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• Who are the Heathrow 13? – in pictures

  24-02-2016 15:47
  
  The Plane Stupid activists who staged a peaceful protest on a Heathrow runway in 2015 could become the UK’s first climate change protesters to be jailed. They range from residents of the Heathrow villages to young climate activists Continue reading...
  
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• Why does the Queen get her name on everything?

  24-02-2016 15:42
  
  Crossrail is to be called the Elizabeth line - just the latest in almost nine decades of same old, same old name choices. Why can’t we use a litle more imagination, asks Tracy McVeighSo London’s new crossrail is to be called the Elizabeth line - adding another track to those named for royals including the Jubilee and Victoria. Its relevance might be questioned on the grounds that you won’t find many of the Windsor family battling rush hour on public transport, but who could bur
  
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• Wrexham trains delayed after break-down on railway line

  24-02-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The incident at Shotton has also cancelled some services between Wrexham Central station and Bidston
  
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• WORST POTHOLES REVEALED: Its getting a hole lot worse on Lancashires roads

  24-02-2016 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - They are the bane of drivers livesand a cyclists worst nightmare.
  
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• Virgin Atlantic leads Heathrow airlines move towards quieter planes

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Heathrows latest Fly Quiet league results, ranking airlines noise performance from October to December 2015, have been published. The results show a clear trend towards quieter, newer planes at Heathrow, with airlines like Virgin Atlantic making substantive changes in their fleet over the last three months alone. The latest data includes the largest single jump in scores tracking the use of quieter planes, since the start of the Fly Quiet programm
  
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• VIDEO: Queen unveils new purple Crossrail line

  24-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Queen Elizabeth has unveiled the new Crossrail railway line, named in her honour.
  
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• VIDEO: Can electric cars work in rural areas?

  24-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A pioneering project on the island of Mull is demonstrating that electric cars could be a viable form of transport in rural areas. Craig Anderson reports.
  
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• VIDEO: Augmented reality creates car showroom

  24-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An augmented reality app that uses Google's Project Tango technology creates an interactive car showroom.
  
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• US continues to dominate long-haul business travel

  24-02-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- GTMC concerned about low level of travel to emerging economies
  
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• Unwanted bikes needed as town gears up to host Tour de Yorkshire

  24-02-2016 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Doncaster Free Post - Members of the public are being asked to donate any unwanted bikes to be used as decorations when Doncaster hosts the Tour de Yorkshire.
  
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• UK fracking traffic would increase local air pollution, finds study

  24-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Number of tankers taking water to and from drilling sites would increase hourly levels of nitrogen oxide emissions by as much as 30, says research
  
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• Uber launches first motorbike taxi service

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - App looks to India and Southeast Asia to offset China losses
  
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• Tunnel debris found on Tube train roof

  24-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A lump of concrete is found on the roof of a Central Line Tube train the day after contractors drilled a hole through the tunnel roof.
  
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• TfL and famous faces team up to walk the Circle line for Sport Relief

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Well-known Londoners have recorded podcasts of their favourite places to walk along the Circle Tube line, to promote Transport for Londons (TfL) special free led walk on Sunday 13th March for Sport Relief. The My London on foot podcasts include the BBC radio presenters Robert Elms and Nick Bright, celebrating the Capitals history, culture and landscape through the agesfrom the home of Londons famous detective Sherlock Holmes on Baker Street to the
  
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• Swindon boosted by proposed rail link with Heathrow

  24-02-2016 01:00 via swindonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - PLANS have been unveiled which could see Swindon gain a direct rail link to Heathrow Airport within the next ten years.
  
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• Samaritans to train Tube staff in spotting those at risk of suicide

  24-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A bid to increase the number of Tube staff trained to help people at risk of suicide has been launched by Transport for London.
  
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• RVEL becomes train operator

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - RVEL, a Loram company, has been granted a Safety Certificate and Non-passenger Train Licence by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) allowing the company to operate non-passenger services.The initial Safety Certificate, covering a period of five years, will allow RVEL to operate trains between the Derby RTC and Old Dalby test track in support of its existing engineering and re-engineering business. RVEL hopes to operate its first train along this rou
  
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• Qantas reports record profit for fiscal first-half

  24-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Qantas achieved the best half-year result in the airlines history with a net profit of A$688 million ($498 million) for the six months through Dec. 31, 2015, compared with a profit of A$206 million a year earlier.read more
  
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• Newcastle International Airport car park expansion gets the go ahead

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Newcastle International Airport has today announced a development to extend its car parking facilities. A multi-million pound contract has been awarded to The Owen Pugh Group to extend the existing long-term car park to provide 1,600 additional spaces at the airport. Preliminary work on the scheme is already underway and the project is expected to take 21 weeks to complete. The new extension is bordered by Ponteland Road and Prestwick Road with th
  
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• New rail line will be named after the Queen

  24-02-2016 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -A new railway line which will link parts of south Bucks with central London and Essex is to be named after the Queen.
  
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• More than 100,000 drivers have now been caught using Cardiff's bus lanes and paid out almost 3m

  24-02-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The council have finally revealed how they will spend the money - and it will be on a new bus interchange
  
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• Major Birmingham jobs blow as Aston Martin reveals Wales plant

  24-02-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Sutton Coldfield has lost out in the race to attract the James Bond car-maker after a factory in Glamorgan was revealed
  
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• London's Crossrail to be named Elizabeth line after the Queen video

  24-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - A new railway line that will run under London is to be named after the Queen. Crossrail, which will link parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to Essex, will be known as the Elizabeth line when it opens through the centre of the capital in December 2018
  
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• Just nine per cent of people cycle to work

  24-02-2016 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The dreary weather in the North West and across the UK plays a factor with just 9 of working Brits currently cycling to work, new research shows.
  
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• HS2 MPs call for faster project approval

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Consultation process on 57bn high-speed rail line took 2 years and 160 hearings
  
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• HS2 Bill Committee report has 'failed to deliver'

  24-02-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The final report from the Parliamentary Committee which has been considering the Hybrid Bill authorising Phase 1 of HS2 has 'failed to deliver', according to critics. The Committee heard nearly 1,600 petitions against the Bill, and its final recommendations include a longer Chilterns bored tunnel with a north portal at South Heath, greater noise protection for Wendover and amendments to the discretionary compensation schemes. However, the Rail Freight Group has expressed its conc
  
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• Heathrow boss warns UK needs EU to thrive

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - John Holland-Kaye is one of several chiefs to sign a letter backing Camerons reform deal
  
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• Heathrow 13 likely to become UK's first climate change protesters to be jailed

  24-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Activists will be sentenced on Wednesday and have been warned of likelihood of jail time despite support of leading politiciansThe 13 activists who chained themselves to Heathrows northern runway are likely to become the first climate change protesters to be jailed in the UK when they are sentenced on Wednesday morning, despite the support of prominent politicians.The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said it would be a disgrace and that he was shattered by the concept of the Hea
  
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• Glasgow Subway to close for a month on June 24 leaving staff in limbo

  24-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Glasgow Subway staff have been told they may have to sell tickets for a replacement bus service outside stations when they shut for a month during an upgrade.
  
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• Forget Crossrail now it's the Elizabeth Line

  24-02-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -London's new underground railway, which has been built as Crossrail, will have a new name when trains start running in 2018. Her Majesty the Queen visited the station site at Bond Street today, where the Mayor of London announced that the route will be known as the Elizabeth Line. She was presented with a commemorative Elizabeth roundel, and met a number of people involved in the construction of Crossrail, including apprentices, engineers and future train drivers.
  
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• Flying Scotsman steam train is in action again following a restoration

  24-02-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The iconic Flying Scotsman returned to the tracks today as it made its way from York to Scarborough for the first time following its decade-long 4.2million restoration.
  
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• Evening Standard comment: The Elizabeth Line will transform transport

  24-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The extraordinary activity below ground and the unholy obstructions above ground that the making of Crossrail has involved will be rewarded next year with the opening of the first section of a new line that will ultimately transport some 200 million people a year around London. Today, symbolically, Crossrail gets a name: it is to be called after the Queen, the Elizabeth Line. On the Tube map it will be royal purple in colour. The Queen's visit todaywearing purple hersel
  
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• Emirates touts economic benefits to US; upgauges IAD service to A380

  24-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Emirates Airline marked the upgauging of its daily service between Dubai and Washington Dulles (IAD) Tuesday with ceremonies at IAD and VIP tours of one of its 76 Airbus A380s.read more
  
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• Doncaster trust takes delivery of first electric vehicle

  24-02-2016 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Doncaster Free Post - A Balby-based trust has taken delivery of its first electric delivery van in a bid to save money and reduce carbon emissions.
  
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• Cyclists invited to attend annual fundraising event

  24-02-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Cyclists and visitors from across theUK will once again be visiting Yorkshire to take part in the popular challenge rideto celebratethe UKs Tour de France mp; local , pioneer Brian Robinson.
  
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• Crossrail to become the Elizabeth line

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Her Majesty the Queen visited the under-construction Crossrail station at Bond Street as the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP, announced that the new railway will be known as the Elizabeth line in her honour.The Elizabeth line will transform travel across the city, boosting the economy by billions of pounds and supporting thousands of new jobs and homes.The Mayor was joined by Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP, Londons Trans
  
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• Crossrail to be called Elizabeth Line

  24-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Crossrail, the new railway which will run beneath London, is to be named the Elizabeth Line in honour of the Queen, Boris Johnson announces.
  
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• Crossrail route map: new Elizabeth line connects London to Essex and Reading

  24-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - This is the new route map for Crossrail, London's newest rail line.
  
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• Crossrail named the Elizabeth line: Royal title unveiled as the Queen visits Bond Street station

  24-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Crossrail is to be named the Elizabeth line in honour of the Queen, the Standard can reveal today.
  
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• Campaign to raise funds for electric bus overshoots target within a few weeks

  24-02-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A CAMPAIGN to raise funds for an electric bus has smashed its target within a few weeks.
  
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• Business Travel Show to break records

  24-02-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- 265 exhibitors including American Airlines, Uber, Amadeus, easyJet, Etihad and Virgin Trains
  
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• Bus timetable changes ahead in 400k cuts

  24-02-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Bus chiefs have been forced to make changes to some services after suffering a £400,000 cut in subsidies.
  
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• Brexit would make third Heathrow runway more pressing, airport boss warns

  24-02-2016 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said he wanted Britain stay in a reformed EU, but exit would strengthen the case for airport expansion
  
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• Birmingham Airport has a strong start to 2016 setting a new passenger record

  24-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Birmingham Airport has started the year on a high, recording a healthy 9 passenger growth rate year-on-year for January 2016 and the busiest January on record. Last month the Midlands airport handled a total of 666,681 passengers, 55,000 more than the same month the previous year.Demand for seats has increased on both long and short-haul routes, with the most significant growth again recorded on long-haul services which were up by over 18 compared
  
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• Aston Martin creates 750 jobs in Wales

  24-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Aston Martin is to build its new luxury car in south Wales, creating 750 highly-skilled jobs.
  
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• Airport noise community groups write to David Cameron calling for review of airspace policy

  24-02-2016 01:00 via aef.org.uk
  Aviation Industry- In an open letter to David Cameron, which AEF co-ordinated, community groups concerned about the impacts of flight path changes have written to call on the Government to bring forward a review of airspace policy and the process for consultation
  
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• Airlines match third airfare hike of 2016

  24-02-2016 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- In this Feb. 3, 2014, file photo, a passenger checks in luggage at the Southwest Airlines counter at Love Field in Dallas. The Dallas-based carrier initiated a $10 per round-trip fare increase that has been matched by three other carriers.
  
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