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  03-11-2017 21:22
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• Tell us how you are affected by the HS2 route

  03-11-2017 11:45
  We’d like to hear from you if you, your community or your business is affected by the planned route of HS2The HS2 rail link will affect many people in regions all along the proposed 140 mile route, with plans that could demolish properties and close businesses. Landscapes are also due to be indelibly altered by its proposed path, and we’d like to hear what the impact will be for you. Related: Living in the path of HS2: 'We don’t matter, do we?'Continue reading...
  
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• Workboat sank after Thames catamaran collision, report finds

  03-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The crew failed to warn other vessels before setting off, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch said.
  
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• Why a Finnish airline is weighing passengers before they board

  03-11-2017 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230;most other airlines, Finnair uses average weight estimates from the European Aviation mp;#8230;fuel estimations. mp;quot;Airlines know what the aircraft weighs, what the check-in mp;#8230;to the rules of International Air Transport Association, airlines are obliged to carry mp;#8230;
  
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• Where next for a rail investment plan in the north?

  03-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Lord Tony Berkeley, chair of the Rail Freight Group, analyses the potential impact of major government announcements regarding pan-north electrification and CP6 funding. In the last few months we have been subjected to a barrage of ministerial announcements about the railways in and around the...
  
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• 'What The Truck?' Calls for bridge heights to be properly displayed to stop HGVs smashing into them

  03-11-2017 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - We need HGV drivers and their employers to get on board with our initiative and make bridge strikes a thing of the past
  
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• Welsh ambulance staffing gaps left vehicles off the road

  03-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Welsh Ambulance Service has since
  
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• Watch ECHO confront staff at "rogue "flyparking" car park in city centre

  03-11-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Post - Drivers are being offered cheap rates - but the operation has no permission to be there
  
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• VW emissions scandal: owners lobby Transport Committee over Dieselgate emissions fix faults

  03-11-2017 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230; decision. However, speaking at the Transport Select Committee, Willis alsomp;#8230;owners and fund clean air projects. Back in Europemp;#8230;facing pressure from the EU Commission to put somethingmp;#8230; car maker including in Ireland. European consumer groups have alreadymp;#8230;
  
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• Volkswagen explores obtaining UK banking licence

  03-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Carmaker wants to carry on lending to motorists after Brexit
  
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• VIDEO: New ScotRail Class 385 runs from Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street

  03-11-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - First electric train runs from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street on newly-electrified route.
  
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• Unfair price rise of bus passes for children

  03-11-2017 01:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -A councillor has slammed a decision to raise the cost of bus passes for children by 33 per cent.
  
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• Train passengers heading to London face more disruption this month

  03-11-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -The work will also affect passengers attending Wales rugby games in Cardiff
  
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• The most important lessons the Navy has learned from two deadly collisions

  03-11-2017 01:00 via rss.cnn.com
  C.N.N. - Two recent Navy collisions show us that a
  
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• Taxi industry critical over council's Uber decision

  03-11-2017 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - UBER has been granted permission to operate in Brighton and Hove for a further six months.
  
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• Support grows for campaign to improve access at Needham Market train station

  03-11-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Parents of young children have shown their support for a campaign to improve access at Needham Market train station.
  
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• Southern Rail rejects RMT claim that staff failed to notice a woman had fallen onto tracks at East Croydon Station

  03-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -The RMT claims the driver and station staff failed to spot the "potential tragedy"
  
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• South Western strike: RMT Union walk-out will go ahead next week as talks with rail bosses break down

  03-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A strike by workers on South Western Railway will go ahead next week after talks to resolve a dispute over the role of guards broke down on Thursday.
  
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• Siemens and Alstom among five bidders for HS2 contract

  03-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Train groups will tender for £2.75bn high-speed rail contract in early 2018
  
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• See MP's urgent call to ban old bus and coach tyres after A3 horror crash which left three dead

  03-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -Buses and coaches could fail their MOT for having old tyres if the bill becomes law
  
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• Save your money: Scientists prove cycle commute beats gym

  03-11-2017 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  Green Miscellany - Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that inactive, overweight people can lose fat just as effectively by riding a bicycle to work as by paying to exercise at a gym. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen in a study that has just been published in the The post Save your money: Scientists prove cycle commute beats gym appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Runaway girl, 7, sneaks past airport security and boards plane without a ticket

  03-11-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph -
  
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• Road tax non-payment doubles after abolition of paper disc Subscription

  03-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The number of cars clamped since the abolition of the paper tax disc has doubled as drivers remain confused over the reform. Almost 106,000 vehicles were immobilised or impounded for non-payment of road tax last year.
  
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• Reduced rail service during latest day of strike action

  03-11-2017 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  Bolton News - NORTHERN Rail has published revised timetables that will operate during strike action next Wednesday.
  
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• Recalled cars banned from the road if not repaired Subscription

  03-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Cars subjected to safety recalls could be effectively banned from the road under plans outlined after the Vauxhall Zafira fire scandal.
  
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• Oxford to ban petrol and diesels - but county council doesn't have a single electric vehicle yet

  03-11-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - OXFORDSHIRE County Council owns no electric vehiclesdespite being at the forefront of a zero-emissions zone that could start in as little as three years.
  
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• One of Southampton's busiest bridges to close this weekend

  03-11-2017 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - WORK will begin this weekend on a multi-million scheme to save one of the citys busiest road bridges.
  
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• No room on the road for residents paying for parking permits

  03-11-2017 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Hundreds of fed-up residents are urging the council to put the brakes on the unfair parking permit scheme in Bedfords zones A and B.
  
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• No fine for gas work company despite seven-week overrun in Ipswichs Woodbridge Road

  03-11-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - A key Ipswich route which has been plagued by roadworks for nearly four months is finally set to reopen on Mondaybut the contractors still wont be fined, despite them overunning by almost seven weeks.
  
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• New Oxford-to-Henley bus service via Wallingford

  03-11-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - THAMES Travel has introduced a new bus route from Oxford to Henley-on-Thames, via Wallingford.
  
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• MP hopes for 'positive developments' in long running rail dispute

  03-11-2017 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  Northern Echo - TALKS will take place today in an attempt to avert yet more strike action on Northern rail services.
  
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• Metrolink: 25 years and counting

  03-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Danny Vaughan, head of Metrolink at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), celebrates the networkmp;rsquo;s 25-year anniversary, which comes packed with expansion promises to further improve connections in the region. In Metrolinkmp;rsquo;s Silver Jubilee year, I am proud to say that we now boast...
  
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• Major roadworks at York roundabout to improve cyclist and pedestrian safety

  03-11-2017 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press -MAJOR roadworks are planned at one of York's key roundabouts in a bid to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.
  
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• London calling! New TfL hire bikes come all the way from Warwickshire

  03-11-2017 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press -Stratford-based Pashley Cycles create new lightweight bikes with help from WMG engineers
  
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• HS2 train builder shortlist announced

  03-11-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Bidders stand chance at £2.75 billion contract
  
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• HS2: Five companies on shortlist to build the trains

  03-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The winner of the £2.75bn contract will build 54 high-speed trains.
  
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• HMS Dragon returns to foggy Portsmouth from Mediterranean

  03-11-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The 500ft destroyer had been on a routine port visit in Gibraltar last week, then met HMS Queen Elizabeth on her way back to England - before arriving in Portsmouth today.
  
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• Here's when you can FINALLY pay for the bus with your debit card in the West Midlands

  03-11-2017 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Contactless card payment is coming to National Express West Midlands services
  
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• Fresh blow for Clyde yards as Navy order set to go overseas

  03-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - SHIPBUILDING on the Clyde has been dealt a further blow after it was confirmed that three massive vessels for the Royal Navy could be built abroad.
  
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• Foreign bidders jostle for £2.8 billion HS2 train deal

  03-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A host of foreign firms will fight it out for a £2.75 billion deal to build superfast trains for High Speed 2, reigniting politically sensitive questions over where the trains will be built.
  
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• Five train-builders make shortlist for £2.75bn HS2 contract

  03-11-2017 01:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  Other News Sources - HS2 ltd, the company responsible for developing the UKs new high-speed rail network, has announced that five manufacturers are in the running to build the 225mph trains that will run on the new high-speed rail network. According to the firm, Alstom; Bombardier Transportation; Hitachi Rail Europe; Patentes Talgo S.L.U and Siemens will all be invitedThe post Five train-builders make shortlist for £2.75bn HS2 contract appeared first on The Engineer.
  
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• Five foreign firms in £3bn race to build HS2 trains

  03-11-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The £3bn contract contains no binding clause forcing the winning bidder to build the 225mph trains in Britain, even if they are designed abroad - as long as it boosts the British economy.
  
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• Five bidders shortlisted for HS2 trains contract

  03-11-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Alstom, Bombardier, Hitachi, Siemens and Talgo shortlisted to tender for £2.75 billion HS2 trains contract. Winner announced in 2019.
  
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• Ferrari on course for 1bn annual profit as supercar demand rises

  03-11-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Worldwide sales of Ferraris, Bentleys, Lamborghinis, McLarens and Rolls-Royces have risen 51 over the past five yearsFerrari is on course to rake in a record 1bn (£766m) profit this year as the worlds wealthy buy more supercars than ever before. Sergio Marchionne, the companys chief executive, said on Thursday that Ferraris adjusted profits for the first nine months of 2017 were up 24 and that the firm was on track to meet its target of 1bn annual profit two years ahead of t
  
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• Fake breath tests report prompts Garda watchdog call

  03-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The call is for more power for the Irish Policing Authority, as it identifies 400,000 more false breath tests.
  
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• Ex-soldier reveals terrifying moment pirates stormed his ship and took the crew hostage

  03-11-2017 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror -Jordan Wylie and the crew he was guarding were left with their lives hanging in the balance when seaborne bandits stormed their ship, but ex-marine Jordan managed to save the day by sending an SOS to the navy
  
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• Drivers complain of 'nightmare' traffic jams caused by roadworks

  03-11-2017 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  Bucks Free Press - Drivers have complained of nightmare traffic delays near a High Wycombe business park caused by roadworks dotted across the town.
  
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• Deals this week: Alstom, Cubic Transportation Systems, CAF

  03-11-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Alstom has secured a 45m ($52.2m) contract from Morocco-based Rabat-Sal transport company STRS to deliver 22 additional Citadis trams.
  
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• Cyclists may have to pay for spaces at Westgate Centre

  03-11-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -CYCLISTS may have to pay to use new bike spaces at the Westgate Centre once a secure hub is built.
  
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• Cycle company boss unveils Mobikes in Oxford

  03-11-2017 01:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - THE boss of the fourth bike hire company to launch in Oxford visited the city to officially unveil its models.
  
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