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• Sadiq Khan: government must pay drivers £3,500 to scrap diesel cars

  12-02-2017 08:05
  
  London mayor says £500m plan could help tackle growing crisis over poor air quality in the capitalLondon’s air is so polluted that motorists should be given up to £3,500 to persuade them to scrap their old diesel cars and vans and replace them with cleaner vehicles, according to the capital’s mayor, Sadiq Khan.The nitrogen dioxide emitted by diesel cars is a key contributor to London’s poor air quality, which is so bad that City Hall now advises the public to avoid
  
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• Westgate road layout 'recipe for disaster'

  12-02-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE road layout for the new 440m Westgate Shopping Centre is a 'recipe for disaster', civic and cycling groups have warned.
  
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• United Kingdom to Speed Self-Driving Car Adoption With New Insurance Rules

  12-02-2017 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230;to improve traffic, productivity, and road safety. mp;quot;We must ensure the mp;#8230;their self-driving cars on public roads. Nissan plans to test self-driving mp;#8230;expansion throughout the country and Europe. This article was originally published mp;#8230;
  
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• Saltash community group launches dedicated hospital bus

  12-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A local community has launched its own dedicated bus service to help people get to and from hospital.
  
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• Sadiq Khan: government must pay drivers £3,500 to scrap their polluting diesel cars

  12-02-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - London mayor says £500m plan could help tackle growing crisis over poor air quality in the capital
  
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• Queen Street row may lead to legal battle with bus firms

  12-02-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A TOP government minister could be forced to settle a row about banning buses from one of Oxfords main shopping streets.
  
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• Pollution charge hits dead end Subscription

  12-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Ministers have rejected calls to introduce congestion charging to reduce pollution levels in Scottish cities.
  
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• Piccadilly line delays: Holiday-goers' journeys to Heathrow thrown into chaos due to signalling failure

  12-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Holiday-goers trying to get to Heathrow have had their journeys thrown into chaos due to severe delays on the Piccadilly line.
  
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• Photos show new interiors of old Eurostar fleet - complete with W-Fi and on-board entertainment

  12-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Photos have been released showing the modern interiors that will be fitted in Eurostar trains as part of a fleet transformation.
  
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• Next arrival on the HS2 line: a brand new city Subscription

  12-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - With its bleak industrial landscape of crisscrossing rail tracks and long lines of parked freight trains, Toton Sidings is unlikely to win a Beautiful Britain contest.
  
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• London air pollution levels soar as Mayor Sadiq Khan issues exercise warning

  12-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - High pollution levels have been reported in London today, amid warnings that people should avoid doing strenuous exercise.
  
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• Is it now full steam ahead for HS2 in Derbyshire?

  12-02-2017 01:00 via derbyshiretimes.co.uk
  
  Derby Telegraph - If all goes to plan, the biggest infrastructure project in Western Europe will be coming to Derbyshire within six years.
  
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• I was told I'd get a refund for my first class ticket when there was no food available, but all Virgin sent was £5

  12-02-2017 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Over Christmas I travelled to London from Manchester with Virgin trains to visit my family and decided to pay for a first class ticket as I was travelling with my baby son.
  
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• Hundreds of passengers - including fans heading to Drake concert - suffer delays after rail chaos

  12-02-2017 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Travellers took to Twitter to vent their frustration after a number of services were cancelled or held up
  
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• Greater South East bodies join forces to push transport bids

  12-02-2017 01:00 via transport-network.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Councils across the Greater South East are working together to lobby for strategic transport schemes and considering a joint infrastructure funding bid for this years Autumn Budget.
  
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• Blue Train reveries: the Paris-to-Nice sleeper

  12-02-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The Gare de Lyon is the most beautiful Parisian station: the faded green paint of its ironwork and the palm trees on the concourse suggest an aristocratic conservatory
  
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