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• The Guardian view on London’s garden bridge: a worthless vanity project | Editorial

  14-08-2017 21:01
  It was supposed to be London’s answer to New York’s High Line. But it left the gap that really needs bridging as wide as everThe garden bridge project, the superfluous and now abandoned plan to build a Thames crossing in the richest and best connected heart of London, may one day be judged the peak of the capital’s narcissistic hubris. It was a vanity project of a group of cronies that included the then mayor Boris Johnson – the man who is now Britain’s face to the
  
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• London garden bridge project collapses in acrimony after £37m spent

  14-08-2017 20:51
  Boris Johnson claims Sadiq Khan ‘killed’ project after mayor said taxpayers should be ‘very angry’ over wasted public fundsIt was intended to be a “floating paradise” for London but instead Joanna Lumley’s vision of a Thames garden bridge has collapsed amid acrimony, with the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, and his predecessor Boris Johnson arguing over how £37m of public money had been spent on a project without a brick being laid. The actor had c
  
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• I’ve reached the end of the line with GWR refund

  14-08-2017 16:52
  I should get the full fare back after a four-hour delay, but have received nothingI got caught up in huge delays on Great Western Railway services between London and Chippenham at the end of April that resulted in a hold-up of four hours, making me eligible for a full refund. The tickets were London to Chippenham returns for two people at a total of £104. Refunds are meant to take place within 14 days, according to the website. I made my compensation claim the day after and, since then, ha
  
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• London garden bridge project scrapped after costing public £37m

  14-08-2017 14:42
  London mayor Sadiq Khan says public should be ‘very angry’ over wasted funds as charity announces closure of projectThe Thames garden bridge plan has finally been scrapped after £37m of public money was spent on a project the London mayor said had no realistic chance of being completed.The Garden Bridge Trust said it could no longer proceed without the support of Sadiq Khan, who responded by saying Londoners should be “very angry” that so much cash had gone towards
  
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• Waterloo station works: Compensation and other questions

  14-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - From compensation to carriages, here are some of the things you asked about work at Waterloo station.
  
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• Uber sex scandal as police accuse taxi firm of failing to report sex attacks committed by drivers

  14-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Uber could lose licence over failure to report sex attacks on passengers Subscription

  14-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Uber could lose its licence to operate its minicab business in London because of police claims that it failed to report serious criminal allegations against its drivers.
  
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• Uber 'fails to report sex attacks', police claim in damning letter

  14-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Uber is failing to report serious crimes including sexual assaults in order to protect its reputation, according to a Metropolitan Police chief.
  
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• Train fare rise 2018: Prices for season ticket commuters are set to rise most in three years

  14-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - The cost of commuting is set to rise - and this week we find out by exactly how much.
  
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• Tour of Britain cycle race to start in town centre that bans cyclists

  14-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A stage of a major British cycling race is set to start in a town centre that bars ordinary riders from pedalling through its streets.
  
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• Tesla set to raise $1.8bn in bond offering

  14-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The electric car maker initially aimed to make $1.5bn by selling
  
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• Steep rise in number of air passengers arrested for drunken behaviour

  14-08-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - UK airports confirm 387 arrests in a year, as cabin crews complain about abusive behaviour on flights, reports PanoramaThe number of passengers arrested for drunken behaviour on flights or at UK airports increased by 50 in the past year.There were a total of 387 arrests in the year to February 2017, up from 255 in the period from February 2015 to 2016, according to statistics obtained by BBC1s Panorama. Continue reading...
  
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• Stansted Airport delays over 'hole in runway'

  14-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Stansted says flights are
  
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• Stansted Airport delays: Air passengers face travel chaos after 'hole' closes runway

  14-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Air passengers faced travel chaos after reports a hole was found in the runway at one of the UK's busiest airports.
  
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• Revealed: Rail fares have 'increased twice as much as wages since 2010'

  14-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Rail fares have increased twice as much as pay since 2010, new research has revealed.
  
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• Report criticises Welsh Government failings to hold post-Brexit transport talks with Ireland

  14-08-2017 02:00 via barryanddistrictnews.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A REPORT into the impact of Brexit on Welsh ports has criticised Welsh Government ministers for failing to meet their Irish counterparts to discuss the matter.
  
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• Rail union plans protest as fares set for biggest rise in 5 years

  14-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Ticket prices forecast to increase 3.5 in line with July retail prices index
  
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• Rail supporters from east Suffolk nominated for community awards

  14-08-2017 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Community rail groups supporting the East Suffolk Line are in the running for national awards to mark their contribution to local services.
  
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• Rail fares rise twice as fast as pay over past seven years

  14-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - An annual season ticket for a passenger travelling from Chelmsford to London now costs £4,000a fifth of a new nurse or police officers salary, the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union claim.
  
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• Rail fares rise at twice the rate of wages, claim campaigners

  14-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - RAIL fares have increased twice as much as pay since 2010, according to new research ahead of news on how much prices will go up next year.
  
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• Rail fares have increased 'twice as much as wages since 2010,' according to new research

  14-08-2017 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - Regulated fares are expected to see their biggest increase since 2012 when next year's price rises are announced on 15 August
  
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• Rail fares have increased twice as much as pay since 2010, according to new research

  14-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Rail fares have gone up twice as fast as wages since 2010, RMT says ahead of latest price hike

  14-08-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The RMT rail union released its research as the Government is expected to announce a 3.5 hike on Tuesday, August 15
  
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• £1bn funding row puts new rail franchise 'in jeopardy'

  14-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The dispute between the Welsh and UK governments centres on money collected for rail improvements.
  
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• Paris station evacuated after Eurostar bomb scare

  14-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Eurostar said the Gare du Nord station in Paris (pictured) was evacuated after a 'suspect package' was found on Saturday afternoon when a passenger tried to 'take through a military relic'.
  
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• Paris Gare du Nord Eurostar station evacuated after tourist tries to board London-bound train with World War II relic

  14-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A Eurostar passenger sparked an evacuation from a station in Paris after allegedly trying to take a fragment from a Second World War bomb on a London-bound train.
  
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• New high-speed Japanese train will shave 20 minutes off journey times between South Wales and London

  14-08-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -It made a late-night appearance in Carmarthen earlier this week
  
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• New bus lanes to open on east Belfast's Albertbridge Road

  14-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The Albertbridge Road is the latest route to introduce bus lanes in a bid to cut traffic congestion.
  
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• Mums fears over rail work wagons

  14-08-2017 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  Bolton News - A MUM says she is frightened to death that large wagons connected with rail electrification work at Moses Gate could cause a serious accident.
  
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• Maersk chief sees further deals in shipping container industry

  14-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Danish group expects only 5 or 6 survivors from global consolidation rush
  
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• London Waterloo's £800m revamp 'well under way'

  14-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Major engineering works at the UK's busiest rail station have begun.
  
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• London bus catches fire near Finchley Road

  14-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The fire broke out on the double decker bus in north west London earlier tonight, with one man caught on camera trying to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher as others fled.
  
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• Learners given the green light to drive on motorways Subscription

  14-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Learner drivers will be allowed to have lessons on motorways from next year, the transport secretary has announced.
  
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• Learner drivers to be allowed on UK motorways for first time ever

  14-08-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -A law change will mean novice motorists can take lessons on motorways with an approved driving instructor in a dual control car from next year
  
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• Ive reached the end of the line with Great Western Railway refund

  14-08-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - I got caught up in huge delays on Great Western Railway services between London and Chippenham at the end of April that resulted in a hold-up of four hours, making me eligible for a full refund. The tickets were London to Chippenham returns for two people at a total of £104.
  
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• How an underground light rail could tackle Cambridge bus congestion

  14-08-2017 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - here was one thing about Ottawa that surprised me as we travelled around. Oh my, there were a lot of buses.Double-decker buses as well, just like in Cambridge. They realised that the biggest problem with buses was general traffic, so they build a completely separate bus rapid transit system using completely separate dedicated rights of way, just like in Cambridge.
  
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• Hole in Stansted Airport runaway causes mayhem

  14-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Flights were diverted from Stansted Airport after it shut down its landing strip between on Sunday. Passengers reported being told by crew that the disruption was caused by a hole in the runway.
  
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• Drunk air passenger arrests soar by 50 during 2016

  14-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Arrests for drunken behaviour at airports and on aeroplanes have rocketed by half over the past year, a report from BBC1 Panorama shows.
  
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• Drivers being 'fleeced' £200,000 a day in London junction

  14-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Seven cameras are focused on catching out drivers using Bank junction in central London.All vehicles apart from buses and bikes are banned from using area of road.
  
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• Dramatic footage shows London bus in flames as man's desperate efforts to put out blaze prove futile

  14-08-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror -Video shows flames roaring from the rear of the double decker as thick black smoke billows into the air moments after eyewitnesses said they heard a "loud bang"
  
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• 'Damning' leaked letter reveals the huge obstacles to delivering Wales' rail revolution

  14-08-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - A dispute between the governments in Cardiff Bay and Westminster risks throwing into jeopardy plans to bring in a new rail operator in Wales next year, we have learned.
  
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• Consultant sets out how largely car- and rail-free cities mostly served by cycling could be achieved

  14-08-2017 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  Transportxtra - Largely car-free and rail-free cities as dense as Manhattan and restricted to 15km in diameter with compulsory cargo bikes for deliveries would be possible utopias for cyclists, according to a new book.
  
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• Camden bus fire: Double-decker bursts into flames in Finchley Road

  14-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A double-decker bus burst into flames in the middle of a busy north London street.
  
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• Arrests of drunken air passengers up by 50 Subscription

  14-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The number of air passengers arrested for drunken misbehaviour on flights and in airports has risen by 50 per cent in the past year, an investigation has found.
  
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• Anglesey roadworks delays to continue until January

  14-08-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Council apologises for lengthy works which will now include building new roundabout in Llangefni
  
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• Andy McDonald: Broken promises on rail are betrayal of the North

  14-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - AS Parliament broke for the recess last month and MPs left for their constituencies for the summer, the Government snuck out dozens of important announcements in a bid to bury bad news, including pulling the plug on plans to upgrade Yorkshires transport network by electrifying the trans-Pennine and Midland Mainline railway routes.
  
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• Action stations on Crossrail howler Subscription

  14-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Study the route map of the Elizabeth LineCrossrail as currently isand gaze in wonder at one of the biggest cock-ups in recent transport infrastructure history.
  
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• A new study has suggested the Chiltern rail line should be connected to the up and coming Old Oak Common area in London.

  14-08-2017 02:00 via mix96.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A new study has suggested the Chiltern rail line should be connected to the up and coming Old Oak Common area in London.
  
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