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• Uber is not as popular as you might think | Letters

  24-09-2017 20:27
  Luke Samuel questions the validity of the online petition supporting the platform, while other readers worry about the way companies like Uber and Ryanair treat their staffOn Friday Uber was stripped of its licence to operate in London due to repeated infractions of regulations around safety (Uber loses licence to operate in London, 23 September). This follows the long-standing concerns about how Uber operates – its dubious taxation arrangements, its corporate model (loss-making, then rais
  
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• Village taxi rank suffers consequences of bad Surrey parking

  24-09-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -These drivers decided to use one of Cranleigh's few taxi ranks as a free car parking space, with "infuriating" consequences
  
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• US bombers fly close to North Korean shores in show of force

  24-09-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• US Air Force bombers fly close to North Korea's east coast in show of military force

  24-09-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - US Air Force bombers have flown close to North Korea's east coast to send a message that president Donald Trump has "many military options".
  
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• Uber sues London agency Fetch Media, part of Dentsu, over fake ads Subscription

  24-09-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Uber has sued a London-based digital media agency over allegations it was billed for adverts that were nonexistent, nonviewable and fraudulent.
  
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• Uber London ban: Petition calling on ban to be reversed backed by record 500k supporters in 24-hours

  24-09-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A petition set up by Uber urging Transport for London to reconsider stripping the firm of its licence has been signed by a record number of people.
  
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• Uber fights back over loss of London licence

  24-09-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - More than 500,000 people sign petition to keep ride-hailing app operating in UK capital
  
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• Taking away Uber is like taking part of our lives

  24-09-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The car-hailing app broke every rule in the bookyet still has a legion of devoted fans
  
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• Six hurt in suspected acid attack at station Subscription

  24-09-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - As the toll of the victims steadily grows, our investigation reveals that corrosive liquids are now rife in school playgrounds
  
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• Secret Government report reveals £3bn A9 upgrade will harm rail freight

  24-09-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - THE plan to make the A9 between Perth and Inverness dual carriageway will damage prospects for moving freight from road to rail, according to an expert study for the Scottish Government.
  
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• 'Save Uber' Petition Reaches Half A Million Signatures In A Day

  24-09-2017 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
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• Sadiq Khan tells Londoners 'direct your anger at Uber' as 500k back calls for ban to be reversed

  24-09-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan has urged 500k people who signed a petition calling on Transport for London to reverse a ban on Uber in the capital to direct their anger at the firm.
  
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• Revealed: Amazon Workers Tell Of 'Unaffordable' Travel Costs

  24-09-2017 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  The Huffington Post -Staff at a flagship Amazon site have explained the financial and emotional toll of taking home less than the minimum wage, after it was revealed they are effectively forced to pay a third-party for an unaffordable special bus service. People working for the online retailer in Rugeley, Staffs, have said the situation sees them forking out well over a hundred pounds a month to private bus firms - and that they pay even more for taxis when the buses fail to turn up. All the sac
  
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• Record-breaking Uber petition to reverse ban in London hits 600,000 signatures as backlash grows

  24-09-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Property Insider: Take a look at these homes and land set in stunning North Wales countryside

  24-09-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - This investment opportunity in Powys could be yours for £1.5m
  
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• Popular farm shop and restaurant forced to close after 30 years because of HS2

  24-09-2017 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press -Just 35 minutes from Coventry, Packington Moor Farm will close today
  
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• Plans for Reading stretch of cross-Berkshire bike lane to get green light from councillors

  24-09-2017 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  Reading Evening Post - When completed, the ambitious cycle route will run from Newbury to Ascot
  
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• Passenger charged with being drunk on plane after flight from Barcelona redirected to Bristol

  24-09-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - An airline passenger arrested after a late-night flight from Barcelona to the UK was forced to divert has been charged with being drunk on an aircraft.
  
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• On the wrong track over Highland rail

  24-09-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - THE Scottish Governments Programme for Government earlier this month promised to electrify the A9 between Perth and Inverness for road vehicles. The plan was widely welcomed.
  
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• Newport's M4 relief road is 'not way to cut congestion'

  24-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Plans for a £1.1bn M4 relief road around Newport will not ease traffic congestion, an AM claims.
  
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• Newport's M4 Brynglas tunnel and train line closure alert

  24-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Traffic in Newport is expected to be heavy this weekend as part of the M4 shuts and trains are reduced.
  
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• Motorway mayhem after bomb scare closes the M3

  24-09-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Metrolink fares could rise by 6 annually until 2020

  24-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The planned increase would cover operation costs and growth, the area's transport body says.
  
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• 'Make the right call', bus company urges government over Queen Street saga

  24-09-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - OXFORD Bus Company boss Phil Southall has urged Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to 'make the right decision' for the good of the city in the row over plans to pedestrianise Queen Street.
  
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• M3 Winchester Closed Due To 'Potential Hazardous Material' Bomb Scare

  24-09-2017 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  The Huffington Post - LATEST: The M3 has reopened in both directions. Thousands of drivers have been stranded on a section of the M3 due to reports of a potential hazardous material. Police were alerted in the early hours of Saturday morning and a bomb disposal team is on the scene currently. The M3 is partially closed between junctions nine and 11 at Winchester and people have been advised to find alternative routes. The eastbound carriageway was opened at around 1.40pm. Pictures from the scene
  
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• M3 shutdown causes chaos Subscription

  24-09-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - A bomb disposal unit shut part of the M3 for almost 12 hours yesterday, trapping thousands of travellers in tailbacks up to 15 miles long.
  
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• M3 closure: Thousands of motorists stranded as bomb squad descend on Hampshire motorway

  24-09-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Thousands of motorists were left trapped on the M3 after a bomb scare closed the motorway for 12 hours.
  
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• M3 closure: Motorway fully reopens almost 12 hours after police called to 'reports of potential hazardous material'

  24-09-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -The road was finally fully reopened at around 3.30pm
  
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• M3 closed for 12 hours as bomb disposal team inspects packages

  24-09-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Thousands of motorists left stranded after Hampshire police close motorway because of potential hazardous materials incidentThousands of motorists were left stranded on the M3 for hours after police closed a section of the motorway and called in a bomb disposal team.Hampshire police said the road was closed on Saturday because of a potential hazardous material incident, and the bomb disposal team was trying to establish exactly what the material was. No one had been hurt. Continue
  
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• Londons Uber ban is a message to a reckless tech ethos Arun Sundararajan

  24-09-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - The companys business model is not the problem, but its failures of responsibilityIt was an extraordinary decision for Transport for London (TfL) to announce on Friday that it would not be renewing Ubers private hire operator licence, effectively banning the service after 30 September. But the ruling was an indictment of Uber the company rather than the broader ride-hailing concept or labour model, and judges the embattled platform on a tumultuous past rather than its promise of n
  
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• London Mayor Sadiq Khan could be in breach of equality rules as Uber vows to take court action over ban

  24-09-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Land speed records attempted on Pendine Sands beach

  24-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Speed fanatics will try to emulate Sir Malcolm Campbell and set world records in Carmarthenshire.
  
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• Labour's Uber stance shows why they're unfit to govern

  24-09-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The decision to ban Uber from London, which was supported by the city's mayor Sadiq Khan provides a fascinating insight into what life under Jeremy Corbyn would be like, writes STEPHEN POLLARD.
  
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• Holidaymakers hit by Ryanair's flight cancellations

  24-09-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Airline boss Michael OLeary has apologised to outraged passengers for the mess after he grounded more than 2,000 flights over the next six weeks.
  
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• Edinburgh trams contract was like buying a car with three wheels

  24-09-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - THE contract for the botched Edinburgh trams project was so flawed it was like buying a car with three wheels, according to the city councils former legal chief.
  
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• Cyclist deaths dropped by a fifth

  24-09-2017 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The number of cyclists killed or seriously hurt on the regions roads has dropped by a fifth since police launched an operation protecting them from close pass drivers, it has been revealed.
  
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• Carwyn Jones predicts the UK Government will axe the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon

  24-09-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - The First Minister will attack the Government over rail electrification in his conference speech
  
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• Car park cost cock-up after trainee engineers told to draw up plan

  24-09-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Senior officers of Denbighshire County Council say that lessons have been learned from the experience
  
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• Bombardier jobs at risk in dispute with rival Boeing

  24-09-2017 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  This is Money- Boeing is refusing to withdraw its claim that Canadian-owned Bombardier broke the law by selling aircraft at below cost price.
  
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• Bombardier Belfast jobs on the line after Boeing wins court battle Subscription

  24-09-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Boeing court victory could pile pressure on Shorts jet factory
  
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• Bomb scare sparks travel chaos as M3 is shut at Winchester

  24-09-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Drivers stuck in stationary traffic on the M3 in Hampshire for nearly 12 hours were forced to abandon their cars over the second bomb scare on a UK motorway in a week.
  
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• Acid attack at Stratford tube station

  24-09-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Police and paramedics rushed to the Stratford Shopping Centre in east London at 8pm after the gang sprayed crowds there and inthe next door tube station.
  
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• £15m army drones grounded by rain Subscription

  24-09-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Drones bought for the British Army at a cost of more than £15m are unable to fly when it rains.
  
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• Why Uber’s fate could herald backlash against ‘digital disruptors’

  24-09-2017 01:05
  Are Silicon Valley’s giants at last being reined in by the regulators?Giuliana Ingegneri is worried about her father, Adriano. Since December he has combined his job as an Uber driver with stints at the family business. But on Friday, Transport for London’s bombshell announcement that the technology giant’s licence will not be renewed in the capital sent shockwaves through the Ingegneris’ Tooting home.“My dad helps out with the family carpet cleaning business so the
  
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• More than 600,000 Londoners sign petition to save Uber

  24-09-2017 01:05
  Sadiq Khan defends TfL’s decision to revoke licence over security concernsMore than 600,000 people have signed a petition calling for Transport for London to reverse its decision to strip Uber of its licence in the capital, which the company’s chief executive suggested could delay the rollout of electric vehicles and wheelchair-accessible transport.The Observer also understands that 20,000 Uber drivers have emailed the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who defended TfL’s decision on
  
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