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• Calais refugee violence putting lorry drivers at risk, says victim

  18-12-2015 18:12
  
  Man whose windscreen was smashed by rocks says drivers will start carrying tools for defence unless authorities act
  A lorry driver whose windscreen was smashed with a rock apparently thrown by refugees in Calais has said that unless authorities take such risks seriously drivers will start carrying tools to defend themselves.The driver, who works for Ireland’s Virginia International Logistics, shared dramatic pictures of his smashed windscreen on Thursday, resulting in the country’s F
  
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• 'This is a load of cobblers!' Boris Johnson grilled over garden bridge

  18-12-2015 17:00
  
  Secret meetings, unconventional procurement and £10,000 trips to San Francisco at the taxpayers’ expense … more details emerge about the mayor’s role in London’s proposed garden bridge“This whole thing is a load of cobblers!” huffed a flustered Boris Johnson, sitting at his round table in London’s City Hall on Thursday afternoon. “We need to get on and build this bridge … you just cannot bear the idea that a great project is going ahe
  
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• More than 14m people to hit roads on busiest Christmas travel day

  18-12-2015 07:00
  
  Motoring organisations say Friday will see biggest surge in traffic with journeys on some motorways taking three times longer than normal Friday is set to be the busiest day of the Christmas period on UK roads, with more than 14 million people setting out on significant journeys, according to motoring organisations. Airports and airlines are also expecting their traffic to peak, with rail links set to be disrupted later in the holidays.Related: Delivery drivers face prospect of record-breaking n
  
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• Two railway contractors who stole 4,500 of cable are told to pay compensation

  18-12-2015 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Chad Morgan and Jonathan Brogden travelled from their Merthyr Tydfil homes to Wiltshire to steal cable
  
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• Travel chaos predicted on road and rail as festive frenzy begins

  18-12-2015 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - MAD Friday was set to bring mayhem and misery to travellers in Lancashire this afternoon as the great Christmas getaway began early.
  
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• Transport Secretary appoints interim Chair of Office of Rail and Road

  18-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today, Thursday 17 December 2015, announced the appointment of Professor Stephen Glaister CBE FICE FTRF FCGI as the Chair of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for a 12-month term.Professor Glaister will replace the current chair, Anna Walker, when she steps down as planned at the end of this month after more than 6 years in the role. He will be responsible for leading the independent regulator as it conti
  
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• Smoking in cars with children banned

  18-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Scotland is to ban smoking in cars that are carrying children after MSPs voted unanimously in favour of a change in the law.
  
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• Sir Nigel Rudd relinquishes Heathrow role

  18-12-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Chairman of UKs largest airport to step down next year, as ministers decide whether to expand hub
  
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• Self-driving cars are coming, and the technology promises to save lives

  18-12-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Car crashes could be a thing of the past if car makers deliver on their promise to roll out autonomous cars over the next five years. But researchers are still questioning what this accident-free future might look likeCompanies like Google and Tesla have held up autonomous vehicles as a panacea for road accidents, which claim over 32,000 American lives each year. This month, Obama put stock in that idea, signing a $305bn transportation bill that includes grants for self driving ve
  
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• Roofs slashed and locks broken as migrants launch 'unprecedented' attack on lorry drivers in Calais

  18-12-2015 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Trouble broke out on what was one of the busiest days of the year for cross-Channel freight traffic
  
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• Pupil battling to reduce speed limit outside primary school backs Telegraph & Argus Stop The Danger Drivers campaign

  18-12-2015 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -A PUPIL battling to reduce the speed limit outside his primary school has backed the Telegraph mp; Argus Stop The Danger Drivers campaign.
  
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• Prestwick Airport search-and-rescue helicopter base opened

  18-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - UK transport minister Robert Goodwill has officially opened the new coastguard search and rescue (SAR) helicopter base at Prestwick Airport.
  
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• Plans for rail lines, cycleways and Metro extensions agreed by chiefs

  18-12-2015 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Movement for Growth sets out plans to extending the Metro, a wider Sprint bus network and train lines in Castle Bromwich, Moseley and Kings Heath
  
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• Peel Ports Group buys port of Great Yarmouth

  18-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Peel Ports Group has expanded its empire by buying Great Yarmouth Port Company Limited. The Group has purchased Great Yarmouth from International Port Holdings for an undisclosed amount, but it is estimated to be around 50 million, as reported by The Telegraph. Peel is privately owned and it currently also owns Liverpool and Glasgow docks, making it the second-largest operator of ports in the UK. Great Yarmouth port services the UK sector of the s
  
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• Operations begin on Leipzig-Erfurt route in Germany with digital signals

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Passenger operations have begun on the first stage of the new Sprint line from Erfurt to Leipzig/Halle in Germany without fixed signals.
  
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• NTV unveils futuristic Pendolino styling

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - ITALY: Open access operator NTV has revealed the appearance of the eight 250 km/h Pendolino...
  
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• New transport hub needs a better design for the future

  18-12-2015 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - THE selection of ideas for a new rail station and transport interchange is disappointing.
  
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• New plug-in grant will treble number of greener cars on Britains roads

  18-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - More than 100,000 motorists to benefit from £400 million fund focused on greenest vehicles. The government has today (17 December 2015) announced a long-term extension to the plug-in car grant, backed by a £400 million package to treble the number of ultra low emission vehicles on Britains roads.The grant will continue well beyond the latest guarantee of February 2016 until at least the end of March 2018 and will mean more than 100,000
  
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• McLoughlin appoints interim chair of ORR

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Other News Sources - Professor Stephen Glaister, a former director of the RAC Foundation for motorists, has been appointed the interim chair of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for a 12-month period.
  
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• Kuwait Airways drops Heathrow-JFK route after Israeli row

  18-12-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- US threatened legal action over airlines refusal to sell tickets to Israeli citizens
  
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• KEYMILE's LineRunner-IS-3400 Family Receives New Functions

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -KEYMILE's LineRunner-IS-3400, as well as its identical HYTEC-HY104 family, have been upgraded with new functions, including the configuration of a new packet-filter firewall.
  
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• Kampala light rail agreement signed

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - UGANDA: The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government for the...
  
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• Humidity Effects in Substations

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Roxtec Ltd requested EA Technology Ltd to produce a report on the causes and effects of humidity within indoor substation environments and methods of mitigating these factors.
  
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• HRG appoints Nigel Northridge as chairman

  18-12-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Current Debenhams chair to take up post in April 2016
  
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• Garden Bridge: Boris slams GLA criticism as 'load of cobblers'

  18-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Mayor of London slammed opposition to London's garden bridge project as "a load of cobblers" during a public meeting at City Hall.
  
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• Ecocapsule: Twenty-first century Airstream

  18-12-2015 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - The beautifully elegant Ecocapsule is the spiritual successor of the Airstream trailera streamlined pod that takes off-grid living to a new height of luxury. The post Ecocapsule: Twenty-first century Airstream appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Consulting engineers appointed for HS2 Birmingham-Crewe route

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Ove Arup mp; Partners International, Mouchel and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff have been appointed as consulting engineers for phase two of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project between Birmingham and Crewe.
  
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• CIS Improve GTR Passengers Experience

  18-12-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Infotec is providing customer information screens for 12 stations on Govia Thameslink Railway's (GTR's) Great Northern Route.
  
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• Chris Moncrieff: Will Minister take flight and resign over Heathrow?

  18-12-2015 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - IS the Government fritas Margaret Thatcher would sayabout reaching a decision on a third runway for Heathrow Airport?
  
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• Car driven onto tram tracks in Chorlton causes delays on Metrolink's Manchester Airport line

  18-12-2015 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - A black Volkswagen Golf appears to have driven onto the network and made its way down the tracks at Barlow Moor Road
  
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• Buses in Manchester are now late so often that one firm has paid to make a public apology

  18-12-2015 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - The boss of Stagecoach has warned he's not ruling out redrawing the map for buses to ease congestion across the city
  
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• Bus fare rises just around the corner in Leeds

  18-12-2015 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The biggest bus firm in Leeds has announced plans for a round of New Year fare rises.
  
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• Bus boss condemns delays in dealing with Keighley's traffic-choked streets

  18-12-2015 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -THE boss of a Keighley bus company has criticised Bradford Council for stalling traffic improvement measures in the the town, claiming it could lead to businesses and shoppers abandoning the town.
  
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• Britain unveils final plan to improve air quality

  18-12-2015 01:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will submit its final plan for improving air quality to the European Commission on Thursday after levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide, mostly from diesel vehicles, were found to have breached EU limits.
  
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• Around 500 people a day take London's shortest tube journey

  18-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - It takes 45 seconds on the tube to get from Covent Garden to Leicester Square and costs 4.80 to travel a quarter of a kilometre
  
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• APT tilting train: The laughing stock that changed the world

  18-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - It's 30 years since the Advanced Passenger Train carried its last passengers. In its short life it attracted scorn and mockery, but did the APT actually revolutionise the world of travel?
  
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• Alastair Dalton: Time for leadership from SNP over Heathrow

  18-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - For the many Scots flying through Heathrow over the festive season, the latest delay to deciding on its expansion will simply make the agonising wait for improvements longer.
  
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• 20m people to pack trains and roads for early start to Christmas getaway

  18-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than 20 million people will pack trains and roads tomorrow as the great Christmas getaway begins.
  
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