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• RMT union walks out of talks aimed at averting London tube strike

  07-01-2017 20:10
  
  RMT leaves Acas talks but TSSA union considers offer before planned strikes on Sunday and MondayLondon Underground (LU) has made a last-minute offer to try to avert a strike that will cause travel chaos for millions of passengers. Related: Southern rail, London Underground and BA staff to go ahead with strikesContinue reading...
  
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• London Underground makes last-ditch effort to avert tube strike

  07-01-2017 20:10
  
  RMT leaves Acas talks early but TSSA union considers offer before planned strikes on Sunday and Monday London Underground (LU) has made a last-minute offer to try to avert a strike that will cause travel chaos for millions of passengers. Related: Southern rail, London Underground and BA staff to go ahead with strikesContinue reading...
  
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• RMT walks out of talks aimed at averting London tube strike

  07-01-2017 15:34
  
  RMT leaves Acas talks but TSSA union remains at meeting with London Underground ahead of 24-hour strikeBritain’s biggest rail union has left talks aimed at averting a strike by London Underground workers, dashing hopes of a last-minute deal.A second union was still meeting the company to discuss a dispute over jobs and ticket office closures. Continue reading...
  
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• I work for Southern rail: this is why I am striking

  07-01-2017 08:30
  
  Driving a train is difficult enough without having to watch what’s going on behind me – that’s why we need guardsI’m a train driver on Southern Railway and sadly have taken part in strike action – and will continue to do so.I’ve had many conversations with passengers while waiting for trains myself. “I bet you wish you had worn a different jacket to work today” and “You should be ashamed going on strike”, are among some of the nicer enc
  
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• Yacht maker in Peterborough is buoyant after selling 10 boats in first hour of prestigious show

  07-01-2017 01:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Peterboroughs Fairline Yachts is on the crest of a wave after selling 10 boats in the first hour of the prestigious London Boat Show.
  
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• Virtual modelling shows driverless cars could cut delays in the future

  07-01-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Driverless cars could significantly reduce delays according to a new study by the Department for Transport.The project used computer software to create virtual models of different parts of the UK road network including urban roads and a 20km motorway section.Delays and traffic flow were all shown to improve as the proportion of automated vehicles increased above specific levels.The study demonstrates that driverless cars offer major potential bene
  
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• Urgent action needed as air pollution soars at Brighton hotspots

  07-01-2017 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -MORE drastic measures are needed to bring down air pollution in Brighton which continues to exceed EU levels despite huge investment at traffic hotspots.
  
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• Union calls for clarity over future of new aircraft carriers

  07-01-2017 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - A leading trade union is demanding clarity over the future of the two aircraft carriers being built at Rosyth following suggestions one could be mothballed to meet budget shortfalls.
  
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• UK rail: the thin controllers

  07-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Despite popular belief, running the services is no gravy train
  
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• UK pilots express fears over increasing drone incidents

  07-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has voiced concerns over the growing number of close encounters involving commercial aircraft and drones and called for tough penalties for those users of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) who recklessly endanger airliners.read more
  
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• UK developed hands-free interface demonstrated on Bosch concept car

  07-01-2017 01:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A touch-free haptic control system that enables users to feel virtual buttons and dials in mid-air has been demonstrated onboard a Bosch concept car at this weeks CES exhibition in Las Vegas. Developed by Bristol firm Ultrahaptics Ltd, andas previously reported by The Engineerspun out of research carried out at Bristol
  
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• UK braced for spate of travel strikes

  07-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Industrial action set to affect BA flights, Southern rail and London Underground
  
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• Tube strike will go ahead as peace talks collapse, union bosses say

  07-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds of thousands of Tube commuters face massive travel disruption after union bosses confirmed a 24-hour strike would go ahead across the London Underground network.
  
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• Tube strike: When is it and which lines and stations will be closed?

  07-01-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Tube strike: What are your employment rights if you can't get to work?

  07-01-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Tube workers will walk out for 24 hours on Sunday night into Monday - so what rights do you have if you can't get to your job?
  
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• Tube strike to go ahead after talks collapse

  07-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Talks aimed at averting a 24-hour strike by London Underground workers from Sunday evening have collapsed and the walkout will go ahead, causing travel chaos in the capital.
  
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• Tube strike: Last ditch talks set for Saturday in bid to avert crippling 24-hour walk-out

  07-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Last ditch talks aimed at averting a crippling 24-hour strike by London Underground workers will be held on Saturday.
  
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• Tube strike: Four million Londoners left waiting over planned walkout

  07-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Tube's four million passengers were left waiting until the last moment today not knowing if they will have a train service on Monday.
  
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• Tube strike: Commuters voice anger as London Underground set to grind to a halt on Monday

  07-01-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The Monday morning commute into London is going to be even worse as tube workers take industrial action over safety and staffing
  
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• Tube strike 2017: Date, time and everything you need to know about the walkout

  07-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Planned disruption will hit the capital's Tube network, starting on the evening of Sunday, January 8
  
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• Tube and rail travellers face week of chaos Subscription

  07-01-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Commuters in the southeast are facing a week of transport misery with strikes confirmed on suburban rail routes and threatened for the London Underground. Millions of workers and tourists travelling into central London are likely to be affected every day next week.
  
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• Treasury committee chair claims HS2 demand forecasts lack credibility

  07-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - More evidence is needed that the business case for HS2 is reliable and will deliver value for money, Andrew Tyrie MP, the chair of the Treasury Select Committee, has said. Tyrie previously raised concerns about HS2 in a letter to Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, in September, saying it...
  
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• Thrown child's scooter halts busy train in Airdrie

  07-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - British Transport Police launch an investigation after a child's scooter was thrown at a train, causing lengthy delays to services.
  
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• Thieves steal car during de-icing as Hitchin restaurant owner loses irreplaceable items from late father but thankfully avoided daughter being taken

  07-01-2017 01:00 via thecomet.net
  
  Other Regional Press - The director of a popular Hitchin restaurant is appealing for people to be aware of car thieves after he had his own vehicle stolenalong with irreplaceable sentimental items relating to his late father after he narrowly avoided his young daughter being taken as well.
  
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• The BMW 3 Series was the most searched for used car of 2016

  07-01-2017 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Britons are forecast to have bought more second-hand cars last year than ever before and when it comes to the vehicles they are looking for, BMW's 3 Series tops the pile.
  
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• Southern Rail Q&A: key questions answered by Chris Grayling, rail boss Charles Horton, and Mick Whelan

  07-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Evening Standard asks the three key players in the Southern Rail strike dispute the questions every fed-up traveller wants an answer to...
  
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• Sadiq Khan creates new 'green' bus zones as part of plan to clean up London's air

  07-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - New green bus zones are being set up on a dozen of London's most polluted high streets in bid to improve air quality.
  
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• Russia says it is withdrawing its aircraft carrier from Syria

  07-01-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Rush hour service halted in Airdrie after louts launch scooter at train

  07-01-2017 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) begin investigation after a child's scooter was thrown at a train, causing lengthy delays to services.
  
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• Road closed for 10 hours after car hits power lines in Peterborough

  07-01-2017 01:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - A car brought down power lines closing roads after a crash in Newborough last night.
  
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• Record car sales again in 2016 but this cant go on

  07-01-2017 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -The market is likely to slow further in 2017 as car prices pick up thanks to higher import prices, as economic growth slows in 2017 and if financing deals are no longer as attractive.
  
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• Rail union chiefs get a £6k bonus...to make sure they get to work

  07-01-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Union barons piling strike misery on rail commuters have been handing themselves a secret £6,000 bonusso they can get to work by car. The perk also covers the cost of train season tickets.
  
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• Rail services disrupted after child's scooter thrown at train

  07-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Police are investigating after a child's scooter was thrown at a train in North Lanarkshire, causing widespread disruption to the rail network.
  
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• Proposals to ban smoking in cars carrying children

  07-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to ban smoking in private vehicles carrying children are to be discussed.
  
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• Potholes bill to soar to 14billion within two years as councils warn of "tipping point"

  07-01-2017 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Councils fixed a pothole every 15 seconds last year, but have warned that funding cuts mean they are trapped in a frustrating cycle of patching up roads
  
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• Potholes bill to soar to 14billion within two years as councils warn of

  07-01-2017 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Councils fixed a pothole every 15 seconds last year, but have warned that funding cuts mean they are trapped in a frustrating cycle of patching up roads
  
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• Pictured: union boss behind Southern Rail strike chaos being whisked to work by car

  07-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Mick Whelan more regularly rides to work on trains where drivers open and close the doors - the very system he condemns as too unsafe for Southern passengers
  
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• PHOTOS: Record-breaking electric car goes on show at motor museum

  07-01-2017 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SPEED is not the first thing that comes to mind when you mentionthe words 'electric car'.
  
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• Passengers warned of weekend rail closures

  07-01-2017 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Passengers are being advised to always plan their journeys as the next phase of the major work to upgrade the railway between Preston and Blackpool gets under way.
  
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• Parents fear road outside school is an accident waiting to happen

  07-01-2017 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -PARENTS have said there is an accident waiting to happen near their village school which has been without a lollipop person for more than 18 months.
  
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• ORR told to draw up national safety framework for DOO train dispatch

  07-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has asked the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to set out a national safety framework for train dispatch to further improve the way that trains are dispatched across the UK, in the hope of ending disputes over driver-only operated (DOO) trains once and for...
  
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• Now living by a busy road raises risk to pregnant women

  07-01-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A Danish study of 73,000 women, which is the first to establish a link between traffic and pre-eclampsia has added to growing concerns about the health impact of air and noise pollution.
  
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• Motorists urged to go green and save everyone money Subscription

  07-01-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Motorists are being urged to take up eco-driving to cut pollution amid evidence that every diesel car costs the economy £120 a year in health impacts.
  
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• Michael Heseltine, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Fined For Knocking Cyclist From Bike

  07-01-2017 01:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  
  Huffington Post -The former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has been fined £5,000 by magistrates after he admitted knocking a cyclist off his bike. Michael Heseltine appeared at Northampton Magistrates Court on Thursday and entered a guilty plea to a charge of careless driving, The Press Association reports. The 83-year-old Tory grandee, driving a green Jaguar, pulled out of a lane and into the path of the cyclist on the B4525 near Thenford in Northamptonshire on June 19 last year.The
  
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• Major city centre car park will be demolished next month to make way for new development

  07-01-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The NCP car park on Wood Street in Cardiff is being demolished as part of the Central Square works
  
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• Lorry drivers to protest against "inhumane" conditions at the Port of Liverpool

  07-01-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post - Hauliers call for better toilet and catering facilities
  
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• Lord Heseltine shattered cyclist's knees when he knocked him off his bike while driving a Jaguar

  07-01-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Lord Heseltine fined for knocking cyclist off bike

  07-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Lord Heseltine is fined 5,000 for knocking a cyclist off his bike while driving his Jaguar in Northamptonshire.
  
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• Last-ditch talks over Tube strike arranged

  07-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Last-ditch talks aimed at averting a 24-hour Tube strike will take place on Saturday, Acas says.
  
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• Kenilworth station opening delayed until December 2017

  07-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Warwickshire County Council has announced that the new station in Kenilworth will now not be opened until this December due to track and signalling issues, one year after services were meant to begin running. The station will now open on 10 December 2017 after a revised deadline of August this...
  
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