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• Ben Jennings on Southern rail – cartoon

  08-08-2016 21:22
  
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• The Guardian view on the Southern train strike: keep the doors open for talks | Editorial

  08-08-2016 20:59
  
  Southern rail and the RMT can sometimes seem as obdurate as each other in neglecting passengers, but the public’s interest in safety means guards on trains are desirable in most casesThe Southern rail franchise and the RMT rail union can often seem to deserve one another. The former talks as if irrational union obduracy is the only problem on the rail network when that is manifestly not the case. In Southern’s narrative, only the RMT’s blind defence of its members’ jobs s
  
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• Southern rail strike: no end in sight on first day of five-day action

  08-08-2016 18:40
  
  Extreme overcrowding reported on service cut by almost half, but bosses say they are will force through changes that led to strikeAre you striking or affected by the industrial action?As resigned Southern commuters either stayed home or negotiated a train service cut by almost half, there appeared little prospect of an early end to the five-day strike that began on Monday morning on one of Britain’s busiest rail franchises.Southern’s operating company, Govia Thameslink Railway, said
  
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• Firefighters tackle two major blazes in south-east London

  08-08-2016 17:19
  
  About 100 firefighters tackle blaze in Greenwich and a further 72 called to another fire at a block of flats in ErithScores of firefighters backed by 20 fire engines have been tackling two separate blazes in south-east London, one of which has closed the Blackwall tunnel.About 100 firefighters were dispatched to a fire in Greenwich’s Tunnel Avenue, where flames and thick black smoke rose into the air above local landmarks near the major commuting route, including the O2 Arena. One person,
  
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• The blank page in my newspaper sums up the handling of our rail crisis | Mike Gilson

  08-08-2016 16:36
  
  The Argus in Brighton has been covering issues with the Southern franchise well before this strike. Why have ministers still refused to engage with us?The state of the railways in the south-east is rightly a scandal. Tens of thousands of commuters from Sussex are having their lives ruined, arriving too late for work and returning too late to read bedtime stories to their children, while the economy is haemorrhaging millions of pounds.Our local football club, Brighton and Hove Albion, estimates t
  
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• Firefighters tackle major blaze near Blackwall tunnel in London

  08-08-2016 14:07
  
  About 100 firefighters, London ambulance service staff and 15 fire engines are on the scene near Greenwich, south-east LondonAbout 100 firefighters are tackling a large blaze close to the Blackwall tunnel in south-east London.Pictures on social media showed flames and black smoke rising into the air. London fire brigade said it received the first of more than 50 emergency calls at about 11.45am on Monday and dispatched 15 fire engines from nine different stations to the scene. London ambulance s
  
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• Are you striking or are you affected by the Southern rail industrial action?

  08-08-2016 09:29
  
  With hundreds of thousands of commuters expecting to face a week of travel disruption, we’d like to hear your experiences
  Following a dispute over the role of conductors, RMT members will be striking for five days with rail passengers facing travel disruption to their commutes. Related: 'It's the hope that gets you': commuter diaries of the Southern rail nightmareContinue reading...
  
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• Southern rail strike begins – live updates

  08-08-2016 09:25
  
  Five-day strike hits troubled franchiseThousands of commuters set to be affected
  Explainer: seven factors that threw Southern off the rails 8.21am BSTCommuter misery looms for thousands in the south-east, as a five-day strike hits the troubled Southern rail franchise. A bitter dispute between Southern’s operators, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union over plans to change the role of conductors and other job changes has led to the walkout, after ta
  
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• Southern trains crisis: seven factors that threw services off the rails

  08-08-2016 07:00
  
  As five days of strikes get under way, promising more misery for longsuffering passengers, here’s why the crisis reached this pointWhat has caused the crisis at Southern Railway and what is the dispute about? An emergency timetable, cutting over 300 daily services a day to help ensure a more resilient and predictable service, has failed to stem the problem. Operating company Govia Thameslink Railway now admits it does not know when what was intended as a temporary measure will be abandoned
  
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• Five-day strike starts on Southern rail

  08-08-2016 03:03
  
  Extreme crowding reported on services that are running as RMT says action has been ‘rock solid’Are you striking or are you affected by the industrial action? A week of extreme disruption for hundreds of thousands of Southern commuters has started with a five-day strike cutting 40% of services on one of Britain’s busiest rail franchises.The RMT union said strike action was “rock solid”, with commuters experiencing extreme crowding on the trains that were running, alt
  
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• Wirral bus driver named UK's most eco-friendly

  08-08-2016 02:00 via wirralglobe.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A WIRRAL bus driver has been named the UKs most eco-friendly driver, beating thousands to win the award.
  
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• Why Uber has been taken for a ride in China John Naughton

  08-08-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Ubers capitulation to its Chinese rival last week should temper the wishful thinking of Brexit cheerleadersThe big news last week was that Uber, the California-based ride-hailing company, threw in the towel in China. It announced that its Chinese rival, Didi Chuxing, would acquire all of the assets of UberChinaincluding its brand, business operations and data. In return, Uber gets a stake in Didi Chuxing worth £5.3bn.Why is this significant? How long have you got? In the fir
  
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• West Berkshire bus pass subsidy cut means cross border changes for pensioners

  08-08-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Both West Berkshire and Reading pensioners lose out in the changes to bus pass concessions resulting from a subsidy cut by West Berkshire Council
  
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• Travel misery as 1 in 4 flights to and from country hit by delays

  08-08-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Gatwick and Manchester airports were bottom of the league for long-haul flights
  
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• Transport consultants suggest 'ideal location' for second Cambridge bus station

  08-08-2016 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Transport bosses believe they have found the ideal location" for a new Cambridge bus station to take the heat off Drummer Street.
  
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• Toxic air warnings to be displayed at Tube stations and bus stops during pollution peaks

  08-08-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Toxic air warnings will be displayed at hundreds of Tube stations and bus stops during pollution peaks in London.
  
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• The last bus: Dales folk who cant even get to Bradford and back on the same day

  08-08-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - AS little as three years ago Carleton near Skipton enjoyed buses running to town into the early evening and even at weekends.
  
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• Superhighway to cycling heaven or just a hell of a mess?

  08-08-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - As Londons network of cycle lanes takes shape, we ask whether Boris Johnsons transport revolution was blue-lane thinking or a convoluted mistakeThey are doing more damage to London, said the former chancellor Lord Lawson in the House of Lords, than almost anything since the Blitz. In the same spirit of absurdist hyperbole, they might be said to be the most transformative public works since Joseph Bazalgette built Londons sewers and river embankments. They are not, but they do have
  
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• Stagecoach claim fragile economy to blame for bus cuts

  08-08-2016 02:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Andrew Jarvis, Stagecoach East Scotlands managing director, said a weak retail environment, is also to blame for changes to bus services in communities across Perthshire, Fife and Clackmannanshire.
  
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• Southern rail strike: Travel misery for commuters as five-day walkout begins

  08-08-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Southern Rail strike looms after talks fail

  08-08-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Conductors set to walk out from early hours of Monday
  
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• Southern rail strike: Five-day walkout set to cause chaos for hundreds of thousands of commuters

  08-08-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds of thousands of rail passengers face a week of travel chaos as a five-day strike cripples major rail routes into London.
  
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• Southern rail strike: Five-day walkout begins

  08-08-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Commuters across London and the South East face travel chaos as a five-day strike begins on the Southern rail network in a long-running row over the role of conductors.
  
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• Southern Rail passengers face chaos - as ministers attack union leaders over longest strike for 50 years

  08-08-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Southern Rail commuters face the longest strike in 50 years starting today

  08-08-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - More than 120,000 commuters into London were facing travel 'carnage' this morning as a Southern rail strike designed to have 'maximum impact' on passengers begins.
  
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• Serious Fraud Office opens Airbus corruption investigation

  08-08-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) launches an investigation into allegations of
  
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• Security at small ports our biggest new threat Subscription

  08-08-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The head of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned that security at small ports is the greatest emerging threat to Britain.
  
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• 'Scrap bus lane and put electronic system on toll bridge to cut jams' says councillor

  08-08-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -CALLS have been made for a 'smart card' system at the Swinford Toll Bridge to be included in major improvements to cut daily traffic jams.
  
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• Rail strike brings chaos for workers and holidaymakers Subscription

  08-08-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Hundreds of thousands of commuters and holidaymakers face five days of travel chaos as conductors begin the longest rail strike in almost 50 years.
  
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• Rail passengers waking up to week of strike chaos

  08-08-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -RAIL passengers are waking up this morning to a week of transport chaos as the five-day rail strike begins.
  
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• Rail link between northern cities should 'take priority' over HS2 plan, think-tank says

  08-08-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The Institute for Public Policy Research has called on the Transport Secretary to shift resources from London to the North
  
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• New runway would add hundreds of pounds to holidays in extra carbon costs, say campaigners

  08-08-2016 02:00 via bettertransport.org.uk
  Campaign for Better Transport - A new runway at Heathrow or Gatwick could spell the end of budget flights from the UKs airports, because of charges that would have to be added to meet the UKs legally binding climate change limits, according to a report published today by the Campaign for Better Transport.
  
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• Network Rail tests ETCS on Class 700 on 'Core' Thameslink route

  08-08-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Trial of ETCS Level 2 signalling between St Pancras and Blackfriars with a Class 700 electric multiple unit has taken place.
  
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• More than 400 pedestrians hurt in road accidents in Surrey last year

  08-08-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Data shows that 434 pedestrians were injured and 10 died in road accidents in Surrey last year
  
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• Migrant centre in path of runway Subscription

  08-08-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The largest immigration detention centre in Europe would have to be demolished and a new centre built elsewhere if ministers approve a third runway at Heathrow.
  
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• Mersey haulage firm Abbey Logistics undergoes multi-million pound management buyout

  08-08-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Chief executive Steve Granite leads buyout of Bootle firm allowing an exit for the founding Lucy family
  
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• London buses are getting slower and less reliable each year, costing TFL millions in fares

  08-08-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Increasingly slow and unreliable London buses are costing Transport for London millions as commuters ditch them in favour of other transport.
  
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• Indian delegation inspects Great Western electrification project

  08-08-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - INDIA: As part of a visit to the UK, a delegation from Indias Ministry of Railways asked to see...
  
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• Heathrow expansion: say goodbye to emissions targets and budget flying

  08-08-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The only way the UK could have another runway without breaking climate change laws would be to increase prices
  
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• Government urged to prioritise Norths HS3 ahead of HS2 scheme

  08-08-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Construction of the HS3 rail line between northern cities should take priority over the controversial HS2 high-speed link from London to the Midlands, as part of a North First strategy for transport spending, a thinktank has said.
  
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• Francis Maude: Cheaper, quicker, simpler, less noisy and politically acceptable. Why the new Government should take up Heathrow Hub.

  08-08-2016 02:00 via conservativehome.com
  Conservative Party - Congratulations on your appointment as Transport Secretary.I remember sitting round the Shadow Cabinet table with you when you held this brief in opposition; and know how passionate you are about modernising our infrastructure And I was delighted to hear that you are keen to press ahead at speed.
  
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• First speeding tickets issued in new 20mph zones

  08-08-2016 02:00 via edinburghnews.scotsman.com
  
  Edinburgh Evening News - Police have issued the first ever speeding tickets to drivers flouting Edinburghs new 20mph rulesto motorists who were travelling at exactly 30mph.
  
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• Downs Link dedicated cycle route to Guildford proposed

  08-08-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -For years residents and councillors have attempted to utilize the potential of the old rail line that once connected Guildford to Horsham
  
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• Councils spend £100m to make one in three Yorkshire bus trips free

  08-08-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - Nearly a third of all bus journeys taken in Yorkshire are free concessions at a cost of £100m to the public purse, an investigation by The Yorkshire Post has revealed.
  
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• Concerns over extra traffic around residential streets after city road bridge closes

  08-08-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Beresford Road bridge in Splott has shut to allow the electrification of the mainline to London
  
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• American Airlines and ground workers union agree to interim wage hike

  08-08-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- American Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association (an alliance of the Transportation Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), announced Aug. 5 that they have reached an interim agreement to raise wages.read more
  
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• Airport Expansion Means Expensive Flights

  08-08-2016 02:00 via heart.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - It's claimed airport expansion in the south east of England could make flights more expensive.
  
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• Airbus faces SFO corruption inquiry

  08-08-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Criminal investigation into allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in passenger jet business
  
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• 13 things you said about Nissan chief executive comments on Sunderland plant

  08-08-2016 02:00 via sunderlandecho.com
  
  Sunderland Echo - Readers have been having their say about comments from car giant Nissans chief executive about the firms future plans following Brexit.
  
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• Third Heathrow runway would push up air fares, say campaigners

  08-08-2016 01:01
  
  Analysis of Airports Commission’s backing for new runway claims carbon pricing would end low-cost flights by 2050Passengers would be forced to pay substantially higher air fares if a new runway was built in the south-east and Britain kept to its carbon targets, according to an analysis of the Airports Commission’s backing for a third runway at Heathrow.A report published by the Campaign for Better Transport claims that carbon pricing, a measure the commission suggested could be neede
  
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