Fishburn Hedges

20.01.2012

The Costa Concordia disaster dominated the news this week, resulting in stories and images that have both amazed and made us gasp. Many have commented on how the whole thing looks like a film set, yet the risks to the environment and the Tuscan Archipelago National Park are very real.

Other travel news included continued cable theft from railways in the UK, a growing problem, which came to a head this week, heaping misery on London’s commuters. Customer frustration was compounded by the fact that a PR week/OnePoll survey (published on page 28 of this week’s print edition) found that the cost of travel is the public’s biggest frustration with rail services – at 45 %, with 57% of respondents blaming the rail companies rather than the Government for the increases.

Boris Island also came one step closer, with the Government announcing that it is to hold a formal consultation on UK aviation - including controversial plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary, although BA won’t be checking-in anytime soon, with the Lib Dems looking to ground the idea.

The week in a tweet: Ian Hislop about to speak at inquiry; #Leveson has just requested that Paul Merton sits at the other desk and makes whimsical interjections.