 pile-up - From BBC - Traffic was brought to a standstill on the M62 in West Yorkshire on Wednesday night following a pile-up involving six vehicles, police said. 06-10-2004 Tram will 'definitely' extend to The Palace - From IC Network - KEN Livingstone has given his clearest indication yet that Croydon's tram network will be extended to Crystal Palace. 06-10-2004 Tube Lines boss's £100,000 bonus - From Guardian Unlimited - The private engineering firm Tube Lines, which runs a third of the London Underground, made profits of more than £100,000 a day and paid a six-figure bonus to its boss last year despite failing to meet its targets for running trains on time. 06-10-2004 Union angered by Tube boss bonus - From BBC - A £100,000 bonus paid to the boss of a private Tube maintenance firm has angered a union. 06-10-2004
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