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• Freezing fog and ice cause more travel disruption across UK

  29-12-2016 11:45
  
  Drivers are warned of potentially lethal conditions and flights at Heathrow, London City and Luton airports are delayedFreezing fog and plummeting temperatures have brought fresh travel disruption to the UK.The AA warned motorists that roads could become lethal due to the hazardous combination of poor visibility and the onset of ice.Continue reading...
  
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• Flying Scotsman: a journey in slow television

  29-12-2016 08:00
  
  An hour-long television special of a real time train journey through England hopes to be ‘absorbing for its own sake’It’s not everyone’s idea of gripping television. A train advances steadily along a railway track, without commentary or music. After a full, wordless minute, the view switches to the front of the train, where a static camera captures the track being eaten up, sleeper by sleeper.Fascination, however, is in the eye of the beholder, and the BBC is hoping that
  
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• SOUTHERN RAIL OWNERS GO AHEAD RAMP UP DIVIDENDSRSS Feed

  29-12-2016 01:00 via rmt.org.uk
  RMT - Southern Rail owners Go Ahead ramp up dividends and stockpile cash while services are left to rot and safety standards are slashed.
  
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• RMT accuses rail bosses of hoarding MILLIONS of pounds while raising train fares

  29-12-2016 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - RAIL bosses were accused of stockpiling hundreds of millions of pounds while slashing their tax bills and raising fares, yesterday.
  
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• Rail operators face criticism after commuters left stranded thanks to timetable changes and engineering

  29-12-2016 01:00 via echo-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - RAIL operators have been criticised for leaving passengers stranded due to timetable changes and engineering works.
  
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• North East commuters faced with some of the oldest trains in the country

  29-12-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Report about age of rolling stock reveals good and bad news for the region's rail passengers
  
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• New bus lane plans for Preston city centre

  29-12-2016 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Motorists are set to be banned from more of Preston city centre, under new measures planned by Lancashire County Council.
  
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• Mounting pressure on Government to devolve suburban rail routes into London

  29-12-2016 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - The Government is facing mounting pressure to devolve suburban rail routes into London after new polling revealed most passengers back the proposal.
  
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• Just how old is your train carriage?

  29-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The average age of passenger trains in Britain is 21 years old, an investigation finds.
  
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• Jet2 places new order for more Boeing aircraft

  29-12-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airline plans further expansion with purchase of extra Boeing 737-800s
  
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• GWR trains found to be among some of the oldest in the country

  29-12-2016 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -TRAINS operating on the Great Western Railway network are among some of the oldest in the country, new data from the Office of Rail and Road has revealed.
  
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• Greater Anglia tries to tempt travellers to visit Chelmsford, Freeport, Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds as engineering works make travel to London difficult

  29-12-2016 01:00 via ipswichstar.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Engineering work on the main line to London over the next few months seems set to hit much of Greater Anglias leisure tradeespecially the casual trips to the capital for shopping, sightseeing, and a day out.
  
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• 'Frequent flyer points put at risk by website flaws'

  29-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Airline booking systems lack checks that would stop attackers changing details or stealing bonus points, warn experts.
  
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• Erosion on railway bridges must be tackled subscription

  29-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Eighty safety projects are needed to protect railway bridges from erosion, a report on climate change has said.
  
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• Edinburgh-London rail passengers reach million for first time

  29-12-2016 01:00 via edinburghnews.scotsman.com
  
  Edinburgh Evening News - The number of Virgin Trains East Coast (Vtec) rail passengers between Edinburgh and London has topped one million for the first time.
  
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• Drivers urged to make not using their phone a New Year Resolution

  29-12-2016 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -DRIVERS in Bradford are being urged to make not using their mobile phone at the wheel their new years resolution for 2017.
  
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• Council leader pleads for solution to on going Southern Railway disruption

  29-12-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A council leader has written to the transport secretary to issue a
  
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• Council leader issues "plea for help" over trains

  29-12-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A COUNCIL leader has renewed demands for the Government to strip Southern rail of their franchise.
  
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• Council leader issues

  29-12-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A COUNCIL leader has renewed demands for the Government to strip Southern rail of their franchise.
  
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• Bus prices hike in Chesterfield in New Year

  29-12-2016 01:00 via derbyshiretimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Bus passengers in Chesterfield will have to pay more for their journeys in the New Year as fares increase....
  
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• A £7.5m upgrade scheme in Mid Wales improving rail safety will begin in the New Year

  29-12-2016 01:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - A £7.5m upgrade scheme in Mid Wales improving rail safety will begin in the New Year. Eight rural level crossings in Talerddig, between Newtown and Machynlleth will close in 2017.
  
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