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• Western Daily Press published Gang of quad bike riders terrorise Cotswolds sheep after dozen...

  25-10-2015 02:00 via westerndailypress.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Farmers claim a gang of quad bike riders are terrorising the Cotswolds countryside - running over and killing dozens of SHEEP. The National Farmers Union said up to 30 incidents have been reported to police over the last three weeks. Landowners claim four people on high-powered racing quad bikes have been plaguing a 30-mile area in Gloucestershire. It is claimed fences have been destroyed, equipment has been stolen and livestock has been let loose. Farmer Toby Baxter, who
  
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• WBCaroline published Highways Agency release roadworks list

  25-10-2015 02:00 via westbriton.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A list detailing planned roadworks in Devon and Cornwall for the week commencing Monday, October 26 has been released by the Highways Agency.A30 between Whiddon Down and Tongue End, east of Okehampton: road stud replacementThe westbound carriageway will be closed from 7pm on Monday, October 26 until 6am Tuesday, October 27.A30 between Tongue End and Sourton Cross, Okehampton: road stud replacementThere will be an overnight closure of the westbound carriageway on Monday, Oc
  
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• VIDEO: Protestors and police clash at station

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Protesters demonstrating in support of migrants and refugees have been ejected from St Pancras Station in London, police say.
  
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• Vauxhall cars are pumping out up to 17 times EU limits for nitrogen oxides

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Research by the University of Leeds suggests that Vauxhall cars manufactured in the past six years had double the emissions of nitrogen oxides than all other brands, including VW.
  
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• Three arrested on suspicion of drug driving - it's like waiting for buses, officer tweets

  25-10-2015 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -POLICE have arrested three North Yorkshire motorists on suspicion of drug driving in less than 24 hours.
  
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• THE WEST AWAKENS: Wyke Regis bypass back on the agenda

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A WYKE Regis bypass is back on the agenda as authorities examine ways to support growth in western Dorset with a strategic economic plan.
  
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• Taxpayers could be left with a 400,000-a-day bill for Great Western Railway trains

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - There are fears the new Hitachi trains will not be able to run as the electrification of the Great Western Railway between London and Swansea will not be completed for the May 2017 deadline.
  
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• Southampton port bosses admit defeat in bid for military port

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SOUTHAMPTON port bosses have finally lost their bid to take control of Marchwood Military Port and create as many as 400 jobs.
  
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• 'Sham' 20mph road signs are continually ignored by drivers and nothing is done about it say residents

  25-10-2015 02:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -The speed signs at the entrance to Croxley View from Tolpits Lane have been in place for a number of years, but residents say they are not enforced
  
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• Seven cars targeted in arson attacks

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Seven cars are deliberately set on fire in Wrexham, prompting a police investigation.
  
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• Scottish Ministers call for speedy implementation of Clutha findings

  25-10-2015 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - HOLYROOD ministers have called on the UK Government to make sure the findings of the Clutha helicopter tragedy report are implemented as quickly as possible.
  
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• Safety warning for Peterborough residents as clocks go back

  25-10-2015 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - With the clocks going back this weekend, the SaferPeterborough Partnership is reminding people of the importance of being safe and seen when out on the roads.
  
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• Road in Portsmouth is closed over sinkhole fears

  25-10-2015 02:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A ROAD has been closed over fears that a sinkhole could open up.
  
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• Road closure: South Road in Taunton to close for five days next week (October 26)

  25-10-2015 02:00 via thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SOUTHRoad in Taunton will be closed for five days from Monday (October 26) to allow Tithegrove Ltd to carry out work linked to a new development.
  
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• Review of the supercharged Ariel Nomad with 290bhp, off-road tyres and no doors

  25-10-2015 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Off-road vehicles (as opposed to SUVs) tend to be square, slow-moving and matt green. The Ariel Nomad is none of these things. With 290bhp and knobbly tyres, it's unique to the market.
  
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• Rail operators keen not to miss out Ipswich stop

  25-10-2015 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Rail operators will be determined to carry on stopping all Great Eastern Main Line trains at Ipswicheven after they have to run services between London and Norwich in 90 minutes, according to rail professionals.
  
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• Profits at container shipping giant Maersk sink on global trade slowdown

  25-10-2015 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- AP Moller-Maersk said market conditions world-wide have been weaker than expected and warned there will be no market recovery within 2015.
  
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• Pro-refugee activists scuffle with police at London Eurostar terminal

  25-10-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Londons St Pancras station sees second protest this month against UKs response to migration crisis in which thousands have died while travelling Activists threw smoke bombs in a clash with police at Londons Eurostar terminal during a pro-refugee demonstration on Saturday night.About 100 protesters broke through a police cordon in an attempt to reach the platforms at St Pancras station. Police in riot gear used teargas and batons against the No Borders demonstrators, according to a
  
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• Police eject protestors from station

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Protesters demonstrating in support of migrants and refugees are ejected from St Pancras Station in London, police say.
  
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• Plymouth driver and passenger grapple with a motorcyclist in road rage video

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Shocking footage show the fracas, which happened in Plymouth, after a driver accused a motorcyclist of cutting him up. The motorcyclist can also be seen swearing and kicking the car.
  
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• Pictures show teenager left with horrific injuries following alleged racist attack on Metrolink tram

  25-10-2015 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Syed Adnan Mashrur was attacked by a group of thugs at Newbold Station
  
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• Passenger killed after car crashes into parked vehicles in Merthyr Vale

  25-10-2015 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -South Wales Police is investigating the incident which left one person dead and two with serious injuries
  
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• Northfield grandad hit with parking ticket by wardens - while having heart scare

  25-10-2015 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Dave Hands, 64, fined after leaving car on double yellow lines as he sought medical help
  
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• No Borders demonstrators storm London Eurostar terminal over refugee crisis

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Charlie Gilmour was at St Pancras station in North London when about 150 protesters armed with smoke and paint bombs clashed with police as they tried to storm the Eurostar platforms.
  
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• Mystery Tube-riding raccoon identified

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A raccoon photographed riding the Tube is identified as a
  
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• Major transport conference held in York

  25-10-2015 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -BELEAGURED public transport networks in rural areas need to stop thinking in isolation and work together to create better systems, a Government minister has said.
  
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• Home-buyers' anger at unfinished roads

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - New-build home-buyers' anger at unfinished roads
  
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• Harley-Davidson's reputation as an 'old, white-guy brand' may be its downfall

  25-10-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Amid revenue losses and expected job cuts, the famous motorcycle manufacturer must face facts: its all-American bad boy image is no longer cool Its been nearly 50 years since Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper rode out on their custom Harley-Davidsons in Easy Rider. Fonda and Hopper live on in American culturelong-haired, wild-eyed expressions of bad boy cool. The motorcycles they rode? Not so much.If the 100-year-old companys recent financial results are any indication, the image of H
  
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• Guildford toddler flown to hospital after car crashes onto pavement

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Witnesses said the little girl and a two-year-old boy were thrown from their pushchairs when the VW being driven by a 89-year-old woman mounted the curb in Guildford, Surrey.
  
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• Guildford Crash: Police confirm condition of seven injured 'remains the same'

  25-10-2015 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Seven people, including a baby girl and two-year-old boy, were taken to hospital on Friday after a car struck pedestrians in Guildford
  
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• French investigators begin identifying bodies of Bordeaux coach crash victims

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The coach, carrying 49 members of a pensioners' club on an excursion, was involved in a head-on crash with a lorry among vineyards near Bordeaux, France, yesterday. Forty-three people were killed.
  
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• French coach crash: investigators begin task of identifying bodies

  25-10-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - In the worst road accident in France in 33 years, a coach carrying members of a pensioners club collided with a lorry in the Saint-milion area near BordeauxFrench investigators have begun trying to identify the bodies of 43 victims of a coach crash near Bordeaux, while examining the wreckage for answers to what caused the countrys worst road accident in three decades.Experts from a police victim identification unit set up a tented centre overnight with equipment and tables for car
  
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• Forth Road Bridge access to close

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The main road which feeds the Forth Road Bridge from the south is closing for demolition work to remove a bridge over the A90.
  
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• FEATURE: How to claim for pothole damage

  25-10-2015 02:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Sleaford Standard - The county council outlined steps people must take in order to claim for pothole damage.
  
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• FEATURE: Are spiralling pothole repair costs driving us potty

  25-10-2015 02:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Sleaford Standard - The state of our roads can drive everyone potty...but an extra mp;#163;10 million would be needed to bring our highways up to a mp;#8216;reasonable conditionmp;#8217; it has been claimed. Lynne Harrison reports...
  
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• Extension to cycleway starts

  25-10-2015 02:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - ANOTHER section of the Leyland Community Health Loop cycleway has been given the go-ahead, with work starting next week.
  
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• Drunk woman kicked off Thomas Cook flight after saying 'I hope you crash'

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The Thomas Cook flight TCX175 from Cuba's Cayo Coco Airport to Manchester was taxiing to the runway when the pilot decided to return to the terminal and call the police.
  
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• Crawley News published Trains to be disrupted through Crawley and Gatwick this Christmas...

  25-10-2015 02:00 via crawleynews.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - TRAIN services through Crawley and Gatwick this Christmas are likely to be disrupted as major engineering works take place. Passengers are being urged to check before travelling over the Christmas period as the maintenance work is carried out on railway lines in south London. This will affect both Southern and Gatwick Express services.The Network Rail project at Purley, which replaces a major railway junction, will sever the main line meaning major changes to trains to Gat
  
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• Crawley News published More women pilots wanted by easyJet

  25-10-2015 02:00 via crawleynews.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - AS well as creating 40 jobs at Gatwick through the opening of the training centre, easyJet has launched a new initiative to increase its number of female pilots.The airline plans to double the proportion of female entrants to its training programme to 12 per cent over the next two years.Currently just over five per cent of the airline's 2,500 pilots are women.This is the first phase of its long-term strategy to increase the number of female pilots at the airline.As part of
  
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• Clutha helicopter disaster: Air accident report into crash finds pilot silenced fuel warning light FIVE times

  25-10-2015 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -THE investigation into the tragedy has found the engines became starved of fuel. Experts are now recommending that police helicopters should be fitted with black box recorders.
  
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• Closures at Forth Road Bridge to cause traffic chaos

  25-10-2015 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - TRAVEL chaos was expected around the Forth Road Bridge today as the first of three weekend road closures began last night to allow the construction of the new Queensferry Crossing.
  
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• Car crashes into club smoking shelter

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Thirteen people are taken to hospital after a car crashes into a smoking shelter outside a nightclub in Porthcawl.
  
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• Call for action on Clutha report

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Scottish justice secretary urges the UK government to follow the Clutha crash report recommendations on flight recorders in helicopters as soon as possible.
  
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• Bridgwater railway station to be given expensive new make-over and better links to the town

  25-10-2015 02:00 via thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -As the Chinese Premier Xi Jinping confirmed the Hinkley deal last week with David Cameron one of the spin-offs linked to the investment is to do with Bridgwater Railway Station.
  
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• Barry_Cooper1 commented The Leicester Marathon: Road closures

  25-10-2015 02:00 via leicestermercury.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Leicester Marathon takes place tomorrow and with a variety of road closures will be in place across the city from 6am in the morning. The route goes from Victoria Park onto the city centre via London Road, St Georges Way, Charles Street and Belgrave Gate, before heading out along the Golden Mile and into the county. It will then take in parts of Thurmaston, Wanlip, Syston, Queniborough, East Goscote, Thrussington, Rearsby, Ratcliffe on the Wreake and Birstall before co
  
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• A3 advertising sign for coffee shop approved, despite road safety fears

  25-10-2015 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Costa Coffee is believed to be moving into the former San Domenico site, based on planning drawings
  
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• 13 injured as car crashes into nightclub smoking shelter in Porthcawl

  25-10-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Eight men and five women taken to hospital after Audi A4 hits shelter outside Streets nightclub in town on south Wales coastThirteen people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a smoking shelter outside a nightclub.Police and paramedics responded to the collision involving an Audi A4 outside Streets nightclub, in John Street, Porthcawl, about 1am on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• 12 injured as car and tram crash

  25-10-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Twelve people were taken to hospital on Friday night following a crash between a car and a Luas tram in Dublin.
  
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