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• Bridging the Tories’ infrastructure gap | Letters

  21-05-2017 20:49
  
  Reader Nick Mayer highlights the vital role of infrastructure projects in rebooting Britain’s economy, while others examine the Institute of Directors’ recent call for more airport runwaysLarry Elliott notes (Ten years after Blair, the old problems remain, 15 May) that social-democratic ideas for infrastructure investment will seem more mainstream if there is another crisis. We surely face such urgency today, with not a moment to lose. The Tory record is woeful: the weakest reco
  
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• Disabled man 'forced to wet himself' when train toilet was out of order

  21-05-2017 17:28
  
  Christopher Stapleton tells of humiliating experience on Virgin Trains service months after rail minister pledged to take actionA 59-year-old wheelchair user has spoken out about how he was forced to wet himself on a Virgin train because the disabled toilet was out of order.The incident has emerged just months after the rail minister, Paul Maynard, pledged that no other disabled rail user would have to endure such a distressing and humiliating experience on a train journey after the Paralympian
  
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• We want West Midlands firms to work on our tram lines say Midlands Metro bosses

  21-05-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -The Midlands Metro Alliance, working on a series of tram line extensions, wants 80 per cent of suppliers to be based in West Midlands
  
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• Watch plane built by Coventry's Ernesford Grange school take off

  21-05-2017 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -Plane built by pupils from Ernesford Grange Community Academy goes on first public flight from Coventry Airport
  
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• Virtual reality app to teach road safety to children

  21-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The app is being developed by academics from University of South Wales.
  
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• Uni of South Wales road safety app for children 'good fun'

  21-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The app is being developed thanks to 67,500 funding from the Road Safety Trust.
  
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• Support growing for plan to launch new rail service along Cowley branch line

  21-05-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - PLANS to bring back passenger rail services on the Cowley Branch Line are moving forward.
  
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• Rivals fight for £2bn ship deal Subscription

  21-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Military chiefs are set to pit defence giants BAE Systems and Babcock International against each other in a £2bn competition to build a fleet of new warships.
  
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• Raleigh Stow-e-way: bike preview Martin Love

  21-05-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Compact, portable and fully charged: Raleighs electric folding bike ticks numerous boxesIf you live in a flat, commute by train or would like to take a bike with you on your caravanning holidays (or you are a real sucker for names that are lame puns), then you will love Raleighs Stow-e-waythe Nottingham firms first foray into the folding electric bike market. The Stow-e-way neatly ticks two boxes: it takes up very little space, and it takes much of the grunt out of cycling. Its co
  
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• Plans to charge for parking at Cannon Hill Park blocked

  21-05-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Proposals for £2 and £3 charges put on hold following challenge from council backbenchers
  
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• Plane collides with truck at LAX, injuring 8

  21-05-2017 02:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  C.N.N. - A passenger jet taxing to its gate at Los Angeles International Airport collided with a utility truck Saturday afternoon, leaving eight people on the truck with non-life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Over a quarter of flights into UK airports are late, figures show

  21-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than a quarter of inbound flights to the UK are delayed, new figures show.
  
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• Motorist who ran amok in Times Square says he tried 'to get help'

  21-05-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Moped thieves target lone mobile phone users in spate of muggings across south London

  21-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Police have issued a warning after thugs on mopeds and bikes targeted mobile phone users in a spate of muggings across south London.
  
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• Major roadworks in Suffolk and Essex this week, including A12 Ewell Bridge, A14, A120 and A1

  21-05-2017 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Drivers in Suffolk and Essex are being warned of the latest major roadworks taking place this weekend and over the next week.
  
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• Liverpool could get direct flight to Heathrow under expansion plans

  21-05-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post - Heathrow expansion plans could boost Merseyside's 'global connectivity'
  
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• How drivers are paying millions in 'smart motorway' speeding fines - what to look out for

  21-05-2017 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -11,918drivers have been caught exceeding the limit since variable speed cameras were installed between junctions 7 and 9 on the M42
  
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• Healy-Rae lobbied by pub body before drink-drive figures rant Subscription

  21-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Michael Healy-Rae, a Kerry TD, gave a series of interviews in which he claimed drink-driving figures were misleading after being lobbied on the issue by the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI).
  
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• Eight injured after plane collides with truck at Los Angeles International Airport

  21-05-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -An LA Fire Department spokesman said the cause of the incident remains under investigation
  
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• Eight injured after plane collides with truck at Los Angeles airport

  21-05-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• East Croydon stabbing: Young man rushed to hospital after being knifed at train station

  21-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A young man has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in broad daylight at a busy south London station.
  
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• Cruise ship giant Cunard apologises as booking gaff sees customers charged TWICE for same holiday

  21-05-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Holidaymakers who had already booked trips with Cunard, Pmp;O Cruises and Princess Cruises discovered their bank cards have been debited a second time
  
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• Crossrail hits buffers at Heathrow Subscription

  21-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Its a £15bn train line designed to span London from west to east, bringing much needed relief for commutersyet Crossrail services may not now stop at Heathrow because of a legal row with the airports owners.
  
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• Burgers should be banned on buses say experts

  21-05-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The suggestion was made at the European Congress on Obesity in Portugal, which highlighted the success of the 2007 ban on smoking in public and last year's alcohol ban on all London transport.
  
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• Bumped, then blanked by easyJet Subscription

  21-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - There are few things more infuriating than being bumped off a flight because the aircraft has been overbooked. But Paula Cunningham, from Ashbourne, Derbyshire, has found one: being bumpedthen being forced to spend more than a year pursuing the airline for the compensation that she was legally entitled to.
  
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• Brynglas tunnels close eastbound until Monday for work

  21-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A programme of upgrade work to drainage and the carriageway is taking place until February 2018.
  
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• BikeFest South: The region's first dedicated motorcycle show to test bikes, hone your skills and grab bargains

  21-05-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -BikeFest South will be staged at the legendary Goodwood motor racing circuit in June
  
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• Bank: Traffic banned to improve safety at dangerous junction

  21-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Only buses and cyclists will be allowed through Bank Junction as part of the 18-month trial scheme.
  
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• Bank junction: Traffic to be banned from accident blackspot after death of City worker cyclist

  21-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A ban on cars, taxis and lorries is to come into force at one of London's most notorious junctions on Monday.
  
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