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• ‘Doomsday preacher’ on Wimbledon train causes passengers to flee

  02-10-2017 15:03
  Panicked commuters force open doors and spill on to tracks after man wearing rucksack recites Bible versesHundreds of thousands of commuters experienced major disruption during rush hour on Monday morning after passengers evacuated from a train in London and spilled on to the track because they feared a fellow passenger was acting erratically. The incident, which took place at about 8.30am just outside Wimbledon station on a South Western Railway train running from Shepperton to Waterloo, forced
  
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• Uber's UK boss quits as worldwide chief flies in for London licence talks

  02-10-2017 14:37
  Jo Bertram announces departure as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi arrives to meet Transport for London over rowThe Uber executive responsible for the UK has quit the ride-hailing company, as its worldwide boss prepares to meet London transport chiefs in an attempt to get its licence reinstated in the capital. Uber said the resignation of Jo Bertram – head of the company in northern Europe – was not related to the decision by Transport for London to strip it of its licence to operate in the cit
  
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• Philip Hammond's speech: what we learned

  02-10-2017 14:29
  There were funding pledges for help-to-buy and rail projects in the north but much of it was spent attacking Labour ‘dinosaurs’The chancellor pledged new investment in help-to-buy and the “northern powerhouse”, but much of Philip Hammond’s speech to the Conservative conference in Manchester was dedicated to a full-scale attack on Labour and the party’s economic policies. Related: Conservative conference 2017: Philip Hammond delivers his speech - Politics liveC
  
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• Which bus services will be hit by strikes on Monday?

  02-10-2017 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News -Strike action planned for every Monday this month - here are the routes
  
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• WATCH: Nidderdale celebrates after securing bus service

  02-10-2017 02:00 via strayfm.com
  Other News Sources - Nidderdale's winter Sunday bus service is back on the road, thanks to businesses and community organisations.
  
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• UK's Monarch Airlines goes into administration

  02-10-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Collapse leaves 110,000 customers stranded overseas and 300,000 bookings cancelled
  
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• Uber's path to win back London - data, fines and fees

  02-10-2017 02:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  Reuters News - (Reuters) - If history is a guide, Uber Technologies new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi is likely to dangle data sharing and a promise to pay fines and fees when he sits down with London officials to negotiate the ride service's future in one of its most important markets.
  
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• Trenitalia orders wheelchair lifts

  02-10-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - ITALY: Rolling stock components supplier Nabtesco Oclap has awarded the Caroil System subsidiary of...
  
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• Top stories from Britain and around the world - Monarch Airlines collapse sparks UK's biggest peacetime repatriation effort

  02-10-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo -Top stories from Britain and around the world
  
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• Ticket inspector on Bristol commuter line sorts out unruly teens by turning up at their school assembly

  02-10-2017 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Evening Post - A train ticket inspector faced with the daily nightmare of unruly teenagers on his line got them to behaveby turning up at their school assembly.
  
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• Theresa May defends rail electrification u-turn

  02-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The prime minister says train services could still be improved and insists she is listening to Wales on Brexit.
  
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• The stunning old railway station that didn't have a town

  02-10-2017 02:00 via nottinghampost.com
  Nottingham Evening Post - IT was once at the hub of a busy rail networkyet was situated in the middle of nowhere.
  
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• TfL Tube strike: Commuters braced for week of chaos as strikes hit Southern Rail and London Underground

  02-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Commuters are braced for a week of travel chaos with strike action taking place on the Tube and Southern Rail services.
  
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• South Western Railway wants YOUR opinion on its new timetable - here's your chance to share your demands

  02-10-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -Trains could be running from London Waterloo until 1am... after work drinks can continue for that little bit longer then!
  
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• Ryanair training pilots at Prestwick after huge recruitment drive

  02-10-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - RYANAIR is secretly training pilots at a Scottish airport to ease the staffing crisis that forced it to cancel 18,000 flights, according to reports.
  
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• Revealed - £2 million bus lane fines dished out - which cameras are most lethal?

  02-10-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -Over 90,000 drivers have been caught by city centre cameras since 2013
  
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• Rescue under way as Monarch Airlines collapses Subscription

  02-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - An unprecedented operation to bring 110,000 British holidaymakers back to the UK was launched today after Monarch Airlines collapsed.
  
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• Rail passengers caught in long delays after breakdowns on East Coast Mainline

  02-10-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press -Rail passengers in York were facing long delays today (Sunday, October 1) after problems on the East Coast Mainline.
  
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• Proposed HS2 depot site could threaten thousands of jobs

  02-10-2017 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - A landowner and property firm is urging the company behind HS2 to re-think where a rolling stock depot would be sited in Leeds in order to safeguard up to 6,800 future jobs.
  
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• Pride of Reading: Community minded bus company has raised £62,000 for charity

  02-10-2017 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  Reading Evening Post - Reading Buses has been nominated for the prestigious Business in Action gong at the Pride of Reading Awards
  
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• Police 'fail to probe' cyclist who hit gran in fatal crash

  02-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Peter Walker lost his 76-year-old wife Diana last year when Trevor Albery's racing bike struck her at speed on May 13 2016 in Pewsey, Wiltshire.
  
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• Philip Hammond announces £400m injection for northern transport ahead of Conservative conference speech

  02-10-2017 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - 'The investment will go towards ensuring HS2 infrastructure can link up with future Northern Powerhouse and Midlands rail projects,' the Chancellor said
  
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• New half-price bus, train and tram scheme for 18s and under

  02-10-2017 02:00 via coventryobserver.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A scheme giving apprentices and trainees aged 18 or under half price travel on the regions bus, train and tram network has been launched.
  
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• Monday briefing: Sky fallfirst the Ryanair debacle, now Monarch goes bust

  02-10-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Monarch Airlines cancels all flights
  
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• Monarch goes into administration leaving 110k people stranded

  02-10-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - The UKs biggest peacetime repatriation operation is under way to return 110,000 Monarch Airlines customers after the airline collapsed into administration.
  
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• Monarch flights cancelled as airline ceases trading

  02-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The government says 110,000 customers currently abroad will be flown back to UK on chartered planes.
  
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• Monarch Airlines goes into administration: 110,000 customers to be flown home in biggest ever operation of its kind in peacetime

  02-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Monarch tells customers: Do not go to the airport
  
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• Monarch Airlines flights cancelled as airline goes into administration

  02-10-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Civil Aviation Authority says it is taking action to get 110,000 people back to UK, while 300,000 future bookings have been cancelledMonarch Airlines has been placed into administration and all flights from the UK have been cancelled and will not be rescheduled, accountants KPMG said on Sunday night.
  
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• Monarch Airlines collapses into administration and tells customers to stay away from airports

  02-10-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Post -Passengers are urged to check a dedicated website for advice.
  
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• Monarch Airlines ceases operations, thousands stranded

  02-10-2017 02:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  Reuters News - (Reuters) - Britain's Monarch Airlines MONA.UL ceased operations on Monday, forcing the authorities to initiate their biggest-ever peacetime repatriation effort to bring back tens of thousands of travellers stranded overseas.
  
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• Merseyrail given London Underground makeover in ambitious new blueprint

  02-10-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Post - Designer wants more Mersey crossings and four new underground lines in Liverpool
  
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• London Train and Tube strikes set to cause a week of chaos

  02-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Commuters across the country are facing a week of disruption and misery as a result of rail strikes, as a dispute over working conditions on London Underground is set to cause chaos in the capital.
  
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• Little-known Bootle company that destroys aircraft carriers brings in £2 BILLION

  02-10-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo -European Metal Recycling is one of the biggest businesses in our region
  
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• Leeds bus users invited to feedback on new vehicles

  02-10-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - First Leeds is inviting customers to feedback on proposals for new vehicles coming into the city over the next few years.
  
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• Kabbee boss: Uber drivers in London should be capped

  02-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Kabbee chief executive Justin Peters called for a limit on the proportion of minicab drivers overseen by one company if Uber overturns a decision not to renew its operating licence.
  
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• Hammond to announce 'more money' for Northern Powerhouse rail

  02-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - An extra £300m to improve rail links will be announced by Philip Hammond at the Tory conference.
  
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• Fresh call to resurrect Perth-Edinburgh rail line

  02-10-2017 02:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Councillors will be asked next week to push for a resurrection of the old service, which was closed in 1970 to make way for the M90 motorway.
  
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• First new stretch of A9 dual carriageway opens

  02-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The new section of dual carriageway is part of a £3bn project to upgrade the road.
  
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• Embattled Ryanair 'poised to poach pilots from Monarch' after airline collapses into administration

  02-10-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror -Ryanair boss Michael OLeary could swoop on Monarch's roster of pilots to ease the pressure on his own beleaguered company
  
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• East Suffolk buses under the spotlight at next transport group meeting

  02-10-2017 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - The next meeting of the East Suffolk Travellers Association will put the areas rural bus operation under the spotlight.
  
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• Delta to offer free messaging on planes

  02-10-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Customers can access WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage
  
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• Conservatives announce £400 million for Northern Powerhouse road and rail

  02-10-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Transport improvements in the North to be announced in Chancellor Phillip Hammond's speech to Conservative conference
  
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• City Hall Tories say rise in bus collisions risks undermining Sadiq Khans road safety target

  02-10-2017 02:00 via mayorwatch.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Transport for London has reiterated it and Mayor Sadiq Khans commitment to reduce the number of people injured or killed in collisions involving buses, following criticisms by Conservatives at City Hall.
  
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• China turns Malaysias East Coast Rail Link into reality

  02-10-2017 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Ground has been broken on the massive $13bn East Coast Rail Link in Malaysia, a game-changing project which has the potential to connect previously underserved regions of the country and spur trade between its main shipping ports. The new railway w
  
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• Bus operators call for cash injection Subscription

  02-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Low-emission zone could sound the death knell for ageing fleets
  
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• Boeing 'unjustified' in Bombardier row

  02-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - James Brokenshire criticises Boeing over Bombardier trade dispute that threatens Belfast jobs.
  
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• Bitter divisions over Uber board spill into public

  02-10-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Kalanicks appointment of two new directors is highly unusual and disappointing
  
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• £300m rail scheme will benefit Leicester, chancellor says

  02-10-2017 02:00 via leicestermercury.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Chancellor Philip Hammond will today announce £400 million of funding for rail and roads - and Leicester is set to benefit from the cash.
  
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• 300,000 flights and holidays cancelled as Monarch Airlines ceases trading

  02-10-2017 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  Northern Echo -The UK's biggest peacetime repatriation operation is under way to return 110,000 Monarch Airlines customers after the airline collapsed into administration.
  
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