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• Uber hits minicab firms – but helps disabled people | Letters

  01-10-2017 20:05
  Ibrat Ali doubts many driving jobs would be lost, but Srin Madipalli and others fear problems for those with access problemsMy company, Embassy Direct, which is based in Hanwell, west London, has been trading for 50 years in the private hire transport sector. It has been said that banning Uber (Report, 30 September) would put “40,000 people out of work”. But all this would do is give us, the independent private hire operators, our drivers back. Many companies’ doors have closed
  
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• Uber must handle a backseat driver with care Subscription

  01-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Take one vain, testosterone-driven chief executive. Add a series of scandals, ranging from alleged industrial espionage to widespread sexual discrimination. Then sack him, while he has taken time off to grieve the death of his mother, who was killed in a bizarre boating accident.
  
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• The project restoring London Undergrounds Art-Deco era trains

  01-10-2017 02:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A train that hasnt moved for nearly 50 years could be about to make a dramatic return to the London Undergroundthe Q-Stock is returning.
  
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• Ryanair could replace flights with buses

  01-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The airline has promised to ensure refunds to 750,000 passengers after cancelling 20,000 flights. Rules dictate Ryanair could offer to pay for trains, car hire or even buses.
  
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• Rival visions championed for Heathrow southern rail access

  01-10-2017 02:00 via
  Transportxtra - Rival plans are taking shape for a southern rail link to Heathrow Airport.
  
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• Rescue for 100,000 tourists as Monarch Airlines faces collapse Subscription

  01-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Bosses at Monarch Airlines were given 24 hours to save the low-cost carrier yesterday as officials raced to put together a rescue plan for up to 100,000 holidaymakers who could be stranded overseas.
  
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• North Somerset left with the crumbs in plans to improve infrastructure

  01-10-2017 02:00 via northsomersettimes.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - North Somerset Council has made life harder and shut itself out of key decisions on infrastructure as other districts in the South West look to tackle their road and rail issues.
  
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• Monarch package holidays protection extended for 24 hours

  01-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Monarch Airlines has been granted a 24-hour extension on its licence to sell package holidays.
  
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• Monarch given 24-hour extension to its licence to sell package holidays

  01-10-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - British low-cost airline and holiday company in process of renewing its Air Travel Organisers LicenceMonarch has been granted a 24-hour extension to its licence to sell package holidays. The low-cost airline and holiday company had a deadline of midnight on Saturday 30 September before its Air Travel Organisers Licence (Atol) expired. This allows the firm to sell Atol-protected holidays. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said: We can confirm that Atol protection will remain avail
  
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• John Laing to cash in with PFI sale of Hitachi trains Subscription

  01-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The co-owner of an £8bn PFI deal to build high-speed trains is considering cashing in at a huge profitbefore the trains have hit the tracks.
  
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• Is Europe's ghostliest train station about to rise again?

  01-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - It was one of the world's most opulent railway stations, sitting imposingly on the French-Spanish border - but then it fell into disrepair. Now, writes Chris Bockman, the building is showing new signs of life.
  
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• In the long run, Uber will cut 40,000 jobs in London

  01-10-2017 02:00 via uk.businessinsider.com
  Other News Sources - Uber is working on a driverless car network that could eventually replace all 40,000 Uber drivers in London.
  
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• HS2 shut my hotel, says owner evicted from 80 year old business

  01-10-2017 02:00 via camdennewjournal.com
  Other Regional Press - 'Its crazy, nobody wants it! It feels like its a monster, just self-propelling'
  
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• How Uber ended up fighting for its life in London

  01-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - At 2pm on June 11 2014, London ground to a halt. Thousands of black cab drivers brought traffic to a standstill at landmarks including Leicester Square and the Houses of Parliament, in one of the trades biggest-ever mass demonstrations.
  
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• How advertisers are now targeting women in Saudi Arabia

  01-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving will end in June next year, creating a potentially huge new market for car makers.
  
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• Grayling slams Ryanair as he applauds HS2 budget triumph

  01-10-2017 02:00 via express.co.uk
  Other News Sources - CUSTOMERS should think twice about flying Ryanair, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said.
  
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• Caernarfon's train station is taking shape with new planned opening date

  01-10-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The steel frame of the Welsh Highland Railway is being erected
  
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• Air France plane engine fails over Atlantic

  01-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part of an engine over the Atlantic.
  
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