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• The literary life of voices from the dead | Brief letters

  24-10-2017 19:18
  The end of automobiles | Myanmar and Buddhism | Pilning footbridge | Conversations among the dead | Emmanuel Macron’s dogI sincerely hope John Harris is correct and “the age of the automobile” is indeed “drawing to a close” (Owning a car will soon be a thing of the past, 23 October). I have a driveway outside my home and in it there is a car. But I have never learned to drive; it is my wife who faces up to that bothersome chore. She occasionally loses patience with
  
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• Rail workers on five networks to strike over driver-only trains

  24-10-2017 15:38
  RMT members on Southern, South Western Railway and Greater Anglia, Merseyrail and Arriva Rail North to walk out on 8 NovemberWorkers at five railway operators are to strike in November in bitter disputes over the role of guards and driver-only operation of trains.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on Southern, South Western Railway and Greater Anglia will strike for 48 hours from 8 November, and for 24 hours on Merseyrail and Arriva Rail North on also on 8 November. Continue
  
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• Wrecclesham crash: Jeremy Hunt says it is time for change after string of A325 accidents

  24-10-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -Road safety was the main focus of a meeting called by local councillors following the death of mother Amy Harris
  
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• Works to improve safety at accident hotspot on the A605

  24-10-2017 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - Part of the A605 is to close over the weekend to allow for works to improve the safety of the road where there have been several fatalities this year.
  
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• Wizz Air UK: A Case Study In Brexit Scaremongering

  24-10-2017 02:00 via forbes.com
  Forbes - If the Brexit vote is such a disaster for UK aviation, why is eastern Europe's largest low-cost carrier setting up a London-based subsidiary?
  
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• What is the T-charge in London? When does the TfL payment come into force? Map, cost plus all you need to know

  24-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - The new T-Charge came into effect today as part of a plan by Mayor Sadiq Khan to tackle the scourge of toxic air pollution in London.
  
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• UK gives Sir John Franklin shipwrecks to Canada

  24-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The UK Government is giving the shipwrecks from Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to Canada. The UK will keep some artefacts on board.
  
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• Toyota to curb N. America production after quake

  24-10-2017 02:00 via washingtonpost.com
  Washington Post -TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest automaker, said Thursday it expects to halt production at some of its factories in North America due to shortages of parts from Japan following a devastating earthquake.
  
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• These trains are cancelled or will be operating a limited service on Tuesday

  24-10-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -Many others will have fewer carriages because of Storm Brian damage
  
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• These Self-Charging Car Batteries Could Revolutionise The Electric Car

  24-10-2017 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
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• There's A New Way To Figure Out Why Your Car Insurance Costs So Much

  24-10-2017 02:00 via forbes.com
  Forbes - Think of it like a credit score for your insurance.
  
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• Thameslink signalling breakthrough

  24-10-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -EXCLUSIVE: The new system of signalling for Thameslink through central London has moved to a crucial stage, with ERTMS Level 2 and its component ETCS now approved for most train movements except those carrying passengers. The first trials of the European Train Control System began in July, but until this week the system could only be used during watertight possessions. The next stage, which is probably the last key landmark before full activation, began early on Sunday morning, w
  
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• Tensions rise over new East Midlands franchise

  24-10-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Government consultation for next East Midlands rail franchise continues to divide business and community leaders at opposite ends of the Midland Main Line.
  
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• Teacher dies after being hit by lorry cycling in London

  24-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Former Metropolitan Police constable Claudia Manera, 51, suffered fatal injuries when she collided with a lorry as she cycled home through Ealing, west London.
  
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• Southend set for Flybe capacity boost

  24-10-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Partnership increasing seats by 80 per cent
  
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• Southeastern and Southern Christmas services affected by Thameslink project

  24-10-2017 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Anyone who's planning to travel to London around Christmas is being warned of disruption as work continues on a major project.
  
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• Singapore to freeze car numbers

  24-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The country cited land constraints and improved public transport as reasons for the cap.
  
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• Singapore slaps limit on the number of cars on its roads

  24-10-2017 02:00 via rss.cnn.com
  C.N.N. - Already a challenging place to buy a car, Singapore is stepping up efforts to reduce traffic on its congested streets.
  
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• Sales crash forces profit warning at Pendragon Subscription

  24-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Waning demand for new cars has sent shares in Britains biggest motor retailer crashing as Pendragon admitted that its profits had gone sharply into reverse.
  
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• Sadiq Khan plans to charge diesel drivers £24 a day in London Subscription

  24-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - More than 150,000 diesel car drivers face paying up to £24 a day for even the shortest journeys under plans by the mayor of London to tackle air pollution.
  
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• Ryanair puts off cabin bag rule changes amid raft of flight cancellations

  24-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Beleaguered budget airline Ryanair is delaying planned changes to its cabin bag policy, which will now come into effect early next year.
  
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• Ryanair pilots threaten strike for better pay and free snacks Subscription

  24-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Pilots at Ryanair have threatened to strike if there are not significant improvements to pay and conditions.
  
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• Rugby player and policeman help restrain 'drunk woman attacking passenger and crew on flight'

  24-10-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror -The TUI Manchester to Cancun flight was diverted to Canada and a 34-year-old British woman was detained by police on Sunday after pilots raised the alarm
  
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• RAF recruits cyber experts to probe planes' weaknesses

  24-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Queen visits HMS Sutherland to mark 20th anniversary of ship's commissioning

  24-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Protest against Heathrow Airport third runway will highlight number of extra flights if expansion goes ahead

  24-10-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Campaigners will join MPs from across London and Surrey on Wednesday (October 25)
  
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• Polluting diesel trains could derail Sturgeon travel pledge Subscription

  24-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Nicola Sturgeon has been warned that her high-profile pledge to make Scotland the first part of the UK to embrace electric travel will be undermined by the lack of any coherent plan to get rid of diesel trains.
  
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• PHOTOS: £20million scheme to save city's bridges from crumbling

  24-10-2017 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -A £20MILLION scheme to save two of Hampshires busiest road bridges from crumbling is set to get underway next month.
  
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• Peoples Ford chief issues warning to Chancellor

  24-10-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - The owner of one of Scotlands best-known car dealerships has warned Philip Hammond not to tie the industrys hands by announcing unrealistic emission targets or penalising motorists with increased taxes.
  
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• Pendragon: Market for new vehicles cannot get any bigger

  24-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Britain has reached peak car, according to Trevor Finn, the chief executive of Pendragon, who says so many people now own their own vehicle that the market for new cars simply cannot get any bigger.
  
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• Parking at Manchester Airport vs Leeds Bradford: one is among the most expensive, the other is the cheapest

  24-10-2017 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -One is among the priciest for picking up passengers while the other is free
  
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• Pagani Zonda: Extremely rare £1.5m supercar badly damaged in Sussex crash

  24-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - An extremely rare supercar worth £1.5million has been badly damaged after smashing into a road barrier in west Sussex.
  
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• 'One-off' £1.5m supercar damaged in crash at Tangmere

  24-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Police believe the Pagani Zonda had been in a convoy of supercars when it hit a crash barrier.
  
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• Old-fashioned forecourts and the end of the road Subscription

  24-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - What the internet is doing to the high street, online browsing for your next car is doing for the traditional forecourt. The car showroom as we know it may be dead within a generation.
  
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• New £5m government boost to improve Oxford's Botley Road

  24-10-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A PLAN to improve a busy route into Oxford for cyclists and people using public transport has got a £5m boost from the government.
  
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• New images reveal how Swansea could be transformed with cable cars, a luge and a zip wire

  24-10-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -Bosses of the company behind the plan have been in Swansea to talk about their ideas
  
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• New fleet of £500,000 zero-emission buses coming to Birmingham

  24-10-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -City Council receives major grant funding to trial pollution busting buses
  
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• New digital railcards could spell the end of paper versions

  24-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• New Abbey Wood station opens on schedule

  24-10-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Abbey Woodmp;rsquo;s new station building which will serve the Elizabeth Line in London and the south east has opened today. The station has been delivered by Network Rail as part of the Crossrail project to allow passengers using the Elizabeth line to travel from Abbey Wood to Paddington, central...
  
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• National Rail is offering commuters a new railcard on app

  24-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Train passengers could avoid hefty fines for forgetting their railcard as they will soon be available on smartphones.
  
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• MPs to scrutinise impact of Brexit on aviation in one-off evidence session

  24-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - MPs will hold a one-off session next week to consider Brexits impact on aviation, after the industry has called for certainty on flying rights when Britain leaves the European Union.
  
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• London's T-Charge for older cars: What you need to know

  24-10-2017 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  This is Money- How do you find out if your car is affected by the T-Charge? How do you pay it? Can you get a discount? And where in London does it apply? All of these questions and more are answered.
  
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• London's tech chief Theo Blackwell: Uber licence ruling is not an attack on innovation

  24-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan's new digital officer today promised to "leave the door open" to new technologies like drones and driverless cars operating in London's sky and streets.
  
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• London's new £10 T-charge from TfL hailed by Sadiq Khan as 'action now' on deadly pollution, but motorists angry at lack of signs

  24-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan today hailed the T-charge as "action now" to tackle London's toxic air scandal but risked angering motorists by not putting up signs telling them of the new levy.
  
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• London just introduced a 'T-Charge' for drivers - could Newcastle be next?

  24-10-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The charge is an attempt to deter motorists driving older, more-polluting vehicles, from using roads in Newcastle city centre
  
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• Lime Street is back in business

  24-10-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Liverpool Lime Street has reopened today after being largely closed to allow a 23-day Network Rail blockade. The work has been done to increase capacity, because peak demand at the largest station on Merseyside is expected to have doubled by 2043, with 40,000 passengers then arriving during a typical morning rush hour. During the closure, which was complete until 9 October when two platforms reopened for St Helens trains, some 2,000m of track was replaced, two new platforms were
  
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• JetBlue plane makes emergency landing in New York after bird strike

  24-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Intercity Expresses return to service on GWR

  24-10-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The new Hitachi Intercity Expresses withdrawn from public service last week after faults on the launch day are back on track and running well, said Great Western Railway. The company withdrew four 5-car Class 800 sets, which are running in pairs, after Wednesday night. Upgrades to software were carried out overnight, and the units concerned then ran under test on Thursday before being restored to their planned diagrams in passenger service on Friday morning. A spokesman for GWR s
  
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• HS2 preparation works ran £200m under budget, says DfT report

  24-10-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Spending on preparation for HS2 went over mp;pound;200m under budget, according to a report by the Department for Transport. The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 Expenditure Report, which details the total spending for the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017, states that there was a...
  
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• French police open manslaughter probe after British tourist killed in horrific boat crash

  24-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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