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• World's first driverless bus service begins carrying passengers in French city of Lyon

  04-09-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• We'll keep blocking Calais unless Britain stops fining us over migrants, say French truckers

  04-09-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• 'Well be trying to keep disruption to a minimum' - major roadworks set for busy junction

  04-09-2016 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -MAJOR road works are set to really improve access at a problem East Lancashire junction.
  
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• UK warship HMS Diamond to target people smugglers in Libya mission

  04-09-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Trial of new queueing system for major events in Cardiff city centre appears to be a success

  04-09-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The new system saw Valleys Lines passengers having to walk to Queen Street Station
  
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• Transport firm announces new East Lancashire business hub

  04-09-2016 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -EAST Lancashire road haulage giant Fagan and Whalley is to expand with a multi-million pound development on Burnley Bridge business park creating at least 25 new jobs.
  
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• Transport cash bid for Bicester to keep up with town growth

  04-09-2016 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Airwise News -MORE than 35m could be ploughed into Bicester's roads to cope with increasing traffic levels.
  
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• Train operators trial new queuing method as thousands head to Cardiff for Monster Jam

  04-09-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Valley Lines passengers are going to leave from Queen Street instead of Central as rail bosses try out new queuing system
  
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• Traffic chaos as M20 is closed in both directions all weekend for cranes to remove collapsed bridge

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The collapsed M20 bridge is being demolished this weekend after last week's traffic chaos. One man was injured when the pedestrian bridge over the road in Kent was hit by a lorry carrying a crane.
  
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• Tourists returning home to Britain face huge delays

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve met British and French truckers and business leaders on Friday in negotiations which saw the protest downgraded from a full blockade.
  
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• Top 10 cars most likely to have been written off revealed

  04-09-2016 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Car history site Mycarcheck.com has released data revealing the 10 cars most likely to have been written off.
  
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• The best discounts on a new car

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Last year, some 462,500 new models were registered in September, up 485 on the month before. But that doesn't mean you can't get a good deal. Data provided by CarWow proves this.
  
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• REVEALED: 'Skylink' bridge will span railway to new £48 million transport interchange

  04-09-2016 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -WORK is about to start on a stunning new skylink bridge which will link Boltons new £48 million transport interchange to the towns railway station.
  
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• Revealed: millions in public cash paid to private train companies for delays caused by suicides

  04-09-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - NETWORK Rail uses millions of pounds of public money a year to pay compensation to private train firms for delays caused by suicides on the tracks, the Sunday Herald has uncovered.
  
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• Renault Scenic and Subaru Lavorg get top marks in crash safety tests

  04-09-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- With AEB, a car is fitted with sensors to detect objects ahead and how far away they are, then applies the brakes accordingly.
  
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• Reduced timetable to stay as commuters react with fury over 100m profits

  04-09-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -COMMUTERS will have to endure Southern's reduced timetable until at least November, train bosses have announced.
  
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• Reading Buses defends price hike in face of passenger criticism

  04-09-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - Reading Buses' chief executive has sought to justify the price increases by reminding customers travel in London is heavily subsidised
  
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• Passenger planes at Gatwick Airport in near miss 'when air traffic controller forgot to check his radar screen'

  04-09-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -An investigation found the planes came within 700ft of each other because an air traffic controller did not scan his radar display
  
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• Parking rules lapse at Leeds market

  04-09-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds City Council has lapsed on enforcing the disabled parking allocation at the City Market because of a shortage of space caused by the current building works.
  
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• One of Trowbridge's busiest roads set to close

  04-09-2016 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -ONE of Trowbridges busiest roads will soon be closed for nearly two weeks with many businesses fearing that the closure may force them to shut for its duration.
  
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• North-South Cycle Superhighway to Kings Cross given the green light

  04-09-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -Mayor and TfL to press ahead with new cycling route after majority support in public consultation North-South Cycle Superhighway will run 5km between Elephant and Castle and Kings Cross Construction to begin in spring 2017 Route will provide major benefits for pedestrians as well as cyclistsThe Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Transport for London have confirmed their intent to proceed with the North-South Cycle Superhighway to Kings Cross as TfL p
  
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• New rail link between central Oxford and London Marylebone 'complete in 100 days'

  04-09-2016 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Airwise News -A NEW rail link between central Oxford and London Marylebone will finally be complete in 100 days, rail bosses have said.
  
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• New Mercedes will be able to tell you where there's a free parking space that's already been spotted by other cars in its fleet

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Mercedes Benz drivers will be able to find each other car parking spaces in a new piece of technology being developed in Stuttgart, Germany.
  
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• Navy ship sets sail from Hampshire to take on Islamic State

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A Royal Navy destroyer is heading to the Persian Gulf to support the military campaign against Islamic State (IS) terrorists, Michael Fallon has announced.
  
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• MoS man chillingly tells how he narrowly avoided death when a tree trunk was hurled at his car by migrant gangs in Calais

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The tree trunk hurled at our car which caused the near-fatal swerve could have been thrown at any family travelling back to the UK, writes reporter Ben Ellery.
  
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• M4 hard shoulder scheme gets Government go ahead

  04-09-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• M20 bridge being demolished after collapse on vehicles

  04-09-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Work started today to demolish a footbridge that caused traffic chaos when it collapsed on top of vehicles travelling along the M20.
  
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• Key routes across the North East brought to a standstill on day of carnage

  04-09-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -A series of crashes across the region resulted in one death and a dozen taken to hospital for treatment as rain drenched roads
  
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• Horrific crash as jungle migrant gangs target tourists in cars

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Home Secretary Amber Rudd has spoken out after a team of Mail on Sunday journalists narrowly escaped death last weekwhen three migrants threw a log at their car.
  
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• Go-ahead boss: Troubled train division 'doesn't make any money'

  04-09-2016 02:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -The boss of Go-Ahead Group, which operates the troubled Southern rail franchise, has insisted the firm is not profiting from passengers' misery - despite the firm booking annual profits of almost 100 million.
  
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• France must tackle this anarchy before it's fatal: Dover MP says it is only a matter of time before someone is killed

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Drivers already have to face masked men lurking by the roadside, their faces lit by flames as they grip revving chainsaws and hurl burning trees across the carriageway, writes Charlie Elphicke MP.
  
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• Flooding causes train and traffic delays as torrential rain and high winds hit Wales

  04-09-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Services in the Rhondda are being delayed and cancelled and sporting fixtures have been hit by bad weather
  
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• Flight engineer was more than twice the drink limit when he tried to board plane with Celtic's European opponents on board

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -Roman Maximov was responsible for the Gazproma Avia planes engines and fuel systemsand for signing the aircraft off as safe to fly.
  
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• Dial-A-Ride petition is biggest ever at almost 4,000 signatures

  04-09-2016 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE fight to save the Dial-A-Ride disability bus service is not over despite a deal being agreed with the council earlier this week.
  
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• Cycling group urge youngsters to get involved in biking

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A CYCLING organisation which is hoping to get more people out on Romseys roads has been given a helping hand by a veteran cyclist.
  
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• Conwy faces two weeks of roadwork misery

  04-09-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Traffic lights to be erected as old gas pipes are dug up and replaced
  
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• Cardiff Monster Jam event travel trial to avert queues

  04-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to avert big event travel chaos in Cardiff are trialled as 30,000 people head to the city for Saturday's Monster Jam event.
  
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• British warship sent to Libya to target people-smugglers

  04-09-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Deployment of HMS Diamond part of EU crackdown as number of migrants trying to cross Mediterranean reaches record levelA British warship will arrive off the Libyan coast in the next few days in a dramatic attempt to intercept and arrest people smugglers as the flow of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy reaches record levels. Related: Libyan navy admits confrontation with charity's rescue boatContinue reading...
  
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• Boycie's Jaguar from Only Fools and Horses sells for 115,800

  04-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A vintage Jaguar sports car made famous when it featured in Only Fools and Horses sells for more than 115,000 at auction.
  
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• Average petrol and diesel prices across the UK inched up in August as the world oil price recovered

  04-09-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The report suggested that while they were small rises, they cancelled out the fall in the average price of both fuels that took place in July.
  
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• Almost 1,800 people have signed a petition to stop this chef from being deported

  04-09-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Faruk Yavuzel is the chef and co-owner of award winning restauraunt Oz Urfa in Cardiff's City Road
  
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• A33 roadworks likely to cause delays for 12 weeks

  04-09-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Roadworks on the A33 for the new South Reading Mass Rapid Transit scheme are about to begin
  
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• 65m roadworks scheme is welcomed by businesses

  04-09-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -A ROAD surfacing programme in North Yorkshire where more than 65m a year is being spent on keeping traffic moving has been welcomed as a major bonus for rural businesses.
  
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