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• Near miss with airliner should spur review of drones, says Labour

  01-02-2016 22:43
  
  Labour calls for urgent review of rules after UK Airprox Board reveals plane came within 20 metres of drone above Houses of ParliamentThe near collision of a drone and a passenger plane over the Houses of Parliament should be a wake-up call for the government to speed up its review of unmanned aerial vehicles, Labour has said.Richard Burden, a shadow transport minister, said the near-miss over central London and other recent cases should be a “spur to action” after delays in the gove
  
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• Lorry blown off the road as Storm Henry hits the UK – video

  01-02-2016 20:37
  
  A white lorry lies upside-down off the road on the A66 in County Durham on Monday, as Storm Henry bears down on Britain. In Scotland, the Met Office issued amber warning of winds of up to 90mph as motorists were advised against non-essential travel. Henry is the eighth winter storm and comes just days after the UK saw off Storm Gertrude Continue reading...
  
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• Tube station staff to strike over job cuts and ticket office closures

  01-02-2016 13:49
  
  RMT union confirms 48-hour walkout, to start at 9pm on Saturday, while talks with TfL this week may still avert actionThe RMT union has confirmed plans for a 48-hour strike on the London Underground over job cuts and ticket office closures.Related: TfL spends £600,000 advertising night tube – despite it having no launch dateContinue reading...
  
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• A Sadiq Khan win in London would expose the failings of Jeremy Corbyn

  01-02-2016 11:53
  
  A Labour win in the capital’s mayoral race would give comfort to the party’s leader but also serve as a telling rebukeDon’t stop me if you’ve heard all this before. This story has a novelty ending. Sitting comfortably?Jeremy Corbyn, you will have read, is leading the Labour Party to a string of election defeats, beginning with a bunch of them in May. Labour will lose in Scotland, lose in Wales and lose in most of England too. The one potential light on this gloomy near ho
  
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• Yob threat to lifeline Leeds bus route

  01-02-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - A transport operator is axing a lifeline service in Leeds after one of its buses came under attack from stone-throwing yobs.
  
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• 'Wonder emporium' of London's lost property

  01-02-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - An envelope containing 15,000 and an urn of ashes were among the items lost on London's travel network and returned to their owners
  
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• We may not need a new runway at all, says senior Tory Subscription

  01-02-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - MPs will raise fresh doubts over plans for a new runway in the southeast today amid claims that the economic case for expansion had not yet been made.
  
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• VIDEO: Women-only transport grows in Indonesia

  01-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is seeing a growing number of transport services catering exclusively to women.
  
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• Union anger at report which claims to bury bad news over rail services

  01-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Rail union leaders have expressed
  
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• Tube strikes: Come on, Mr Khan, condemn this lurch back to dinosaur socialism

  01-02-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - We should all denounce this week's Tube strike - but Sadiq Khan won't
  
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• Telford bus services under threat after council cuts funding by £1 million

  01-02-2016 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - Telford mp; Wrekin Council will cut its funding of bus services by nearly £1 million over the next five years - putting key services under threat.
  
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• Ryanair passengers sends in bailiffs to get 600 back from airline

  01-02-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Lucas Marshall, of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, decided to take a stand after he was landed with a 320 bill at the airport because he was unable to print off his family's boarding passes.
  
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• Revealed: Stockport train station's multi-million pound transformation plans

  01-02-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Stockport council chiefs have released their masterplan for the railway station in the heart of the town
  
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• Rail operator voted worst in the country by commuters

  01-02-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Thameslink Trains have the lowest level of customer satisfaction of any rail operator in Britain, according to a new survey.
  
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• Police slam 'idiots' who shone lasers at Heathrow planes

  01-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Police have slammed the actions of "idiots" who shone lasers at aircraft flying over Heathrow Airport.
  
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• Northern Powerhouse is top of the agenda as business leaders for new lobby group

  01-02-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo -Business North will include senior industry leaders from across northern England
  
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• New pictures show progress on new Bolton Interchange

  01-02-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -WORK is progressing well on the multi-modal Bolton Interchange, with new pictures showing the on-site developments over the festive and new year period.
  
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• New crossing to improve pedestrian crossing on busy dual carriageway

  01-02-2016 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -A NEW pedestrian crossing on one of Hartlepool's busiest roads has been approved by councillors.
  
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• Mountain bikers launch crowdfunding appeal to pay for new trail in Sheffield

  01-02-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Mountain bikers keen to create a new trail in Sheffield hope crowdfunding will pay for the project.
  
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• London TFL's lost property room where 300,000 misplaced items ended up

  01-02-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Transport for London stores the goods at a three-storey depot next to Baker Street Station for three months before they are either donated to charity or auctioned of.
  
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• Journey numbers on UK railways more than double in two decades

  01-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The number of journeys being made on Britain's railways has more than doubled over the past two decades, new figures show.
  
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• IS IT FARE?: Seats on school bus will cost teens 770- an increase of almost 60 per cent

  01-02-2016 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -TEENAGERS will be paying 770 for a seat on the school bus as prices go up almost 60 per cent in a couple of years.
  
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• Ghost tube stations that can live again

  01-02-2016 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - Abandoned tube stations lie hidden, but remain a poignant example of wasted space; now dormant transport hubs testament to lazy city planning.The post Ghost tube stations that can live again appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Easier payouts for rail delays Subscription

  01-02-2016 01:00 via thesundaytimes.co.uk
  Times Online - TRAIN passengers will get automatic compensation for delays as Tube-style Oyster cards are introduced across the rail network under plans unveiled today.
  
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• Discount rail fares to help boost flood hit Northumberland's tourist trade

  01-02-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Tourism bosses hope to prove the North of England is open for business after December storms
  
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• Confusing Sheffield road markings to be redone in 6,000 blunder

  01-02-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Confusing road markings painted on a Sheffield street are to be changed at a cost of £6,000because they increased the chance of crashes.
  
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• Child sexual exploitation training could be mandatory for Woking taxi drivers

  01-02-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A taxi driver said after reading the report she is not sure "what the signs of child sexual exploitation (CSE) are in a private hire and taxi environment"
  
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• Chelsea set rails at station plan

  01-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Celebrity campaigners fear commercial development and effect on areas identity
  
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• Brown envelope containing 15,000 cash among items lost on the Tube last year

  01-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A prosthetic leg, a life-sized Spiderman doll and "enough musical instruments to form a band" have been lost on London's travel network.
  
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• Birmingham's cycle revolution gets rolling as work starts on routes

  01-02-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Work has started on creating safer cycle lanes on some of the major routes into Birmingham
  
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• Alstoms new chief has eye on deals

  01-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Poupart-Lafarge says Europe is ripe for consolidation
  
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• Airports Commission case for Heathrow expansion 'opaque'

  01-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie says more information required over reasons for Davies reports conclusions.A decision on airport expansion is being taken on the basis of opaque information, a senior MP has warned.Andrew Tyrie, chair of the influential Commons Treasury select committee, said parliament and the public had been left partly in the dark on the case for a new runway at Heathrow.Continue reading...
  
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• Airport redevelopment to be detailed

  01-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Details of a multi-million pound redevelopment of Aberdeen International Airport are to be unveiled by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
  
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• A55 roadworks restart at Conwy tunnels heralding five weeks of misery for motorists

  01-02-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Lane closures are in place in both directions at the Pen-y-Clip and Conwy tunnels in the latest stage of upgrade work
  
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• 800 York taxi drivers to get specialist training to help spot victims of child abuse

  01-02-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -HUNDREDS of taxi drivers in York are to be given special training to help them spot the warning signs of child sex exploitation.
  
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• 17 things you only know if you travel on Merseyrail

  01-02-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Early trains, late trains and rail replacement buses - Merseyrail users have seen it all
  
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