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• Apply the brakes and rethink driverless cars | Letters

  18-12-2016 19:22
  
  The problems with introducing driverless cars are greater than you identify in your editorial (Intelligent cars raise questions that only society can answer, 16 December) and yet almost certain to be ignored.No amount of testing can prove them as safe as human drivers unless the software is frozen and never updated. Verifying the behaviour of machine-learning systems is an unsolved research challenge. There are major problems of cybersecurity – many of the sensors and communications h
  
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• Fog across UK brings Christmas travel chaos as flights are cancelled

  18-12-2016 09:34
  
  Met Office issues severe weather warning as Heathrow tells passengers to check with airlines before setting offThick fog moving across the UK is threatening to cause travel mayhem, with airports warning of cancellations and flight delays.The Met Office issued a severe weather warning lasting into Sunday afternoon, saying reduced visibility would continue to affect southern England and south Wales and creep into the Midlands.Continue reading...
  
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• YP Letters: Flaws in Leeds Bradford Airpiort transport plan

  18-12-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - FULL marks to Tom Richmond for his perceptive views (The Yorkshire Post, December 10) about the Yeadon airport access plans. One can only speculate about such half-baked park and ride plan having been seemingly endorsed by the so-called panel of experts employed to advise Leeds transport planners.
  
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• What does not change, dies: Bombardier Transportation head looks to the future

  18-12-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription -companys investor day. Troger, who lives in Berlin where Bombardier TransportationThe perception (of Bombardier) in Europe is very different, saidbut there is a growing market for public transit thatthe way the auto industry builds multiple vehicles from
  
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• Union talks offer hope of avoiding Christmas airport strikes

  18-12-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Talks aimed at averting strikes by baggage handlers and other staff at 18 airports will be held at Acas this week.
  
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• Transport minister urged to set a date for Scottish rail renationalisation

  18-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - SNP ministers are under pressure to set a deadline for renationalising rail in Scotland with a transport union claiming it would be possible to deliver a publicly-owned service by 2022.
  
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• These 4 cities are cracking down on diesel vehicles to improve air quality heres how

  18-12-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription -mp;#8230;investments in public transport, so as to improve air quality and reduce mp;#8230;grown dramatically in recent years. European governments have effectively subsidised diesels mp;#8230;to improve air quality. Policy needs to favour public transport, as well mp;#8230;
  
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• The operator behind the beleaguered Southern Rail network could soon be running Manchester's trams

  18-12-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Keolis two southern joint ventures Southern Rail and Southeastern are, according to the independent watchdog Transport Focus, Britains two most disliked transport companies
  
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• Talks planned to avert pre-Christmas airports staff strike

  18-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Unite union officials and Swissport will hold talks aimed at preventing strikes by staff at UK airports.
  
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• Staff to go on strike at Doncaster Sheffield Airport over pay dispute just before Christmas

  18-12-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - A number of check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew at Doncaster Sheffield Airport are set to walk out on strike due to a pay dispute.
  
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• Stadler wins contract to build new Merseyrail trains

  18-12-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -New trains are to be built for the Merseyrail network by Stadler of Switzerland, as part of a programme costing 460 million. This headline figure also covers upgrades to the power supply, platforms and track, as well as refurbishment of the depots at Kirkdale and Birkenhead North and future maintenance of the new trains. Stadler had been shortlisted in January, along with Bombardier, CAF, Mitsui and Siemens, after the tender process was launched in October 2015. The trains, desig
  
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• Southern trains 'cancelled despite drivers being free'

  18-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Southern has been accused of cancelling trains and blaming industrial action even though drivers were available.
  
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• Southern Rail strike: Train company accused again of cancelling trains when staff were available

  18-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Railway has been accused for the second weekend in a row of cancelling trains even though drivers were available.
  
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• Southern rail dispute reflects workers growing fears about rise of automation

  18-12-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Last weeks strikes over the removal of guards highlighted concern about the way technology is making real workers obsolete, hitting lower-paid roles hardest
  
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• Shropshire MP sees future of travel by hyperloop

  18-12-2016 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other News Sources - Could this be the future of rail travel? Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski thinks so.
  
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• Scots face delays and cancellations as thick fog causes chaos at London airports

  18-12-2016 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230;countries busiest airports. Flights scheduled between Heathrow and Glasgow airports have been mp;#8230; mp;#39;s no information coming through to the passengers at all. Everyone mp;#8230;east and large parts of Europe. (Photo: Rex Features) mp;quot;The mp;#8230;
  
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• ScotRail slammed as commuters faced travel chaos on busiest day of the year

  18-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - ANGRY commuters were left stranded on platforms and passengers packed into trains as Scotland's rail network buckled under the strain of the busiest day of the year.
  
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• ScotRail slammed after late night train skips two stations and leaves teenage girl stranded five miles from her destination

  18-12-2016 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - The 17-year-old boarded a train at Charing Cross to visit her grandparents in Cardross but the train didn't stop until Helensburgh Central.
  
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• Revealed: Merseyside's quietest - and busiest - train stations

  18-12-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - Upton station has 87 passengers every day
  
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• Rail union boss vows to topple Tories subscription

  18-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Tapes reveal aim of Christmas strike chaos
  
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• New technology could block mobiles while drivers at the wheel

  18-12-2016 01:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Airwise News -MOBILE phone signals could be blocked while cars are being driven in a bid to prevent motorists using them at the wheel.
  
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• New Gatwick Airport chairman: Case for future runway expansion remains strong

  18-12-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -GATWICK Airport's new chairman has told how the case for future expansion still remains strong.
  
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• Network Rail offers inflation-busting pay deal to avert strikes subscription

  18-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Network Rail is locked in discussions with unions on a pay deal to avert a crippling national strike.
  
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• London weather: Thick fog sparks chaos at Heathrow, Gatwick and London City Airport

  18-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Flights in and out of London's airports have been hit by major delays and cancellations as a blanket of thick fog descended on the capital.
  
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• HS2 'hotline' set up for MPs

  18-12-2016 01:00 via mix96.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - MPs are getting an HS2 hotline, thanks to one Bucks MP.
  Cheryl Gillan called for the phone line, so MPs can directly talk to the company behind the plans about constituents' worries.
  
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• How the Unions are out to cancel Christmas subscription

  18-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - With rail, air and postal staff planning to strike over the next two weeks, the festive season could turn bleak for many Britons
  
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• Five things you learn living under the Manchester Airport flight path

  18-12-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - We speak to four of the hub's closest neighbours
  
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• Christmas travel chaos for Britain as 2016 draws to a close

  18-12-2016 01:00 via ibtimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The curse of 2016 looks set to spill over into Christmas, as industrial action planned by a number of organisations could cause disruption across the UK. Festivities are threatened by pilots, postal workers and airport staff as well as wide-scale disruption to the rail service caused by planned engineering works.
  
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• Cargo company trying to 'resolve' issues as staff threaten strike action at Manchester Airport

  18-12-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Almost 400 workers could strike over pay on December 23 and Christmas Eve
  
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• Bring HS2 steel to Scunthorpe: hundreds sign Telegraph petition

  18-12-2016 01:00 via scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - THE MINISTER for the Northern Powerhouse has insisted that the government has made a level playing field for UK steel to compete for infrastructure contracts.
  
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