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• London mayor race: the Green party vision of Sian Berry

  13-02-2016 09:07
  
  Community empowerment, an inclusive economy and small initiatives with big effects are key elements of the Green idea for running the capital
  Sian Berry was the Green Party’s London mayor candidate in 2008. I don’t recall her saying sentences like this: “The reason you need to build profit into your development plans is because of risk. But if you know you can get something through at a lower risk, you plan for a lower profit.” Or this: “I want to see total transpar
  
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• York teenagers to help improve bus services

  13-02-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -YOUTH groups are to help set up a replacement for the York free bus travel trial which flopped in the first two months of this year.
  
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• Year of M65 misery on cards as roadworks due to start

  13-02-2016 01:00 via burnleyexpress.net
  
  Burnley Express - Motorists could be facing a year of traffic misery as roadworks to improve junction 13 of the M65 are to begin later this month.
  
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• WATCH: Moment pregnant woman shames uncaring London commuters who refuse to give up seat

  13-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Daily Express - THIS is the moment a pregnant woman who took a hidden camera on to the London Underground publicly humiliates commuters who refuse to give up designated priority seats.
  
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• VIDEO: Shocking footage shows celebrating friends being 'mowed down like skittles'

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SHOCKING footage shows a group of celebrating friends being mown down by a driver who lost his temper and ploughed his car into them.
  
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• US and Cuba to formalise deal allowing 20 flights a day between countries

  13-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Officials will sign deal on Tuesday allowing flights from US to Havana as part of a gradual loosening of restrictions set to transform Cuban tourismUS and Cuban officials are scheduled to sign an agreement on Tuesday that will allow up to 20 scheduled flights a day between the communist island nation and the US. The agreement, which had been expected since Barack Obama announced an easing of travel restrictions and normalising of trade relations last year, will allow commercial ca
  
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• UK Weathyer causes commuter misery as arctic blast causes slippery railway tracks

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Thousands of commuters continue to be left in the lurch as trains into London and across the south east are running up to an hour late after ice on the tracks made conditions slippery and dangerous.
  
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• Train window smashed as carriage 'shot' near Dunton Green, Sevenoaks

  13-02-2016 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A carriage was evacuated this evening after a train was 'shot at'.
  
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• Sussex roadworks planned for next week

  13-02-2016 01:00 via westsussextoday.co.uk
  
  West Sussex Gazette - Planned roadworks in Sussex from Monday February 15 to Sunday February 21 are:
  
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• Southeastern delays: Commuters forced to stand in toilets after 'omnishambles' at St Pancras

  13-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Passengers faced rush hour chaos this evening as rail services failed to recover following frosty tracks in the morning.
  
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• South West Trains and Southern rail delays misery due to 'poor weather conditions'

  13-02-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Trains unable to run on tracks combined with other broken down services led to havoc on Friday morning
  
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• Shes electric! Is Volvos new hybrid XC90 the king of the SUVs? RAY MASSEY puts it to the test

  13-02-2016 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Volvos revised seven-seater XC90 off-roader made a big splash when it was launched last year and now it comes in hybrid form. We test it out.
  
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• Seven girls in hospital after being hit by car outside school in Liverpool horror crash

  13-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Seven girls have been hit by a car outside a school in Liverpool, leaving some of them with serious injuries.
  
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• Scotland's worst traffic lights? Temporary lights cause mayhem on busy street with only 10 paces between them

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -THE lights surround a metre-wide manhole and have been branded a bloody mess for causing grief for drivers and residents.
  
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• Ryanair and easyJet add new routes from Stansted Airport

  13-02-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Budget airlines easyJet and Ryanair have each announced a new route from Stansted Airport.
  
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• ROADWORKS: List of major works in Yorkshire for next week

  13-02-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -Highways England has issued its weekly information of major planned roadworks.
  
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• Reforms to improve bus services for the public

  13-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Measures set out by the Department for Transport (DfT) will see bus travel improve for the public and will give local councils more control to improve the travel service. Roads minister Andrew Jones said that these changes would see improvements to services all over theUK,as reported on the governmentwebsite. Speaking at the UK BusSummithe commented:
  
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• RAIL UPDATE: MP has lost faith with service

  13-02-2016 01:00 via westsussextoday.co.uk
  
  West Sussex Gazette - A Sussex MP has lost faith with a rail service provider after chaos was reported on the line this morning (Friday February 12).
  
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• Rail chaos blamed on engineering works

  13-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Overnight engineering works are blamed for train cancellations that caused chaos south of London.
  
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• Public given chance to have their say on local bus services

  13-02-2016 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -BUS passengers from Wiltshire are being given the chance to have their say on the local services that run in the county.
  
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• Pregnant woman uses hidden camera to shame London Underground commuters

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Miri Michaeli Schwartz, who is a journalist for Israeli TV news service Channel 10 was stunned at the amount of people who ignored her, despite wearing a 'Baby on Board' badge.
  
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• Plan to solve Bridport parking woes - by making more spaces available

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE TOWN council hopes to help improve Bridport's parking problems by making more spaces available to motorists.
  
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• Passengers evacuated after packed Southeastern commuter train 'shot at'

  13-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A London commuter train was evacuated after reportedly being "shot at" this evening.
  
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• Part of Settle to Carlisle line is shut after major landslip

  13-02-2016 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A stretch of the picturesque Settle to Carlisle rail line will be closed for several months after a major landslip made it unsafe.
  
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• Parkside Hall car park gets go-ahead for resurfacing

  13-02-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A four-week project to resurface a car park in Ampthill has been given the go-ahead.
  
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• One in five new cars is white - but could they be worth less in future?

  13-02-2016 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Of the 2.6 million new cars bought in 2015, more than half a million were white. But according to car valuations experts, white models could become less desirable in the future.
  
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• Neighbours braced for more misery as roadworks begin

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -NEIGHBOURS are bracing themselves for yet more misery just months after work causing traffic chaos in a Hampshire town centre was completed.
  
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• MP takes up motorway sausage offer

  13-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Liz Truss takes up
  
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• More lane closures on A1231 as work continues on new Sunderland bridge

  13-02-2016 01:00 via sunderlandecho.com
  
  Sunderland Echo - Commuters in Sunderland are being reminded that roadworks relating to the New Wear Crossing will step up on the north bank of the river from this Monday.
  
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• Missile throwers make Teesside street a night-time no-go zone for bus service

  13-02-2016 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Arriva North East working with police to catch perpetrators :: Buses have been withdrawn from part of route after attacks
  
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• Minister hears of rail line noise

  13-02-2016 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Sleaford Standard - The MP for Sleaford has challenged the rail minister to compensate residents whose lives have been affected by increased rail freight traffic.
  
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• Michael Fallon says our ships in the Med will take migrants BACK to Turkey

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Migrants will be scooped up by Nato warships in the Aegean Sea and taken back to Turkey, Michael Fallon said last night In a dramatic escalation of the response to the crisis.
  
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• Metro line closed this weekend

  13-02-2016 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -A KEY junction on the Tyne and Wear Metro will be replaced this weekend, causing a 54-hour line closure.
  
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• Merger for NI online bike firm announced

  13-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Online bike retailer Chain Reaction Cycles, which sells to customers across the world from NI, is to merge with Portsmouth-based company, Wiggle.
  
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• Major landslip will close Settle line for months

  13-02-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -A landslip involving half a million tonnes of earth on the Settle mp; Carlisle line will close the route for several months 'at least', Network Rail has warned. The slip at Eden Brows, some 3km north of Armathwaite, is currently accelerating after its base was eroded by a fast-flowing river. The line had been closed three days ago after aerial surveys and ground monitoring had revealed that the embankment had moved. The area of land affected is more than 130m long and 70m wide.
  
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• MAG airports reports strong start to 2016

  13-02-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Growth at all four airports owned by the group
  
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• Love is in the air on Stagecoach buses for Valentine's Day competition

  13-02-2016 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -CUPID cut-outs have taken over the windows of Stagecoach buses in Swindon which is all part of a Valentines themed competition for passengers.
  
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• Look: The vision of Victoria Square in 2019 - with trams running through heart of Birmingham

  13-02-2016 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Image evokes memories of when cars were allowed in city centre
  
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• Liverpool car smashes into group of Belvedere Academy pupils leaving 8 injured

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Seven girls aged between 11 and 16 have been taken to hospital after a car, driven by a woman in her 80s, hit a group of schoolchildren near the Belvedere Academy in Liverpool.
  
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• Lane closures confirmed for M1

  13-02-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Highways England has confirmed a series of lane closures, temporary speed limits and diversions on the M1 for the next week.
  
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• Is this robot the Airbus worker of the future?

  13-02-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Airbus starts joint research into humanoid robotic technology to take on 'tedious' manufacturing roles
  
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• Investigation launched into bus which drove around fallen woman before she was killed in a collision

  13-02-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -A BUS firm has launched an investigation after one of its drivers drove around a woman who had fallen in the road before she was hit by a car and killed.
  
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• Ice cycles: the northerly world cities leading the winter bicycle revolution

  13-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Oulu in Finland and Winnipeg in Canada are two winter cities with remarkably different stories. Oulu is just like Winnipegexcept for the bike paths stretching for miles in every direction and the thousands of people riding bicycles in the snowsays Winter Bike to Work Day founder Anders SwansonIt happened for me three years ago in Turku: the moment I realised that cycling in the snow was going to become normal. I was winding my way up Finland, en route to the worlds first ever Wint
  
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• Hopper bus service to be axed after council vote

  13-02-2016 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE Hopper bus service will be axed after councillors voted against looking into possible financial alternatives today.
  
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• Heavily pregnant journalist takes hidden camera on Tube to shame commuters for not giving up seats

  13-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A heavily pregnant journalist took a hidden camera onto the Tube to shame commuters for not giving up their seats.
  
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• Heathrow Crossrail levy plan sparks clash with DfT

  13-02-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -A plan to charge Transport for London for running Crossrail trains into Heathrow Airport has been provisionally rejected by the Office of Rail and Road, and its stance is being supported by the Department for Transport. Heathrow Airport Limited has proposed that each Crossrail train should pay a levy or toll, reported to be around 600, for the use of its 8.6km of track and stations serving the airport, and the annual bill for Crossrail manager Transport for London would be in the
  
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• Green councillor injured in crash names projects to make Chichesters roads safer

  13-02-2016 01:00 via westsussextoday.co.uk
  
  West Sussex Gazette - A councillor seriously injured while riding her bike has reiterated her determination to make the citys roads safer.
  
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• Government's refusal to cut drink-drive limit will cost lives, says senior policeman

  13-02-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -THE Government is missing an opportunity to save lives by refusing to review the drink drive limit, one of North Yorkshire's most senior officers has said.
  
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• Flop M6 Toll up for sale for whopping 2billion amid calls to bring it under state ownership

  13-02-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The road near Birmingham, condemned for low traffic levels and its failure to ease the burden on the main M6, is owned by a group of banks
  
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• End to A585 works in sight

  13-02-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Work on the A585 at Fleetwood could be completed in a fortnights time.
  
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