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• 57 tube stations at high risk of flooding, says London Underground report

  10-04-2016 15:14
  
  Busy stations including Waterloo, King’s Cross and London Bridge among the most threatened, unpublished review statesEighty-five sites on the London Underground are at high and rising risk of flooding, according to a report that says it is “only a matter of time” before serious flooding strikes.Most threatened are some of the capital’s busiest stations, including Waterloo, King’s Cross and London Bridge, and the report warns of potential dangers to passengers. &ldqu
  
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• Wreckage of plane with skeletons on board is found after Argentinian lake evaporates

  10-04-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - All four people on board - the pilot and three engineers- died when thea twin-engine Piper Apache aircraft hurtled into the Colhue Huapi lake in Argentina on October 19, 1964.
  
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• Work continues to bridge the gap in Tadcaster

  10-04-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Council bosses last night moved to reassure people work was progressing well behind the scenes on the project to repair 18th century Tadcaster Bridge.
  
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• Watchdog presses Sturgeon on China deal Subscription

  10-04-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A global anti-corruption campaign group has heaped more pressure on Nicola Sturgeon for her controversial investment agreement with China, worth up to £10bn.
  
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• Vintage bikes set off from Transport Museum for annual run from Coventry to Brighton

  10-04-2016 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -The 160-mile trip is taken on each year by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club
  
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• VIDEO: See the ISS glide across night skies

  10-04-2016 02:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Northamptonshire Telegraph - The International Space Station (ISS) with UK Astronaut Major Tim Peake on board, will glide across the night skies over the next week.
  
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• UPDATE: Cause of "massive bang" felt across Oxfordshire is revealed

  10-04-2016 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Airwise News -Two Typhoon jets that had to leave
  
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• Two bodies recovered after Western Isles boat tragedy

  10-04-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - THE BODIES of two crew members on board a ship which sank off the Western Isles have been recovered by rescue teams.
  
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• Transport bosses admit link road between A40 and A44 is hit by delays

  10-04-2016 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Airwise News -A SCHEME to build a 11.8m link road in North Oxford has been hit by delays due to a lack of funding, transport bosses have admitted.
  
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• SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lands on ocean platform video

  10-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster makes a successful landing on an ocean platform. The Falcon 9 was launched from Florida on a Nasa cargo mission to the International Space Station on Friday. Minutes later, its reusable main-stage booster landed on an ocean drone platform. Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who owns SpaceX, has said he hopes to pioneer reusable rockets that will make spaceflight vastly less expensive Continue reading...
  
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• SLIDESHOW: Restored locomotive steams through Sleaford

  10-04-2016 02:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Sleaford Standard - Train enthusiasts were treated to the sight of an LMS Jubilee 45699 steaming its way through Sleaford this morning.
  
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• Shocking footage of train smashing into car released as driver jailed

  10-04-2016 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -Lucky escape after train ploughs into vehicle at 70mph
  
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• Shipwrecked trio rescued from deserted Pacific island after spelling out 'Help' in palm leaves on beach

  10-04-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The men were travelling in a skiff from another Micronesian island when a wave overtook them and keft them stranded on Weno
  
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• Second six-vehicle crash on motorway

  10-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Second six-vehicle crash on Northern Ireland motorway in 24 hours.
  
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• Second-hand cars drive customers to distraction

  10-04-2016 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Being ripped off by a nefarious used car salesman is an age-old clich but figures published today suggest thousands of people in Scotland are still having problems with cars they have bought second-hand.
  
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• Scot's quest to uncover secrets of sunken warship

  10-04-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - FOR decades it lay rusting at the bottom of a tropical sea, a forgotten relic of a war that ended long ago.
  
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• Roadworks planned for week starting Monday April 11

  10-04-2016 02:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Highways England has issued this list of roadworks planned in central southern England in the week starting Monday April 11.
  
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• Richard Branson: Millions of people would love to become astronauts

  10-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Eighteen months on from the fatal crash that left Richard Bransons space tourism project in doubt, Virgin Galactic is back. We report from the unveiling of a new ship in the Mojave desert and talk to BransonDrive north-east out of Los Angeles, and when the suburban sprawl finally gives out, the terrain looks more and more unearthlyparched scrub, lunar ridges and vast cloudless skies. This is the Mojave desert, offering few attractions to the casual visitor but the perfect environm
  
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• Railways stations will deliver thousands of jobs and homes

  10-04-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - Thousands of jobs and homes are set to be created by the biggest programme of rail improvements since the Victorian age, the Government has said.
  
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• Police cars smashed up after vandals enter station yard

  10-04-2016 02:00 via hartlepoolmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A community police team has been left with a clear up mission and a repair bill after three of its vehicles were damaged.
  
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• Outraged Spain hits back as wine tankers are hijacked and guerre des vins erupts

  10-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Anger as winemakers pour away tanker of red in cheap imports protestWhat the French like to call the guerre des vins has broken out again. Last week wine from a Spanish-registered tanker could be seen pouring on to a road in south-west France, forming a large pool the colour of blood.Around 100 French winemakers had forced the driver to stop at the road toll point, ordered him to hand over his keys and then cheered as the red puddle swelled and ran into a ditch. Local gendarmes st
  
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• New railway bridge for Shrivenham is delivered on time

  10-04-2016 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -DRIVERS in Shrivenham will have use of a new and improved route after work on a new railway bridge was completed last week.
  
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• Mum terrified speed of cars in Littlemore road will hurt children

  10-04-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A MOTHER-OF-THREE has said she is terrified for her children's safety due to cars allegedly speeding at more than three times the limit in a Littlemore road.
  
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• Mohamed Abrini admits to being 'man in the hat' at Brussels airport

  10-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The 31-year-old, also thought to have been involved in Paris attacks, made confession following arrest on FridayAfter nearly three weeks of frantic searching, Belgian authorities have announced they have finally arrested and identified the elusive man in the hat spotted alongside two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels airport on 22 March.In a statement on Saturday evening, Belgian prosecutors said Mohamed Abrini, 31, the last identified suspect at large from the Pa
  
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• M65 extension plan dead

  10-04-2016 02:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Two leading 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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• M6 closed after ten-vehicle smash

  10-04-2016 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Traffic was stopped on the M6 this evening after a ten-vehicle smash.
  
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• Lord Mawhinney is new president of Nene Valley Railway

  10-04-2016 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Former MP for Peterborough and North West Cambridgeshire, Lord Brian Mawhinney, has become the new president of Nene Valley Railway, replacing David Smith who retired last year.
  
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• Liverpool war veterans receive cycling masterclass from Sir Bradley Wiggins ahead of 100 mile cycle

  10-04-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Andy Grant and Liam Duffy will be riding in aid of the Invictus Foundation on July 31
  
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• Kids biggest distraction for North West drivers

  10-04-2016 02:00 via burnleyexpress.net
  
  Burnley Express - While mobile phones and fiddling with the stereo might cause drivers to lose concentration its actually our nearest and dearest who are the biggest distraction while were at the wheel, according to a new survey.
  
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• Investigation launched after bus driver 'sexually harassed woman while at the wheel'

  10-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transport for London has launched an investigation after a woman claimed she was sexually harassed by a bus driver while he was at the wheel.
  
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• Inflatable train seats could allow commuters 40 extra space by 2020

  10-04-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The 'air train' has been designed by consultancy firm Arup to make more space by deflating the seats. The carriages have been shortlisted in the Tomorrow's Train Design Today competition.
  
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• Fishing Boat Sinks Off Coast Of Western Isles, Scotland, Leaving At Least Two Dead

  10-04-2016 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  
  Huffington Post - Two bodies have been pulled from the sea after a fishing boat sank off the Western Isles of Scotland. The coastguard received a distress alert just before 3.45am on Saturday, and the vessel's emergency positioning beacon was activated near Mingulay, the Press Association reported. The vessel went down with four crew on board, but one was rescued and taken to hospital by helicopter. A lifeboat and helicopter were continuing the search on Saturday, as one person remained missing.
  
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• Drama as holiday jet with technical fault circles Manchester Airport for two hours

  10-04-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Pilots on board the Thomas Cook Airlines flight to Paphos dumped fuel before returning
  
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• Could Britain's booming car factories help save our suffering steel industry from a complete crisis?

  10-04-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Changes to Government policies and big investment in the technology required to make the quality of steel needed for cars could help British steel-makers ride the automotive boom.
  
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• Car hire super CDW cover: your policy should be to avoid this rip-off

  10-04-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Companies are ever more desperate to get you to buy their wildly expensive bolt-ons - because most their profits come from themWhen did approaching a car rental desk turn into a game like Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, dodging financial grenades while engaging in hand-to-hand combat with an evil zombie, albeit dressed in a corporate uniform with a supercilious smile?Rental companies are using ever more desperate tactics to force you into buying their wildly expensive super CDW insuran
  
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• Belgians charge third airport bomber

  10-04-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Prosecutors say Abrini has admitted being the man in the hat in the Brussels airport attack
  
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