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• Uber: We did not steal Google's self-driving tech

  09-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Uber has said claims it used self-driving technology stolen from Google were demonstrably false.
  
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• Southeastern passengers' fury over plans to cut stations from commuter routes into London

  09-04-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than 17,000 Southeastern rail customers have backed a petition calling on the Government to scrap plans to reduce train services into London.
  
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• Row over HS2 contracts threatens to derail the project's timetable

  09-04-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - he timetable for the controversial HS2 rail link could be thrown off track in the row over how contracts were awarded on the £56bn project.
  
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• RMT claims rock solid support as strikes go ahead

  09-04-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The RMT is staging three strikes over driver controlled operation on the network today, which are seriously disrupting services on Merseyrail and Northern. The union is also staging its 31st strike on Southern, but more than 9 out of ten trains are expected to run. Next steps in the disputes remain unclear. Talks took place between the RMT and Govia Thameslink Railway on Tuesday, but GTR would say only that both sides are now considering their positions. ASLEF, meanwhile, is also
  
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• Rail strike action to hit Grand National racegoers

  09-04-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• 'New' Scotrail trains are English hand-me-downs with 10million miles on the clock

  09-04-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - ScotRail have been accused of introducing new trainswith 10million miles on the clock.
  
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• Motorcycle injuries and deaths fall after seven-year high

  09-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The number of motorcyclists killed or injured on roads in Wales has dropped for the first time in five years, official figures show.
  
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• Make noise about flight paths before it is too late, West Fife communities urged

  09-04-2017 02:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A preferred new route passes around Dunfermline, directly over new housing at Wellwood, and over towns and villages including Aberdour and Dalgety Bay.
  
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• HS2 starts hunt for designers of railway stations across London and Birmingham

  09-04-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - HS2 has launched its hunt for the architects, designers and developers who will build three brand new railway stations and revamp one of London's iconic terminals.
  
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• Highly polluting cars may face Glasgow city centre pollution charge

  09-04-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - DRIVERS of the worst-polluting vehicles could be charged to go into parts of Glasgow city centre under plans from the SNP, the partys leader on the city council said.
  
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• Further Funding Mooted For Additional Wrexham to Chester Rail Improvements

  09-04-2017 02:00 via wrexham.com
  
  Other Regional Press - The Wrexham to Chester railway line could receive an additional £10m in funding to deliver additional improvements.
  
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• Firms could be sued over diesel cancer

  09-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Employers have been told they are legally obliged to protect their staff from diesel fumesand could be sued if workers develop cancer later in life.
  
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• Come on, Ryanair can you really call it cover when its full of holes?

  09-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The airlines £10 travel policy contains so many exclusions that its barely worth the money
  
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• Calls to scrap Edinburgh airport flight plan consultation

  09-04-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - EDINBURGH airport is facing a mounting chorus of angry protest over its shambolic and flawed plans for new flight paths to enable expansion.
  
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• Bus to be revamped into Portsmouth homeless shelter

  09-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A double-decker bus is being transformed into a homeless shelter in Portsmouth.
  
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• Bus operator Arriva apologises after services in Stevenage deteriorate to as little as one bus an hour

  09-04-2017 02:00 via thecomet.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Bus operator Arriva has apologised following reliability issues that have seen Stevenage passengers waiting up to an hour, and pledged to get things back to normal by next week.
  
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• Biggin Hill to become strictest UK airport on noise limits as it prepares to launch state-of-the-art monitoring system next week

  09-04-2017 02:00 via kentnews.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Members of the public will be able to access the system and view details of all aircraft using the airport
  
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• BA may ditch free meals on the long haul

  09-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - First they came for the free sandwiches on short flights. Now long-haul British Airways passengers are in line for the improvement to services known as paying for your own food and drink.
  
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• 'An absolute joke!' Commuters react to new Cambridge North Timetable

  09-04-2017 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - National Rail Enquiries is showing the timings of trains stopping at the stations three platforms on its online journey planner
  
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