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• London garden bridge: accusation of conflict of interest over public funds

  21-12-2016 08:00
  
  Senior official secured £7m funding while working for TfL, before moving to engineering firm behind the controversial projectLondon’s troubled garden bridge project has been accused of benefiting from a significant conflict of interest after it emerged that a senior official helped win millions of pounds of public money for the project after accepting a job with the engineering company behind it.Richard de Cani, at the time head of planning for Transport for London, played a key role
  
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• Travel aids: what the UK could learn from developing countries

  21-12-2016 07:35
  
  Personal timetable updates and an Uber alternative are just some of the innovations being pioneered in the global southPersonalised information about public transport and an Uber alternative that treats its drivers well are useful ideas that you might expect to hail from cities in Europe or the US.But GoMetro is an app from South Africa and Careem is an Uber-style firm working across the Middle East and north Africa. They are typical of some of the innovative partnerships in the global south pro
  
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• Warning: Unlicensed taxis operating in North Yorkshire

  21-12-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -RESIDENTS of Hambleton are warned to be vigilant after reports of unlicensed taxis plying for fares in the area.
  
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• VW strikes another US emissions scandal deal

  21-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Volkswagen agrees a fresh deal with US authorities over diesel engines that cheated pollution rules.
  
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• Unite call off pre-Christmas strike at Doncaster's Robin Hood airport

  21-12-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - A pre-Christmas strike by baggage handlers and check-in staff at Doncaster's Robin Hood airport has been called off, Unite the Union confirmed this evening.
  
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• UK airport strike called off

  21-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Threats of a two-day strike by UK airport workers that would have potentially disrupted passengers heading off for Christmas holidays have been eased.read more
  
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• UK airport staff call off 48-hour strike, union says

  21-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A strike by airport baggage handlers and check-in staff planned for 23 and 24 December is called off.
  
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• Trains lined up to be driver-only in deal across West Midlands

  21-12-2016 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Train drivers in the West Midlands could be made responsible for opening and closing carriage doors under the new franchise contract being signed next year.
  
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• Train commuter figures show rise in usage remains on track

  21-12-2016 01:00 via stratford-herald.com
  
  Other News Sources - THE number of people catching the train to and from south Warwickshire is rising.
  
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• Theres still no disabled lifts to all platforms at Luton train station!

  21-12-2016 01:00 via lutontoday.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Lutons train station has been criticised for its dangerous lack of disabled facilities.
  
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• Tackling alcohol consumption on Britains railways

  21-12-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine -Despite managing one of the safest railways in Europe, UK operators are still faced with the serious consequences of excessive alcohol consumption. Recent research showed that 60 of passenger deaths and assaults over the past decade were alcohol-rel
  
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• 'Strike is a sign of FAILURE' Sadiq Khan condemns rail unions after thousands stranded

  21-12-2016 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - SADIQ KHAN has condemned Southern Rail unions over ongoing disputes over driver-only trains and a ban on train drivers working overtime.
  
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• Stagecoach and police launch investigation into bus crash

  21-12-2016 01:00 via hampshirechronicle.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -PART of Winchester city centre was brought to a standstill after a collision between a bus and a pedestrian.
  
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• Southern train strikes: MP calls for rail ombudsman

  21-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A bill to establish a rail ombudsman
  
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• Southern strikes: Commuters losing jobs

  21-12-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - MP claims employers are rejecting job applications from commuters who use Southern Railway
  
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• South West Trains welcomes first of 30 new trains following 210m investment

  21-12-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The new trains are due to go into in April 2017 and will introduce 150 extra carriages with space for 11,000 passengers
  
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• Smog refugees flee Chinese cities as 'airpocalypse' blights half a billion

  21-12-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Thousands head to pollution-free regions as haze descends on the countrys northern industrial heartlandTens of thousands of smog refugees have reportedly fled Chinas pollution-stricken north after the country was hit by its latest airpocalyse forcing almost half a billion people to live under a blanket of toxic fumes. Huge swaths of north and central China have been living under a pollution red alert since last Friday when a dangerous cocktail of pollutants transformed the skies i
  
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• See full list of South West Trains' festive station names

  21-12-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Passengers have been coming up with their own suggestions for Christmas puns, from "Jingle all the Wraysbury" to "Virginia Mary Water"
  
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• RMT warns of New Year Tube strikes in row over job cuts

  21-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Rail union bosses have warned that strikes could hit the London Underground in the New Year in a long-running dispute over job cuts.
  
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• REVEALED: New planned site for controversial council cycle track

  21-12-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -A DISUSED piece of land in Kearsley is likely to be the proposed site for Bolton Councils new cycle track, the Bolton News can reveal.
  
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• Rail compensation schemes should encourage better services subscription

  21-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The Govia Thameslink franchise, which includes Southern Rail, is not working and has not been doing so for some time. Notwithstanding the current industrial action by Aslef and the RMT, incompetent management and Department of Transport failings, the system for pursuing complaints and achieving redress is simply not fit for purpose.
  
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• Piccadilly line: All 79 trains back in action after almost a month of delays and disruption

  21-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Piccadilly line is back up and running a full service after almost a month of disruption and delays while faulty trains were repaired.
  
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• Norwegian mulls moving in to South America

  21-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Fast-expanding low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian is examining the possibility of setting up operations in Argentina.read more
  
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• Letters to the editor: Other aspects of the rail strike

  21-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The job of a train guard consists of much more than merely opening and closing doorsthe role exists to ensure the safety, security and care of passengers, some of whom may be quite vulnerable.
  
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• Leeds bus company films 'faster boarding' e-ticket experiment

  21-12-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Ever waited for a bus in Leeds and found yourself sighing in frustration while a queue builds up behind passengers fumbling with their loose change?
  
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• Keith Prince: It is time to end strike action on public transport

  21-12-2016 01:00 via conservativehome.com
  Conservative Party - A system that enables the RMT and ASLEF to disrupt hundreds of thousands of peoples lives for weeks and months on end through the Southern rail strike cannot, in all fairness, be said to be working. Therefore it is welcome that the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, has made clear he will not rule anything out in terms of introducing new anti-strike laws. Despite the fact that Number 10 is reportedly less keen on legislation, it makes sense to think about what
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover plans massive logistics hub in Solihull

  21-12-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Luxury car brand continues investment plans for the West Midlands with new development to supply Solihull factory
  
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• Hong Kong Airlines plans to accelerate intercontinental expansion

  21-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Hong Kong Airlines plans to accelerate its intercontinental expansion with the scheduled delivery of its first Airbus A350 in August 2017.read more
  
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• Holyhead port Christmas boom sees extra Dublin ferry drafted in

  21-12-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -The 1,458-passenger Oscar Wilde will cater for the thousands of extra passengers
  
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• Hitachi orders Rolls-Royce PowerPacks

  21-12-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply Hitachi Rail Europe with 136 Series 1600 MTU...
  
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• 'Gloucester needs more inter-city trains,' says MP Richard Graham

  21-12-2016 01:00 via gloucestershirelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Gloucester MP Richard Graham has led a debate in parliament calling for train company CrossCountry to make more inter-city services available from the city's railway station.
  
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• FTA to fund Fort Worth Transportation Authoritys $1.034bn TEX Rail project

  21-12-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine -The US Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has agreed a $499.4m grant to help fund Fort Worth Transportation Authoritys (FWTA) $1.034bn TEX Rail project.
  
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• FTA helps industry keep on delivering this winter

  21-12-2016 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - With tomorrow seeing the official start of winter, the Freight Transport Association is supporting Highways Englands winter road safety campaign ...
  
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• Flybe planes sets flight path for London Heathrow Airport

  21-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Flybe planes will use Heathrow for the first time from March, with the airline's chairman today hailing London's dominance at the "heart of the business community" and hiring a new chief executive.
  
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• Flybe names chief to steer through overcapacity

  21-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - UK regional carrier corrects course after over-optimistic order for 24 Embraer jets
  
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• Flybe announces new flights from Scotland to London

  21-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than 40 new flights a week from London Heathrow to Aberdeen and Edinburgh have been announced by operator Flybe.
  
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• First trains of new £210m South West fleet arrive

  21-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The first trains of South West Trains new £210m fleet have arrived at Clapham ahead of final testing in the New Year. The Siemens-built Class 707 Desiro City trains will accommodate approximately 11,000 passengers every weekday morning to and from London Waterloo and Windsor
  
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• First look inside South West Trains new 230m fleet

  21-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - This is the first look at South West Trains new 230million fleet.
  
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• First Greater Manchester app users to pay less as onboard ticket price rises

  21-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passengers buying tickets onboard some Greater Manchester buses are to pay more than those using a smartphone app.
  
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• East Midlands escapes 12.5m fine for parking price fix

  21-12-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airport is found guilty of fixing prices for its car parking services
  
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• Derby rail firms invent solution for problem of leaves on the line

  21-12-2016 01:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - A group of Derby rail companies have helped come up with an invention which aims to make delays and cancellations caused by leaves on the line a thing of the past.
  
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• Cost of Southern Rail strikes to the economy is set to hit 400MILLION

  21-12-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A study has estimated that every day of action by the RMT and Aslef deals an 11million hit to the economy.
  
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• Buses to rescue strike-hit commuters subscription

  21-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Strike-hit railway commuters will be offered replacement bus services as part of a new effort by Theresa May to get to grips with the crisis. Public buildings in commuter towns could also be opened up to frustrated passengers, giving them somewhere to work if they are unable to reach their offices.
  
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• Baggage handlers' planned strike over Christmas cancelled

  21-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Christmas strike by baggage handlers at 18 airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton has been called-off.
  
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• Baggage handlers Christmas strike called off

  21-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Unite head rejects charge swath of industrial action co-ordinated
  
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• Axiomtek 18.5in Multi-touch Panel Computer Ideal for Infotainment and Light Industry Applications

  21-12-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Axiomtek, one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of innovative, high performance and reliable PC-based industrial computer products, is proud to introduce the GOT3187WL-834-PCT, an 18.5in fanless multi-touch panel computer for infotai
  
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• Attacks in Germany and Turkey PROVE Southern Rail unions right, says George Galloway

  21-12-2016 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - GEORGE GALLOWAY has linked the need for guards on Southern trains with the Berlin terror attack and the assassination of Russias ambassador to Turkey.
  
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• Alstom to acquire Nomad Digital, worlds leading provider of connectivity solutions to the railway industry

  21-12-2016 01:00 via amadeuscapital.com
  Other News Sources -Alstom has signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of Nomad Holdings, commercially known as Nomad Digital, from Amadeus Capital Partners, SEB Venture Capital and Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments together with other investors.
  
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• £47 million spent on deferred sections of Great Western modernisation

  21-12-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
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• 4,000 soldiers prepared to drive rail replacement buses if needed during Southern rail strikes

  21-12-2016 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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