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• Women who shouted Allahu Akbar escorted off easyJet plane

  18-02-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The pair were filmed being taken away by officers after causing two hours of 'drama' on a Valentine's Day flight fromPrague to London Stansted.
  
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• Wi-Fi On-Board Trains: Key Considerations for Rail and Metro Operators

  18-02-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Our world is becoming 100 connected, with continuous connectivity a basic commodity. Connectivity 'dark spots' are becoming fewer and smaller, and as such they stand out to customers as poor user experience. One of the major remaining dark spot envi
  
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• Weeks of closures of delays on busy Southampton road for bridge testing

  18-02-2017 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SIX WEEKS of lane closures and four days of temporary traffic lights will commence in Southampton this month as bridges are tested.
  
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• Warning of overnight road closures

  18-02-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -A KEY route through Brighouse town centre is to close overnight next month for just over a fortnight to allow essential maintenance to be carried out.
  
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• Vauxhall deal: Minister meets Peugeot and French government

  18-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The UK business secretary has
  
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• Train chaos spreads north as rail staff vote on strike Subscription

  18-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A dispute over the modernisation of the railways is set to spread to northern England after months of strikes in the south.
  
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• Traders furious over the parking informer

  18-02-2017 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -AN INFORMER is flagging up illegal parking to the council and landing drivers with fines.
  
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• TomTom introduces new traffic data sharing tool to transform mobility

  18-02-2017 01:00 via roadtraffic-technology.com
  
  Other News Sources -Dutch company TomTom has launched a new traffic cooperation tool to facilitate the exchange of traffic data with cities, road authorities and other mobility stakeholders.
  
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• Stansted Airport 'chaos' after e-cigarette sets off smoke alarm

  18-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Passengers at Stansted Airport faced "chaos" on Friday morning after a passenger smoking an e-cigarette in one of the toilets set off a fire alarm.
  
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• Southern Rail strike: Date, time and everything you need to know about the walkout

  18-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Thousands of rail commuters face major travel misery next week as strike action cripples Southern services.
  
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• Settle to Carlisle line on track for March reopening

  18-02-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Considerable progress has been made on plans to reinstate the iconic Settle to Carlisle railway ahead of its scheduled reopening next month. The railway was closed in February last year after flooding to the River Eden in Cumbria caused 500,000 tonnes of earth under the railway to slip on 31...
  
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• ScotRail payouts to passengers hit 2,000 a day

  18-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - ScotRail had to pay out more than 2,000 a day to passengers during a period of disruption to services, it emerges.
  
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• ScotRail paying 2,000 a day in compensation to passengers

  18-02-2017 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
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• ScotRail pay out 2000 a day to passengers over shoddy service

  18-02-2017 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - New figures show nearly £600k was paid out over a period of nine months for complaints involving cancellations and delays.
  
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• Road speeds lowered after Judis tireless safety campaign in Hitchin

  18-02-2017 01:00 via thecomet.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Hitchins streets are set to have lower speed limits introduced after the culmination of six years of tireless campaigning by a councillor.
  
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• Proposal to introduce parking charge for electric car drivers

  18-02-2017 01:00 via herefordtimes.com
  
  Other News Sources -THE council wants to introduce a parking charge for electric car drivers to stop motorists taking advantage of free all day parking.
  
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• Pothole levels to surge as roads are being worn down by heavier lorries

  18-02-2017 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The weight of goods carried by British-registered lorries rose by 5 to 1.7 billion tonnes in the year ending June 2016
  
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• Polluting Cars Will Be Taxed To Enter Central London From October

  18-02-2017 01:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  
  Huffington Post - Drivers of older, more polluting cars will be charged an extra levy for entering central London from 23 October, the Mayor of London has announced. Sadiq Khan said the £10Toxicity Charge would apply in the congestion charging zone typically to petrol and diesel cars registered before 2005. Its staggering that we live in a city where the air is so toxic that many of our children are growing up with lung problems, Khan said.The T-Charge is a vital step in tackling the dirti
  
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• Polluting cars 'T-Charge' to be rolled out in autumn

  18-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More polluting cars face an extra 10 fee for entering the congestion charge zone from October.
  
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• North Wales pothole 50,000 compensation payouts

  18-02-2017 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -A total of 460 claims were made against councils in the region in 2015/16 after cars were left damaged by substandard roads
  
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• New DVLA car tax rules: How much YOU will have to pay

  18-02-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Motorists across Birmingham and throughout the West Midlands will be required to change what they pay in a bid to keep their vehicles on the road
  
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• New 3.5bn Oxford-Cambridge Expressway route could pass through protected Green Belt

  18-02-2017 01:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -HIGHWAY bosses are set to recommend a new 3.5bn expressway passes south of Oxford through protected Green Belt land, it has been claimed.
  
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• Motoring misery on way as 500,000 resurfacing work begins

  18-02-2017 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -MOTORISTS face more misery from Monday when resurfacing work on Manchester Road gets underway.
  
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• Major investment scrapped at Upper Clyde's last yards

  18-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - SHIPBUILDING in Scotland will wither in the global marketplace, it has been claimed, after BAE Systems scaled back much-vaunted investment plans that would have been a game-changer for the industry
  
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• Lorry weight likely to cause surge in pothole levels

  18-02-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• London Stansted evacuated after e-cigarette used in toilet

  18-02-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Thousands caught up in the chaos described mayhem when the entire departures hall at the Essex airport was shut down this morning.
  
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• HS2 can 'only be as good as local rail connections make it'

  18-02-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - It is of vital importance that investment in the conventional rail network continues over the next 20 years during the development of HS2 to ensure that West Yorkshire becomes mp;ldquo;truly HS2-readymp;rdquo; and the projectmp;rsquo;s benefits can be realised from the get-go, regional leaders have...
  
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• Highways boss says throw things at me if London Road traffic light scheme doesn't work

  18-02-2017 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -HIGHWAYS boss Philip Whitehead told a public meeting that if a 347,000 scheme for traffic lights on London Road, Devizes did not improve morning traffic flow he would return and people could throw things at him.
  
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• Heathrow flights 'may be cancelled' as four-day British Airways strike begins

  18-02-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Cabin crew members are staging a four-day walk out following a long dispute over "poverty pay"
  
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• GWR records almost 5 decline in punctuality after national figures reach 10-year low

  18-02-2017 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -PUNCTUALITY on the nations rail network has reached its lowest point in over a decade, figures from the Office of Rail and Road have revealed, leading to rail campaigners to demand action in light of fare rises.
  
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• GTR failures account for 86 of national decline in rail performance

  18-02-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has, unsurprisingly, once again come bottom of the two separate public performance measure (PPM) charts released this week. The first dataset, collected by Network Rail and accounting for period 11, reported a decline in the national PPM, which was logged at 87.9...
  
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• Glasgow bin lorry crash driver admits reckless driving again - just nine months after six people died

  18-02-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Glasgow bin lorry crash driver admits driving car without licence

  18-02-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Harry Clarke pleads guilty after getting behind the wheel nine months after incident in which six people diedThe driver of a bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow, killing six people, has admitted driving a car without a licence nine months after the incident.Harry Clarke, 60, appeared at Glasgow sheriff court on Friday, where he pleaded guilty to culpable and reckless driving.Continue reading...
  
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• Further Southern rail strikes possible says Aslef

  18-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Drivers' union says it hopes to reopen negotiations with Southern managers.
  
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• Ford developing pothole alert system for drivers

  18-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The carmaker says it is testing technology to detect potholes and warn drivers of their locations.
  
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• Fears over car parking loss for Petworth skate park are allayed

  18-02-2017 01:00 via westsussextoday.co.uk
  
  West Sussex Gazette - Fears that plans for a skate park in part of Petworths town centre Pound Street car park will mean a loss of car parking have been allayed.
  
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• Evening Standard comment: Cyclist and pedestrians both need support

  18-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Mayor's new cycling and pedestrian commissioner, Will Norman, takes up his job a week after three cyclists died on London streets. Yet he is upbeat about his role, insisting that he would not allow his young children to cycle in the capital if it weren't safe. Obviously, he faces formidable challenges, including notorious killer road junctions, resentment from motorists and cab drivers about disruption caused by building cycle super-highways, as well as the imperati
  
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• Drone nearly flies into passenger plane

  18-02-2017 01:00 via hampshirechronicle.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A drone was involved in a near miss with a passenger plane that was about to land at Southampton Airport.
  
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• Drone has near miss with plane landing at Southampton Airport

  18-02-2017 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A DRONE was involved in a near-miss with a passenger plane that was about to land at Southampton Airport.
  
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• Drivers warned of major road closure on route to Manchester Airport for whole weekend

  18-02-2017 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Weekend closure to hit drivers on the M6, M56 and A556
  
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• Drivers of older diesel cars to be charged extra 10 to enter London

  18-02-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Cruise firms making millions in 'rip off' credit card fees

  18-02-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Consumer campaigners say they are being flouted, with the travel industry a major offender. Cruise giant ROL charges a 2.5 per cent fee, while Pmp;O owner Carnival charges 1.5 per cent.
  
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• Council may seek judicial review if Ardrossan loses Arran ferry route

  18-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - CONTROVERSIAL plans to relocate one of Scotlands busiest ferry crossings will be challenged in the law courts if approved, it has been warned.
  
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• Could a flyover solve congestion on the A12 and A14 trunk roads at Copdock?

  18-02-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Highways England needs to spend £500m improving junctions on the A14 and A12 around Ipswich, including the notorious Copdock junction, to tackle rush-hour delays.
  
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• Circuit of Wales wins union and construction sector backing

  18-02-2017 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE ambitious Circuit of Wales project in Ebbw Vale has won the support of the UKs biggest trade union and one of the largest construction firms in the world.
  
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• Child booster car seat - find out how the law is changing

  18-02-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Worryingly, new research reveals two thirds (66) of parents do not understand the current car booster seat regulations
  
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• Charge for toxic cars is toughest in the world Subscription

  18-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The owners of the most polluting cars will face a £10 toxicity charge to drive into central London under plans outlined yesterday.
  
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• Bus lane trial for taxis in Belfast to begin next week

  18-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A 12-week trial scheme for some taxis to use bus lanes on Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) routes is to begin next week.
  
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• Bombardier vows to battle on despite £460m Merseyrail deal

  18-02-2017 01:00 via m.derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - A contract worth hundreds of millions of pounds to build new trains which was won by one of Bombardier's rivals has been signed - despite an ongoing legal challenge from the Derby train-maker.
  
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• Aslef members reject Southern deal as further strike looms

  18-02-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Aslef drivers have voted to reject a proposed resolution with Southern, therefore failing to put an end to the bitter 10-month dispute between the operator and rail trade unions. mp;nbsp;The unionmp;rsquo;s referendum result comes a day after RMTmp;rsquo;s own negotiations with Southern broke down...
  
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