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• World's biggest cruise ship is 783million 'building site' as passengers moan about debris in pools and all-night drilling

  28-05-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - The gigantic 227,000-ton vessel is 216ft wide and, at 1,187ft in length, 164ft longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, But some passengers are NOT happy
  
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• World naked bike ride comes to Canterbury in protest against toxic air

  28-05-2016 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Organisers of a naked bike ride are warning that a flash of nudity is far less scary than the damage cars do.
  
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• What are fuel cell cars and where can you buy them?

  28-05-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Cars turn hydrogen into electricitybut its not as simple as that
  
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• VIDEO: Police investigate dangerous driving after motorist puts their own Peterborough in a hurry footage on social media

  28-05-2016 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Police in Peterborough are investigating reports of dangerous driving after a motorist posted this video of his own driving on social media.
  
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• VIDEO: France strike fuels motorists' fears

  28-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Many motorists in France are still having trouble finding fuel, as a result of strikes and blockades by French trade unions.
  
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• UPDATED: Closure of 13 bus routes confirmed by Thames Travel + full list

  28-05-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THAMES Travel will close 13 of its bus routes in Oxfordshire due to subsidy cuts, it was confirmed tonight.
  
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• UK citizen jailed in US for airport plot

  28-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A British citizen who US prosecutors say plotted to carry out a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow Airport is jailed for 40 years in the US.
  
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• Travel chaos may await football fans in France (Subscription)

  28-05-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Irish football fans and holidaymakers could face travel chaos in France as strikes, fuel shortages and security check delays threaten to disrupt journeys with less than two weeks to go until the European Championships.
  
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• Tram-trains are the only way to reverse Leedss public transport paralysis

  28-05-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - Leeds politicians and people are being urged to speak in one united voice for a train-tram system - and really get the citys public transport ambitions moving.
  
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• Train driver arrested at Waverley Station in Edinburgh 'for being drunk on duty'

  28-05-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -THE 54-year-old ScotRail employee is understood to have been detained by British Transport Police at Waverley Station in Edinburgh.
  
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• Thousands line dock to wave off Disney Magic cruise liner

  28-05-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post - The Disney Magic liner left Liverpool on Friday evening, with thousands of people showing up to wave the ship off
  
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• TfL unveils new Tube map with tram services included for the first time

  28-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London's tram services have been incorporated in the Transport for London Tube map for the first time.
  
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• Straddle Bus to free up cycle lanes

  28-05-2016 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - The straddle bus is a radical vehicle that can pass over traffic jams and frees up road space for cyclists. Bus lanes providea valuable refuge for cyclists on urban streets, but in Londonthey have becomeso clogged with motorisedvehicles that bicycles can find themselves in a near-constant state of overtaking, or being overtaken. The answer could lie with aradical new vehicle The post Straddle Bus to free up cycle lanes appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Southerns London rail licence nearly went west (Subscription)

  28-05-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The controversial Thameslink and Southern trains operator avoided being stripped of the London commuter superfranchise yesterday after transport ministers agreed to water down its performance targets.
  
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• Southern accused of agreeing 'remedial plan' to increase train cancellations

  28-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Railways is being allowed by Government to make thousands more cancellations under an amendment to its franchise, a union has claimed.
  
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• Southern accused of agreeing 'remedial plan' to increase train cancellations

  28-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Railways is being allowed by Government to make thousands more cancellations under an amendment to its franchise, a union has claimed.
  
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• Rail industry in the UK dependent on supply chain

  28-05-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Thanks to large-scale projects across the country, the UK rail industry is flourishing and there are massive opportunities for manufacturers as a result of this. One of the biggest projects is the HS2 and others include major improvements across the north of England, all of which have put the rail sector under intense observation, reports Insider Media Limited. Luckily, everything is looking positive, particularly as the industry's supply chain is
  
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• Rail franchises will deliver high quality services

  28-05-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Government sets out plans for next round of franchise contests
  
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• Plane in near miss with drone above city

  28-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A plane on approach to Glasgow Airport two months ago almost collided with a drone, a report by the UK Airprox Board says.
  
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• Plan to spruce up Inverness approaches

  28-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Highland councillors are to consider ideas designed to improve the approaches to Inverness by road.
  
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• Pilot killed after vintage WWII fighter plane crashes into Hudson River

  28-05-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - William Gordon, 56, was trying to crash land the P-47 Thunderbolt plane after experiencing mechanical issues when he crashed. His body was recovered from the plane three hours after it went down.
  
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• Pensioners should be allowed to continue driving 'for as long as possible', official review to find

  28-05-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Pensioners should be allowed to continue driving until they are 75 before having to renew their licences because people are healthier and living longer, an official review is expected to find.
  
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• Passenger jet comes within 100ft of hitting drone as it flies into Glasgow Airport

  28-05-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -THE pilot of the Boeing 737 had no time to take evasive action and the UK Aviation Board said there had been a definite risk of collision.
  
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• Older drivers should carry on until 75 before renewing licence, says review

  28-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The Older Drivers Task Force says current ruling can lead to depression among over-70s and a great burden on care systemOlder motorists should be able to carry on driving until they are 75 before renewing their licence, an official review is reportedly expected to conclude.The Older Drivers Task Force, established in 2014 to support people later in life to drive safely, will recommend to the government in July that the current mandatory renewal age of 70 is raised. Continue readin
  
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• North-East green transport set to receive 1m Government boost

  28-05-2016 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -A 1 MILLION cash injection is set to improve green transport links across the Tees Valley to support the 30 per cent of residents who do not own a car.
  
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• Night bus cuts is a loss of a 'lifeline' for Bolton bus users forum claims

  28-05-2016 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -A 'LIFELINE' night bus service operating between Manchester and Bolton should be brought back, campaigners have argued.
  
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• New freight air quality initiative to reduce harmful emissions in the Capital

  28-05-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The LoCITY programme has taken its first steps to improve air quality in the Capital by publishing data to help increase the availability and uptake of low emission vans and lorries. Representatives from across the industry came together yesterday for the first annual conference, as research from the programmes initial four months was published.LoCITY is an industry-led programme helping the freight and fleet industry reduce its impact on air qual
  
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• More than a quarter of disclosed airport arrests for drunkenness took place at Gatwick

  28-05-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -MORE than a quarter of passengers arrested on suspicion of being drunk on a plane or at a British airport, in figures released yesterday, were apprehended at Gatwick.
  
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• Man accused in bomb plot at Heathrow gets 40 years for al-Qaida support

  28-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Minh Quang Pham was sentenced after pleading guilty in January to charges he provided material support to the terrorist groups Arabian Peninsula affiliateA Vietnamese-born man who US authorities say was instructed by a top figure with al-Qaidas Yemen affiliate to carry out a suicide attack at Londons Heathrow airport was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Minh Quang Pham, 33, was sentenced by US district judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan after pleading guilty in January to charges he
  
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• Lifeboat team rescue LEATHER SOFA from the English Channel as it posed risk to boats

  28-05-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The large settee was spotted off the Kent Coast and was reported to Dover Coastguard who scrambled a lifeboat to recover it
  
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• Government considering private funding for East Coast upgrades

  28-05-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Private funding may be needed for the necessary infrastructure changes to allow the new East Coast InterCity lines to run at 140mph, the government has said. In response to a written question from Leeds MP Rachel Reeves, rail minister Claire Perry said that the rail industry and Virgin Trains...
  
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• France strike sees half of petrol stations run dry as riots break out in Paris

  28-05-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Breakdown recovery firms said numerous customers had already been stranded, with the RAC saying journeys should be cancelled unless a vehicle has fuel for the entire journey.
  
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• Flybe boss: Slap congestion charge on mega-airports (Subscription)

  28-05-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Heathrow and Gatwick should be hit with a central London-style congestion charge to boost regional airports, according to the boss of Britains biggest domestic carrier.
  
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• Ex-McDonald's worker from London jailed for 40 years in US for 'Heathrow bomb plot'

  28-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A former McDonald's worker from south London was today jailed for 40 years in the US over an alleged plot to detonate a suitcase bomb at Heathrow.
  
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• EgyptAir crash beacon detected as ship joins black box hunt

  28-05-2016 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - A French vessel that joined the search for the EgyptAir plane which crashed last week killing all 66 people on board has arrived in the crash area, as Egyptian officials said search teams in the Mediterranean have picked up a beacon believed to be from the doomed aircraft.
  
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• Drone in near miss with Boeing 757 jet as it took off from UK airport

  28-05-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The plane was in 'critical phase of flight' when its pilot spotted the object passing within 100ft of the plane as it left Manchester
  
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• Could French fuel strikes affect travel?

  28-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - How will Britons travelling in France be affected?
  
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• Cheap fuel lets US drivers hit the road

  28-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - American drivers take to US roads this holiday weekend enjoying the lowest fuel prices for a decade.
  
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• Bus engulfed by flames after 'explosion'

  28-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A bus goes up in flames after it
  
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• Boss in pledge to get failing patient transport firm on track

  28-05-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A PATIENT transport company is still failing one in three patients returning from treatment seven weeks after taking over the service but the firms boss has promised the company will hit its targets by July.
  
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• Belgium strike could impact rail services

  28-05-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Eurostar closes bookings on London-Brussels route for strike period
  
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• Bank Holiday traffic: Motorists warned they face worst getaway in three years

  28-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Holidaymakers on the roads this bank holiday were today warned they face the heaviest traffic in three years.
  
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• Bank Holiday traffic: Drivers stuck in 30 miles of queues on M25 after camper van fire, crash and emergency repairs

  28-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Drivers battling to get to Bank Holiday getaway destinations faced up to 30 mile queues on the M25 after a camper van fire, emergency repairs and a two-vehicle crash caused chaos.
  
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• Bank Holiday getaway 'hell' at Euston and Paddington: Passengers describe 'madness' and 'pandemonium'

  28-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Rail passengers today described London's major transport hubs as like "hell on earth" as they tried to leave the capital to get to Bank Holiday getaway destinations.
  
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• Arundel bypass route through Binsted would be 'death' of village, say campaigners

  28-05-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A CAMPAIGN group has said potential routes for a bypass would mean the
  
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• Airline passengers facing summer of discontent

  28-05-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- French strikes set to disrupt thousands of flights over the next week
  
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• Additional train services on offer to beat Dorset roadworks

  28-05-2016 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -TRAIN services in Dorset will get a boost to help residents beat roadworks on the A30.
  
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• Abellio accused of recruiting scab army to cover ScotRail strike

  28-05-2016 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - ScotRail owner Abellio has been accused of planning to draft in a scab army if train conductors strike next month over plans to downgrade their roles.
  
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• 600 near misses on the M25 motorway after hard shoulders are axed

  28-05-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Sections of the M25 no longer have a hard shoulder in an attempt to ease congestion. When someone breaks down, Red X warning signs tell drivers to avoid the stricken vehicle.
  
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