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• World's newest cruise ship to visit

  09-04-2016 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SHES on her way.
  
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• What Keeps Killing Electric Cars?

  09-04-2016 02:00 via forbes.com
  
  Forbes - Electric vehicle's shortcoming is the high cost and poor performance of the power pack, and developers have not addressed this.
  
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• We're sorry: Boss on 100k says patient transport shambles isn't acceptable

  09-04-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -AN ambulance trust could be asked to help a private company with a patient transport service currently in crisis - despite having only handed it over a week earlier.
  
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• Virgin Trains to offer delayed passengers compensation by cheque

  09-04-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Move welcomed by consumer groups
  
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• VIDEO: The yacht with its own bar and lift

  09-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The BBC's Leisha Chi reports from the Singapore Yacht Show and tours a mega yacht so plush, it even has its own lift.
  
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• VIDEO: Boy sealed in lorry rescued by texting

  09-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A seven-year-old boy from Afghanistan was rescued from a sealed lorry on a British motorway after texting someone in the US for help.
  
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• Traffic chaos in Trowbridge as transporter lorry gets stuck

  09-04-2016 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A CAR transporter has caused traffic mayhem in Trowbridge this afternoon after getting stuck on a roundabout.
  
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• This Tube map shows where you can afford to rent in London

  09-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Just 15 of London's 270 Tube stations are in affordable areas for renters, according to a housing charity.
  
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• This is the moment a private jet touched down in Cardiff Airport after being escorted by two RAF Typhoons

  09-04-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The RAF said quick reaction alert Typhoon aircraft were launched from RAF Coningsby to identify an unresponsive civilian aircraft
  
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• TfL under attack from London mayoral candidates

  09-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Two London mayoral candidates have criticised Transport for London (TfL), with Conservative Zac Goldsmith promising to cut free transport perks for staff to pay for more police officers and Labourmp;rsquo;s Sadiq Khan promising efficiency savings to pay for a fare freeze. Goldsmith pledged to cut...
  
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• Sturgeon misled country over investment deal with China Subscription

  09-04-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Nicola Sturgeon was accused of misleading Scotland yesterday after fresh details emerged of a controversial deal she signed with two Chinese conglomerates.
  
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• Stratford International evacuated: Major train station closed at rush hour after bus bomb hoax

  09-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A busy train station was evacuated during rush hour after a suspected bomb hoax this evening.
  
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• Stop here ... for three months

  09-04-2016 02:00 via whitbygazette.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Whitby is set for three months of traffic chaos according to residents and councillors as works get under way to overhaul the key Mayfield Road junction.
  
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• St James's Park Tube station evacuated and bomb squad called over 'suspect package'

  09-04-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - St James's Park tube station(pictured) in London was closed for a short while this morning while officers investigated and cordoned off an area near the Metropolitan Police's headquarters.
  
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• SpaceX rocket successfully lands on ocean drone platform for first time

  09-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Falcon 9 rocket takes off with a cargo capsule bound for International Space Station before successfully landing on drone barge in fifth attemptSpaceX landed a reusable rocket on a robotic drone on Friday, its fifth attempt and part of a budding space race between billionaires to revolutionize spaceflight.Related: Space mission to test billionaire's plan for astronauts to live in a bubbleContinue reading...
  
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• Selby rail disaster books of condolence are painstakingly restored, after being damaged by York floods

  09-04-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -The books will now be stored at the National Railway Museum
  
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• Sales of electric cars soar 85 amid fear over pollution

  09-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds more Londoners are buying electric cars as the scale of the capital's air pollution problem is laid bare, official figures reveal today.
  
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• Safety fears over plans for a new road layout near Fareham

  09-04-2016 02:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - CONCERNS have been raised over plans to create a continuous dual carriageway on a busy main road.
  
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• Ryanair accuses Google of profiting from misleading ads

  09-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Airline launches broadside over fact that eDreams, a travel booking firm, is displayed first on Google searches for RyanairRyanair has launched a new broadside against Google in its battle with other websites selling its flights, accusing the internet firm of profiting at the expense of consumers through misleading adverts and paid-for search results.The airline called on businesses in the UK and Europe to stand up to Google over practices that it claims breach trust, confuse cust
  
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• Roadworks for Sussex next week

  09-04-2016 02:00 via westsussextoday.co.uk
  
  West Sussex Gazette - Planned roadworks Sussex from Monday (11 April) to Sunday 17 April.
  
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• Relief at cash to fix potholes

  09-04-2016 02:00 via wigantoday.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Politicians and residents have both welcomed a funding pot given to Wigan Council to fix thousands of potholes on the boroughs roads.
  
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• RAF jets escort plane to airport

  09-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Two RAF jets escort an
  
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• Personal drone that could chop your commute in half is flown for the first time

  09-04-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The Volocopter has been cleared for take-off and is said to be as easy to control as a car
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon confirms plans to scrap air passenger duty in Scotland

  09-04-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Charging UK travellers one of the highest aviation taxes in the world
  
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• New National Express straight-to-the terminal Stansted services

  09-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Thousands of extra seats dailyNational Express is making it easier than ever to travel to Stansted Airport with brand new routes adding almost 5,000 extra seats a dayan annual equivalent to more than ten times the population of Brighton.The new services, which launch on Monday, April 11, will for the first time see the UKs largest coach operator serve Stansted from new stops at Paddington, Waterloo and Southwark.The news is likely to be particular
  
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• Network Rail pushes for vital Midlands area upgrade worth up to 1billion

  09-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Network Rail is proposing a 600 million-1 billion major upgrade of Leicester station and the surrounding railway.
  
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• Muslim woman who claims she suffered racist abuse on Tube: 'I'm angry no-one bothered to help'

  09-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Muslim woman has told of her anger at passers-by who failed to help her after she was allegedly racially abused on the Tube.
  
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• Motorists 'become more aggressive' once they get behind the wheel

  09-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than half of motorists act more aggressively behind the wheel than they do elsewhere, research has found.
  
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• Meet the Denbigh grandmother whose dream cruise turned into a 'nightmare' because of paperwork

  09-04-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Helen Jones, 69, a grandmother-of-seven, and her husband Ifors paid around £8,000 for the trip to the Caribbean
  
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• Medway Cruise car show held at Dockside Outlet Centre, Chatham, stopped due to health and safety issues

  09-04-2016 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A popular monthly car show has been stopped due to health and safety issues, after it started attracting too many enthusiasts.
  
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• M65 extension scheme dead in the water

  09-04-2016 02:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Two leading Pendle politicians have described a proposal for a new trans-Pennine motorway linking Lancashire and Yorkshire as pure froth and a red herring.
  
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• Judge issues lorry warning as tipper truck driver jailed for killing cyclist in east London

  09-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A judge has issued a stern warning to the capital's lorry drivers after a man was jailed today for killing cyclist Akis Kollaros by hitting him with a tipper truck.
  
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• Jail term for Doncaster woman who caused rail delays costing thousands

  09-04-2016 02:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Doncaster Free Post - A woman who caused disruption for thousands of commuters and motorists in South Yorkshire and cost the authorities more than mp;#163;30, 000 has been given a jail term.
  
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• Jaguar say electric cars are a 'new start'

  09-04-2016 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Ian Callum, head of design at Jaguar, talks electric.
  
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• Iberia Express launches new Madrid service from Birmingham Airport

  09-04-2016 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -The service will operate four times a week and offer connections to a host of onward destinations
  
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• HS2 Ltd and TUC sign framework deal

  09-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Agreement to maximise economic and labour benefits of new railway
  
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• How many potholes are being filled in your area? Map reveals where roads will be fixed

  09-04-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The government today launched a map of where the funding has been allocated, and a tool so that you can search for planned repairs by postcode.
  
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• Has the Tesla Model 3 Really Made Electric Cars Mainstream?

  09-04-2016 02:00 via forbes.com
  
  Forbes - Since unveiling its most affordable vehicle yet last week, Tesla Motors has notched more than 325,000 reservations from excited fans of the all-electric carmaker, according to an announcement on Thursday. Ambitiously titled mp;ldquo;The Week that Electric Vehicles Went Mainstream,mp;rdquo; the notemp;nbsp;asserts that the Tesla Model 3 achieved this breakthrough in an unprecedented way.
  
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• Future tracks: A tale of two technologies

  09-04-2016 02:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Andrew Wade Senior reporter This week I had the pleasure of attending two very different media events, showcasing two very different technologies. One will help transform London and the South East, while the other has implications for the entire planet. Both of them are promising big things for the future. On Wednesday, I descended the
  
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• Full steam ahead for Titanic exhibition

  09-04-2016 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - A major exhibition on the doomed liner Titanic is coming to the Fylde coast.
  
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• Flight diverted due to potential 'timebomb' of unpredictable passenger

  09-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - United Airlines pilot thought air-rage incident could have been to distract from something more sinister, court hearsThe decision to divert a transatlantic flight over an alleged air-rage incident was recommended because there was a potential timebomb on board, a court has heard.Joseph Oka, a United Airlines relief pilot, said he feared the actions of an unpredictable passenger could have been a distraction for something more sinister. He told Antrim crown court: I was thinking, c
  
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• Firefighters rescue 'critically injured' casualties after level-crossing 'collision' involving train, bus and cars

  09-04-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -CREWS scrambled to the scene found dozens of casualties fleeing vehicles and many others still trapped insidein a major emergency exercise.
  
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• Faster trains on Great Eastern, but renewals hold the key - Network Rail

  09-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Journey time improvements on the GEML have a very significant cost, and need be implanted alongside other enhancement and renewals works to reduce the cost.
  
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• Dublin airport to build 320m runway by 2020

  09-04-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Work to start on new development in 2017 as passenger numbers continue to grow
  
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• Drivers warned over road closure in Northamptonshire village that could impact on A508 traffic

  09-04-2016 02:00 via northamptonchron.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Motorists are being warned of a road closure in Spratton next week.
  
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• Drivers warned of new parking rules at Corby car park

  09-04-2016 02:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Northamptonshire Telegraph - Dozens of drivers who have been using a car park in Corby for free for two months have been shocked to suddenly start receving parking tickets
  
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• Driverless cars to be trialled on motorways

  09-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - A trial of driverless cars is to be carried out on motorways, Highways England has confirmed. The organisation believes a connected corridor could see cars and infrastructure being linked wirelessly, so drivers would receive alerts of congestion and road closures in advance. This forms part of a wider 150 million drive to harness innovative new technology, which will also involve trialling radar technology on motorways and in tunnels so breakdowns
  
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• Deal to allow M6 Toll to be open for free in times of crisis extended

  09-04-2016 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The deal allowing the M6 Toll to be opened for free in times of crisis has been renewed for another six months, bosses have revealed.
  
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• CILT and Geographical Association launch transport and logistics resources for schools

  09-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK, in collaboration with the Geographical Association, has produced a suite of logistics and transport resources for use in schools and educational environments.In order to raise the profile of the profession and the opportunities available CILT and the Geographical Association have designed eight lesson plans, with accompanying material, to be used in schools and educational settings.The
  
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• Calls for plans to close station ticket offices to be scrapped

  09-04-2016 02:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -MP for Hertsmere Oliver Dowden has called for Govia Thameslink to scrap plans for the partial or complete closure of station ticket offices at Borehamwood, Radlett and Potters Bar.
  
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