Woman fights off Oxford alleyway attacker

crime reporter,oxford(weastar times/wp/Ebc):::

A woman managed to fight off a hooded attacker who dragged her into an alleyway in the early hours of the morning.

The 21-year-old was walking along Walton Street in Oxford when she was approached on Sunday.

She screamed for help and hit the man who ran off along the alleyway which leads into the Hart Street area of Jericho.

A passer-by heard the woman's pleas and came to her aid. She was not harmed.

The offender is described as about 28 years old, of scrawny build, with short hair and deep-set eyes.

He was wearing a tracksuit with the hood up.

Det Con Darren Pomroy said: "This was clearly a very frightening ordeal for the victim but she showed great bravery in fighting the man off and thankfully she was unharmed."

Heathrow airport reports £2.46bn in revenues::There were 471,341 flights during 2012 ::WP report

 heathrow EAA terminal......pic courtesy:::Ebc

aviation correspondent,Heathrow,West London(weastar times/wp/Ebc):::

Heathrow reported higher revenues and profits after a record 70 million passengers used Britain's biggest airport during 2012.

It posted an 8% rise in revenues to £2.46bn, with profits of £46.4m.

The company predicted further growth and said the new Terminal 2 should be completed towards the end of 2013.

But the west London airport said it is operating close to capacity and warned this would limit the UK's ability to trade with emerging economies.

There were 471,341 flights during 2012, just below Heathrow's cap of 480,000 a year.

Ticket price rises

The results from the former BAA company include Stansted Airport,which was sold after the year-end to Manchester Airports Group for £1.5bn.

Stansted's passenger numbers declined 3.2% to 17.5 million last year.

Heathrow achieved an all-time record passenger satisfaction score in a survey produced by the Airports Council International for the third quarter, but the percentage of people passing through central security within the prescribed time was below last year's level at 92.8% in 2012.

Last week, it was announced passengers at the airport face a rise in ticket prices if a £3bn five-year investment plan is approved.

Heathrow wants regulators to allow it to increase charges for airlines to use the airport, between 2014 and 2019.

The charges need to be approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA),

Under the plan, they will go up by the equivalent of £19.33 per passenger for 2012-13 up to a possible £27.30 in 2018-19.

Maidenhead's new colour-coded buses start work

pic:::new coted bus...pic courtesy::Ebc
transportation reporter,barkshire(weastar times/wp/Ebc):::

A new fleet of colour-coded buses have started work in a Berkshire town.

The nine buses will operate on a new timetable in Maidenhead and the surrounding villages, following a £1.2m investment from Courtney Buses.

The firm agreed a contract with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to offer the new buses and "timetable improvements".

The buses will run on routes 4, 5, 6, 8 and 239, with different coloured vehicles for each route.

New buses were needed because passenger numbers have doubled in the last decade and there is more traffic on roads, the council said.

The vehicles have CCTV, extra leg room and screens and announcements to inform passengers of the next stop.