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• Holidaymakers heading to Dover urged to take plenty of food and water

  29-07-2016 18:15
  
  Kent police tell motorists travelling to Channel port to stock up on vital supplies in light of last weekend’s severe delaysHolidaymakers travelling through Dover are being urged to stock up on vital supplies following severe delays last weekend.
  The Kent port is expected to be busy again over the coming days as people arrive to cross the Channel. Tailbacks reached 12 miles last weekend and some people were forced to wait for 15 hours on gridlocked roads. Continue reading...
  
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• 'You can't just walk away on a plane': passengers on drinking at airports

  29-07-2016 17:13
  
  As the government announces a review of 24-hour airport alcohol sales, Manchester holidaymakers have their say on the issueJack Rice, 19, is at Manchester airport with a group of friends waiting to go on his first “lads’ holiday” to the Spanish party resort of Magaluf, on Mallorca. The group have arrived four hours early for their flight and after they go through security, they plan to sit down and have a few beers before getting on the plane.“I’m not going to drink
  
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• Young people urged to 'take reality check' as video highlights dangers of trespassing on railway tracks

  29-07-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - WARNING: Some of the scenes shown in the British Transport Police and Network Rail video may cause upset
  
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• York school pupils pitch airport ideas in regional competition

  29-07-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -STUDENTS from Canon Lee School in York have pitched their aviation ideas to Leeds Bradford Airport and British Airways, as part of a Young Enterprise competition.
  
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• Watchdog calls for action on London bus speeds and reliability

  29-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Watch as progress continues on new 30m Morpeth Northern Bypass scheme

  29-07-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Drone footage shows contractors carrying out work on the new 2.4 mile stretch of road, which will cut congestion in Morpeth
  
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• Vossloh focuses on whole-life infrastructure savings

  29-07-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - VOSSLOH: With Vosslohs portfolio more weighted towards infrastructure following the sale of its...
  
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• Transylvania link for town

  29-07-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Doncaster has a link-up with Dracula country after the latest route at Robin Hood Airport was announced.
  
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• Trains are now so full that passengers are standing in the toilets

  29-07-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - "This is the second time in a week I've been forced to stand in a smelly toilet"
  
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• Tesla battery factory opens early

  29-07-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Mega site gears up for mass-market EV launch
  
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• Tesco sticking with Eddie Stobart for distribution contract

  29-07-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Eddie Stobart has successfully extended a contract to manage UK distribution centre transport operations for Tesco. The renewal followed a long and tough tender process and will see Eddie Stobart continue to run transport from seven UK distribution centres for the supermarket giant as well as two centres in the Republic of Ireland. The relationship between the two goes back more than a decade and its not all been plain sailing. In 2012, there was
  
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• Southern Railway conductors announce plans for a FIVE day strike

  29-07-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -CONDUCTORS on Southern Railway will walk out on strike for five days in a row over the future of their roles.
  
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• Smallfield police incident: Manhunt to trace suspect after 'armed man' report at drugs raid property

  29-07-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Police are urgently seeking 57-year-old Paul Hodge, wanted on suspicion of drugs and firearm offences
  
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• Sheffield trains among most overcrowded in country reports suggest

  29-07-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - New figures being reported this evening suggest trains in Sheffield are among the most overcrowded in the country.
  
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• ScotRail staff to stage fresh wave of strikes in long-running dispute over driver-only operation

  29-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will walk out for 48 hours from August 7, 24 hours on August 11 and over the weekend of August 13/14.
  
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• Ryanair passengers flying from Newcastle Airport with children to pay extra for reserved seats

  29-07-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -The budget airline - which this month announced eight new routes from Tyneside - revealed the pricing change on Thursday
  
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• RMT announces five-day August strike on Southern rail network

  29-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A five-day August strike on the Southern rail network is announced by the RMT in a dispute over the role of guards.
  
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• Revealed: Rail passengers suffer unbearable levels of overcrowding as trains cram in twice the number of people they should

  29-07-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• New StreetDeck fleet for Leeds-Bradford corridor

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• New five-day RMT strike to hit Southern

  29-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The protracted industrial dispute between Southern and RMT has been hit by its longest strike yet after RMT announced five days of industrial action. RMT said it had been forced to hold the strikes, from 00.01am on 8 August to 23.59pm on 12 August, after Southern rejected its proposal to resume...
  
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• New anti-HS2 groups to be created to battle revised route

  29-07-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - New anti-HS2 campaign groups are set to be created across South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire following the high-speed train line route being revised.
  
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• National Express boosted by US services

  29-07-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Overseas growth offsets weak domestic market for UK bus and rail operator
  
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• Morgan reboot for EV3 electric car

  29-07-2016 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - Morgan hasunveiled a special edition of thestriking EV3 electric car . Only 19 examples of the 1909 Edition will be built. The ash-framed three-wheeler might at first glance look like an automotive anachronism, but beneath composite carbon panels lurks a tubular space frame chassis and a liquid cooled 46 kW motor driving the rear wheel. Weighing less than 500 kg, The post Morgan reboot for EV3 electric car appeared first on ETA.
  
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• More Scottish rail strikes announced by union

  29-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Workers on ScotRail are to stage a fresh wave of strikes in a long-running dispute over the increased use of trains without guards.
  
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• More Alstom Metropolis cars ordered for Lima

  29-07-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - PERU: Lima metro concessionaire Graa y Montero Ferrovias has awarded Alstom a 200m contract for...
  
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• Minister wants to tackle excessive alcohol consumption at UK airports

  29-07-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Tariq Ahmad is to review how bars, restaurants and duty free stores in airports sell alcohol, following concerns about alcohol-related incidentsA crackdown on the sale of alcohol at British airports is being considered by the new aviation minister amid a spate of incidents involving drunk passengers.
  
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• Mildenhall could be Heathrow/Gatwick alternative

  29-07-2016 02:00 via buryfreepress.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - An online petition calls on the Government to invest in RAF Mildenhall as a commercial airport instead of expanding Heathrow and Gatwick.
  
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• M74 to close at J3A Daldowie for four weekends

  29-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A busy junction of the M74 which sits on the boundary between Glasgow and South Lanarkshire is to close for four weekends to allow for upgrade work.
  
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• London rail services make up six of top ten most overcrowded

  29-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail services into and out of London made up six of the top 10 most overcrowded services in England and Wales last year, new figures show.
  
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• Increase in overcrowding 'not acceptable' - CBT

  29-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Train services are becoming increasingly overcrowded, new figures from the Department for Transport show. The figures show that the overall number of passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) on trains at peak times in 2015 was at 3.8, a 0.3 increase from 2014. London had the greatest...
  
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• HS2 appoints interim construction commissioner

  29-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - HS2 has appointed an interim commissioner to mediate in disputes arising from the construction of the high-speed rail. Gareth Eppsmp;rsquo; role will include ensuring that people affected by HS2 know who the construction commissionermp;nbsp;is and what they do, mediating in unresolved disputes...
  
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• Highways Agency called to ducks on M54

  29-07-2016 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The Highways Agency was called to reports of ducks on the M54 today.
  
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• Gas, electric, hybrid and fuel cell buses backed by 30million grant

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• Ford profits fall as it warns on US economic risks

  29-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Carmaker giant Ford has reported weaker-than-expected second quarter profits, in the face of stagnant US sales and a tougher market in China.
  
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• End of the pre-flight pint? Airport drinking rules to be reviewed

  29-07-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -New aviation minister Lord Ahmad may also change the way in which unruly travellers are stopped from going through airport departure gates
  
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• Electrical fault causes major disruption at Glasgow Central

  29-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail services from Glasgow Central Station still face disruption after an early morning electrical fault in overhead wiring.
  
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• Controversial Sheffield bus changes not explained properly, transport bosses admit

  29-07-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Sheffield transport chiefs have admitted controversial bus changes coming into force this September have not been explained properly to the public.
  
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• China legalises car-hailing apps

  29-07-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Online services will no longer be operating in grey area
  
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• Campaigners say Sheffield Council plan to redesign Charter Square is not safe for cyclists

  29-07-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Campaigners say a plan to redesign a Sheffield city centre roundabout would make the roads more hazardous for cyclists.
  
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• Brighton train more overcrowded than Indian rail network

  29-07-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -THE MOST overcrowded train in the country last year ran out of Brighton station and was more overloaded than comparable rail services in India, The Argus can exclusively reveal.
  
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• Blackpool launches latest Palladium buses with arrival of ten E400 Citys

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• Better transport spend in NI than English areas

  29-07-2016 02:00 via londonderrysentinel.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Most English regions are getting an even rawer deal than Northern Ireland in terms of investment in transport infrastructure although we suffer the worst per capita spend on rail and road links of all the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
  
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• Atkins awarded contract to support Hitachi in Thameslink TMS delivery

  29-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Atkins is to review Hitachimp;rsquo;s Tranista traffic management system (TMS) before it is implemented for Network Railmp;rsquo;s Thameslink programme. Atkins announced today that it has been awarded the contract to support Hitachi Information Control Systems (HICSE) and Hitachi Rail Europe with...
  
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• Anger at campaigners call to scrap vanity high speed rail project

  29-07-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - A CAMPAIGN groups call to scrap the HS2 high speed rail project has provoked a furious backlash from the Yorkshire business community.
  
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• Allegiant Air pilots ratify labor agreement

  29-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air pilots, represented by International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have ratified the airlines first union contract. read more
  
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• Alcohol sales at airport to be "examined" says new aviation minister

  29-07-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -John Lennon Airport has experience of drunken air rage
  
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• Airport alcohol sales to be reviewed after spate of plane incidents

  29-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - He also pledged to ensure the way in which unruly travellers are stopped from going through airport departure gates is
  
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• Airport alcohol sales to be reviewed after drunken incidents

  29-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The way alcohol is sold in airports is to be examined after a number of incidents involving drunk passengers, new aviation minister Lord Ahmad says.
  
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• Airport Alcohol Sales Investigation After Hundreds Of Drunken Incidents On Planes

  29-07-2016 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  
  Huffington Post - New aviation minister Lord Ahmad has announced he will examine the way alcohol is sold at airports amid a spate of incidents on planes involving drunk passengers. He also pledged to ensure the way in which unruly travellers are stopped from going through airport departure gates is fit for purpose. Recent police statistics show hundreds of passengers were arrested on suspicion of being drunk on a plane or at an airport in the last two years. Figures obtained following freedom of
  
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• 'Air rage' crackdown as ministers consider ban on 24-hour airport drinking

  29-07-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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