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• Disabled air travellers warned of long distances from check-in to gate

  27-09-2016 10:51
  
  Walks of up to 1km at UK airports mean people who need assistance should notify tour operator or airline in advance, says AbtaTravellers jetting off from Britain may have to walk more than 1km to get to their airport departure gate, according to analysis from a travel trade body which warns of the challenges for disabled passengers or those with limited mobility.The Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) found that travellers leaving major UK airports faced a lengthy walk from check-in or s
  
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• Disabled people are still being treated as second class on public transport

  27-09-2016 08:34
  
  ‘You’re never free of worry’: buses and trains can be a lifeline for disabled people, but cuts and poor planning are preventing independent travel“It only needs one bad driver to spoil your day,” says Gwyneth Pedler, a scooter user, in London. “You set off in a morning and you’re worrying. You get to one place and you’re worrying. You’re never free of worry.”At 91 years old, Pedler, who has rheumatoid arthritis, has been using a scooter
  
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• What youve been saying about £24m tram proposal

  27-09-2016 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - One of the most prickly subjects in Blackpool at the momentapart from the running of Blackpool FC of courseis the bus station.
  
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• Wey and Arun Canal Trust's plans for waterway's 200th anniversary celebrations

  27-09-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Several events will be put on over the first weekend in October including horse-drawn boat trips, traditional games and small boat rallies
  
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• Volvo unveils V90 Cross Country

  27-09-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - All-terrain estate looks subtle but promises real off-road ability.
  
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• Virgin Trains East Coast workers get set to stage 24-hour strike

  27-09-2016 02:00 via hartlepoolmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Virgin Trains East Coast workers are to stage a 24-hour strike next week in a row over jobs and conditions.
  
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• Virgin East Coast staff to stage 24-hour strike

  27-09-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -Members of the rail union RMT will stage a 24-hour strike on October 3 after talks failed to resolve a series of long-running issues relating to job security and safety
  
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• Virgin East Coast set for 24-hour strike

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Staff on Virgin East Coast are due to strike for 24 hours on 3 October after RMT announced industrial action. The union said the strike was because Virgin was threatening to cut nearly 200 jobs, and added there is mp;ldquo;talk within the industrymp;rdquo; that the company is suffering financial...
  
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• Virgin East Coast rail staff to strike on 3 October

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Workers on Virgin Trains East Coast are to stage a 24-hour strike on 3 October, the RMT union announces, but the firm says it will run a full service.
  
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• Union accuses Arriva Trains Wales of lacking 'basic good management' over conductor shortage

  27-09-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers regional organiser spoke out after severe issues on services today
  
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• Three phases for franchise development - Anglia MD

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The new Abellio East Anglia franchise beginning on October 16 is split into three phases, Abellio Greater Anglia Managing Director Jamie Burles reveals.
  
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• The Guardian view on cycle helmets: head cases make bad law Editorial

  27-09-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Wearing a helmet reduces a very small risk of injury still further. It may be desirable but should not be compulsoryBicycle helmets save lives. That is a point clearly established by the latest research from Australia, where the subject is live and controversial because in parts of the country it is compulsory to wear them, on penalty of substantial fines. Opponents point out that they are of very little help in serious crashes, since they dont protect the head against being run o
  
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• Take a tour of Airbus cabin that claims to reduce jet lag

  27-09-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -The A350 XWB promises to fight jet lag and also gives passengers larger seats
  
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• Strike to impact Virgin Trains East Coast service through Peterborough and Grantham

  27-09-2016 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Rail union RMT today, Monday, confirmed 24 hours of strike action on Virgin Trains East Coast over a threat to jobs, working conditions and safety.
  
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• Stansted Airport: Track defect train cancellations cause misery for holidaymakers

  27-09-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Delayed and cancelled trains to and from Stansted Airport sparked "Monday misery" for holidaymakers.
  
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• Southern passengers' legal action fund close to 18k

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More than 900 passengers give money to support a legal case challenging the government's handling of the Southern rail franchise.
  
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• Siemens to supply 122 LRVs to Sound Transit

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - USA: Seattle area transport authority Sound Transit announced on September 22 that it had selected...
  
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• Shortage of train conductors leads to Monday morning travel disruption

  27-09-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Arriva Trains Wales say the staff shortages are due to short notice absences
  
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• Row breaks out over Department for Transport cycling advice video over "victim blaming"

  27-09-2016 02:00 via londonlive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A row has broken out over a new government safety video - which campaigners have labelled as victim blaming.
  
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• Rosetta turns to stone - Stevenage built spacecraft to be crash landed on comet whose hidden secrets it has helped reveal

  27-09-2016 02:00 via thecomet.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Technicians at Airbus Defence mp; Space in Stevenage put hours of painstaking work into building the Rosetta spacecraft so that it could travel 500 million miles across the solar system to study a comet. But on Friday they will watch as it is crash landed into the side of the space rock it has been looking at for the past two years.
  
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• Road safety advert blames CYCLISTS for being run over by lorries

  27-09-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - TheDepartment for Transport's Think! campaign advert was criticised on social media after warning cyclists to 'hang back' while showing a lorry overtaking a bike at a junction (pictured).
  
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• Passengers unable to leave Inverness Airport terminal

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passengers were unable to leave a Scottish airport after arriving on a flight from Amsterdam due to a staffing problem at passport control.
  
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• Passengers in Uber's self-driving cars waived right to sue for injury or death

  27-09-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The company has rolled out a self-driving fleet in Pittsburgh. But passengers might not be aware of how experimental the pilot still isAnyone requesting an Uber ride in a 12-sq mile area in the center of Pittsburgh might now be randomly allocated a self-driving Ford Fusion rather than a human-operated vehicle.But passengers riding in Ubers computer-controlled cars today might be surprised at just how experimental the technology is. According to documents obtained by the Guardian u
  
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• North Wales campaigners needed to push for Gwynedd railway reopening

  27-09-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Traws Link Cymru wants to see the line reinstated from Bangor to Caernarfon and on to Afon Wen near Porthmadog
  
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• New hydraulic crane for Port of Ipswich under 6m investment by Associated British Ports

  27-09-2016 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Associated British Ports (ABP) is investing £6m in new hydraulic cranes from Finnish firm Mantsinen for five of its ports including Ipswich.
  
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• Mum takes on Northern Rail after son's annual fare rocketed from £276 to £1,065 when he turned 16

  27-09-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Sarah Flint, from Hale, said son Josh simply can not afford the price for the 12-minute journey
  
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• Moscow orders 300 trams

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - RUSSIA: Moscow tram operator Mosgortrans opened bids on September 23 for a contract to supply 300...
  
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• More than 500 UK motorists are over 100 years old

  27-09-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The number of motorists aged 100 or over has almost tripled in the past year. Figures from the DVLA show that there were 506 centenarians with a driving licence, up from 182 a year ago, according to the Herald Scotland. Close to five million motorists are over 70 too. This is the result of Britains aging population and older people unwilling to sacrifice the mobility and freedom their car provides. A 111-year old man is currently the oldest motori
  
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• Monarch airlines says flights operating as normal

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Budget airline Monarch says its flights are operating as normal following
  
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• 'Marriage guidance' needed in row over potholes and poor road repairs

  27-09-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Transport watchdog committee told that talks between Birmignham City Council and Amey to resolve disputes are ongoing
  
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• Major transport overhaul planned for the next 35 years

  27-09-2016 02:00 via hemeltoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Transport chiefs are plotting a major overhaul of Hemels transport network ahead of an expected 50 per cent surge in Hertfordshires population between now and 2050.
  
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• Longbridge exit down to 'Brexit vote and flawed business model'

  27-09-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Aston University professor David Bailey on the reasons behind SAIC's decision to end car production in Longbridge
  
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• Latest PPM figures show decline across the board

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Performance and punctuality measure (PPM) figures across Britainmp;rsquo;s railway for period 6 fell compared to the same time last year, with all but one TOC experiencing a decline. The latest figures from Network Rail show that in period 6 (21 August to 17 September), PPM was 87.4, a 3.8...
  
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• I think the human race has no future if it doesnt go to space

  27-09-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - In this extract from How To Make A Spaceship, the physicist explains why he said yes when offered a seat on Virgins SpaceShipTwo and why we need a new generation of explorersI have no fear of adventure. I have taken daredevil opportunities when they presented themselves. Years ago I barrelled down the steepest hills of San Francisco in my motorised wheelchair. I travel widely and have been to Antarctica and Easter Island and down in a submarine. On April 26, 2007, three months aft
  
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• I spy with my giant googly eye... Updated billboards amuse Scots commuters

  27-09-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The boards surround the railway station construction site and the new additions have been entertaining passers-by.
  
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• Hyundai strike threatens car company's bottom line

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - On Monday, nearly 50,000 unionised workers at Hyundai held their first nationwide strike in more than a decade, action that could hit the car company's bottom line.
  
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• Hartlepool bus depot worker named North Easts top driver

  27-09-2016 02:00 via hartlepoolmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A bus driver has won a prestigious accolade for the second year running.
  
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• GTR's Dyan Crowther to lead HS1

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The beleaguered Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise announced today that its current chief operating officer is leaving to become the new CEO of HS1. In her two years in the post, Crowther oversaw Southerns integration with GTR, forming the countrys largest rail...
  
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• Gatwick boss Wingate accuses Commission of runway decision mistakes

  27-09-2016 02:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - Stewart Wingate claims the Airports Commission's decision to side with Heathrow contains important mistakes and oversights.
  
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• Fare dodger used fake police ID and student card to defraud train companies of 1,600

  27-09-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A fare-dodger swindled train companies out of more than 1,600 by using fake police ID and a student card to get cheaper fares.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Prompt delivery of new vehicles key for East Anglia - Burles

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Six brand new trains at a time will be under test on Abellio East Anglias network, when delivery of the new vehicles begins.
  
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• EU defends watering down airline CO2 deal

  27-09-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Brussels pushed for less stringent technical requirements for new aeroplanes than the US
  
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• EasyJet lands worlds youngest airline pilot

  27-09-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - A 26-year old woman from Carlisle has become the worlds youngest commercial airline captain. EasyJet pilot Kate McWilliams recently passed her command course to fulfil her lifelong ambition of becoming a captain. She now flies to more than 106 destinations out of London Gatwick airport. Currently, just five per cent of commercial pilots are female but it is hoped that Kates story will inspire more women to pursue a career as a pilot. In 2015, Easy
  
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• Dyan Crowther to leave Govia Thameslink

  27-09-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The chief operating officer at Govia Thameslink Railway is moving to HS1 after two and a half years. Dyan Crowther, who was previously LNW route director at Network Rail, moved to GTR during the months of mobilisation in mid-2014, and was one of the franchises original team of senior directors when it was launched. She will be replaced at GTR in November by Nick Brown, who until recently was managing director of two Transport for London divisions, London Underground and Rail.
  
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• Dublin Bus strikes suspended to allow pay negotiations

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Bus strikes in Dublin are suspended to allow for negotiations aimed at resolving the pay dispute.
  
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• Bus users call for halt to planned pedestrianisation of Queen Street

  27-09-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A BUS users' group in Oxford has renewed calls for plans to pedestrianise Queen Street to be abandoned.
  
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• Belfast City bus lane camera 'raises £1m in fines'

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A camera trained on a bus lane in central Belfast generated almost £1m in fines from commuters breaking the law.
  
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• Belfast City bus lane camera 'raises 1m in fines'

  27-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A camera trained on a bus lane in central Belfast generated almost 1m in fines from commuters breaking the law.
  
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• Arriva Trains Wales chaos due to shortage of train conductors

  27-09-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Manchester Airport service will not stop at any North Wales station today
  
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• Airbus and Boeing could both lose

  27-09-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Companies have wasted enough time at the WTO
  
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