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• Over a quarter of flights to UK are delayed, research shows

  20-05-2017 11:32
  
  KLM proves the most punctual airline for 2016, while Air Transat was the worst performer with 45% of flights arriving lateMore than a quarter of flights to UK airports are delayed, according to new figures. Analysis of more than 850,000 inbound flights revealed that 26% failed to arrive within 15 minutes of their schedule last year. Canadian leisure airline Air Transat was the worst performer with 45% of its flights late, followed by Icelandair (44%) and Norwegian (40%).Continue reading...
  
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• The derided railway sandwich, and its role in the privatisation of Britain | Ian Jack

  20-05-2017 09:00
  
  From restaurant cars to curling corners, onboard catering tracked the fortunes of public ownershipAs from today there will be no more bacon-and-sausage baps for sale on the trains from London Marylebone to Banbury and Birmingham; no more ploughman’s sandwiches or cheese-and-onion crisps; neither hot drinks nor cold. Chiltern Railways, which operates the service, is the latest train operator to abolish onboard catering. Most travellers now bring their food and drink with them in little pape
  
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• Warning after week of carnage of Dorset's roads and death toll rises

  20-05-2017 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -DRIVERS are being urged to be safe and heed advice after a week of carnage of Dorsets roads.
  
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• Villagers have quackers approach to highlighting pothole problem

  20-05-2017 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -VILLAGERS have come up with a completely quackers way of drawing attention to an ongoing pothole problem.
  
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• Vanmoof launches thief proof electric bicycle

  20-05-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - The bicycle manufacturer Vanmoof claims to have made its latest electric bike thief proof. The Electrified S includes a built-in tracking function that allows the bike to be located should it be stolen. So confident is the Dutch company, that it guarantees to replace a bike thats been pinched if it cannot be traced within two weeks. The high-tech features The post Vanmoof launches thief proof electric bicycle appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Ugly cars: are these the world's worst looking autos?

  20-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Just look at the disasters in our 'anti-beauty parade'
  
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• Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond test fires Sea Viper missile on incoming 500mph drone

  20-05-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Tram driver caught 'asleep' three stops Croydon disaster

  20-05-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Passengers said they had to bang on the windows to wake the driver up after the tram, heading towards Wimbledon, stopped at a red signal near East Croydon, but never set off again.
  
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• Traffic disruption expected as road resurfacing work begins

  20-05-2017 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - MOTORISTS are being warned of road closures due to resurfacing work on the edge of the town centre.
  
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• Traffic and health care concerns highlighted over Adastral Park project

  20-05-2017 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Community leaders say long-term solutions are needed to deal with the traffic and congestion that is likely to be generated by building 2,000 new homes and other facilities at Adastral Park at Martlesham Heath.
  
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• TRAFFIC: A605 at Thrapston to face closures and delays

  20-05-2017 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - A main route near Thrapston will face road closures and delays starting tomorrow (Sunday) for work on the carriageway.
  
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• The UK's most delayed airlines revealed

  20-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Icelandair, Air Transat and Norwegian are most likely to arrive late, according to Which? survey
  
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• The Fiat 500 Riva: perfect for a journey to the sea Subscription

  20-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - There have been automotive co-branding partnerships in the past that marketing teams have called collaborative meetings of minds, but were, in truth, far more like car crashes. In the Seventies a Florida car dealer sold Gucci Cadillacs, which for Tom Ford would have been something like listening to fingernails dragging down a blackboard. (Although I must admit to a secret admiration for this Frankensteins motor. A Google image search will tell you all you need to know.)
  
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• 'Sleeping' Croydon tram driver footage probed

  20-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A passenger filmed an apparently sleeping driver on the Croydon tram network.
  
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• Singapore Airlines ponders radical measures after posting loss

  20-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Carriers costs are rising and it is losing market share to Gulf and Chinese rivals
  
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• Pothole crisis sends village quackers Subscription

  20-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - First it was the guerrilla gardeners: green-fingered warriors sneaking their way through shabby urban spaces to illicitly plant flowers. Now comes the turn of the fowl fighters: an activist army demonstrating against a local authoritys lack of action over potholes by filling them with rubber ducks.
  
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• Pictures: Flying Scotsman attracts crowds in Hereford

  20-05-2017 02:00 via herefordtimes.com
  
  Other News Sources - CROWDS gathered at the Hereford Railway Station to see the Flying Scotsman pass through.
  
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• Passengers will never get wet again as Reading Buses launches honesty umbrellas

  20-05-2017 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Honesty umbrellas are being supplied on Reading Buses services to Woodley
  
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• Passengers: this is your king speaking . . . at 30,000ft Subscription

  20-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands hopes to be flying passengers around Europe on board Boeing jets for KLM from this summer, he has said.
  
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• New transport chief keeps could rethink Queen Street bus ban

  20-05-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - THE countys new transport boss says she could rethink plans to pedestrianise Queen Street in Oxford, as the opening of the revamped Westgate Centre draws closer.
  
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• Mother of Olympic cyclist Becky James has been injured in a road accident

  20-05-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Christine James was injured while out cycling in Monmouthshire
  
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• Mother of champion cyclist Becky James injured in cycle crash

  20-05-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Christine James was hit sideways at speed by a car while cycling near her home in Abergavenny, south WalesThe mother of a world champion cyclist has been injured after being knocked off her bike. Becky James, 25, who won two golds at the 2013 World Championships and two silvers at the Rio 2016 Olympics, urged people to PLEASE think once, think twice, think BIKE!!!! after her mother Christines crash in Monmouthshire on Thursday.The champion cyclist added the words My poor Mumma and
  
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• Middle lane hoggers, tailgating and more: These are YOUR most annoying driving habits you see on the roads

  20-05-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Surrey road users react to an AA poll that claims tailgating is the most irritating habit on the roads
  
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• M3 drivers face weekend diversions as road resurfacing takes place on 174m Smart Motorway scheme

  20-05-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Travelling on the M3 this weekend? Check out these diversions before you travel
  
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• Look beyond Heathrow expansion, urges GTMC

  20-05-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - TMC group publishes its own General Election manifesto for next government
  
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• London City unveils plans for digital control tower

  20-05-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airport will use high-definition technology to improve air traffic control
  
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• London City first in UK to get remote air traffic control

  20-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London City Airport flights will be directed by controllers using a remote system 80 miles away.
  
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• Liverpool businesses call for end to RMT Merseyrail row 'as a matter of urgency'

  20-05-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Businesses in Liverpool have called on the RMT and Merseyrail to return to negotiations and bring their long-running dispute to an end as mp;ldquo;a matter of urgencymp;rdquo;. The union has been locked in a dispute with the operator since the start of the year, and last went on strike in April to...
  
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• Jets scrambled as American Airlines passenger duct-taped to seat after disturbance on LA to Hawaii flight

  20-05-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Japan's Big Carmakers Gang Up In Support Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles, At Least Officially

  20-05-2017 02:00 via forbes.com
  
  Forbes - Toyota, Nissan and Honda join hands with energy suppliers to build out a network of hydrogen fueling stations. Government money is behind it, Nissan maybe not completely.
  
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• HS2 likely to create polarisation of high-skill jobs in London, LSE finds

  20-05-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Better high-speed rail (HSR) links could lead to highly skilled managerial jobs being mp;ldquo;geographically polarisedmp;rdquo; in London, research conducted by the London School of Economics (LSE) has found. The university looked at the effect that the implementation of high-speed routes had had...
  
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• Horrified plane passenger demands refund after finding cockroach on American Airlines flight

  20-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A horrified American Airlines passenger demanded his money back after he found cockroaches crawling over the seats mid-flight.
  
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• GM to stop making cars for Indian market

  20-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The firm says it will honour warranties and maintenance contracts with its Indian buyers.
  
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• Glasgow airport boss denies new drop-off charge is a profit-driven rip-off for fliers

  20-05-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -Motorists are furious about the move with critics branding it as purely a money-making exercise for the airport owners.
  
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• Flight heading to Birmingham struck by lightning before declaring emergency

  20-05-2017 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -The pilot declared an emergency shortly before preparing to land at Birmingham Airport (BHX)
  
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• Fast food should be banned from public transport to tackle 'guzzling on the go', say obesity experts

  20-05-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• End of the road for bicycle that was too advanced for production

  20-05-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - The team behind the Dennya radical new interpretation of the urban bicycleare appealing for a new manufacturer to resurrect the project. After winning the Oregon Manifest Bike Design competition, the battery-assisted bicycle was due to be built in small numbers by Fuji, but it was not to be. The Denny won a public vote on the The post End of the road for bicycle that was too advanced for production appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Easyjet lands title of the UKs most-delayed airline Subscription

  20-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Easyjet is the UKs least punctual airline with more than a third of its flights arriving late, according to Which?.
  
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• Durham Tees Valley announces terminal renovation

  20-05-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airport will introduce free wifi and install workstations as part of project
  
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• Drivers four times more likely to die in older cars

  20-05-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - Older cars are dramatically over-represented in fatal crashes according to analysis conducted by engineers in Australia and released to coincide with the 4th United Nations Global Road Safety Week (8-14 May 2017). The research reveals thatolder cars built before 2000 represent only 20 per cent of the vehicle fleet, and yet are involved in 33 per cent of fatal crashes. The post Drivers four times more likely to die in older cars appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Driver charged with murder in Times Square crash

  20-05-2017 02:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  C.N.N. - A man with a history of drunken driving has been charged with murder after police say he barreled a car through the crowded sidewalks in Manhattan's Time Square, leaving one person dead and 20 injured.
  
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• Cyclist Becky James' mother breaks pelvis in bike knock

  20-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Silver medal-winning cyclist Becky James urged people to
  
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• Cycle lanes putting patients' lives at risk by delaying ambulances, College of Paramedics warn

  20-05-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Croydon tram passenger tells of concern for daughter's safety after waking 'dribbling' driver

  20-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Jon Hall was one of the passengers who was forced to bang on the window to wake the 'sleeping' driver.
  
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• Croydon tram driver suspended after video emerges showing him 'asleep at the controls'

  20-05-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Croydon tram driver filmed 'sleeping' at controls

  20-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A passenger filmed an apparently sleeping driver on the Croydon tram network.
  
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• CarFest plane crash: Kevin Whyman's death 'accidental'

  20-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Pilot Kevin Whyman lost control during a 360-degree roll at the CarFest North event in August 2015.
  
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• Car owners warned as men posing as police officers make off with vehicles

  20-05-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -The car thieves, claiming to be plain-clothed officers, had police equipment including handcuffs and covert harnesses at the time of meeting.
  
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• Calls for more roads to be made 20mph zones

  20-05-2017 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -CALLS have been made for a more extensive rollout of the 20mph speed limit in Westhoughton's residential roads.
  
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• Bus link connecting mid and west Wales with cities under threat - six months after being saved

  20-05-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -There are fears that people living in rural parts of Wales could be cut off from the rest of the country
  
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