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• Unions condemn giving Spain £490m UK train contract as a 'kick in the teeth'

  23-01-2016 01:33
  
  RMT general secretary Mick Cash criticises Arriva’s decision to give contract to overseas company instead of to British train manufacturer BombardierUnions say a decision to give a Spanish company a £490m contract to build trains for the UK railways is a “kick in the teeth”.Bombardier’s Derby operation was reportedly bidding for the deal to provide 281 vehicles for Arriva Rail North but has lost out to rolling stock manufacturer CAF. Continue reading...
  
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• Yorkshire's drivers are among Britain's least safe

  23-01-2016 01:00 via whitbygazette.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Yorkshire is among the least safe in the country when it comes to driving carefully, according to new research.
  
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• Write off more of the bridges debts, urge leaders

  23-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - THE Treasury should consider slashing the Humber Bridges debt to allow tolls to be cut as part of efforts to use better transport to grow Yorkshires economy, a Government body has been told.
  
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• Work complete on four-day road improvement project in Hartlepool

  23-01-2016 01:00 via hartlepoolmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Four days of road resurfacing on a major Hartlepool route are coming to an end.
  
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• Why Community Transport Matters

  23-01-2016 01:00 via tas.uk.net
  Other News Sources - Congratulations to ECT Charity for its ground-breaking report Why Community Transport Matters, an amalgamation of two trailblazing studies designed to help community transport organisations around the UK demonstrate their social value. TAS is really pleased to have assisted Deloitte in developing the key methodologies deployed in their focus on CTs role in mitigating loneliness and isolation, which have significant costs for both the individual and the state in terms of poor
  
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• What's it like to use a 300k Rolls-Royce in real life? We test the Wraith

  23-01-2016 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The Wraith is the smallest, and most powerful Rolls-Royce but with a price tag of 235k is it a car you can really enjoy driving every day? We used it as a daily commuter to find out.
  
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• Wales-wide gritting guidance considered

  23-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Councils could get gritting guidelines from Welsh ministers after 69 road accidents in icy conditions in north Wales within a few hours.
  
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• Views sought on new rail franchise for Wales

  23-01-2016 01:00 via wales.gov.uk
  Other News Sources - Members of the public are being asked what they would like to see from the next rail franchise for Wales.
  
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• VIDEO: Wales' great car crash con

  23-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An exclusive glimpse at the tenacity which exposed the size, audacity and at times blatant stupidity of Wales' great car crash con.
  
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• Urban Transport Group welcomes plans for more devolution on rail in London

  23-01-2016 01:00 via urbantransportgroup.org
  Other News Sources -Friday, January 22, 2016 Tobyn Hughes, who leads for the Urban Transport Group on rail issues, said: Topic:mp;nbsp;Regional and Urban Rail
  
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• Up to 4 years' delay on Great Western Railway electrification

  23-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The electrification of a number of routes in the south is running up to four years late, Network Rail has revealed. The project, which was last year revealed to be going significantly over-budget, climbing from an original estimate of 874 million in 2013 to 2.8 billion now, is facing delays of varying lengths. In Bristol Temple Meads, the arrival of electric trains has been pushed back until 2020 - some four years late. Didcot, Newbury and Oxford
  
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• Tube Strike 2016: Users won't find out whether walkout will go ahead until the last minute

  23-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Millions of Tube users will be left waiting until the last moment to find out whether there will be a full train service next week.
  
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• Traders pleased with council decision to cut car parking fees

  23-01-2016 01:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Airwise News -THE slashing of all-day rates at Oxpens car park has been welcomed by city centre businesses.
  
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• Town challenges Heathrow aircraft noise

  23-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Residents in Henley-on-Thames challenge Heathrow officials over an increase in aircraft noise over their town.
  
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• This video shows the amazing work of volunteers who deliver vital medical supplies on motorbikes

  23-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Blood Bikes sees volunteers delivering blood, platelets and plasma to hospitals across Wales
  
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• The end of the Jumbo Jet? Boeing to halve production of iconic 747 as no orders were placed for the fuel-hungry aircraft last year

  23-01-2016 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The worlds biggest plane maker said it would now only make six jumbos a year. It had having previously announced the rate would drop from 1.3 per month to one per month.
  
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• The A329M 'nightmare': What you said about the road changes

  23-01-2016 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - Changes to the A329M have people up in arms with the changes being labeled dangerous and unsafe, but not everyone thinks they're all bad
  
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• Supermarket price wars take petrol prices down to a six-year low

  23-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Asda has cut the price of diesel to 97.7 pence per litre (ppl) amid tumbling oil prices.
  
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• Station shopping centre sold for 335m

  23-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Birmingham's Grand Central shopping centre is bought by Hammerson, co-owners of the Bullring, for 335m.
  
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• Staff-only seats on Tube platforms to make workers 'look busy'

  23-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Tube chiefs are considering installing special "staff only" seats on station concourses that make users look like they are working rather than resting.
  
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• Spanish-built trains ordered for Northern in 490m deal

  23-01-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Arriva has revealed that it has chosen Spanish train builder CAF to provide almost 300 new vehicles for the next Northern franchise. Arriva takes over Northern from the current partnership of Serco and Abellio at the start of April, and its franchise commitments include the replacement of the unpopular diesel Pacers which still run on a number of routes in the north. Arriva said the contract, worth 490 million, was being financed by Eversholt Rail. The new electric and diesel tra
  
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• Sinkhole opens following water leak in Peel Street, Maidstone

  23-01-2016 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Residents at a housing block have been left unable to leave their car park after a sinkhole opened up in the road.
  
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• Signalling work halts westbound trains this weekend

  23-01-2016 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THERE will be no westbound trains from Swindon this weekend while Network Rail carries out the penultimate stage of a major signalling upgrade around the town.
  
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• Scotland's Edinburgh Gateway station to open by December 2016

  23-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -The UK's Network Rail has announced that the Edinburgh Gateway station in Scotland is on schedule to open by the end of the year.
  
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• Santander Cycles expands to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

  23-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Londons flagship cycle hire scheme, Santander Cycles, has been expanded to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.Eight new docking stations and 310 docking points have been installed at the Park, furthering the reach of the popular scheme and contributing to the Mayors vision of making cycling more accessible for everyone.Londons Cycling Commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, and Jessica Ennis-Hill, Santander ambassador, were at the Park today to launch the new do
  
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• Road to remain closed for 6 months after flooding landslide

  23-01-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -A ROAD will be closed for six months after a landslide caused part of it to collapse.
  
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• Price rise blow for Leeds CityBus users

  23-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Transport bosses are set to double the cost of journeys on the hop on, hop off Leeds CityBus service.
  
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• Price of diesel slashed by another 2p at major supermarket today...and others to follow suit?

  23-01-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Fuel prices look set to drop further as one of the major supermarkets makes more cuts at the pumps today.
  
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• Port goes bananas at size of cargo

  23-01-2016 01:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The largest cargo ship to have ever called at Portsmouth International Port arrived this week.
  
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• Police whistleblower reveals that postcode lottery on vehicle checks in Scotland could be putting lives in danger

  23-01-2016 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - THE Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme allows police to hand out notices ordering drivers to fix potentially dangerous defects in their cars, but the regional variations could put lives at risk.
  
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• Police call for insurance companies to "look more carefully" at claims

  23-01-2016 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -POLICE who investigated Waless biggest-ever motor insurance fraud say that if companies looked more carefully at claims, they could save £340 million a year.
  
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• Police advice on avoiding trouble on the M5 following a string of crashes at Bridgwater and Taunton

  23-01-2016 01:00 via thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -POLICE have given advice on motorway driving after a string of crashes on the M5 this month.
  
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• Petrol bonanza set to run out of gas

  23-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Industry experts say petrol and diesel will soon hit a plateau, if oil prices keep falling
  
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• Owner of 90,000 Audi tracks garage worker taking it for 106mph spin

  23-01-2016 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -WHEN a luxury 4x4 owner booked his car into the garage for a routine service, he never expected staff to take it on a 106mph test drive.
  
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• One-way system is damaging our trade

  23-01-2016 01:00 via wigantoday.net
  
  Other Regional Press - RESIDENTS and businesses are campaigning to change a town centre traffic layout to put drivers on the right track for visiting the shops.
  
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• Northern Irish firm wins Luton Airport job

  23-01-2016 01:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Northern Ireland contractor McLaughlin mp;amp; Harvey has won a £51m contract to redevelop and expand London Luton Aiports terminal.
  
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• North West drivers are some of Britains safest

  23-01-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - The North/South divide is frequently documented in many aspects of British life.
  
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• Night Tube 'back on' after unions back down on industrial action

  23-01-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The updated Tube offer includes a four-day work week and lump sums of £500 for each worker
  
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• New stations missing from ticket websites

  23-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Passengers unable to buy tickets online to travel to or from Britain's newest railway stations, which opened on Monday
  
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• New 2m Park and Ride at Four Oaks station

  23-01-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Extra free parking is expected to take more cars of the road as transport body Centro aims to cut congestion in the city
  
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• Migrant crisis: At least 42 dead after two shipwrecks off Greek coast

  23-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - At least 42 migrants are reported to have drowned in two separate shipwrecks off the coast of Greece.
  
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• Mid-Atlantic US snowstorm prompts major flight cancellations

  23-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Anticipating a major snowstorm due to strike the US Mid-Atlantic region over the weekend, airlines have canceled at least 3,014 flights as of 11:30am EST Jan. 22.read more
  
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• Mayor unveils plan for extra windows to make lorries safer

  23-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Lorries in London would be required to have a new side window so drivers can better see pedestrians and cyclists, under proposals unveiled by the Mayor today.The plan to improve visibility for lorry drivers would help cut the dangerous blind spots which have caused a significant number of deaths on the capital's roads.Under the proposals, existing and new lorries would be required to fit a new window in the lower half of the passenger-side cab doo
  
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• "Like cattle going to slaughter" - Train bosses apologise after passengers faint on 'awful' packed service

  23-01-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -TRAIN bosses have apologised after complaints that passengers fainted and felt like 'cattle going to slaughter' on an overcrowded morning service.
  
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• Letters to the editor: Clean air - the next Mayor's priority

  23-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Your leader column about pollution highlights yet again the scandal of London's dirty air "Londoners are dying from the city's toxic air", Comment, January 20. Ministers' chronic inaction in the face of illegally polluted air has already landed the Government in court. The Mayor's failure to tackle the biggest cause of the problemroad traffichasn't helped, while his plans for more road-building would make the situation even worse.
  
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• Latest link road closures

  23-01-2016 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The latest road closures as part of the ongoing link road works are:
  
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• James Bond's 1m Aston Martin concept car goes up for auction (but it is not even allowed on public roads)

  23-01-2016 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- One of only ten built as a concept model for the movie, the car (pictured) has never been in production and is not allowed on public roads.
  
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• James Bond Spectre car in 1m auction

  23-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Aston Martin is auctioning one of 10 DB10 cars made specially for last year's James Bond film Spectre, with a minimum price of 1m.
  
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• Hot air balloon drops from the sky and skims over the roofs of moving cars before coming to rest in a field

  23-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The incident, during which the balloon dropped out of the sky and bounced over cars, was caught on camera
  
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• Full closure of M65 after four car smash

  23-01-2016 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Junction one of the M65 has been under full closure after a crash involving up to four cars.
  
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