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• Why the UK is failing on infrastructure, the cornerstone of Tory policy

  06-01-2016 09:21
  
  New National Audit Office report says uncertainty in delivery of major public sector projects puts the government’s whole austerity programme at riskWe know the chancellor George Osborne loves infrastructure, because he keeps on saying so.But infrastructure is about much more than HS2 or Crossrail. One of the really worrying aspects of the National Audit Office’s (NAO) damning report on major public sector projects is that it makes it clear just how much a lack of project and deliver
  
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• YOUR MP WRITES: Monmouth MP David Davies

  06-01-2016 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A New Year and the Severn Bridge tolls have gone up again. This was always going to happen following an agreement struck between the UK Government and the consortium which built the Second Severn Crossing in 1992. However, change is afoot. In April 2018, both bridges will return to public ownershipallowing the government to charge as much or as little as it wants.
  
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• Wizz Air reports 22 hike in passenger traffic

  06-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Eastern European carrier enjoys strong year helped by growth in capacity
  
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• Weekend rail passengers face 10 weeks of misery as engineers move in

  06-01-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The main rail line between East Anglia and London is to be closed for 10 weekends from early February to the middle of April.
  
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• VW 'close to agreement with US regulators' over emissions scandal

  06-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Vehicle manufacturer negotiating how to recall half a million diesel cars in US after episode which disappointed the American people, top executive saysA senior Volkswagen executive has apologised to German consumers and said that the German car maker is close to reaching an agreement with US regulators on how it will recall some half a million cars that have illegally exceeded emissions targets for years. Dr Herbert Diess, Volkswagens chief executive of passenger vehicles, told a
  
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• VIDEO: Peterborough MP Stewart Jackson defends low train price rise after Labour supporters protest

  06-01-2016 01:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Peterborough MP Stewart Jackson and Virgin Trains have defended the recent rail fare price rise after a protest was held outside Peterborough Station.
  
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• VIDEO: London Bridge station engineering work

  06-01-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Thameslink's engineering project on the London Bridge viaduct, which was completed over Christmas.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Forgotten' wartime Tube station opened

  06-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A warren of tunnels which provided shelter for 8,000 Londoners during World War Two are to be opened to the public.
  
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• VIDEO: Ford says it leads in self-driving tech

  06-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Ford's boss tells the BBC that his company is one of the leaders in self-driving car technologies.
  
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• US car industry scores 2015 sales record

  06-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Recovery to continue this year though pace of growth may slow, analysts say
  
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• United offers bundle options to Economy Plus

  06-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Travellers can pre-purchase benefits at a reduced price
  
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• Thameslink viaduct now in use in London

  06-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Thameslink Programme's Christmas and New Year work has seen a new viaduct brought into use at London Bridge. Set to carry trains to Charing Cross and Waterloo East, the engineering for the viaduct took a full ten days over the holidays to complete. This viaduct forms part of the Thameslink Programme's rebuilding of the railway and station at London Bridge and this part of the project also opened new track, signalling and the transfer of control fr
  
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• Support to re-open railway station

  06-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A 14-year campaign to reopen a railway station which closed in the 1960s on the Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury line comes closer to fruition.
  
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• Spirit Airlines CEO Baldanza replaced by former AirTran CEO Fornaro

  06-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Spirit Airlines president and CEO Ben Baldanza has been replaced by former AirTran Airways CEO Bob Fornaro, effective immediately.read more
  
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• South West Trains delays: Commuters' fury as chaos hits railways on second working day of 2016

  06-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Exasperated commuters have hit out at rail bosses after the first two working days of 2016 were plagued by delays and cancellations.
  
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• South Shields MP set for Westminster talks as travellers are hit by fresh delays on unacceptable Metro service

  06-01-2016 01:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  
  The Shields Gazette - A South Tyneside MP is to hold crunch talks after beleaguered rail passengers kicked off the new year with fresh Metro misery.
  
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• Sheffield MP makes case to Transport Secretary for city centre HS2 station

  06-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has drawn up battle lines with his former coalition partners by speaking out in support of a HS2 station in Sheffield city centre.
  
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• Reading Buses launches new timetable at Wokingham Station

  06-01-2016 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - The bus operating company's new timetable was launched on Monday, January 4
  
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• Primary schools given earthquake shelters to protect pupils from Heathrow noise

  06-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than 20 primary schools in west London will get earthquake shelters in their playgrounds to protect children from noise from Heathrow airport.
  
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• Passenger jet forced to turn around in mid-air after plane door left open

  06-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Daily Express - A JET carrying hundreds of passengers was forced to turn around 40 minutes into a horror flight after crew members realised the door wasn't shut.
  
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• Over a third of major infrastructure projects branded 'undeliverable' or 'in doubt', report finds

  06-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - The projects, which could include the HS2 rail line and Hinkley Point nuclear power station, run the risk of missing targets because of 'unrealistic expectations', the National Audit Office has said
  
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• Online orders boost UK parcel market

  06-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Sector worth almost 9bn but competition means carriers receive less for deliveries
  
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• Night Tube: Boris Johnson 'to use 180 new part-time drivers' to launch service

  06-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Night Tube service will see around 180 part-time jobs created for drivers, it has been announced.
  
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• MP criticises Government's continued failings over Northern Powerhouse pledge

  06-01-2016 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -ONE of the region's MPs says real action must be taken if the Governments ambitious aim of reinvigorating the North's regional economies is to become a reality.
  
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• More tram-trains ordered for Paris

  06-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - FRANCE: On behalf of Paris regional transport authority STIF, SNCF has ordered a further 15 Citadis...
  
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• Manchester Airport Group hires public affairs director from Heathrow

  06-01-2016 01:00 via prweek.com
  
  Other News Sources - Manchester Airports Group has appointed Graeme Elliott (pictured) as its group public affairs director, based in London.
  
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• Lufthansa to add more than 4,000 workers in 2016

  06-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The Lufthansa Group will hire more than 4,000 workers in 2016, which includes nearly 2,800 flight attendants, 240 pilots and 150 service staff at Munich Airport.read more
  
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• London bus drivers can now report complaints without fear of being sacked for whistleblowing

  06-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Bus drivers can now report unsafe work practices without fear of being dismissed, in what is being called a "huge victory" for road safety in London.
  
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• Liverpool John Lennon Airport operator Wizz Air sees continued passenger growth

  06-01-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -New routes and expansion of operating bases help low-cost airline maintain momentum
  
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• Lib Dems pledge Tube fare discount

  06-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Lib Dem mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon says if she is elected in May she will cut Tube and rail fares for those travelling before 07:30 by half.
  
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• Lib Dems plan half price Tube travel before 7.30am

  06-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Early bird commuters would only have to pay half their usual fare to get to work under plans set out by the Lib Dems today.
  
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• How do traffic lights work? We explain as work on a 2.5m traffic light scheme in Durham begins

  06-01-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Car journeys in Durham should be made easier by a new traffic light system.
  
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• Hope for early settlement of Welsh dispute

  06-01-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Talks are restarting today in the Arriva Trains Wales pay and conditions dispute, following yesterday's all-out strike by Aslef drivers which left the Principality with no trains on most routes. ATW has apologised for the disruption, while a union spokesman said he was 'positive' that there will be a deal.
  
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• Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel proposals look to bring cities closer than ever

  06-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Finland and Estonia promise to look into potential 13bn rail link that would reduce journey time from two hours to 30 minutesDrifting apart since the first Bronze Age fortifications were built, the Baltic Finns populating opposite sides of the Gulf of Finland were for centuries separated by empire, ideology and cold sea. Now, the historic brethren of present-day Estonia and Finland could be directly linked, as plans accelerate for a 50-mile tunnel running between their capital cit
  
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• Heathrow will only be expanded if environmental tests are 'rigged', Zac Goldsmith claims

  06-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Zac Goldsmith today claimed Heathrow Airport will only be expanded if environmental tests are "rigged".
  
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• Heathrow updates pledge to reduce airport noise, emissions and traffic in 2016

  06-01-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - Heathrow adds 260 electric vehicles to its fleet in a bid to 'go electric' and reduce emissions around the airport
  
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• Government to continually monitor e-cigarette health evidence after ban on in-car vaping is rejected

  06-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - THE Scottish Government has said it will continue to review whether there is any effect to health over second-hand smoke in e-cigarettes, after MSPs rejected a solicitors' call for vaping to be banned in cars.
  
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• Goldsmith: Heathrow will only be expanded if pollution tests are rigged

  06-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Mayoral candidate says Heathrow now 'off the agenda'
  
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• First look at plans for new garden city near Heathrow

  06-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A series of artist's impressions for an ambitious new garden city development near Heathrow have been unveiled.
  
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• Drivers fined for using Cardiff's bus lanes now reaches 88,000 earning council 2.6m

  06-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - In their 12th operational month, the cameras have caught 88,687 drivers in Cardiff
  
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• Damaged tracks leave rail travellers facing weeks of disruption

  06-01-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Weeks of disruption lie ahead for train passengers after Network Rail warned of a lengthy wait for repairs to two lines knocked out by flooding.
  
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• Council proposes controversial move to add more bus gates to Oxford

  06-01-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -MORE bus gates in Oxford could split the city in half and drive away business, it is feared.
  
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• Chicago Transit Authority offers 4G wireless service across all subways

  06-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in the US is now offering 4G wireless service coverage for the entire subway system on the Red and Blue lines.
  
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• Bombardier to supply new Guadalajara fleet

  06-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - MEXICO: The Jalisco state government has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder for a contract to...
  
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• BA blames UK government for scrapping of £340m green fuels project

  06-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Groundbreaking plan to turn Londons rubbish into green jet fuel has been abandoned due to a lack of UK government support, airline saysBritish Airways says that it has been forced to shelve a groundbreaking mp;pound;340m scheme to create 16m gallons of jet fuel from Londons rubbish every year, partly due to a lack of government support.The Green Sky project was due to open in 2017 at an ex-oil refinery in Thurrock, Essex, where it would have turned into gas 575,000 tonnes of house
  
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• Anti Heathrow Airport expansion campaigners plant 2,000 black paper planes outside Parliament

  06-01-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Each black plane "planted" outside The Houses of Parliament represented the 2,000 daily flights taken if the airport is expanded
  
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• ANA rushes to make its outbound flight

  06-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Japanese airline plans expansion before competition takes off
  
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• 150m Railway Upgrade Plan completed

  06-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Network Rail has announced that its Railway Upgrade Plan has been successfully completed, due to work from its staff over the Christmas period. Over 20,000 members of the rail service provider's staff worked over Christmas and New Year, completing over 500 projects and finishing the company's proposed upgrades. Its staff worked through tough weather conditions but delivered an improved railway for the benefit of hundreds of thousands of its passen
  
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• £150m Christmas and New Year improvement works finish successfully and to schedule

  06-01-2016 01:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - Network Rails Christmas works have been completed on time, with the £150m modernisation programmepart of the Railway Upgrade Planresulting in better, more reliable train journeys for passengers and businesses, as well as improved passenger facilities.
  
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