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• Storm Doris to batter Britain with 80mph winds and heavy rain

  21-02-2017 14:54
  
  Met Office predicts widespread travel disruption and danger of injury from flying debris and warns people to be preparedThe Met Office is warning of significant disruption from gale-force winds and heavy rain in much of Britain as the balmy start to the week is due to be blown away by Storm Doris. Thursday has been nicknamed Doris Day, when the fourth named storm of the season is expected to damage buildings, interrupt power supplies and cause widespread travel problems. ⚠️Developin
  
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• Heathrow protest by climate activists causes delays on M4

  21-02-2017 11:55
  
  Campaigners chain themselves to a vehicle, blocking motorway tunnel leading to airport and causing lengthy delaysClimate activists protesting against Heathrow’s planned third runway caused lengthy delays on the M4 by blocking a tunnel leading to the airport.Campaigners for Rising Up used three cars to close the tunnel leading from the motorway to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at about 8.25am on Tuesday. Three protesters chained themselves to one of the vehicles, which had a banner reading:
  
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• Cardiff v Cambridge: can the Welsh capital steal the crown of Britain's top cycling city?

  21-02-2017 08:00
  
  Cardiff’s ambitious new cycling strategy aims to double the number of trips taken by bike, part of its ultimate goal to become Europe’s most liveable capital. But Cambridge, the reigning champ of cycling, won’t be beaten easilyIf Cardiff and Cambridge were in a race to become the UK’s top cycling city, the latter would, predictably, be in the lead as Cardiff’s red dragon puffs along behind – realising, deep down, that it’s got some training to do.You cou
  
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• VW says it has fixed 470,000 cars in Britain affected by diesel scandal

  21-02-2017 01:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagenhas fixed 470,000 cars out of 1.2 million affected by the diesel emissions scandal in Britain, the firm's UK managing director told lawmakers on Monday.
  
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• Volkswagen's boss accused of telling 'blatant lies' over diesel emissions scandal

  21-02-2017 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Paul Willis was condemned as he appeared before MPs to explain the affair which led to the recall of 12 million cars in the UK
  
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• Volkswagen 'fixes 470,000 UK diesel cars'

  21-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - VW's top UK executive says most UK cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal are yet to be mended.
  
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• Volkswagen boss says firm in Europe 'misled nobody' over emissions

  21-02-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - MPs on transport select committee attack Paul Willis for failing to give straight answers as he says there is no legal basis for compensation claimsMPs have reacted with incredulity after the boss of Volkswagen told them the company in Europe had done nothing wrong and misled nobody, despite having agreed a multibillion-dollar settlement in the US over the emissions-rigging scandal.Paul Willis, giving evidence to the transport select committee on Monday, insisted there was no lega
  
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• Vandalised Devon bus shelter gets mystery 'Banksy-style' makeover

  21-02-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Unlikely anti-HS2 lobbying alliance

  21-02-2017 01:00 via publicaffairsnews.com
  Other News Sources - Last-ditch lobbying campaigns to derail HS2 are being mounted by two groups that do not usually see eye-to-eye on policy.
  
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• UK Vauxhall pensions 'could scupper GM Peugeot sale'

  21-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The carmaker's pension scheme is one of the UK's largest and is estimated to have a 1bn deficit.
  
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• Tube strike February 2017: Transport for London 'open to fresh talks' as unions fail to come to agreement

  21-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transport chiefs have said they are still open to reconciliation talks with unions in the lead up to Tuesday's planned Tube strike.
  
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• Traffic moving well through M8 diversion, transport chiefs say

  21-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A major diversion on Scotland's busiest road has seen traffic moving well, according to transport bosses.
  
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• This is the future of Manchester Airport - featuring a showcase 'Super Terminal' after a £1bn expansion

  21-02-2017 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - The transformation has been dubbed the biggest single construction project ever to take place in Greater Manchester
  
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• This is the future of Manchester Airport - featuring a showcase 'Super Terminal' after a 1bn expansion

  21-02-2017 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - The transformation has been dubbed the biggest single construction project ever to take place in Greater Manchester
  
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• This Heathrow cabbie's feelings about Uber are pretty clear

  21-02-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -This amusing sight was captured by "M25 Dave" at Heathrow Airport a black cab making their feelings about Uber clear
  
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• These are the busiest roads in Cardiff and Swansea

  21-02-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - A second report in two days has highlighted the congestion problem in Wales' main cities
  
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• Taxpayers Alliance: HS2 bill could hit £90bn

  21-02-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Think tank warns the high-speed rail link could run billions of pounds over budget
  
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• South West Trains improvements: Commuters using Guildford to Waterloo line via Cobham face significant disruption

  21-02-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Get Surrey takes a look at how commuters on the Guildford to Waterloo via Cobham line will be affected by Network Rail's £800 million project to increase capacity on the network
  
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• SNCF uses IBM IoT solution for improved rail safety

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -French railways operator SNCF is using IBM Watson's internet of yhings (IoT) platform to provide improved rail safety for 13.5 million daily passengers.
  
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• Sky's not the limit: Glasgow's spaceport

  21-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Could the UK be going where it has never been before? Detailed plans to create the country's first spaceports are set to be unveiled.
  
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• Siemens forms UK Mobility Digitalisation unit

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Siemens Rail Automation announced a restructuring of its signalling and train control...
  
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• Security breach at JFK Airport reported

  21-02-2017 01:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  C.N.N. - A security incident at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday has federal and local authorities at odds over what happened.
  
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• Scotlands labour party calls for cancellation of ScotRail franchise

  21-02-2017 01:00 via ijglobal.com
  Other News Sources - Scotlands labour party members are preparing to vote on taking railways into public ownership at next weeks party conference, it has emerged
  
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• Russian airport reports international traffic up 70 in January

  21-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Samaras Kurumoch International Airport in the Russian Volga region reported handling 28,000 international passengers in January, up 70 year-over-year (YOY). read more
  
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• Revealed: London commuters paid 365m for forgetting to tap in and out at stations

  21-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London's commuters have been charged 365 million in the past six years for forgetting to tap in and out at train stations, the Evening Standard can reveal.
  
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• Railfreight grants drop could mean thousands of additional lorries

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Railfreight campaigners are concerned that a reduction in government support for railfreight facilities could bring thousands of additional lorries on to the roads, if hauliers decide that using rail is too expensive. It's being claimed that a loss of 4 million in railfreight grants could mean another 190,000 lorry journeys each year.
  
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• Rail company wins award for work with children's author

  21-02-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -GRAND Central Rail has scooped a prestigious award due to a partnership with a childrens author.
  
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• RAIB: Croydon tram driver had 'lost awareness' before fatal derailment

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The driver of the fatal Sandilands junction tram accident in Croydon, London, had mp;ldquo;lost awarenessmp;rdquo; before the carriage he was controlling derailed, killing seven people, the latest interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Bureau has reported. The late application of the...
  
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• ORR confirms Joanna Whittington as CEO

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today officially confirmed the appointment of Joanna Whittington as its permanent CEO following an open public competition, effective immediately. Previously, Whittington had been the ORRmp;rsquo;s director of railway markets and economics, and she has acted...
  
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• Norwegian focuses on mid-size US cities for new Atlantic services

  21-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Low-cost carrier Norwegian is planning to open up transatlantic services from several mid-sized US cities that do not have European flights, the airlines CEO said Feb.20.read more
  
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• North left behind by transport spending in capital subscription

  21-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Up to ten times more money is spent on transport in London than in parts of northern England, according to figures published today.
  
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• 'No reason to fear' Vauxhall job losses, Clark says

  21-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Takeover talks should not make Vauxhall workers worry about their jobs, the business secretary says.
  
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• Newton Aycliffe landscaping firm links up with Hitachi Rail Europe

  21-02-2017 01:00 via bdaily.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Hitachi Rail Europe is continuing to boost local supply firms operating its Newton Aycliffe base, as Beaumont Grounds Maintenance is the latest North East business to benefit from the train manufacturing firms location in the region.
  
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• New locos planned as Mercitalia targets European corridors

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - ITALY: Radical changes to the rail freight and logistics market were unveiled on February 20,...
  
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• MP's anger as study reveals Londoners get ten times transport cash of Yorkshire folk

  21-02-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -A BRADFORD MP has said he is sick and tired of Yorkshire being short-changed, after a report showed the region has Englands lowest investment in transport.
  
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• Luton airports plans submitted for mass passenger transit system

  21-02-2017 01:00 via passengerterminaltoday.com
  Other News Sources - Plans for a £200m (US$249m) mass passenger transit (MPT) system to link London Luton Airport (LLA) with Luton Airport Parkway rail station have been submitted.
  
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• London Underground Night Tube drivers to vote on strike action in pay dispute

  21-02-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Last-minute bid to block HS2

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The complex Hybrid Bill authorising Phase 1 of HS2 is set to return to the House of Commons this week for the final approval of MPs before receiving Royal Assent, but two opposing groups have launched a last-ditch bid to block the project before it has been legally authorised. The two groups are the Taxpayers' Alliance, which refuses to accept the official cost of 56 billion for all phases, and Friends of the Earth, who back high speed rail in principle but say the HS2 routes are
  
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• Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer warns HS2 work will 'devastate' the lives of Londoners for 17 years

  21-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Labour frontbencher has warned that construction work on the long-awaited HS2 rail project will "devastate" the lives of residents for 17 years.
  
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• Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer warns HS2 work will 'devastate' the lives of Londoners for 17 years

  21-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Labour frontbencher has warned that construction work on the long-awaited HS2 rail project will "devastate" the lives of residents for 17 years.
  
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• Is transport a barrier to work for Valleys communities?

  21-02-2017 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - Infrastructure and employment are top of the list when it comes to things that people living in the South Wales Valleys would like to see improved.
  
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• Is this the most congested road in Middlesbrough? TomTom says it is

  21-02-2017 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - New figures have revealed that the town was the 24th most congested in the UK
  
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• HS3 success key to closing bleak north-south divide, says IPPR

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Success with HS3 is key to readdressing the imbalance in investment between the north and London, influential think tank IPPR North has argued. In the report written by researcher Grace Blakeley, it was reported that the north is experiencing a mp;ldquo;chronic lack of investmentmp;rdquo; in its...
  
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• Have your say on bus & coach national occupational standards

  21-02-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - People 1st has been working with business across the UK to review the national occupational standards for bus and coach driving. Following a period of consultation, the standards have been redrafted and now require feedback from industry. This is your opportunity to have your say and make sure the updates accurately reflect the competencies required. Take the survey now. Please review the revised standards and respond to the short survey by 26 Feb
  
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• European regional carriers facing tough times

  21-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Europes regional airlines face a narrowand shrinkingwindow of opportunity in which to make a profit, an industry consultant said in London Feb. 20.read more
  
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• European regional airlines urge safety agency to intervene in flight delay court cases

  21-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is seeking assistance from the continents safety authority for carriers facing heavy compensation costs following flight delays.read more
  
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• Edinburgh-Glasgow mainline railway celebrates 175th birthday

  21-02-2017 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Its Scotlands busiest passenger railway and a vital link between the nations capital and its largest city.
  
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• Disruption clears on Greater Anglia trains between Ipswich and London

  21-02-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Two points failures at London Liverpool Street which saw thousands of rail passengers heading towards Ipswich delayed this evening have been fixed.
  
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• Deutsche Bahn orders 39 trainsets from Siemens

  21-02-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine -Deutsche Bahn's mass transit arm DB Regio has ordered 39 trainsets from Siemens to operate on the Rhine Valley rail network in south-west Germany.
  
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• Dash for gas could solve the diesel crisis Subscription

  21-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Despite the gloom, traffic pollution is on the wanebut dont assume electric is the only way to power cars of the future
  
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