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• Yorkshire Dales communities to miss out on cheap fuel after error by blundering tax officials

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -RURAL communities in the Yorkshire Dales will no longer benefit from cheaper fuel after blundering tax officials withdrew a discount given to two garages in error.
  
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• Wider roads, flyovers and smart motorway solutions for the south's busiest roads

  26-09-2015 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -FLYOVERS could be built along the A27 to help relieve traffic on a notoriously clogged-up section of the road.
  
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• We're ready for icy winter, say councils

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -LOCAL authorities in the region say they are ready to keep the roads running this winter during any cold snaps.
  
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• VW models sale halted in Switzerland

  26-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Switzerland temporarily bans the sale of some Volkswagen diesel-engine models in the wake of the emissions-rigging scandal in the US.
  
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• Volkswagen scandal: Europe warned four years ago that car makers were rigging emissions

  26-09-2015 02:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Evidence of 'defeat devices' found in 2011, as research seen by The Telegraph predicts that 97.5 per cent of new diesel engines would fall foul of retests in Britain
  
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• Volkswagen confirms Matthias Muller in top job

  26-09-2015 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Porsche boss and Volkswagen board member Matthias Mllerhas been confirmed as the new chief executive of the embattled German car maker.Mller had been widely expected to take on the reins after Martin Winterkorn reluctantly fell on his sword earlier this week, as the emissions-cheating scandal gathered pace. This week Volkswagen has admitted as many as 11 million cars could have been fitted with a "detect device" that enabled it to cheat emissions tests in the US and Germany, where 2.8
  
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• VIDEO: VW row 'shows no sign of slowing down'

  26-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Matthias Mueller is announced as the new CEO of Volkswagen, following the diesel engine emission tests scandal that has engulfed the company.
  
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• Video of an A380 lurching as it battles high winds during landing in Germany

  26-09-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Dramatic footage has emerged of an A380 making a hair-raising landing at Dusseldorf Airport in Germany.
  
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• VIDEO: Bus driver caught on camera trying to load e-cig for more than a minute while driving down busy Farnworth road

  26-09-2015 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -A BUS driver has been caught on camera trying to load an e-cigarette while driving down a busy road.
  
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• Tube strike set to go ahead as last ditch talks fail

  26-09-2015 02:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union based in the Waterloo and City line control room will walk out on Monday
  
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• Tube chiefs vow to keep Waterloo and City line running despite strike

  26-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Tube chiefs today defied a union strike threat to halt the Waterloo mp; City Line service next week and pledged to run a full service.
  
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• Transport for London unveils energy saving plan for wasted brake energy from Tube trains to power entire station

  26-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transport bosses hope to save £6 million a year by capturing brake energy from Tube trains before using it to power an entire station
  
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• Traffic delays ahead at busy Carlisle roundabout

  26-09-2015 02:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  Carlisle News & Star -Drivers are being warned of delays when roadworks start at a busy roundabout.
  
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• To rebuild trust, Muller should turn to his employees

  26-09-2015 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Faced with a growing global backlash, Volkswagen's new chief executive Matthias Muller will need all the friends he can find. He should start by cultivating the people who work for him.Consumers are individualists, enabled by technology and empowered by social media. They expect a lot more for their cash and are quick to shift their loyalties.As companies come to terms with this post capitalist, digital generation, they depend on accurate, consistent, and increasingly predictive custom
  
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• The Guardian view on the VW scandal: punish the guilty Editorial

  26-09-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The code that runs modern cars is powerful and dangerous. It must be much more tightly controlledWe wont ever know how many people have died as a result of Volkswagen cheating on the emission controls of its diesel engines. But the pollutants emitted by diesel engines do kill just as surely as other poisons and their victims are predominantly people who are not themselves drivers: pedestrians, or those whose families have to live near the kind of heavy traffic that anyone with mon
  
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• Taxi pledge after city attacks

  26-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Students in Cardiff will not be turned away if they want short-distance taxi trips in the city insist cab drivers, after three sex attacks in five days.
  
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• Taxi drivers fear tinnitus from working alongside car park demolition

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -TAXI drivers on the rank alongside the Carlton Street Car Park are worried they will develop tinnitus because of the excessive noise from the demolition work there.
  
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• Spider on a plane: escaped tarantula grounds Delta Air Lines flight

  26-09-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Errant arachnid forces passengers on to another flight to AtlantaBaboon tarantula escaped from container in cargo holdA tarantula that escaped in the cargo hold of a passenger flight from Marylands BWI airport to Atlanta grounded the plane and sent passengers on to another flight.Brian Kruse, spokesman for Delta Air Lines, told the Baltimore Sun that baggage handlers noticed a baboon tarantula had escaped from its container on flight 1525 on Wednesday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Silent running: Falken cut noise from car tyres by up to 10 decibels

  26-09-2015 02:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Tyre manufacturer Falken has released a new design that could cut cabin noise levels by as much as four decibels and drive-by noise levels by up to 10 decibels.
  
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• Shawcross says lack of taxi ranks will leave passengers stranded

  26-09-2015 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - A lack of taxi ranks could leave passengers stranded when the proposed 24-hour operation of some London Underground routes begins
  
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• Schools hand out parking tickets to parents parking dangerously

  26-09-2015 02:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - An Essex council is trialling a scheme that allows volunteers to don a uniform and dole out tickets to fellow parent motorists
  
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• Railway joins up with local micro-breweries for Steam Gala weekend

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -STEAM enthusiasts who appreciate real ale should head to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for its annual Steam Gala.
  
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• Racehorse trainers issue plea over 'lethal' road surface

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -LEADING racehorse trainers are pressing a cash-strapped council to urgently resurface a key road after revealing that numerous thoroughbreds had slipped over while attempting to reach their gallops.
  
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• Number 20 bus service will not return, council rules

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE cancelled number 20 bus route will not return, despite apetition of 1,500 signatures being handed to Swindon Borough Council's full meeting last night.
  
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• North Petherton parents delighted after school bus pressure pays off

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -PRESSURE from angered parents regarding a temporary bus service has led Somerset County Council into a U-turn.
  
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• New Stirling to London train service

  26-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A new rail service creating a daily direct link between Stirling and London is announced by Virgin Trains.
  
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• New dual carriageway one of several plans to beat A40 jams

  26-09-2015 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE cost of dualling the A40 from Witney to Oxford was put at £120m by transport bosses last night.
  
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• MPs and business chiefs call for early work on key Ely rail link

  26-09-2015 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Political and business leaders in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire have joined forces to urge the government to approve a multi-million upgrade of a key rail junction.
  
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• Mayor and TfL Board confirm Mike Brown MVO as Londons Transport Commissioner

  26-09-2015 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and the Board of Transport for London (TfL) confirmed the appointment of Mike Brown MVO as Londons new Transport Commissioner, following an international recruitment and selection process. Brown, who has been Interim Commissioner since July following the appointment of Sir Peter Hendy CBE as Chairman of Network Rail, will take up the post with immediate effect.Brown has been TfLs Managing Director of London Under
  
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• M6 Toll could be made FREE to use, reveals leaked report

  26-09-2015 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The M6 Toll would be made cheaper or even free to use under confidential plans by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
  
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• Londoners want new runways at Heathrow AND Gatwick, poll shows

  26-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Londoners want to see new runways built at both Heathrow and Gatwick in a huge boost to big businesses pressing for airport expansion in the South-East, according to a new poll.
  
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• Latest North West roadworks news

  26-09-2015 02:00 via burnleyexpress.net
  
  Burnley Express - If youre planning to get out and about on the regions roads between Monday, September 28th, and Sunday, October 4th, heres a list of planned and on-going roadworks youll need to know about.
  
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• Kenya will BLOW UP £15m Norwegian cargo ship after white powder was found on board

  26-09-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A raid carried out at the port of Mombasa by elite Kenya police officersdiscovered weapons and suspected drugs on board theHegh Transporter, which recently left Mumbai in India.
  
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• James Moore: The humble speech that the next VW boss will never make

  26-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Taking on the toughest job in motoring, Matthias Mller stood at a podium at the car makers headquarters and, adjusting his company tie, issued a statement.
  
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• Is India's airline sector set to take off?

  26-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Is Indias aviation sector about to see its fortunes soar?
  
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• Is Grand Central Birmingham child-friendly? And can you get a pushchair around New Street Station?

  26-09-2015 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Blogger Emma Conway delivers her child-friendly verdict for Grand Central and New Street Station Birmingham
  
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• HSinclair commented Six arrests and a stolen vehicle recovered as 100 cars stopped by...

  26-09-2015 02:00 via essexchronicle.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Police made six arrests, recovered one stolen vehicle, and stopped 22 people for driving while using a mobile phone in an operation to detect driver committing crimes and motoring offences in south Essex.Operation Keats involved detectives and uniformed officers from both the Essex and Kent police forces yesterday sharing information and using automatic number plate recognition technology (ANPR) to identify and stop drivers of vehicles suspected of being involved in crime.
  
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• Holborn evacuated: Passengers speak of terror as armed police storm Tube train after threats made

  26-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Passengers today told of their terror after armed police stormed their Tube as it waited at Holborn.
  
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• Fury of residents over Caledonian road rejig which has caused 'unbearable' traffic

  26-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - 'Our health is at risk,' say residents after redesign of layoutless than a year ago
  
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• Fuelling debate: The A40 dual carriageway option

  26-09-2015 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -ASK any Oxfordshire resident about the A40 and you are likely to find they have their own idea of how to fix the notorious route.
  
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• Four students die after coach collides with amphibious bus in Seattle

  26-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Four students were killed afteran amphibious bus collided with their coach on a bridge in Seattle.
  
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• Escaped tarantula grounds flight from Baltimore to Atlanta after spider spotted by baggage handlers

  26-09-2015 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The Delta Airlines aircraft had transported a cargo of baboon tarantulas the night before and one had escaped from its carrier
  
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• End of Shipping Forecast on long wave radio could leave sailors high and dry

  26-09-2015 02:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - After more than 90 years the days of the Shipping Forecast may be numbered due to the demise of long wave technology
  
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• East Coast Mainline cable thief jailed for nine months

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -A THIEF who brought parts of the East Coast Mainline to a standstill by stealing railway cable has been jailed for nine months.
  
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• Diesel drivers face £100 clean-up bill (Subscription)

  26-09-2015 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Drivers of diesel cars face paying up to £100 extra for fuel each year because their engines may have to be adjusted to produce less poisonous gas. More than 200,000 Volkswagen and Audi cars could be recalled in Britain to remove so-called defeat devices which
  
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• Derby Telegraph published Supersonic Bloodhound car prepares for speed record attempt with...

  26-09-2015 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derbyshire Telegraph - A CAR containing parts made in Derbyshire which will attempt to break the land speed record next year has been officially launched.Billed as the world's fastest and most advanced racing car, the Bloodhound supersonic car (SSC), has gone on display at London's Canary Wharf.The launch is the culmination of eight years of hard work by the project team mp;ndash; and more than 350 companies and universities, including firms in Derbyshire.The 13.5 metre-long car, which uses a Ro
  
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• Derby Telegraph commented Man lay down in front of train at Derby railway station

  26-09-2015 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derbyshire Telegraph - A MAN has appeared in court after he lay onthe track in front of a train at Derby station.Martin Houghton, 58, now of London Road but formerly of Flint Street, Allenton, had days earlier been arrested for having a lock-knife in his pocket when he was taken to Royal Derby Hospital following an overdose.Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard thatHoughton went to the train station in the early hours of the morningand made his way to platform six.Hegot down on to the tra
  
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• David Bysooa with cerebral palsy and autism kicked off Air Mauritius flight

  26-09-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - David Bysooa, 16, from Surbiton, south-west London, was escorted froman Air Mauritius flight at Heathrow airport when he became upset after being moved at the last minute.
  
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• Crossing to improve safety outside Peterborough school

  26-09-2015 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Pupils at a Peterborough primary school will have a safer journey to school after a crossing was installed on a busy road.
  
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• Could Cardiff follow in Paris' footsteps and ban cars entering the city for a day?

  26-09-2015 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Paris will go car-free on Sunday, but according to one Cardiff councillor and locals it's entirely possible for Cardiff to do, too.
  
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