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• London Underground users to face three 24-hour tube strikes

  11-01-2016 17:17
  
  Three unions confirm strike action on 26 January, 15 and 17 February over pay and night tube disputeUnions have confirmed three days of strikes across the London Underground in the latest wave of industrial action in the long-running dispute with tube bosses over pay and all-night services.The RMT said it had instructed its members to strike for 24 hours on three dates – 26 January, and 15 and 17 February – with the union also fighting cuts to station staff numbers. Aslef confirmed a
  
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• Another lost lunch club, another activity for older people gone | Michele Hanson

  11-01-2016 16:21
  
  Thanks to government cuts, services for the elderly have dwindled, which has meant goodbye to social life and exercise for thousands, leaving them less happy, less healthy and lacking a much-needed communityLast week, yoga teacher Clare had a phone call from Mabel, her 93-year-old ex-student who she hadn’t seen for four years. Mabel sounded rather dismal and hadn’t been out for three months, so Lucy paid her a visit. She found Mabel desolate, crying, feeling like a burden and wanting
  
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• YP Letters: A temporary road bridge can be built at Tadcaster, says former council engineer

  11-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - From: Jeffrey Stansfield OBE, CEng, FICE, Formerly County Surveyor of Suffolk, Upper Hall View, Northowram,Halifax.
  
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• Tube strike 2016: London 'to be hit by THREE DAYS of walkouts' as row over Night Tube continues

  11-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London's commuters are likely to be hit by a fresh three days of travel chaos as Tube drivers are set to strike.
  
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• Tube drivers considering strike action

  11-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London Underground drivers are considering three days of strike action in row over all-night services, BBC understands
  
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• Trains now expected to be running on Monday morning following fire

  11-01-2016 01:00 via edp24.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Engineers will work through the night to ensure rail journeys between Norwich and London are not disrupted for passengers on Monday morning after a fire caused major problems in the Ilford area.
  
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• This rail journey offers the WORST value for money in the country

  11-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - A new study found this £159 trip was much more expensive than travelling by car
  
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• Tadcaster is given £3m to rebuild historic bridge Subscription

  11-01-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The 18th century bridge in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, that collapsed after being hit by flooding is to be rebuilt with £3.3 million of government funding.
  
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• 'Sickening and cynical': Boris Johnson in barbed attack over fresh Tube strike threat

  11-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Boris Johnson has reacted angrily to the news Tube drivers look set to strike over plans to introduce all-night services on the London Underground.
  
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• Rural Sheffield residents left isolated after bus service cut one year on

  11-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - A pensioner aged 69 has been left to struggle a mile and half to her nearest bus stop after the service to her community was axed.
  
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• Rural Dorset bus routes set for axe in council review

  11-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Bus services set to be cut in rural Dorset in a bid to save £500,000 have been published by the county council.
  
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• Planned roadworks for Yorkshire and the Humber

  11-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The Highways Agencys following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
  
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• No Trousers Tube Ride: Londoners mind the gap as brave passengers drop pants for annual day of semi-nakedness

  11-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds of Tube passengers dropped their trousers for a day of semi-nakedness on the London Underground.
  
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• 'No Pants Subway Ride' dayhas travellers in their underwear in 60 countries

  11-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Across the globe travellers rode trains, tubes and subways without their trousers. At least 60 countries participated inthe 'No Pants Subway Ride' day, which began in New York City in 2002.
  
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• Most councils fail to test emissions

  11-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Only 13 of Scotland's 32 councils have applied for powers to conduct roadside vehicle emissions testing, a BBC Scotland investigation finds.
  
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• London to Leeds train journey among worst in country for value

  11-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The train journey from London to Leeds is among the worst in the country in terms of value for money, a new study has claimed.
  
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• Jacques Gounon, Eurotunnel CEO

  11-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The head of the rail line linking the UK and France on terror, migrants and potential Brexit
  
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• Its time to kill airline nuisance fees

  11-01-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription -mp;#8230;government doesnt track complaint data on fees. But it does mp;#8230; , quietly imposed on unwitting passengers by profit-hungry airlines, are often hard to mp;#8230;wanted a refund was within Europe. So the DOTs 24-hour mp;#8230;for Iberia, said the airline allows passengers to hold a reservation for mp;#8230;
  
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• Heathrows pot of gold at end of runway Subscription

  11-01-2016 01:00 via thesundaytimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The airports owners are happy to spend billions of pounds on a new runwayas long as passengers pay for it up front
  
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• Heathrows dividend soars above tax payments Subscription

  11-01-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Heathrow has distributed £2.4 billion in dividends to its owners over the past four years but paid only £24 million of corporation tax in the past decade.
  
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• Heathrow pays little tax as investors reap billions in dividends Subscription

  11-01-2016 01:00 via thesundaytimes.co.uk
  Times Online - HEATHROW has paid virtually no corporation tax for nine years while reaping £2.1bn in dividends for its owners.
  
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• County Halls transport chief in challenge to rail operators running Herts commuter routes

  11-01-2016 01:00 via thecomet.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Train bosses are to be taken to task by Herts County Councils transport chief and challenged to sort out unreliable service caused by driver shortages.
  
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• Asda feels pressure and fuels price war

  11-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Supermarket chain Asda predicts another year of
  
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• A6 work to begin later this year

  11-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Work will start later this year on a major improvement of the main road between Belfast and Londonderry.
  
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