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• One person dead after plane crash in Norfolk

  02-10-2016 18:51
  
  Fire and rescue service reports finding one fatality at Hardwick airfield after a light aircraft crashed and caught fire, with survivor airlifted to hospital One person has died and another was airlifted to hospital after a light aircraft crashed at an airfield in Norfolk.The plane came down at Hardwick airfield near the town of Bungay at about 3.30pm on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Work to replace Trident missile submarines begins

  02-10-2016 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Construction work will begin on the Successor submarines that carry the controversial Trident missiles, the Defence Secretary has said.
  
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• Western Isles fishing fleet forced from sea due to crew shortages resulting from work visas changes

  02-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - More than 60 additional skilled crew are needed to allow the Western Isles trawler fleet to work to full capacity, local MP Angus MacNeil has been told by fishermen.
  
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• Tube Chat badge put to the test as it seems London commuters do want to chat

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - After criticism of Tube Chat? a campaign to get Londoners to talk to each other on the Tube swept social media, MailOnline sent two reporters to strike up conversations with people across the capital.
  
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• Transocean Winneroil rig move postponed as rough seas halt salvage operation

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -THE stricken rig was due to be put onto a heavy transport ship before heading to Turkey for decommissioning.
  
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• That's just bats: £2million spent on bridges for threatened species - despite proof they almost never use them

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Designed to help bats overcome their reluctance to fly across roads, the bat bridges are being erected at a cost of £2 million to the taxpayer. Theres just one snagthey dont actually work.
  
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• Sunderland leaders call on Theresa May to help businesses like Nissan after Brexit uncertainty

  02-10-2016 02:00 via sunderlandecho.com
  
  Sunderland Echo - City leaders have called on Prime Minister Theresa May to produce a clear idea of any help the Government can give to Sunderland employer Nissan, which has said it will delay investment plans following the UKs decision to leave the EU.
  
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• Sunderland City Council set for share of 43m Newcastle Airport windfall

  02-10-2016 02:00 via sunderlandecho.com
  
  Sunderland Echo - Sunderland City Council is set for a share of a £43m windfall as part of Newcastle Airport refinancing plans.
  
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• Smoking in cars ban to begin in December in Scotland

  02-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - SMOKING will be banned in cars carrying children from December in Scotland, the Sunday Herald can reveal.
  
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• Scottish commuters will take Dutch railway deal as signal failure

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -ABELLIO are now making £1million a month from their Scottish Government contract.
  
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• Reading shoppers stuck on red as traffic lights by The Oracle leave motorists queued in car park

  02-10-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - Shoppers reported being stuck in the shopping centre car park for up to two hours
  
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• Protesters stage 'die-in' flashmob at Heathrow over expansion plans

  02-10-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Reclaim the Power reads testimonies from communities affected by climate change urging people to consider impact of flightsActivists campaigning against airport expansion and climate change have staged a die-in flashmob demonstration at Heathrow. Scores of protesters, some wearing dust masks and others decked in banners, lay on the floor in Terminal 2 at the airport on Saturday as bemused passengers looked on.Continue reading...
  
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• Protesters hold 'die-in' at Heathrow against airport expansion

  02-10-2016 02:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - More than a hundred people demonstrated at London's Heathrow Airport on Saturday, including dozens who took part in a
  
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• One in three adults in Newcastle have had a near miss on the rail network

  02-10-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -A shocking study from Network Rail has revealed a third of Newcastle adults have had a near miss on the train network
  
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• One dead and 18 injured after Rangers FC fans coach crashes on way to match

  02-10-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Accident on roundabout near Kilmarnock as fans travelled to match with Partick Thistle leaves 18 Nith Valley Loyal Rangers supporters in hospitalA 39-year-old man has died after a coach carrying Glasgow Rangers football supporters crashed on the way to a Scottish Premiership match. Eighteen other people are recovering in hospital.One fan was cut free from the wreckage and airlifted to hospital. Among those also taken to hospital were two women, one who injured her leg and another
  
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• Nissan is an early sign of the downturns and the divisions Brexit could bring Will Hutton

  02-10-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Car-maker puts investment plans on hold and the immigration debate intensifiesis this life outside the EU?One of the few advantages of Brexit is that the unfolding debacle may be the trigger for the deep economic, political and constitutional reform that Britain so badly needs. It will only be by living through the searing events ahead that people will become convinced that the indulgent Eurosceptic untruths they have been fed are not only economically disastrous but open the way
  
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• New boss appointed for Stagecoach Manchester - and she starts by slamming congestion

  02-10-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -New MD warns of traffic congestion 'strangling Manchester'
  
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• Monarch Airlines is confident it will secure fresh financing as it battles to renew crucial licence

  02-10-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The airlines existing Air Travel Organisers Licence (ATOL) was due to expire at midnight on Friday after the company was forced to deny speculation that it was in financial trouble.
  
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• Licence extension buys Monarch Airlines time

  02-10-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Low-cost carrier wins time to finalise details of cash injection
  
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• Kings Norton road closed by chemical tank leak

  02-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A Birmingham road is due to be closed until Monday after some 600 litres of a chemical leak from nearby storage tanks.
  
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• Julie Bishop says Australia could pursue those behind MH17 with Lockerbie-style case

  02-10-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Foreign minister says Russia will likely veto moves for UN action, but other legal avenues will be consideredAustralias foreign minister has said Russian-backed rebels responsible for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine, killing 298 people including 38 Australians, could face a Lockerbie-style prosecution once the investigation has concluded.Julie Bishop said Russia would likely veto any moves by the United Nations security council to bring to trial those re
  
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• Iran builds attack drone similar to captured US model, local media say

  02-10-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Thunderbolt drone said to be comparable to RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone, which Iran claimed to have shot down in 2011Irans Revolutionary Guards have built a new attack drone which is similar to a US unmanned aerial vehicle that was captured five years ago, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Related: Iran claims to have reverse-engineered US spy droneContinue reading...
  
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• Heathrow protesters stage 'die-in' demo over airport expansion

  02-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More than a hundred climate change protesters hold a
  
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• Heathrow protest causes 'traffic carnage' as third runway protesters take over airport

  02-10-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Passengers reported "total carnage" trying to get into Heathrow airport today as protesters staged a demo against airport expansion.
  
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• Heathrow Airport 'Mass Die-In' Protests Against Climate Impact Of Expansion Plans

  02-10-2016 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  
  Huffington Post -. Hundreds of people have dropped dead at Londons Heathrow airport in a series of mass demonstrations against climate change and airport expansion. The protest on Saturday afternoon saw a mass bicycleblockadeas well as hundreds of activists wearing gas masks lying in a terminal to protest against airport expansion. The campaigners from the global group Reclaim The Power covered the floor of a section of the terminal,wearing masks to highlight the climate and pollution impacts of
  
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• Heathrow Airport expansion protesters perform 'die-in' at Terminal 2

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The 'die-in' (pictured) comes two weeks before government rules on whether to build a third runway at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, or at its smaller London rival Gatwick.
  
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• Government needs to negotiate deal to help Nissan say Sunderland business chiefs

  02-10-2016 02:00 via sunderlandecho.com
  
  Sunderland Echo - Business chiefs have also urged the Government to clarify its position on trade post-Brexit, saying that firms like Nissan cannot make plans without clearer details.
  
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• Four people seriously injured and five others taken to hospital after car ploughs into a group of pedestrians on housing estate in Kent

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Four people are in hospital with serious injuries and five others are being treatedafter a car ploughed into a group of pedestrians on Medway City Estate in Rochester, Kent.
  
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• Fan dies and 17 injured as Rangers supporters bus crashes on way to match

  02-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A RANGERS fan died and 17 others were injured when their supporters bus crashed on its way to Ibrox.
  
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• Emergency! Fire engine causes chaos after smashing through concrete barrier and crashing off busy dual carriageway

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Emergency services dashed to Birmingham Street in Stourbridge, West Midlands (pictured), and traffic was halted while rescue teams struggled to wrench the stricken vehicle out.
  
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• Crisis-hit Scotrail network run to fund Dutch trains, firm admits

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -DOCUMENTS penned by the parent company of the Dutch firm who operate ScotRail boast the contract is used to make healthy profits on limited investment.
  
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• Construction work on new generation of nuclear-armed Trident submarines to begin

  02-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Sir Michael Fallon announced 1.25 billion to begin the first building phase of the new fleet for the nuclear deterrent system.
  
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• Clampdown on whiplash claims has saved insurers 1bn - but car owners are still feeling the pain as premiums RISE

  02-10-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Insurers are starting to win the battle against false personal injury claims, including whiplash. But there are questions over whether 1billion in savings are being passed on to honest customers.
  
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• China unveils its first ever elevated monorail where carriages are HUNG from the tracks

  02-10-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - China's first suspended railway has completed its test run without a hitch on Friday. The hanging train carriages were filmed in action in Chengdu as they zipped along the elevated monorail at 60kmph.
  
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• Bringing down an unwanted drone

  02-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The BBC's Mike Cartwright sees a drone net in action - for use in bringing down and disabling drones.
  
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• Ambulance targets being missed in district's rural areas, report warns

  02-10-2016 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -TARGETS are still not being met for ambulance waiting times across large parts of the district, a new health report shows.
  
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• Ambulance drivers still waiting for pay after two months

  02-10-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -AMBULANCE drivers who have twice been promised pay that has been owed since August have still not been paid, The Argus can reveal.
  
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