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• Transport for London's financial numbers crunch

  10-09-2016 18:29
  
  A cross-party report has set out the substantial budgetary challenges facing the capital’s transport agency Put at its simplest, Transport for London (TfL) needs more money but is getting less of it. A year or so ago, it said its annual income was £11.5bn, but the figure in its 2016/17 budget and business plan, published in March, was £10.4bn (see page 60) - and that was before Sadiq Khan was elected mayor. Government cuts were already reducing the amount of cash coming in, and
  
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• HS2 boss quits before key decision on high-speed rail project

  10-09-2016 16:43
  
  Simon Kirby announces departure as transport secretary is due to decide on phase two of controversial network
  The boss of HS2, the company behind the UK’s planned £55bn high-speed rail network, has announced he is leaving just weeks before the transport secretary is expected to make a key decision on the controversial project’s future.Simon Kirby, who reportedly earns £750,000 a year as chief executive at Europe’s largest infrastructure project, is to become chief o
  
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• South Yorkshire HS2 decision based on incomplete data

  10-09-2016 08:00
  
  HS2 Ltd admits it proposed new route without completing assessment of resulting demolition or noise pollutionThe new HS2 rail route through South Yorkshire was proposed without full consideration of noise pollution or mass housing demolition, the company behind the high-speed link has admitted.HS2 Ltd, which is responsible for the development and delivery of the UK’s HS2 network, altered its planned route through the region in July. Following lobbying from Sheffield politicians, HS2 Ltd re
  
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• Why Birmingham will be the 'rail city' of the future

  10-09-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Once branded as UK's motor city, Birmingham leader John Clancy says that city economy is swinging back towards railways
  
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• What does a train line closed 50 years ago look like now?

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Fifty years since the closure of the Great Central Railway line, the BBC travels the length of the route through Nottinghamshire.
  
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• Warning over Note 7 phone use on planes

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - US authorities have advised airline passengers not to switch on or charge Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones while travelling, after reports of the device exploding.
  
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• Volkswagen engineer pleads guilty to conspiracy in emissions scandal

  10-09-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - James Liangs faces up to five years in prison but sentence could be reduced for his cooperation in the justice department investigation Volkswagen engineer James Liang pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of conspiracy in the companys emissions cheating scandal and has agreed to cooperate in the widening criminal investigation. This is the first criminal charge in the justice departments year-long investigation into the companys rigging of federal air pollution tests. Related: US
  
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• Volkswagen engineer charged in emissions probe

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A Volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty for his involvement in the German carmaker's diesel emissions scandal.
  
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• VIDEO: Teaser of London Luton Airport ahead of expansion

  10-09-2016 02:00 via lutontoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - London Luton Airport has given passengers their first glimpse of how things will look when its ambitious transformation is complete using the latest CGI technology.
  
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• Utility company handed down largest ever fine for mismanaging roadworks in London

  10-09-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - An energy company has been handed down the largest ever fine on record for for carrying out roadworks in the capital without a permit.
  
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• Theresa May considering giving ministers free vote on airport expansion, leaked document shows

  10-09-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• The roadworks you'll have to deal with in Cardiff in the next few weeks (and months)

  10-09-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Here are road closures, temporary traffic light locations in Cardiff and other possible disruptions on the roads
  
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• Terrifying moment man narrowly avoids deadly fall after car dangles off nine-storey building

  10-09-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The 24-year-old overshot his car parking space on the rooftop
  
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• Teenager gunned down by Paris police was planning terrorist attack on railway station

  10-09-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Woman was one of three suspected of setting up an ISIS cell in town south of French capital
  
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• Steam locomotive Princess Elizabeth to pass through Gwent tomorrow

  10-09-2016 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A STEAM locomotive named after the Queen is expected to bring in large crowds as it chugs its way through Newport on Saturday
  
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• Speed camera switch-on: One motorist gets caught SEVEN times in days

  10-09-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Fears motorists don't realise cameras which were unused are now active
  
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• Southern Rail crisis: One in 10 services run by Govia-Thameslink disrupted between April and June

  10-09-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The rate is the highest since current records began in 2004 and came amid widespread staff sickness and industrial action
  
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• Shopping centre where drivers fined for misuse of parent-and-child bays wins award

  10-09-2016 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Parkway Centre has been awarded Park Mark status :: It introduced fines for misuse of the busy child bays last month
  
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• Severn Tunnel gears up for 'iconic' six-week electrification work

  10-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Network Rail engineers are gearing up for a six-week closure of the 130-year-old Severn Tunnel from Monday (12 September) in order to prepare it for electrification. During the closure, 200 engineers will work day and night in the tunnel to install over eight miles of electrical...
  
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• Searching for a stranded Hanjin ship

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The BBCs Sharanjit Leyl goes in search of one of Hanjin Shipping's vessels, which has been stranded since the firm filed for bankruptcy protection last week.
  
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• Scottish Borders sees 'significant' rise in road crash deaths

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The number of people killed in crashes on roads in the Borders over a three-month period more than doubles compared with the same period last year.
  
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• Rail fans get chance to get a glimpse of rare diesel locomotives never before seen in public

  10-09-2016 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The engines were once used by ICI to pull coals from the Tees to Wilton for use in the former Wilton power station
  
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• PM could give MPs a free vote on Heathrow's third runway in a bid to stave off Cabinet resignations

  10-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A senior Cabinet Office official was photographed with a document that discussed the plan, which suggests expansion is the Governments preferred choice. Boris Johnson is opposed to expansion.
  
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• Pilot injured after buzzard smashed through glass and into cockpit of plane

  10-09-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The bird struck the aircraft at around 1,400 feet, leaving one pilot with a bleeding mouth
  
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• Passenger train derails in Spain, killing four and injuring 47

  10-09-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The accident occurred at 9.30am local time (07.30 GMT) in Porrino, about 280 miles north-west of Madrid, the Galician regional government said.
  
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• Passenger hauled from easyJet plane after 'disruptive behaviour' before take-off on flight from Belfast to Manchester

  10-09-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -A spokesman confirmed that police had boarded flight EZY134 and said it does not tolerate "abusive or threatening behaviour"
  
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• Passenger compensation reforms to come into force on 1 October

  10-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Rail passengers will be entitled to seek statutory redress from 1 October this year after the government announced it will no longer delay implementing the Consumer Rights Act 2015 for rail. Under the Act, rail passengers will be able to seek statutory redress if TOCs mp;ldquo;fail to provide a...
  
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• Parking charge plan is branded 'disgusting'

  10-09-2016 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -A PLAN to introduce car parking charges at Ilkley Lido have been labelled
  
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• Oxfordshire Stagecoach named best in UK for eco and safe driving

  10-09-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -Stagecoach in Oxfordshire has been ranked top division for eco and safe driving in the UK.
  
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• New Port Talbot Transport Hub gets green light

  10-09-2016 02:00 via gov.wales
  Other News Sources - Economy and Infrastructure Secretary, Ken Skates has today given the green light for a new 5.3m integrated transport hub in Port Talbot.
  
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• Motorists worry if driverless cars will understand good driving etiquette

  10-09-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Three quarters of motorists polled believe future vehicles will misinterpret good driving etiquette and potentially make our roads more dangerous.
  
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• Mainline upgrades needed to allow longer and extra freight trains, says TfN

  10-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The rail network in the north must be upgraded to allow 20 longer freight trains to operate on a six-day week basis, as well as connect to newly-developed multimodal distribution parks (MDPs) that limit freight activity by road, Transport for the North (TfN) has said. In its new Northern...
  
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• Khan commissions London TravelWatch to review Tube ticket office closures

  10-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Plans to close ticket offices on the London Underground network are to undergo an independent review by watchdog London TravelWatch. The review, beginning on 12 September, will last for six weeks and consider whether the office closures will allow passengers to travel safely, purchase the right...
  
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• How electrification work is progressing at Cardiff's Beresford Road Bridge

  10-09-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The bridge has been closed to traffic to get it ready for electrification
  
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• Hospitals rake in millions more from parking Subscription

  10-09-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Hospital parking revenue has risen by millions despite demands from the government that health trusts stop making money out of patients and their relatives.
  
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• Heathrow offers £3bn cost cut in bid to secure third runway Subscription

  10-09-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Heathrow is planning to cut up to £3 billion from its plans for a third runway as part of a last-minute attempt to win Theresa Mays backing for airport expansion, The Times has learnt.
  
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• Ghost fleet with 10.5bn cargo stuck at sea after the collpase of South Korean giant Hanjin Shipping

  10-09-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The huge vessels, which are being turned away from ports, hold millions of pounds of goods for some of the globe's biggest firms, including an estimated 28.5m Samsung shipment.
  
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• General Motors: 4m vehicles recalled over safety bug

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The US car company General Motors is recalling more than four million vehicles worldwide due to a software defect linked to at least one death.
  
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• Full steam ahead as traction engines make their way to railway festival

  10-09-2016 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -DRIVERS and pedestrians were met with an unusual sight as they made their way across Swindon on Friday afternoon in the form of a procession of steam traction engines.
  
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• Four dead after passenger train derails in Spain

  10-09-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - US tourist, trains Portuguese engineer and Spanish ticket collector among victims after crash in GaliciaAt least four people have died and 48 were injured after a passenger train derailed in north-west Spain.The three-car train was travelling between Spain and Portugal when it crashed in O Porrio, in the Galicia region, at 9.30am on Friday.Continue reading...
  
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• Former Lord Provost Eric Milligan in Edinburgh trams regret

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - One of Edinburgh's best known councillors says he wishes the controversial trams project had never happened.
  
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• Foreign freighters ignoring Dartford Crossing charge

  10-09-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Lorry drivers from overseas who dont pay the charge to cross the Dartford Crossing should be pursued as fervently as UK drivers, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) reckons. Almost a quarter of foreign-registered vehicles dodge the fee, which can be up to £6 a time, according to a freedom of information request by BBC Radio Kent. Only 77.1 per cent of foreign drivers pay first time too, the request revealed. The charge, which connects Da
  
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• Foreign drivers must be pursued for unpaid toll charges, says FTA

  10-09-2016 02:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Foreign drivers who don't pay the Dart Charge should be pursued as actively as those in the UK, says the Freight Transport Association (FTA). ...
  
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• Flybe launches cheap flights sale - but you don't have long to book

  10-09-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Autumn offers only open until September 13 on airline which flies from JLA
  
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• Flights from Birmingham to New York are scrapped

  10-09-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -American Airlines has revealed the disappointing news its New York JFK service from Birmingham Airport will cease
  
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• First anniversary is one in a million for Borders Railway

  10-09-2016 02:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - Over a million passenger journeys have been made on the Borders Railway since it officially opened 12 months ago today (September 9).
  
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• Fault grounds Jet2 aircraft at Manchester Airport for second time

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A fault grounds a Jet2 airliner for the second time in three days, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.
  
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• Europe Follows FAA Lead on Samsung Galaxy Flight Risk

  10-09-2016 02:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription -mp;#8230; . The Cologne, Germany-based European Aviation Safety Agency said passengers should not pack mp;#8230;Safety Information Bulletin about the restrictions was being sent to European national mp;#8230;of the a potential airborne fire hazard. Air safety regulators have long mp;#8230;
  
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• Dublin bus strike: Thousands of passengers affected

  10-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Thousands of commuters have to make alternative arrangements as a 48-hour strike over pay cancels Dublin bus services for a second day.
  
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• Drunk faces big bill as plane is forced to land

  10-09-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - AN AIRLINE passenger whose drunken antics forced a British Airways flight to make an unplanned landing will make an expensive return trip to the US to face charges.
  
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