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• Yellow car owners hold rally in support of pensioner whose 'ugly car' was targeted by vandals for ruining viewin Cotswolds village

  02-04-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Watch these crazed drivers carry out insane stunts to get past learners

  02-04-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Instructor says she wants motorists to see this video - and feel guilty!
  
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• Two chances see the Cathedrals Express steam train in Reading

  02-04-2017 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Glimpse the golden age of rail travel as two locomotives steam through Berkshire
  
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• South Wales trains affected by Cardiff engineering works

  02-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Buses replace trains on some routes in and out of Cardiff this weekend.
  
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• Soon you could be fined for parking on a pavement

  02-04-2017 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - Ever parked on a kerb or grass verge, perhaps because the street is narrow and you simply want to make sure there is room for other cars to pass?
  
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• ScotRail finally come clean over scale of overcrowding on trains after Sunday Mail campaign

  02-04-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Frustrated passengers have hailed our campaign after Abellio bowed to pressure and published a list of their most crammed service and the number of people on them.
  
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• Rally in support of 'ugly' yellow Cotswolds car

  02-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Convoy in an act of solidarity with owner of Vauxhall Corsa criticised for
  
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• Plans for new 111 space car park to ease congestion given the green light

  02-04-2017 02:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - A new 111-space car park will be built in Marlow in a bid to ease congestion after plans were given the green light by the district council.
  
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• Newlands Corner campaign group asks council to reconsider 'pending disaster' of car parking charges

  02-04-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Save Newlands Corner Campaign Group has written to all 81 Surrey county councillors to ask them to reconsider
  
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• New operator faces row over driveronly trains Subscription

  02-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Rail strikes that have caused commuter misery could spread to one of Britains biggest franchises as the new operator of South West Trains prepares to introduce a fleet of trains that do not require guards.
  
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• Major roadworks start near East Midlands Airport

  02-04-2017 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derby Telegraph - People travelling to East Midlands Airport are being advised to allow extra time for their journey because of major roadworks taking place in the area which are due to last until October, 2018.
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• M4 Brynglas tunnel's weekend closure for upgrade

  02-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Newport traffic bottleneck is shut for 32 hours as part of upgrade work.
  
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• Leominster Greens ask leader of Herefordshire Council to address town's 'disintegrating roads'

  02-04-2017 02:00 via herefordtimes.com
  
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• Increase in trains leads to fear of economic woes over level crossing

  02-04-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -BUSINESS-leaders fear their town will suffer economically, with congestion and pollution, as more trains use a level crossing.
  
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• In empty metro stations, photographer finds art and beauty

  02-04-2017 02:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• HS2 embroiled in scandal over £170m contract Subscription

  02-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - High Speed 2 is this week set to hand a controversial £170m deal to develop the rail line to the American contractor Bechtel, as more details emerge about alleged conflicts of interest on the £56bn project.
  
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• Half of rail journeys to be on foreign-owned services after South West Trains takeover

  02-04-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Half of passenger journeys on Britain's rail network will be on services owned by foreign companies once a Chinese firm helps operate South West Trains.
  
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• Future of Shipping on the Agenda in Malta

  02-04-2017 02:00 via marinelink.com
  
  Other News Sources - International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim joined Ministers responsible for shipping from various EU States and other countries to discuss the future of shipping, at a conference in Valletta, Malta. Speaking at the
  
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• For the love of yellow

  02-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - As yellow car drivers rally for a victim of vandalism, owners say there's a sense of community in unusual cars.
  
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• Ed Miliband photobombs group of girls on Tube before posing for picture

  02-04-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Ed Miliband has been hailed a "class act" after photobombing a group of girls on the Tube before posing for a picture with them.
  
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• Drivers face traffic misery as roadworks projects hit Hampshire roads

  02-04-2017 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Drivers could face travel misery over the next few days as a number of roadwork project are carried out.
  
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• Cotswolds village flooded by yellow cars over vandalism

  02-04-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Peter Maddox's yellow car was vandalised after ruining tourist photos in Bilbury, Gloucestershire. Today hundreds of sympathisers in yellow cars descended on the village to show their support.
  
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• Congested, polluted and with car jobs at risk, Stuttgart reaches a crossroads

  02-04-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The city where the automobile was born has the dirtiest air in Germanyand a global drive to electric vehicles threatens its futureFor the three young Porsche technicians joshing around in their tea break outside one of the carmakers assembly lines in Stuttgart, life seemed good last week. Like all the companys 20,000 employees, they had just been given a bonus of 9,100 (£7,735); sales and profits were soaring; Porsche was investing 1bn in new models; and, in the sparkling so
  
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• City bus users are NOT happy their bus route could be cut

  02-04-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Users of popular C4 and C5 services say the Cumfybus link shouldn't be axed
  
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• British rail is nationalised all over again by foreign states

  02-04-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Overseas firms now provide half of all UK rail journeys. But could Brexit signal an end to overseas control?At Romford station, in the Essex centre of taking back control, theres a choice of trains into London: those run by the Dutch, or those run by the Chinese. Anyone heading for nearby Basildon has to change at Upminster and pay a fare to the Italian firm that has been operating C2C since January.Welsh railways fell to German-owned Arriva long ago, while ScotRail is also in the
  
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• BMW PENSIONS ROW: Mini Plant workers vote overwhelmingly to go on strike

  02-04-2017 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -Mini Plant workers vote overwhelmingly to go on strike
  
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• Aussies in pole position for M6 toll Subscription

  02-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Britains only pay-as-you-go motorway, the M6 toll road, could be sold to an Australian pension fund within weeks.
  
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• Atlanta highway fire: man charged with arson in blaze that collapsed bridge

  02-04-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Basil Eleby faces first-degree arson and criminal damage to property charges in a fire that caused a heavily traveled overpass to disintegrateThe man suspected of starting a raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta was charged on Saturday with arson.Related: Atlanta: three arrested as major interstate bridge collapses after huge fireContinue reading...
  
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• Airports and nuclear power stations on terror alert as government officials warn of 'credible' cyber threat

  02-04-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Airport mix-up sees Winter Olympics delegation land in Pyongyang after pilot files wrong flight plan

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• £20 daily toxin tax for diesel drivers Subscription

  02-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Diesel drivers face toxin taxes of up to £20 a day in 35 towns and cities across England in a new government crackdown on vehicles that cause air pollutionincluding private cars.
  
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