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• Operations and Staff Manager (Berkshire) – First

  13-10-2015 12:49 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Operations and Staff Manager – Berkshire
  Location: Slough
  Salary: To be discussed at interview stage
  A vacancy has arisen for an Operations and Staff Manager to join our team based in Slough.
  Our people are key to the delivery of the Better Journeys for Life promise, and as an Operations and Staff Manager you will build strong working relationships with colleagues to ensure that there is a consistent team approach to achieving the required performance to ensure that Berkshire impro
  
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• Villagers forced to take seven mile detour after listed level crossing closes over safety fears

  13-10-2015 02:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - A scheme to repair and renew a Grade II-listed level crossing in Sussex has been rejected, closing the crossing and forcing locals to take a 7-mile detour
  
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• VIDEO: VW UK boss apologises over emissions

  13-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Volkswagen's UK managing director has apologised for letting down its customers over the diesel emissions scandal.
  
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• VIDEO: Inside a car emissions testing lab

  13-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - In the wake of the Volkswagen scandal, the UK government has begun spot emissions checks for other car makers. All makes of vehicle could be tested.
  
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• VIDEO: 50 years since works began on the M8

  13-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An engineer who helped design one of the busiest roads in the country explains why Glasgow needs the M8.
  
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• Train toilets bring most complaints

  13-10-2015 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Toilets on trains run by First TransPennine Express have generated a greater volume of complaints than any other rail company in the UK.
  
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• This shed is one of the last surviving examples of a Brunel-style Goods Shed left in Wales

  13-10-2015 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The Llanelli Railway Goods Shed Trust is making a bid to rejuvenate the building as a community hub and storage centre
  
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• Stansted Airport hits 22m annual passenger milestone & hopes to beat record next year

  13-10-2015 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Bosses at Stansted Airport hope to set a new record for passenger numbers next yearas it moves ever-closer to offering scheduled long-haul flights.
  
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• Stansted Airport flies past 22 million passengers a year

  13-10-2015 02:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Stansted Airport has topped 22 million passengers a year for the first time in over six years - and just eight months since passing the 20 million a year milestone - as the total number of passengers passing through the terminal increased by 15.8 in the past 12 months.
  
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• Qatar Airways signs codeshare agreement with Sun-Air

  13-10-2015 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Qatar Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Danish carrier Sun-Aira franchise partner of British Airways.
  
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• MH370 plane wreckage claimed to be found on Philippine island

  13-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Police in Malaysia confirmed they had received reports of the discovery in thick jungle on the remote Philippine island of Sugbai in the Tawi-Tawi group.
  
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• Level crossing upgrade hits deadlock

  13-10-2015 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -A bid to upgrade the gates at a 'high risk' level crossing in Sussex has fallen foul of planning laws, and Network Rail has written a letter of apology to local residents who have been protesting that the road has now been closed for several weeks. Although Network Rail sought planning permission to upgrade the crossing in June and then closed the road on 25 September, Lewes District Council refused permission a few days later, saying that the modernisation would cause 'substanti
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn calls on Labour to put pollution on the agenda by opposing Heathrow expansion

  13-10-2015 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The Labour leader warns a third runway at the airport could exacerbate the Governments 'dreadful record on air quality'
  
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• Heathrow talks up expansion opportunities

  13-10-2015 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Chief exec says building a third runway is a 'once in a generation' opportunity for the UK
  
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• Heathrow begins tendering for third runway prep work

  13-10-2015 02:00 via cnplus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Heathrow Airports Holdings Ltd has begun the tendering process for work on its £17.6bn third runway, despite the government having not yet given the project the green light.
  
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• Heathrow Airport expansion could be worth £830m to North East economy

  13-10-2015 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Building a third runway in the South East would be a boost to suppliers in the region said a report commissioned by Heathrow campaign
  
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• Glasgow Crossrail: Will the 'missing link' be built?

  13-10-2015 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - ITS long been a source of frustration for passengers who face walking across town in order to change trains.
  
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• Families of MH17 victims prepare for final report into doomed Malaysia Airlines flight

  13-10-2015 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Daily Express - OFFICIALS will today release the final report into the cause of last year's Flight MH17 crash which killed 298 peopleincluding 10 Britons.
  
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• EmergeVest takeover of Palletforce completed

  13-10-2015 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Hong Kong-based private equity investor EmergeVest has completed its £30 million takeover of palletised distribution service Palletforce. A new company - Forcefield Bidco - was established to put the deal together, which made it possible for the executive management of Palletforce to invest in the business. EmergeVest already manages more than $300 million (£195.4 million) of business investment and has interests in NFT Distribution an
  
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• Central Bedfordshire to join neighbouring councils in push for more transport powers

  13-10-2015 02:00 via bedfordshire-news.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - CENTRAL Bedfordshire Council has expressed an interest in teaming up with neighbouring authorities to receive more power over transport from government.
  
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• Camden Town station could get a new entrance to ease crowds

  13-10-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transport bosses today unveiled ambitious new plans to transform one of north Londons busiest Tube stations.
  
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• "Anti homeless bars" won't be removed from York bus stops

  13-10-2015 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -BENCH arms dubbed
  
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• Airports record busiest September

  13-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Edinburgh Airport reports its busiest September ever, while Glasgow reports its busiest September in a decade.
  
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• 400,000 VW cars in UK need engine fix

  13-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - About 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, its UK boss said.
  
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