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• A world safe for robots and mammoths | Letters

  20-02-2017 19:31
  
  Woolly mammoths | Transport investment | Baby boomers | Flat cakes | WeetabixCan it be right to bring back the mammoth (Report, 17 February)? It disappeared at the beginning of this man-made age of extinction. For it to be returned towards its end, with declining populations of elephants and rhinos, is irony itself. It also highlights that technology is now so poorly controlled that the march of scientific ability will continue to outpace its ethics. Is a world of super-intelligent robots and th
  
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• Post-Brexit customs gridlock could choke UK trade, experts warn

  20-02-2017 19:00
  
  Leading tranport figures urge ministers to act to prevent a return of customs checks, leaving Britain’s economy in chaosThe introduction of customs checks at Dover after Britain leaves the EU could bring gridlock to the south-east of England, with lorries queueing for up to 30 miles in Kent to get across the channel, senior figures in the transport industry have warned.Short of cutting into the famous Cliffs of Dover, the busy cargo port has no room to expand to accommodate paperwork check
  
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• London’s pollution is so bad that it forced me to give up my dream PhD | Vicky Ware

  20-02-2017 14:10
  
  Arriving to study, I had my first asthma attack in 10 years. The capital’s shocking air quality is a health emergency – and it’s already costing livesWhile the mayor of London Sadiq Khan is acting on the fact that London breached its annual air pollution limit within just five days this year by advising Londoners to remain indoors, limit heavy breathing, and eat vegetables – seemingly everything other than not driving – millions of people are suffering serious healt
  
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• Croydon tram victims 'ejected through windows' during crash

  20-02-2017 11:56
  
  Interim report reveals tram was travelling faster than initially thought but signs were too late to allow adequate brakingAn investigation into the Croydon tram crash has revealed that the vehicle was speeding faster than originally thought – but has also shown that the speed limit restriction sign would only have been visible long after a driver would need to apply the brakes.
  Seven people were killed and 51 injured when the south London Tramlink tram came off the rails on a sharp curve o
  
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• Croydon tram 'at nearly four times the speed limit' before fatal crash

  20-02-2017 11:56
  
  Interim report reveals tram was travelling faster than initially thought but signs were too late to allow adequate brakingAn investigation into the Croydon tram crash has revealed that the vehicle was speeding faster than originally thought – but has also shown that the speed limit restriction sign would only have been visible long after a driver would need to apply the brakes.Seven people were killed and 51 were injured when the south London Tramlink tram came off the rails on a sharp cur
  
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• London night tube drivers to vote on strikes

  20-02-2017 10:08
  
  Rail, Maritime and Transport union claims London Underground is discriminating against night staff in pay and jobs disputeDrivers on London’s night tube are to be balloted for strikes in a row over pay and jobs.
  Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. Continue reading...
  
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• More than half UK investment in transport is in London, says study

  20-02-2017 01:01
  
  Thinktank IPPR North warns gulf in investment between regions is at cost of greater northern productivityMore than half of the UK’s total spending on transport networks is invested in London, research has found, prompting warnings of “chronic underinvestment” in northern infrastructure projects.The gulf in transport infrastructure investment between London and the rest of England is set to get worse, according to the analysis by the thinktank IPPR North, with £1,943 being
  
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• Tube strike February 2017: Commuters warned of rush-hour queues and chaos during planned walk-out

  20-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London transport bosses have warned commuters to prepare for rush-hour queues and overcrowded stations during a Central line Tube strike planned for next week.
  
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• The North suffers as London gets the lions share of transport cash, according to report

  20-02-2017 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -£1,943 is being spent per person in the capital compared with £427 in the Northfour-and-a-half times more
  
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• Stagecoach expands its Swindon network

  20-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• SpaceX successfully launches rocket after Saturday setback

  20-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The US rocket company sends a cargo ship to resupply the International Space Station.
  
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• SpaceX launches and lands Falcon rocket from historic spaceport

  20-02-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Rocket launches from pad that was home to some of Nasas best-known missionsthen booster gracefully returns to EarthSpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that marks a new era of private spaceflight at one of Nasas most storied bases.A Falcon 9 rocket took off at about 9.40am eastern from the Kennedy Space Center, off the coast of central Florida, from a launchpad that has seen off some of Nasas most f
  
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• Southern Rail strike: RMT union accuses train company of bullying staff as strike looms

  20-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Rail union leaders have accused Southern Rail of bullying and intimidating its staff ahead of another walkout this week.
  
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• Second book of short stories inspired by number 13 bus is published

  20-02-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE sequel to an 'astonishingly popular' book of short stories inspired by the number 13 bus has been published and a third could soon be on the cards.
  
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• Scottish Labour to vote on 'people's railway'

  20-02-2017 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald -Scottish Labour members are to vote on proposals to take railways into public ownership at the party's conference.
  
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• RATP Dev to convert two London routes with 36 electric buses

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• Plans to move section of M1 between J25 and Trowell Services to make way for HS2 rail line

  20-02-2017 01:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - Derby drivers using the M1 could face disruption if a proposal to move a mile-long stretch of the motorway to make way for the HS2 rail line is given the go-ahead.
  
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• Petition to reopen railway link between Buxton to Matlock is gathering steam

  20-02-2017 01:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - A petition calling for a feasibility study to be carried out into the re-opening of a rail link in Derbyshire which closed almost 50 years ago appears to be gaining traction - after attracting more than 6,000 signatures.
  
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• North-East MPs criticise Government over transport infrastructure spending findings

  20-02-2017 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -NORTH-EAST Labour MPs have hit out after a report published today suggested more than half of transport infrastructure spending is going to London.
  
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• Network Rail in new rent rise row with businesses after 200 per cent hike

  20-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Businesses at a set of east London railway arches warn they could be forced to close after Network Rail announced a rent hike of more than 200 per cent.
  
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• Mid Suffolk Light Railway hopes popularity will steam ahead after line extension approved

  20-02-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - The team behind a Suffolk heritage railway hopes it can become one of the countys foremost attractions after it received approval for its extension plans.
  
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• Mapping out the future of transport in Greater Manchester

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• London Underground passengers face 24-hour Tube strike

  20-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Members of the RMT union will walk out on Tuesday from 21:00 GMT in a row about staffing.
  
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• London transport spending equivalent to £1,500 more per head than North East

  20-02-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Think tank evidence suggests the Northern Powerhouse policy is good for Manchester rather than the North East
  
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• Listen to passengers before making cuts, local authorities told

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• 'Jampacked trains are safer than empty ones' Passengers shocked by Scotrail's response to overcrowding complaints

  20-02-2017 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -ScotRail is under fire again over a response to complaints about extreme overcrowding on services - by telling passengers it is safer.
  
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• Greener Journeys report shows bus growth in affluent south

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• GO WEST! Fresh call for new trans-Pennine motorway linking Bradford district with East Lancashire

  20-02-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -FRESH calls are being made for a new trans-Pennine motorway linking the Bradford district with East Lancashire to deliver huge economic benefits to the region.
  
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• Fresh images show Birmingham's new two-way cycle lane

  20-02-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Consultation launches into plans to turn 2.5 miles of busy commuter route into a more friendly place for cyclists
  
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• EU on collision course with China over rail plan

  20-02-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Probe of Beijing-funded Belgrade-Budapest link hits Xis hallmark project
  
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• Environmentalists and libertarians unite in HS2 criticism

  20-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers' Alliance are normally at odds on policy, but both criticise HS2
  
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• East Wind: a new era of freight between the UK and China

  20-02-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine -China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade and investment ties with Europe through the New Silk Road. What will this mean for rail freight between the UK and Asias superpower?
  
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• Britain's first spaceports set for lift off

  20-02-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The new SpaceFlight bill could see space ports established across the UK as early as 2020. Ministers have hailed the sector as the 'future of the British economy' and wants the UK at the global forefront.
  
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• £50m plan to upgrade rail network

  20-02-2017 01:00 via newsnorthwales.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Network Rail has started work on a £50m North Wales rail upgrade which includes a new signalling system on the line between Shotton and Colwyn Bay.
  
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