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• Unilever and Tesla identified as faces of sustainable business ahead of Paris

  17-11-2015 01:00 via edie.net
  
  Other News Sources -Consumer goods firm Unilever and Elon Musk's Tesla have been identified by global sustainability experts as having made the biggest contribution to climate solutions over the past five years.
  
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• UK to double spending on aviation security to counter terror threat

  17-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - SPENDING on aviation security will double over the next five years as the UK counters the threat from Islamist terrorism.
  
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• Uber: why the worlds biggest ride-sharing company has no drivers

  17-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Ubers carefully constructed public policy is designed to skirt regulationsso the person behind the wheel of your car is a partner or even a customerAt the beginning of last summer, Uber had about 80,000 regular drivers in the US. By the end of the season, it had none. The ride-sharing company had decided to call them driver-partners instead.Driver-partners, according to an upbeat paper written by Ubers head of economic research in January, are workers who choose to provide car rid
  
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• Train with two decks 'will ease crowded commutes': Plans for new stock that will overcome low tunnels and narrow rails reaches final of design competition Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3321480/Double-decker-trains-brought-ease-overc

  17-11-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Train with two decks 'will ease crowded commutes': Plans for new stock that will overcome low tunnels and narrow rails reaches final of design competition
  
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• Train with two decks 'will ease crowded commutes':

  17-11-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Train with two decks 'will ease crowded commutes': Plans for new stock that will overcome low tunnels and narrow rails reaches final of design competition
  
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• Train fire leads to rail delays between Redhill and Guildford

  17-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -All lines have reopened but operator Great Western Railway warned delays would continue into Monday afternoon
  
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• Suspected vandalism disrupts West Midlands trains

  17-11-2015 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Two fires alongside a railway in the West Midlands have caused serious disruption, after signal cables were damaged. Network Rail says the incidents appear to have been caused by vandalism. The fires, at Canley, have resulted in delays on the main line through Coventry, and there are also no trains running between there and Leamington Spa.
  
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• South West Trains provide 800 more spaces for Guildford to London Waterloo passengers

  17-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Rush hour services will be provided with two extra carriages as the government begins public consultation into the South Western franchise
  
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• Ryanair Holdings plc Upgraded to Strong-Buy by Vetr Inc.

  17-11-2015 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The firm presently has a $90.63 price target on the stock. Vetr 's target price suggests a potential upside of 12.71 from the stock's previous close.
  
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• Royal Jordanian moves into profit for first nine months

  17-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Royal Jordanian has turned in considerably improved figures for the first nine months of its financial year, moving into profit despite the proximity of major conflicts.read more
  
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• Revealed: The slowest rush-hour commuter roads on Teesside

  17-11-2015 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Key routes including Acklam Road and Marton Road in Middlesbrough are among the slowest on Teesside, figures show
  
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• Rail services resume after flooding

  17-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Train services disrupted in mid and north Wales due to flooding and poor weather conditions resume.
  
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• Rail push to make Christmas upgrade run on time Subscription

  17-11-2015 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - More than 20,000 engineers will work on Britains railways over Christmas, hoping to prevent a repeat of the chaotic scenes when upgrades overran 12 months ago.
  
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• Oxford Circus shut: Commuter chaos in central London after armed police storm train

  17-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Weary commuters faced mayhem across central London after armed police stormed Warren Street during rush hour.
  
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• Northern Powerhouse: Counties could miss out as Whitehall devolution centres on North cities

  17-11-2015 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - IPPR North says counties need different model to cities as Durham announces residents will get a vote on pan-North East devo
  
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• Mystery presence of children on crashed TGV test

  17-11-2015 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -French accident inspectors are investigating why several children were on board a test TGV which crashed near Strasbourg on Saturday, killing 11 people and injuring 30 more. It is not known if any of the children were among the fatalities. SNCF president Guillaume Pepy said
  
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• MPs begin emissions testing probe after VW scandal

  17-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - MPs have launched an inquiry into the testing of new road vehicles following the diesel emissions scandal.
  
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• MP promises to listen to 'noise ghetto' worries over Gatwick

  17-11-2015 01:00 via dorkingandleatherheadadvertiser.co.uk
  Other News Sources - THE Government is listening to the concerns of residents blighted by Gatwick aircraft noise, according to the Aviation Minister.
  
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• More misery for rail passengers heading to Sudbury and Felixstowe

  17-11-2015 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Passengers hoping to catch trains to or from Felixstowe and Sudbury are facing another week of misery with buses replacing trains yet again.
  
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• Londoners back Gatwick expansion over Heathrow, survey finds

  17-11-2015 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - A second runway at Gatwick was found to be the preferred option by 44 of those questioned, compared with 33 for Heathrow
  
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• Labour calls for an extra 500m for 16-year Euston station revamp

  17-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - UP to 500 million of public funding should be invested into redeveloping the Euston station area as a new high-speed rail terminal is built, Labour urged today.
  
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• Kent's motorways closed for almost 1,000 hours - figures reveal county's summer of travel misery

  17-11-2015 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Kent's motorways were shut for almost 1,000 hours over a summer of travel misery, as it's revealed costly traffic-cutting measures are NOT being used.
  
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• FTA says new strategy for motoring agencies must improve service

  17-11-2015 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says the Governments consultation on a new strategy for its three motoring agencies is a positive step ...
  
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• Frenchman who 'entered Gatwick Airport with an air rifle and a knife' remanded in custody

  17-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Frenchman accused of entering Gatwick Airport with an air rifle and a knife has been remanded in custody.
  
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• French operator probes presence of children onboard derailed TGV train

  17-11-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -French rail company SNCF has reported that children were present in the high-speed TGV train that derailed during a test run on Saturday.
  
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• Finnair studies future narrowbody fleet

  17-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Finnair is planning to increase traffic on its European feeder network with an eye on growing long-haul capacity.read more
  
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• EasyJet looks to AI to cut delays

  17-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Budget airline brings in head of data science to crunch numbers on aircraft repairs and food bill
  
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• Double-decker trains to ease overcrowding on busy lines

  17-11-2015 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Double-decker trains could be introduced on some of the UKs busiest railway lines under new proposals to ease overcrowding.
  
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• Double decker trains are designed to help ease overcrowding

  17-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - The trains could be introduced on British railways within years as designers work on new model
  
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• Discount fliers raising baggage costs for holidays

  17-11-2015 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- During the holidays, planes are packed, flights are prone to weather delays, and the price of tickets to get to Grandmother's for turkey and all the trimmings is higher. Now, two airlines, Spirit and Frontier, are planning higher baggage fees for flights this holiday season, as well as at other peak travel times, such as spring break and summer vacation.
  
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• DB delivers record mail train improvements

  17-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - DB Schenker claims a record improvement in operational performance with 96.3 of mail trains arriving at their destination within ten minutes of the schedule.
  
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• Cross-border train ready to live longer and prosper

  17-11-2015 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - EUROPE: Translink NI Railways is undertaking a major refurbishment of the three locomotive-hauled...
  
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• Construction costs of HS2 are 'set to rise'

  17-11-2015 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -HS2 Ltd is refusing to comment on claims that the cost of the High Speed project is set to rise from 50 billion to 70 billion or more. A report in the Independent claims that the earlier cost was calculated at 2011 values, and that the apparent rise is partly due to the fall in the value of 'real' money in the years ahead. The speculation comes less than two weeks before the government's Spending Review, but although the Chancellor George Osborne has already announced departmenta
  
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• Chiltern Railways admits Oxford-to-London line problems

  17-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A rail company has admitted its service on a new £320m rail line linking Oxford and London is "not up to standard", weeks after it opened.
  
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• Canadian railroad mergers back on track

  17-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - After being spurned by CSX, Canadian Pacific turns to Norfolk Southern
  
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• Call for investment in decrepit rail rolling stock

  17-11-2015 01:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Rail campaigners have called for investment in trains that are fit for this century after figures showed Britains rolling stock is at its oldest in 14 years.
  
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• Boost for northern transport body

  17-11-2015 01:00 via nce.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Plans to enshrine regional transport bodies in law have been published in Parliament.The government wants to give bodies such as Transport for the Northwhich is made up of representatives from local authorities across the regionthe power to advise ministers on relevant spending in their area.
  
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• Bombardier and NetJets(R) Mark Major Milestone as Challenger 650...

  17-11-2015 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Bombardier and NetJets Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company and a worldwide leader in private aviation, today celebrated the imminent entry-into-service of the new Challenger 650 aircraft. The aircraft will be on static display throughout the 2015 National Business Aviation Association conference and exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  
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• Big Society fear over Powerhouse plan

  17-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Northern Powerhouse is
  
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• Andreas Vogler's AeroLiner3000: Here's the UK's (double decker) train of the future

  17-11-2015 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Forget standing nose-to-armpit with your fellow commuters as your carriage wends its cautious way through the British countryside: in the future we could all be travelling in high speed comfort, on this double-decker bullet train.
  
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• A1 bridge demolished as part of 380 million motorway project

  17-11-2015 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -A BRIDGE on the A1 in North Yorkshire has been demolished as part of a 380 million Highways England project to upgrade the dual carriageway to a three lane motorway.
  
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