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• Eurostar and Eurotunnel services delayed by broken rail

  20-12-2015 21:37
  
  Passengers travelling from Folkestone to Calais experience delays of 60 minutes at check-in and five hours at terminalA broken rail in the Channel tunnel is causing delays to services for Eurostar and Eurotunnel passengers travelling to France.A statement on the Eurotunnel website states that people travelling from Folkestone are experiencing waits of 60 minutes at check-in and five hours at the terminal.Related: Eurostar sold off despite ministers believing its value would rise – reportCo
  
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• Government’s miserable record on energy policy | Letters

  20-12-2015 19:28
  
  The business leaders, academics and environmentalists warning that we need a major U-turn in UK energy policy (Government ‘must change course’ after climate pact, 14 December) were clearly correct. They were focusing rightly on the need for renewables and energy conservation to meet greenhouse gas emissions targets. But it is also worth focusing on how we need many of the environmental measures that the government has cut back, delayed or abolished for economic and social reasons.Geo
  
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• The Big Issue: If Heathrow were a factory it would have closed years ago | the big issue

  20-12-2015 01:05
  
  By all the usual environmental measures, the airport is a dangerous menace to those who live around itWill Hutton’s otherwise excellent article was let down by the confusing argument on Heathrow. Clearly,London and the south-east are home to 469 global companies not because of Heathrow, since Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt also have well-connected airports. Companies base themselves in the UK because of other matters: English, access to the EU, a benign tax policy etc (“Vital Heathro
  
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• Where is your bike most likely to be nicked in Merseyside?

  20-12-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -We looked at the number of bicycle thefts to occur outside railway stations. Can you guess which station is the worst?
  
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• WBHuw commented Speed camera call for A39 death road

  20-12-2015 01:00 via westbriton.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - CALLS have been made for speed cameras on a stretch of the A39 where mp;quot;too many have diedmp;quot;.Following the death of Matt Hodges in a crash on the three-lane section leading towards Treluswell early this year, Cornwall Council announced it would fund proposed works to make the road safer.However, there are now calls for the council to also install speed cameras.At Mr Hodges' inquest, assistant coroner Guy Davies had called on the council to act on the dangerous s
  
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• Walshs game of slots at Heathrow (Subscription)

  20-12-2015 01:00 via thesundaytimes.co.uk
  Times Online - While its boss threatens to take BA to Madrid or Dublin, the airline is keeping its grip on Londons busiest airport, writes John Collingridge
  
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• US guards with guns to patrol UK airports to reduce risk of ISIS flying to America

  20-12-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - US Department of Homeland Security wants to introduce the scheme across the world, including the UK. Policy makers hope it will reduce the risk of IS terrorists flying to America.
  
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• Two dead as passenger ship sinks off Indonesia

  20-12-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Indonesian rescue teams pluck 23 people from rough waters as search continues for the remaining 93 people on board stricken vesselThere are concerns for the safety of scores of people after a ship carrying 118 passengers and crew lost power in rough waters off an Indonesian island on Saturday.Rescuers have so far pulled at least 23 survivors from the sea, but also found two dead, authorities said. Continue reading...
  
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• The great white van rush:Yes, they really are taking over the road with 368,000 new vehicles moving millions of parcels in an online shopping explosion

  20-12-2015 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- According to figures secured exclusively for The Mail on Sunday the number of delivery firms has increased by more than a third in the past 12 months.
  
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• Save 30 a year on your car insurance: New website offers free legal service

  20-12-2015 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Ever heard of Motor Legal Protection? You should have if you're a motorist, because you've probably been paying 30 a year for it. A new website is offering it for nothing, saving motorists 100m.
  
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• Petrol's six-year low hits garages and oil firmswhile airlines and motorists benefit

  20-12-2015 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The average price of a litre of unleaded petrol was 103.8p at the end of last week, with diesel selling for 107.1p. The last time petrol was this price was in August 2009.
  
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• Passengers are being 'ripped off' by baffling train fares

  20-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Rail regulator may act as experts warn that the train fares system is far too complex
  
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• Parking stealth tax will not be removed

  20-12-2015 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -COUNCILLORS have voted down a proposal to remove a stealth tax on paying for parking by mobile phone.
  
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• Grimsby Telegraph published Driver alert: Speed camera locations this week in our area

  20-12-2015 01:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Mobile cameras will be in the following locations across northern Lincolnshire in the week commencing December 21. Safer Roads Humber operates fixed and mobile cameras at 85 sites in northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. Motorists should be aware these locations and dates represent the minimum speed enforcement undertaken and that officers can visit any of the other sites on any day of the week, including evenings and weekends. This week's locations are: Tuesday, Decem
  
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• Forth bridge work fast-tracked to ease traffic woe

  20-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - PLANNED maintenance work on the Forth Road Bridge has been fast-tracked to avert more traffic disruption after it re-opens next month.
  
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• Fishermen hear migrant screams as 18 die in boat tragedy off Turkish coast

  20-12-2015 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Fourteen migrants were saved from the boat, which was thought to be carrying migrants from Iraq, Pakistan and Syria
  
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• Ferry firm goes bust

  20-12-2015 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A FERRY firm has cancelled all sailings to and from the Isle of Wight after calling in administrators.
  
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• Extra buses over festive period

  20-12-2015 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A BUS company is putting on more services than ever before over the Christmas period.
  
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• Drone carrying skunk cannabis for Bullingdon prisoners seized after crash-landing

  20-12-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The drone,found by prison staff at Bullingdon jail, in Oxfordshire, (pictured) was also carrying mobile phones and charges and was sent in by someone outside who was controlling it.
  
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• Drivers caught using mobile phones face 150 fines

  20-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin plans to hit drivers who flout the law with higher fines, rising from 100 to 150, and more penalty points on their licences
  
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• Crackdown on drivers using mobile phones

  20-12-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Persistent offenders will be given four penalty points under proposalsMotorists who use handheld mobile phones while driving are to face increased penalties and higher fines under proposals from the Department for Transport.As part of the governments Road Safety Plan, to be published this week, the fixed penalty notice for dangerous mobile use will rise to £150 from £100, while persistent offenders will face having four penalty points imposed instead of three. The prop
  
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• City drivers told to beware of revellers

  20-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - POLICE have warned revellers partygoers about the dangers of drunk walking as officers aim to prevent serious road crashes.
  
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• Campaigners urge council to improve public transport in Witney

  20-12-2015 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -MEMBERS of a campaign group in Witney battling to get better public transport have joined other local societies to present a united case to Oxfordshire County Council.
  
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• Call a cab at touch of a button

  20-12-2015 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Blackpool cabbies are using technology to keep ahead of potential competition from car-sharing services such as Uber which have launched in other towns and cities in the UK.
  
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• Boss invests 100k of his own cash into Rolls-Royce with a plan to breath new life into the troubled business

  20-12-2015 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The purchase comes after East stripped out a layer of management to speed up decision-making .The executive cull forms part of a turnaround strategy that could save 200million a year by 2017.
  
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• Bomb ship SS Richard Montgomery is cracking up says government report

  20-12-2015 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The condition of the Richard Montgomery, a transport ship loaded with dangerous munitions that sank off the Kent coast in 1944, continues to worsen.
  
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• Blackburns new £4.7million bus station moves step closer to completion

  20-12-2015 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -THE glass panels surrounding Blackburns new £4.7million bus station are now almost completeand that means it is now on target to open at Easter, 15 months later than planned.
  
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• Bike-pinching criminals in Merseyside get away with over 80 of thefts, figures reveal

  20-12-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post - Those caught were handed fines, cautions and prison sentences, say Merseyside Police
  
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• Bad vibrations as Fiat denies design fault with the 500

  20-12-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - From the best car ever to the worstone owner is shaken up every time he takes his nearly new convertible over 40mphWhen Spencer Smart bought a brand new Fiat 500 convertible last year he was so pleased that shortly afterwards he told a friend it was the best car he had ever owned. But just a few months later, every time he drove above 40mph, the cars steering wheel would start to vibrate badly. Soon the whole car was shaking so much when driven at speed that Smart, from Marazion,
  
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• Ad signs approved despite claims they are danger to motorway drivers

  20-12-2015 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Motorists travelling on the M5 and M6 in the Black Country will be put in danger, it has been claimed after a plan to put up two giant advertising boards overlooking the motorways was approved by councillors.
  
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• 45,000 'to use airport this weekend'

  20-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Belfast International Airport is estimating 45,000 passengers will pass through its doors this weekend, ahead of the traditional Christmas rush.
  
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• 100m bill to make Portsmouth harbour deep enough for Navy's new warships

  20-12-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The complex and expensive operation is needed to deepen the harbour by 5ft so that the giant aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will be able to berth there.
  
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