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• Plymouth's Merafield bridge destroyed in controlled explosion – video

  16-05-2016 15:50
  
  A controlled explosion destroys Merafield bridge in Plymouth on Saturday night. Up to 50kg of explosives were drilled into the supporting piers and the abutments at each end of the bridge by the demolition team. Footage shows the road bridge collapsing in a pile of dust and debris as part of the A38 road upgrade project. A new bridge, which was built alongside the old, was opened two weeks agoContinue reading...
  
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• Yorkshire should summon spirit of Grand Depart to make high-speed rail a success, think tank says

  16-05-2016 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -YORKSHIRE should summon the spirit behind its Tour de France Grand Dpart to make the arrival of high-speed rail an economic success, a think tank has said.
  
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• Volvo Bus reaches 1,000 milestone with UK hybrid sales

  16-05-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Vision Travel O licence revoked and owner disqualified

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• VIDEO: Eurostar boss: 'Oh, he's French!'

  16-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Nicolas Petrovic, chief executive of Eurostar, offers the business advice he wishes he'd been given before he started out, for the BBC News series CEO Secrets.
  
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• Transport for Greater Manchester welcomes Busmark

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• TramForward calls on new mayor to consider central London tram schemes

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• Train services to airport triple

  16-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The number of train services running from north Wales to Manchester Airport each week triple from Monday.
  
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• Train services between North Wales and Manchester Airport to be tripled

  16-05-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The company will increase the number of services from 17 to 57
  
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• The Welsh valleys road with some of the UK's worst air pollution

  16-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Heavy traffic sees A472 at Crumlin record highest nitrogen dioxide outside Londonand residents fear for childrens healthThe rush hour is not a good time to be out and about on the A472 as lorry after lorry climbs out of the south Wales valley town of Crumlin and heads up and over towards Pontypool.Its pretty terrible, said Deanna Harwick, a mother of two young children, who lives in a terrace lining one side of the heaving road. We cant have the windows open because of the fumes s
  
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• Surge in cross-Border bookings as Virgin launches expanded Edinburgh-London timetable

  16-05-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - CROSS-BORDER rail bookings are on the rise following a bid by the main East Coast operator to lure passengers away from air travel.
  
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• Steel and sustainability: Managing wildlife habitats collaboratively on Network Rail owned land

  16-05-2016 02:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - Railway tunnels, cuttings and bridges arent just core parts of the rail networkthey all make ideal homes for wildlife, offering many biodiverse habitats for animals and plants to thrive in.
  
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• Ryanair flight to Manchester evacuated after 'bomb' alert

  16-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Ryanair flight to Manchester was evacuated at an airport in Norway after a bomb scare triggered by the "suspicious" behaviour of two passengers.
  
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• Rail staff, postal managers and civil servants set to go on strike this week

  16-05-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The RMT union at Southern Railway will stage a walkout in a row over the role of conductors and driver-only trains
  
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• Rail halt worry

  16-05-2016 02:00 via kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A rail expert is concerned that East Dunbartonshire Council officers lack the enthusiasm to create a new Allander train station.
  
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• Queen's Speech to introduce legislation that will allow driverless cars

  16-05-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The Department for Transport has said such cutting-edge technologies are crucial to the countrys economy and that its proposals will help deliver jobs.
  
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• Port boosted by cruise ship calls

  16-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Fishguard Port is to receive 19 cruise ship calls this year, making it one of the most popular cruise destinations in Wales.
  
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• New Thamesdown buses honour Swindons railway heritage

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• New £29m cycle superhighway 'used as a car park'

  16-05-2016 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -INCONSIDERATE motorists have been condemned for
  
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• Long-awaited relief road 'too narrow' to cope with traffic, resident fears

  16-05-2016 02:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -A long-awaited relief road to cut congestion in Beaconsfield Old Town may not be wide enough to cope with the amount of traffic, a resident fears.
  
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• Innovative new Rail Ambassador scheme launched

  16-05-2016 02:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - A new voluntary Rail Ambassador scheme for young people has been jointly launched by Network Rail and British Transport Police to help improve safety near the railway.
  
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• Great Western Railway brings in new train times and mandatory bike reservations

  16-05-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -COMMUTERS should double-check trains before hopping on their usual service to work tomorrow - especially if travelling with two wheels.
  
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• Go Ahead hybrid decker fleet set to reach 600 by end of 2016

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• Gatwick campaigners take their fight to Downing Street

  16-05-2016 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - Campaigners fighting a new runway at Gatwick Airport are heading to Number Ten Downing Street today. They're releasing new research, claiming extra traffic in the area will cause serious air pollution.
  
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• Four luxury Plaxton Panthers for Johnsons

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• Flying Scotsman reaches Scotland after 11th hour Network Rail U-turn

  16-05-2016 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - HUNDREDS of people queued to get a closer look at the worlds most famous locomotive yesterday after Flying Scotsman arrived in Tweedbank following a historic first trip on the re-opened Borders Railway.
  
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• First welcomes 150,000th customer on board Manchester Busway service

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• Duke of Cambridge launches taskforce on male suicide drawing on rail industry expertise

  16-05-2016 02:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and the Duke of Cambridge are today (Thursday 12 May) launching a unique coalition to tackle the issue of male suicide, including Samaritans and frontline services from land, sea and air.
  
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• 'Drunk US air marshal' removed from Heathrow flight by police

  16-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A US air marshal has reportedly been removed from a passenger jet at Heathrow after he was found to be intoxicated.
  
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• Dozens of MPs urge the Government to agree on a third runway for Heathrow by the end of July

  16-05-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Dozens of MPs are urging the Government to decide on whether to give the green light to a third runway at Heathrow airport within the next 10 weeks.
  
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• Bus crashes into shop in north-west London

  16-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - More than a dozen people injured as doubledecker smashes into store front in HarlesdenAt least 17 people, including four children, were injured after a double decker bus crashed into a shop on a busy high street. The vehicle smashed into a store front near the junction of Harlesden High Street and Manor Park Road in north-west London at about 2pm on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Arriva to TRIPLE the number of trains running from North Wales to Manchester Airport

  16-05-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - But Network Rail feared the increase would bring unmanageable pressure on the railway for its passengers
  
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• Alight here? Britain's railway request stops

  16-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - As Paul Merton concludes his TV series Secret Stations, the author of the book that inspired the show says there are many more obscure stations to visit
  
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