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• Police investigate reports of fat-shaming cards on London tube

  30-11-2015 21:36
  
  Group purportedly calling itself Overweight Haters seen handing cards to commuters, saying they ‘hate fat people’Police have launched an investigation into the distribution of abusive cards on the London Underground purporting to be from a group calling itself Overweight Haters Ltd.A number of people have reported seeing passengers being handed the cards, said to come from an organisation that “hates and resents fat people”.@kflorish pic.twitter.com/gBIvj69WQ1We are aware
  
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• UberPool service to allow Londoners to share a taxi with a stranger

  30-11-2015 14:02
  
  Uber innovation, which lets passengers split taxi rides and costs, has been hailed as an affordable and credible alternative to car ownershipUber, the ride-hailing app firm that is taking on taxi drivers around the world, is launching its car-sharing service in London.UberPool will be available to customers in the capital from Friday, enabling passengers to share taxi rides if they are heading in the same direction. Continue reading...
  
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• Can you identify the world cities from their 'naked' metro maps?

  30-11-2015 12:11
  
  Artist and urban planner Neil Freeman of Fake is the New Real has been updating his geographically accurate maps of city subway systems, all drawn to the same scale. We’ve used a selection of his maps below: can you identify the cities? All images: Neil Freeman / Open Street Map Continue reading...
  
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• HS2 to be completed as far as Crewe by 2027 under revised plans

  30-11-2015 01:01
  
  Government confirms plan to extend first phase of £55.7bn high-speed rail project to increase the benefit to the northHS2 will be built as far as Crewe by 2027, the government has confirmed, to increase the benefit to the north six years before the full £55.7bn high-speed rail network is completed.A government paper published on Monday endorsed revised plans drawn up by David Higgins, the chairman of HS2, to continue building to take in a major new rail hub at Crewe in the first phas
  
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• Transport industry on board with Metro

  30-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Transport industry experts are ready to get on board with a 600m road and rail Metro project for south Wales, the first minister says.
  
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• Train windscreen smashed by tree as high winds batter York - UPDATED

  30-11-2015 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -DOZENS of passengers spent an hour trapped on their trainafter a tree blown onto the railway lines near York smashed the windscreen.
  
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• Train journey times between Glasgow and London to be reduced

  30-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Journey times between Glasgow and London will be reduced by almost an hour by 2027 after Chancellor George Osborne announced the new High Speed 2 (HS2) is six years ahead of schedule.
  
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• Three-quarters of ageing Wales and borders trains will need to be modified by 2020

  30-11-2015 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The fleet will temporarily be taken out of service so work, such as making sure toilets are accessible to wheelchairs users, can be done
  
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• Third Heathrow runway: Cabinet committee expected to back proposal this week

  30-11-2015 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - A third runway at Heathrow Airport is expected to be given the go-ahead by a Cabinet sub-committee this week, according to a report
  
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• REVEALED: Leeds city centre set for colossal revamp to accommodate HS2

  30-11-2015 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - AMBITIOUS PLANS to create the biggest railway station in the North of England dubbed the Yorkshire Hub are set to be unveiled today.
  
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• Pupils in Windsor could be taken to school by Uber to cut council costs

  30-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Pupils in Windsor could be ferried to school in Uber cars in a bid to save thecouncil money.
  
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• Property consultation launched as HS2 route from West Midlands to Crewe confirmed

  30-11-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Comprehensive package of compensation and assistance for homeowners along HS2 Phase 2a route proposed.
  
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• Northolt could help ease Heathrow problem

  30-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Using RAF airport would boost regional connectivity, says Flybe
  
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• North Wales taxi drivers' assault, abuse and kidnap ordeals

  30-11-2015 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -More than 140 crimes committed against private hire and Hackney drivers over the last two years, Daily Post learns
  
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• New stations to boost HS2 connectivity

  30-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Hubs in Leeds and Crewe will enhance access for high-speed passengers
  
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• Lufthansa agrees pay deal with staff

  30-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - German airline Lufthansa strikes pay deal with 30,000 ground staff as it looks to avoid further strikes.
  
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• London airport expansion: Government gearing up to make a decision on Heathrow as soon as this week

  30-11-2015 01:00 via transportinfo.org.uk
  City AM - A government ruling on airport expansion could come as soon as this week, with ministers gearing up to decide whether or not to reject the Airports Commissions recommendation for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
  
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• HS2 section to open six years early

  30-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The proposed high-speed rail link between Birmingham and Crewe will be opened six years earlier than planned, in 2027, Chancellor George Osborne says.
  
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• HS2 Birmingham to Crewe super fast rail link to open six years early in 2027

  30-11-2015 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -The high speed rail link to the north will open in 2027, a year after super fast trains start running between London and Birmingham Curzon Street
  
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• HS2 and the Northern Powerhouse

  30-11-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Announces how the government is continuing to deliver the Northern Powerhouse through HS2 and the Northern transport strategy.
  
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• Flying Scotsman tops global poll of most famous trains - as York's National Railway Museum prepares for its return

  30-11-2015 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -FLYING Scotsman has topped a poll of the worlds best known trains and locomotivesas Yorks National Railway Museum prepares to return the train to the tracks early next year.
  
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• Flying Scotsman steams to head of world's most famous trains list

  30-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  The Telegraph - Locomotive that was first to break 100mph barrier tops National Railway Museum survey ahead of return to tracks after decade-long renovation
  
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• Flying Scotsman is most famous train ahead of Rajadhani and Orient Express

  30-11-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The National Railway Museum asked people across four continents to name five trains or engines they had heard of and the Scotsman topped the poll.
  
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• Deepings group gets charitable status in fight to save signal box

  30-11-2015 01:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - The conservation group dedicated to saving the old railway signal box at Deeping St James has been granted charitable status.
  
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• Day the Scotsman really was flying is recalled

  30-11-2015 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - Over 80 years ago a piece of railway history was made as the Flying Scotsman entered the record books and captured a place in the nations hearts.
  
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• David Cameron to make decision on Heathrow expansion within days

  30-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Cabinet subcommittee expected to back plans for a third runway at the airport this week.David Cameron will in the coming days announce a controversial decision on whether to drastically expand Heathrow airport, in a move that will intensify divisions in the Tory party.
  
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• Corbyn's former lover backs traffic scheme which could see her house value soar above 1million

  30-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  The Telegraph - Neighbours' fury as Diane Abbott ignores vociferous opposition campaign
  
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• Campaigners celebrate victory after Bradford bus service is reinstated

  30-11-2015 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating a victory for people-power after successfully getting their bus service reinstated.
  
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• Campaigners against Heathrow's third runway should 'get ready for battle'

  30-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Members of a campaign group say "it's all the play for" ahead of a decision on the airport's expansion
  
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• Amazon shows new Prime Air drone

  30-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Video hosted by Jeremy Clarkson highlights in-flight footage of part helicopter, part plane
  
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• ALL ABOARD: Is there hope for the York to Beverley rail line 50 years after it closed?

  30-11-2015 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -The last ever train ran on the York to Beverley railway line 50 years ago today. STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the prospects of reopening the line half a century on
  
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• Abellio Greater Anglia trains from Ipswich through Bury St Edmunds to Cambridge disrupted by engineering work

  30-11-2015 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Rail passengers are facing a day of disruption due to overrunning engineering work in Cambridgeshire.
  
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