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• Chris Grayling to Japan: 'Some of our trains are superior to yours'

  26-02-2017 18:03
  
  Transport minister urges counterparts from Japan to buy trains made in Derby for their suburban rolling stockTransport secretary Chris Grayling is lobbying Japan, the country that pioneered modern high-speed trains, to buy rolling stock from Derby as part of the government’s post-Brexit trade push.In a counter-intuitive move, Grayling has urged Japanese ministers to purchase trains from the UK. Japan’s bullet trains are among the best in the world, but Grayling believes slower suburb
  
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• Chris Grayling tells Japan: some of our trains are superior to yours

  26-02-2017 18:03
  
  Transport minister urges counterparts from Japan to buy trains made in Derby for their suburban rolling stockTransport secretary Chris Grayling is lobbying Japan, the country that pioneered modern high-speed trains, to buy rolling stock from Derby as part of the government’s post-Brexit trade push.In a counter-intuitive move, Grayling has urged Japanese ministers to purchase trains from the UK. Japan’s bullet trains are among the best in the world, but Grayling believes slower suburb
  
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• New £185m Manchester tram line that unearthed burial site opens

  26-02-2017 11:11
  
  Second City Crossing between town hall and Victoria station had been delayed when 280 bodies were discovered in 2015A new £185m tram line, the construction of which unearthed hundreds of bodies in a burial site, has opened in Manchester city centre.The Second City Crossing runs from the neo-gothic town hall to Manchester Victoria station and is the final part of a £1.5bn transport expansion plan. Continue reading...
  
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• Train companies are 'hiding compensation details from passengers', consumer group claims

  26-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Train companies are hiding details of how to claim compensation from passengers, a consumer rights group has claimed.
  
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• Think twice before buying a diesel, transport minister warns

  26-02-2017 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Drivers should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, the Transport Secretary has said.
  
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• Thats not fare! Cab drivers see red over English test from Mars subscription

  26-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Minicab drivers are being asked to write or answer questions about life on Mars, the aurora borealis and snowboarding to prove they have a good enough grasp of the English language.
  
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• Should Scotland's railways be nationalised?

  26-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - WHEN Scotland's transport minister made an emergency statement to Holyrood last November, admitting that the nation's railways were not
  
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• Renationalise Scotlands railways, demand unions

  26-02-2017 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Scotlands railways should be brought back into public ownership lock stock and barrel, unions leaders have demanded.
  
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• New pilot Woodburn for BAE

  26-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Charles Woodburn will succeed Ian King as chief executive of defence giant BAE Systems in July. Woodburn, 45, who joined the company last year as chief operating officer, was chief executive of oil services company Expro and is a former executive at the global oilfield services giant Schlumberger.
  
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• New Cardiff bus station plans to go before councillors

  26-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans for a major new transport hub in Cardiff have been put forward. A bus station with 14 stands, cycle "hub" with 502 spaces and retail units ...
  
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• If Uber is worth what the investors claim, Ill eat my brake pads subscription

  26-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland ber alles, and all thatalthough it is not German, but one of a clutch of Silicon Valley businesses whose mixture of audacity and nerdy brilliance have made them the most fashionable investments on the planet.
  
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• Hugely popular Camden cycle route could be scrapped after taxi backlash as council launches public inquiry

  26-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than 15,000 people have contacted the council with their views about the controversial scheme
  
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• DUTY SPREE Investigation reveals Heathrow airport staff are set targets to encourage passengers to spend money in shops

  26-02-2017 01:00 via thesun.co.uk
  
  The Sun - An undercover reporter lifted the lid on the sales targets that are Heathrow Passenger Ambassador staff are set
  
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• Do you remember when Derby had its own airport?

  26-02-2017 01:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - It is seems strange to think that there was a time when Derby holiday-makers could fly to sunnier climes from an airport that was just a couple of miles out of the city - Derby Airport.
  
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• Clean air report revs up debate on diesel price

  26-02-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The government will come under pressure to raise diesel prices to match the cost of petrol in the next budget, after a new report revealed a dramatic shift to diesel cars over the past eight years.
  
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• Chris Grayling: Drivers should think long and hard before buying diesel cars

  26-02-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Drivers should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, the Transport Secretary has said.
  
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• Car buyers should have 'long, hard think' about diesel

  26-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The transport secretary suggests drivers should try to buy the least polluting vehicles possible.
  
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• Bring Scotland's railways back into public ownership, unions demand

  26-02-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Scotland's railways should be brought back into public ownership
  
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• Angry Southern commuter plans rival train firm launch

  26-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Steve Williams is sick of Southern's service and plans to go into business against them.
  
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• £165m Manchester tramline set to open

  26-02-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The second link through the city centre was built over three years in a £1.5bn transport expansion.
  
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