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• London on pollution 'high alert' due to cold air, traffic, and wood burning

  23-01-2017 18:58
  
  Camden, City of London, and Westminster hit 10 out of 10 on index, while pollution levels across UK also peakedLondon has been put on “very high” alert as cold and still weather, traffic, and a peak in the use of wood-burning stoves combined to send air pollution soaring in the capital and across swathes of the UK.
  According to data from King’s College London, areas of London including Camden, the City of London and Westminster all reached 10 out of 10 on the air pollution inde
  
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• Fog and frost threaten to disrupt travel across London and the south

  23-01-2017 06:00
  
  Met Office warns sub-zero temperatures could cause difficult driving conditions and delayed flights on Monday morningDense fog and widespread frost are expected to cause travel chaos and delay flights as temperatures plunge below zero on Monday morning. Drivers have been urged to prepare for hazardous conditions on roads and disruption at London airports. The Met Office has issued a yellow “be aware” warning for fog in London, the south-west, the south-east and some eastern parts bet
  
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• Police catch 47 drivers an hour during mobile phone crackdown

  23-01-2017 01:01
  
  Almost 8,000 fixed penalty notices handed out in week-long campaign last year as punishments are set to get tougherAlmost 50 drivers were caught every hour during a police crackdown on the illegal use of mobile phones at the wheel.Officers handed out 7,966 fixed penalty notices for the offence in a week-long campaign in November. The tally – equivalent to a rate of 47 an hour – is the highest yet for a week of enforcement on “distraction driving”. By comparison, the total
  
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• Wakefield council leaders bid to de-rail HS2

  23-01-2017 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The fight against a proposed high speed rail link which campaigners say will carve up Wakefield districts towns, village and countryside will go on tonight.
  
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• Virtually cycling the length of Britain

  23-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A digital games programmer from Angus is thought to be the first person to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats in virtual reality (VR).
  
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• Tube dispute has its roots in the Tory rule which ran London for the 1 per cent not the 99 per cent, TSSA chief writes

  23-01-2017 01:00 via labourlist.org
  
  Labour Party - TSSA negotiators will resume talks with London Underground (LU) at the Advice, Conciliation and Arbitration Service today to try to resolve the long running dispute about under-staffing and the serious decline in safety standards for both Tubes passengers, and our members, since April last year.
  
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• Trainees on board to help Beverley transport firm LTP keep moving forward Read more at http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/trainees-on-board-to-help-beverley-transport-firm-ltp-keep-moving-forward/story-30065427-detail/story.html#KV4bazAryt0SP28b.99

  23-01-2017 01:00 via hulldailymail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A "clear skills and training investment strategy" is bearing fruit for a Beverley company.
  
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• Trainees on board to help Beverley transport firm LTP keep moving forward

  23-01-2017 01:00 via hulldailymail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A "clear skills and training investment strategy" is bearing fruit for a Beverley company.
  
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• Theresa May on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, Tata and rail electrification

  23-01-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The Prime Minister will today launch the UK Government's industrial strategy
  
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• Strike threat looming on Cross City rail line

  23-01-2017 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Union members furious over new security staff on trains
  
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• Southern urges RMT to abandon Monday's strike

  23-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Southern rail renews its call for the RMT union to abandon Monday's strike and engage in talks.
  
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• Southern rail strike: Rail operator urges RMT union to call off 24-hour strike

  23-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern rail has urged union bosses to call off a planned 24-hour strike.
  
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• ScotRail boss denies exit is linked to poor performance

  23-01-2017 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - ScotRail Alliance chief Phil Verster has condemned the linking of his surprise departure with poor train performance as totally wrong.
  
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• RMT union reveals 'damning' figures on driver-only services

  23-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Many more Southern trains than promised are travelling without a second member of staff, the RMT union has claimed.
  
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• Reading Buses staff help raise 14,000 for male suicide charity CALM

  23-01-2017 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Reading Buses annual fundraising drive in 2016 was for suicide prevention charity, CALM.
  
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• Rail workers could be banned from striking to protect peoples right to get to work under plans to be considered by MPs

  23-01-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Port authority told to start again

  23-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The body behind plans to transfer up to nine million tonnes of crude oil between tankers at the mouth of the Cromarty Firth has been ordered to withdraw its application.
  
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• P&O's Pride of Burgundy and Pride of Canterbury head to Gdansk, Poland for £14million refit deal

  23-01-2017 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A £14million refit deal will see two Pmp;O ships head to Poland for necessary improvements
  
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• One in eight of us cannot ride a bike survey finds

  23-01-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A British Heart Foundation survey of 2,000 people has found one in eight Brits do not know how to ride a bike and one in 10 have forgotten because it has been so long since they last cycled.
  
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• Northern Ireland train users paying up to £9 a day to park cars at costly rail stations

  23-01-2017 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - Commuters in Belfast are now shelling out up to £9 a day for the privilege of parking at a train station, it can be revealed.
  
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• New seat alert app for pregnant commuters

  23-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Developers launch a new app to help pregnant women get a seat on public transport while commuting.
  
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• New laws to limit union strike action to be proposed in Commons following Southern Rail row

  23-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - New laws which will limit strike action by unions and claim to protect people's "right to get to work" will be proposed in the Commons on Tuesday.
  
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• New lane to be added to A2 to ease delays at Brenley Corner roundabout, Faversham

  23-01-2017 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A new lane will be added to the A2 to ease chronic rush hour congestion at one of Kent's busiest roundabouts.
  
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• New car wont need an MoT for four years subscription

  23-01-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Millions of drivers will be able to wait an extra year before needing an MoT certificate for a new car under government plans to be announced this week.
  
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• MPs' report calls for better trains between Wales and the Midlands

  23-01-2017 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - An influential MPs committee has called for newer trains and major investment on the network between Wales and the Midlands.
  
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• Motoring misery for long-suffering commuters as major roadworks to begin on Scotland's busiest route

  23-01-2017 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -Diversions are expected next month on the eastern edge of Glasgow as part of the missing motorway link to Edinburgh is completed.
  
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• More trains on the way for region

  23-01-2017 01:00 via ipswichstar.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Extra trains are being brought in on the main line between Ipswich and London in a bid to maintain services while an upgrade is carried out.
  
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• More people now travelling by bus following changes to Norwichs road network

  23-01-2017 01:00 via edp24.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - One of the countys largest bus operators believes changes to the citys road network have led to more than 350,000 new passenger journeys.
  
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• LNG project boosted by trials of icebreaker ship

  23-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Tanker will move gas from Russia to Asia through the Arctic, using northern sea route
  
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• Liverpool 'most affordable' city for rail commuters

  23-01-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post - The city came out on top in a league table of major cities
  
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• Investment in infrastructure assets soars to record

  23-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Static deal numbers show a surplus of money chasing too few projects
  
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• Greater Birmingham firms must take advantage of HS2 contracts

  23-01-2017 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
  The Business Desk - BUSINESSES in Greater Birmingham need to take full advantage of the Governments HS2 development programme, the areas chamber of commerce has said.
  
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• Energy experts call for ban on diesel and petrol vehicles Subscription

  23-01-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Green energy experts have called on the Scottish government to consider banning diesel and petrol vehicles.
  
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• East West Rail names Phil Verster managing director

  23-01-2017 01:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - East West Rail has chosen Phil Verster to manage delivery of its proposed Oxford-to-Cambridge rail project unveiled by transport secretary Chris Grayling last month.
  
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• CZ Loko supplies Italian operators

  23-01-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - ITALY: CZ Loko has delivered three more Class 741.7 shunting locomotives to Italy. Locomotives...
  
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• Cycling target will not be hit for 300 years subscription

  23-01-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - It will take more than 300 years for Scottish government ministers to achieve their ambition of 10 per cent of everyday journeys being taken by bike if current trends continue, cycle campaigners have forecast.
  
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• ANYONE could get to the UK on Eurostar without a passport

  23-01-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Terrorists and criminals can travel to Britain on the Eurostar without any form of identification for as little as 2.60 by taking advantage of a loophole from the Schengen Agreement.
  
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• AirAsia denies wrongdoing in dealings with Rolls-Royce

  23-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Carrier says it followed all procedures over private jets maintenance
  
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• A new app has launched to solve that ever awkward question: "Should I give up my seat on the Tube?"

  23-01-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Many of us have had the awkward moment of hovering awkwardly out of a Tube seat.
  
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• 60mph speed limit for M1 under consideration to combat air pollution

  23-01-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Highways England plans to introduce Britains first pollution-linked speed limits to help reduce smog over SheffieldA proposal to impose Britains first pollution-linked speed limits in order to help ease smog over Sheffield is being considered by Highways England.A 60mph speed limit at rush-hour when vehicle numbers are highest where the M1 runs close to schools and homes in the city could help address air quality concerns, a report commissioned by the agency found.Continue reading
  
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