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• Have you been groped or harassed on public transport? - The Guardian

  05-04-2016 14:15
  The Guardian
  Have you been groped or harassed on public transport?
  The Guardian
  It's been a year since Transport for London introduced its campaign to stop sexual harassment on public transport – but what's the picture in the rest of the UK and the world? We'd like to know more about experiences of groping on public transport ...
  

• Have you been groped or harassed on public transport?

  05-04-2016 14:15
  
  It’s been a year since Transport for London introduced its campaign to stop sexual harassment on public transport – but what’s the picture in the rest of the UK and the world? We’d like to know more about experiences of groping on public transport outside of LondonThis time last year, Transport for London launched its Report It to Stop It campaign, aiming to curb sexual harassment on its services.A year on, the video has been watched more than 4m times and 36% more people
  
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• Rail chaos across country after damage to wires near Birmingham

  05-04-2016 13:44
  
  Problems with overhead cables near city’s airport has hit services from as far away as Edinburgh and SouthamptonThousands of rail journeys are being disrupted due to damaged overhead electric wires near Birmingham airport. The problem is affecting services across much of the country, including Edinburgh, north Wales, Manchester, London and Southampton.Continue reading...
  
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• Wireless charging system for electric vehicles

  05-04-2016 02:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Researchers at the US Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a 20-kilowatt wireless charging system for electric vehicles. According to the scientists, the system has achieved 90 per cent efficiency and functions at three times the rate of the plug-in systems commonly used for electric vehicles today. For the demonstration, the
  
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• VIDEO: Strolling swan holds up city traffic

  05-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Swan takes a casual stroll along a road in Manchester city centre bringing Monday morning traffic to standstill.
  
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• UK freezes Airbus export support

  05-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - UK authorities freeze all applications by Airbus for government export credits while the company's use of overseas agents is reviewed.
  
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• Traffic in Manchester brought to a standstill by self-important SWAN

  05-04-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Footage of the brazen bird strutting along the white line between two lanes - so as to block traffic on both sides - was captured by an amused onlooker on Great Ancoats Street in Manchester this morning.
  
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• Tianjin Airlines to launch Gatwick services

  05-04-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Flights could start June 25
  
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• Thousands attend free road safety event at Northamptonshire circuit

  05-04-2016 02:00 via daventryexpress.co.uk
  
  Daventry Express - More than 3,000 visitors attended a free road safety event organised by Northamptonshire Police and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service in Corby.
  
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• The cost of potholes to millions of drivers

  05-04-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The cost of damage caused by potholes on the regions roads is among the highest in the UK, it has been revealed.
  
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• Thamesdown Transport advises of Rodbourne Road diversions

  05-04-2016 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -BUS passengers have been warned to expect some changes to their services later this month when Rodbourne Road closes for almost a month.
  
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• Tailgating the number one cause of road rage

  05-04-2016 02:00 via wigantoday.net
  
  Other Regional Press - More than half of British drivers say that tailgating is the ultimate trigger for road rage, a recent study has reported.
  
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• Sturgeon's £10bn deal with firm owned by "grossly corrupt" Chinese construction giant

  05-04-2016 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - NICOLA Sturgeon has signed a potential multi-billion pound investment deal with a firm owned by a Chinese construction giant implicated in "gross corruption" on an industrial scale.
  
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• Street race drivers 'will be jailed'

  05-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Car cruisers breaking an injunction to take part in street racing will be jailed, say police and councillors.
  
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• STOP THIS MADNESS: Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Burnley in top five boroughs for child road casualties

  05-04-2016 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -HEADTEACHERS and road safety campaigners have issued a stop this madness plea over poor parking and fast driving which puts schoolchildren at risk.
  
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• Stevenage-based Airbus Defence and Space urges UK-based staff to vote to stay in Junes EU referendum

  05-04-2016 02:00 via thecomet.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Major Stevenage employer Airbus Defence and Space has today written to its 15,000 UK-based staff warning about the risks of voting to leave the European Union in Junes referendumbut it insists that regardless of the result their jobs are not in danger.
  
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• Smart steps for public transport as tickets sold onboard

  05-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Smartcard tickets are now being sold on buses and trams in South Yorkshire. Passengers buying selected 7-Day tickets will be able to use their TravelMaster or StagecoachSmart smartcard, or will be given one for the first time, instead of a paper pass by their driver or conductor.Smartcard users can also buy 1-Day tickets, including CityBus and CityWide in Sheffield, RConnect in Rotherham and SYConnect across South Yorkshire on most buses and trams
  
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• Scotlands first electric bus service celebrates 100,000miles

  05-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The first fully-electric bus to be used for a local bus service in Scotland recently celebrated 100,000 miles in service. The bus launched in November 2013 by Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans, operates on the service, which links the ferry ports at Cairnryan to the railway station in Stranraer.The 27 seat Optare Solo battery-powered bus is operated by McLeans of Stranraer, was part-funded through the Scottish Governments Green
  
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• Safety measures announced for Lightwater road but Bagshot High Street to miss out

  05-04-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Highways chiefs have been prompted by petitions to announce new measure for Red Road
  
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• Rush hour misery on Southeastern trains after signal failure at Lewisham

  05-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters faced more misery this morning after a major signalling problem caused severe disruption on one of the busiest routes into London.
  
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• REVEALED: The roads and bridges Bradford Council will repair with 2.5m Government flood grant

  05-04-2016 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -COUNCIL bosses have identified more than 20 flood-damaged bridges, roads and footpaths which will be repaired thanks to a 2.5 million Government handout.
  
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• Reckless and dangerous youths dicing with death after train hits concrete blocks placed on Peterborough tracks

  05-04-2016 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Youths were described as dicing with death after a train hit concrete blocks they had placed on a railway track in Peterborough.
  
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• Reading Buses diverted during Tilehurst Road works

  05-04-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - Routes 18, Royal Blue 33 and 33a will be affected from Monday, April 4 until Sunday, April 10
  
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• Railway between Dover and Folkestone rebuilt at cost of 44m

  05-04-2016 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A stretch of railway destroyed in bad weather will not reopen until December... after a multi-million pounds refit.
  
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• Preferred central corridor for East West Rail announced

  05-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The central section of East West Rail will go through the Bedford-Sandy-Cambridge corridor, it was announced today. Network Rail chose their preferred route after considering 20 options. It will publish the methodology behind the decision and begin a further consultation process in May. The...
  
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• Popular ship passes underneath the Severn Bridge

  05-04-2016 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -ONE of Britains most travelled excursion ships was back on the Severn Estuary on the weekend.
  
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• Police encourage drivers to be on the lookout for motorcyclists

  05-04-2016 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Police are encouraging drivers to be on the lookout for motorcyclists as seasonal bikers start returning to the roads.
  
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• Patients face delays following takeover of transport services

  05-04-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -PATIENTS missed hospital appointments and faced delays because of technical hitches in a new transport service.
  
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• Passenger Sally Zimmermann steers bus to safety after driver has heart attack on M20 even though she can't drive

  05-04-2016 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - When a coach driver suffered a heart attack, a hero passenger narrowly managed to avoid a serious motorway crash - even though she can't drive.
  
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• Passenger bitten by 'nutter at 40,000ft'

  05-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A man needs hospital treatment after being bitten on a Heathrow-bound British Airways flight.
  
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• Paddington station 'chaos' after signal failure

  05-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A signal problem has caused "absolute chaos" at Paddington station this evening.
  
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• Over 800,000 Volkswagen cars recalled - is yours on the list?

  05-04-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne models have been recalled over faulty pedals.
  
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• New 'congestion-busting' busway opens

  05-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A 75m new guided busway aimed at reducing congestion in Greater Manchester opens.
  
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• New bus link for Portlanders to start next week

  05-04-2016 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A NEW bus that connects Portland communities to the commercial bus route to Weymouth will start in next week.
  
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• Network Rail opposes Arriva plan to increase trains to Manchester Airport

  05-04-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Arriva Trains Wales want to run 57 direct trains from North Wales - but Network Rail say it would bring 'unmanageable pressure'
  
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• Metropolitan line stations from Aldgate to Wembley Park face two years of early closures

  05-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Trains serving a swathe of Metropolitan line stations will stop early three evenings a week for more than two years as part of engineering works, transport chiefs have announced.
  
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• Manchester Victoria and Salford Central stations reopen following Ordsall Chord work

  05-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Manchester Victoria and Salford Central stations reopened today following 10-day closures for the Ordsall Chord project. During the blockade Network Rail engineers moved track, widened the Middlewood viaduct, installed a new bridge and strengthened railway arches. The Chord will connect...
  
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• Major safety concerns if public road through revamped plant is reopened, says Grangemouth boss

  05-04-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - THE owner of the massive petrochemicals plant at Grangemouth said the re-opening of a public road through site threw up major public safety concerns.
  
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• Major roadworks begin for new Sunderland bridge

  05-04-2016 02:00 via sunderlandecho.com
  
  Sunderland Echo - Drivers are coping with delays as major roadworks begin for the New Wear Crossing project.
  
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• Launch of new intercity rail operator signals start of 500m investment into rail operations in the North and Scotland

  05-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The TransPennine Express franchise (TPE), operated by FirstGroup, takes over the reins of intercity rail operations in the North and Scotland today. Over the next seven years TPE will oversee an investment of more than £500m which will transform rail services across the North of England and Scotland. This investment will lead to an 80 per cent rise in capacity at the busiest times of the day and increase connections between the largest citie
  
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• Lancashires rail passengers promised new trains and faster journeys

  05-04-2016 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Rail passengers across Lancashire have been promised new trains and faster journeys under a new look franchise.
  
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• Is this the end of paper passports?

  05-04-2016 02:00 via wigantoday.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Passports could soon be a thing of the past, with paperless travel documents being pioneered by a UK company.
  
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• Inquiry launched into Plymouth collision

  05-04-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has launched an inquiry into a collision between two trains at Plymouth station on the afternoon of 3 April in which 18 people were reported hurt, although none seriously. The accident involved two Great Western trains.
  
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• HS2 seeking partners for phase 2 contracts worth over 500m

  05-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - HS2 is seeking bids for two new contracts worth over mp;pound;400m for phase 2 of the high-speed rail project. One contract, worth mp;pound;130 - mp;pound;170m, is for a phase 2 development partner, who will provide project management services and support in managing professional service contracts for...
  
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• HS2: EU to pay just £30m to £55bn project

  05-04-2016 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The EU will pay just £30 million towards controversial HS2a fraction of its £55 billion price tag, it has emerged.
  
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• HRH Princess Royal to Address Microlise Transport Conference

  05-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of international transport development charity Transaid will deliver the keynote speech at the Microlise Transport Conference.The Princess Royal is no stranger to the road haulage industry and in addition to her patronages, has a Class 2 heavy goods vehicle licence and is an honorary member of the Road Haulage Association (RHA).The Microlise Transport Conference, taking place on 18 May at the Ricoh Are
  
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• Has Transport for London found a way to stop you being groped on the tube?

  05-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - A year on from the launch of the powerful Report It to Stop It campaign aimed at tackling sexual harassment, the team behind it weighs up the impactIt started with a number. In 2013 Transport for London conducted a survey on the safety of passengers travelling in the capital. The results came back: around one in seven women had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour (USB)including staring, groping, being made to feel uncomfortableon public transport in the previous 12 months. But w
  
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• Good times for motorists to end as petrol price rises

  05-04-2016 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Motorists have been warned that the period of lower fuel prices is over after the cost of petrol rose last month for the first time since July 2015.
  
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• Good times at an end as cost of petrol rises

  05-04-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Motorists have been warned that the period of lower fuel prices is over after the cost of petrol rose last month for the first time since July 2015.
  
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• Every London black cab will take card payments by October

  05-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Every black cab in London will take card payments by October under plans published today.
  
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