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• New HS2 fears as large crack opens up on land where train line will run

  15-10-2017 15:50
  Residents claim high-speed rail company has not taken West Yorkshire area’s coal mining legacy into accountResidents in West Yorkshire have raised concerns about plans to build the HS2 rail line through a former mining area, after an eight-metre-long crack opened up in the ground along the proposed route. Plans for the Yorkshire section of the high-speed train line were changed earlier this year, taking it to the east of Sheffield instead of through the Meadowhall shopping centre, on the c
  
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• Vince Cable accuses Network Rail and HS2 firm of being secretive

  15-10-2017 13:55
  Lib Dem leader says companies’ failure to publish up-to-date minutes of board meetings amounts to lack of transparencySir Vince Cable has accused Network Rail and the company behind the HS2 rail link of being secretive at a crucial time for transport infrastructure in Britain.The Liberal Democrat leader said a repeated failure to publish the minutes of board meetings amounted to “a growing lack of transparency” at both state-funded organisations. Related: Network Rail to get bu
  
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• Uninsured vehicle seizures by police up 50 in three years

  15-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The number of uninsured cars seized went from about 3,100 to 4,800 in three force areas in three years.
  
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• Uber takes a bet on hailing Corcoran Subscription

  15-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Breon Corcorans sudden exit from Paddy Power Betfair stunned the market in August. Corcoran was rapidly replaced as chief executive by Worldpay UKs Peter Jackson, to smooth investor jitters.
  
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• Trudeau and Trump discuss Bombardier

  15-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Canada's PM says he
  
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• Tricky questions put brakes on Uber rollout Subscription

  15-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The taxi-hailing app giant Uber has abandoned its plan to expand into at least nine cities and towns around Britain.
  
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• Transport Secretary to consider other schemes for A27

  15-10-2017 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - THE Transport Secretary has confirmed alternative schemes to upgrade part of the A27 will be explored.
  
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• Tesla fires hundreds of employees after performance review

  15-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Electric vehicle maker Tesla fired hundreds of employees this week following a performance review, according to reports.
  
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• St Helena finally opens 'the world's most useless airport'

  15-10-2017 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - The long line snaked through security in St Helenas new airport. The lady in front of me had large sewing scissors in her bag, while the man behind made all sorts of alarms go off. Despite the crowd, there was going to be no plane todayor, in fact, any commercial plane for months. Instead, the airport was filled with giddy locals learning how it feels to fly.
  
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• Passengers warned about new route for popular bus service

  15-10-2017 02:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  Other News Sources - It comes after The Sentinel revealed dozens of First Potteries bus routes would be axed.
  
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• MPs demand urgent funding for railways

  15-10-2017 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - POLITICIANS are calling on the Government to address the corrosive underfunding of the South East rail network.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn wants Uber to be replaced with a co-operative and workplace robots to be owned by workers

  15-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Jeremy Corbyn has said the next Labour government could push for so-called gig economy firms like Uber to be run as co-operatives and put robots in the hands of workers.
  
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• Hove MP backs campaign urging train bosses to tackle railway stations third class conditions

  15-10-2017 02:00 via brightonandhovenews.org
  Other News Sources - Campaigners are urging train operator Southern to stop treating people like third class passengers at Aldrington Station.
  
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• Go-Ahead submits plans to move bus depot from Stanley to Consett

  15-10-2017 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  Northern Echo - A BUS company has applied for permission to move its main depot to a new home.
  
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• Gatwick Express to pre-emptively cancel more than 30 services A DAY due to possible leaf fall

  15-10-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - More than 30 Gatwick Express services will be scrapped a day from Monday (October 16) due to fears tracks may be slippery due to leaf fall
  
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• Foster families across the country charged for free school transport

  15-10-2017 02:00 via schoolsweek.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Foster families around the country are being forced to pay for what should be free school transportbut councils will now be warned against the practice.
  
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• Forget 'horseshoe seats' here are five better ideas for public transport

  15-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Transport companies have made some unusual and unpopular decisions over the years. Just in London, we had the bendy buses, which tended to get stuck and catch fire; we somehow still have the Emirates Air Line cable car, which approximately four people have ever used; and we have the current green paint trial, which, as we have extensively covered, undercuts decades worth of painstakingly-accrued commuter skill.
  
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• First commercial flight lands on remote St Helena

  15-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Commercial jet lands for the first time on airstrip branded the
  
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• Eco-campaigners spread the word on new community bus

  15-10-2017 02:00 via brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A community environmental project has found a new homeon four wheels.
  
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• Brunel would balk at the Great Western rail upgrade fiasco Subscription

  15-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Billions over budget and often delayed, the Great Western upgrade is unlikely even to speed up journeys
  
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• Bombardier: Government 'should follow Canada'

  15-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Shadow secretary of state says government is not doing enough to resolve dispute, but DUP refutes claims.
  
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