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• Hospital bed cuts will have a knock-on effect on ambulance services | Letters

  20-11-2016 20:21
  
  One side-effect of the change in hospital roles and closures (Thousands of beds to go in NHS shake-up, 19 November) is the unmentioned increased expense on the ambulance service and the charity sector.If the NHS makes journeys to hospital longer, more ambulances and crews will be needed and, in rural areas, emergencies will place even greater calls on the air ambulance. While the NHS provides the paramedics for this latter service, the helicopters are only kept in the air by public fundraising.
  
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• Hospital bed cuts will have a knock-on affect on ambulance services | Letters

  20-11-2016 20:21
  
  One side-effect of the change in hospital roles and closures (Thousands of beds to go in NHS shake-up, 19 November) is the unmentioned increased expense on the ambulance service and the charity sector.If the NHS makes journeys to hospital longer, more ambulances and crews will be needed and, in rural areas, emergencies will place even greater calls on the air ambulance. While the NHS provides the paramedics for this latter service, the helicopters are only kept in the air by public fundraising.
  
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• With Scotrail performance under scrutiny, Transport Minister Humza Yousaf now has to walk the walk, says Mail Opinion

  20-11-2016 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - ON the day the SNP held their annual conference in Glasgow the man responsible for getting us off the roads was making his six-mile journey - by car.
  
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• ScotRail reach crisis point as 'shoddy' performance could force Abellio contract axe

  20-11-2016 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -PLUMMETING service levels could see Transport Minister Humza Yousaf scrap the Dutch operators' £7bn deal with the rail operator.
  
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• Pressure grows on Humza Yousaf as train punctuality slumps

  20-11-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - The Scottish Governments handling of railways is under renewed attack with new figures revealing deteriorating performance and almost half of all trains failing to arrive on time at some of Scotlands busiest stations.
  
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• Parents state bus fare rises are 'disgusting'

  20-11-2016 01:00 via herefordtimes.com
  
  Other News Sources -PARENTS have been hit by an increase in school bus fares causing many to seek alternative transport for their children.
  
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• Network Rail break-up threat subscription

  20-11-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Whitehall wants to break Network Rails grip on the railways amid growing frustration over its performance.
  
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• Heathrow third runway: Climate change protesters staging die-in cause traffic chaos

  20-11-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Protesters brought traffic to a standstill near to Heathrow airport on Saturday morning in a demonstration against the planned third runway.
  
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• Heathrow expansion: Protesters arrested on M4 spur road

  20-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Fifteen Heathrow expansion protesters are arrested for blocking a motorway and public order offences.
  
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• Govia receive 22m compensation for delays, but passengers only 2m

  20-11-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -SUSSEX'S rail operator has received 22 million in compensation for delays caused by track problems but paid out only 2 million to passengers.
  
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• Etihad, TUI Group in final talks to create new leisure airline

  20-11-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group and German holiday company TUI Group are in final discussions to create a European leisure airline group, which is expected to operate 60 aircraft on point-to-point services to key tourist markets. read more
  
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• Dozens die in Indian train derailment

  20-11-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Fourteen coaches of passenger train roll off track near the northern city of Kanpur injuring around 150 peopleFourteen coaches of a passenger train rolled off the track early on Sunday morning, killing at least 96 people and injuring around 150 in northern India, officials say.The derailment occurred around 3am on Sunday near Purwa, a village near the industrial city of Kanpur, when the 14 coaches jumped the track. The express train was travelling between the northeastern city of
  
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• Croydon tram crash: Probe over video of 'driver falling asleep' near derailment site

  20-11-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - An investigation has been launched after a tram driver was caught on camera appearing to fall asleep at the controls on the same stretch of track where a derailment killed seven people.
  
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• Croydon line tram driver suspended over Sun footage

  20-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A Croydon line tram driver is suspended after footage appears to show him struggling to stay awake.
  
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• Council chiefs vow to press ahead with 2m pedestrianisation despite bus concerns

  20-11-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE PRICE of controversial plans to pedestrianise Oxford's Queen Street has been put at 2m, with council chiefs determined to press ahead.
  
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• Climate change curbs could force diesel lorries off the road subscription

  20-11-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The 500,000 diesel lorries on Britains roads must be progressively scrapped and replaced by electric and gas-powered vehicles if the UK is to keep its promises on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the governments climate advisers.
  
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• Chancellor to announce 1.3bn to improve Britain's roads

  20-11-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230;for improving Britainmp;#39;s roads in the Autumn Statement, the mp;#8230; mp;#39;s motorways and major roads. Mr Hammond will also green-light mp;#8230;prepare for life outside the EU. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph mp;#8230; ;We are building and improving roads because they are at the mp;#8230;
  
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• Business travelers will pay less to fly in 2017

  20-11-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription -mp;#8230; Business Travelpart of the worlds largest travel services company mp;#8230;parts of Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and mp;#8230;economies in many foreign markets (especially China) are combiningmp;#8230;the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the average faremp;#8230;
  
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• Biking boost needs a tandem approach subscription

  20-11-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Tax breaks would be a welcome incentive for cyclists, but only alongside a revamped bike framework.
  
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• Autumn Statement: £1.3bn to target congestion roads

  20-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An extra £1.3bn is to be spent on improving roads, the chancellor will say in the Autumn Statement.
  
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