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• How Isle of Man gives big refunds to super-rich on private jet imports

  06-11-2017 19:00
  Paradise Papers reveal some of the world’s wealthiest people use Manx customs to pay zero VAT on luxury planesThe Isle of Man government approved tax avoidance schemes that have refunded more than $1bn to the super-rich and to multinationals on the import of hundreds of private jets into Europe. The Paradise Papers reveal how Manx customs worked closely with the offshore law firm Appleby and the big four accounting firm EY, to approve schemes which have ultimately helped some of the world&
  
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• Slump in UK car sales deepens as industry records 12% fall

  06-11-2017 10:53
  Drop for seventh month in a row driven by 30% plunge in diesel vehicle sales amid growing confusion over government’s road fuel policyNew car sales have declined for the seventh month in a row, falling more than 12% in October as declining confidence among consumers and businesses continues to dampen the market. The figures show that the car market is on course for its first annual decline since 2011 and will continue to fall next year before stabilising in 2019, according to the Society o
  
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• Train derailment in south-west London causes delays

  06-11-2017 09:31
  Passenger sustains minor injuries as South Western train partially derails in Wimbledon areaA train has partially derailed in south-west London leaving one person with minor injuries and causing significant disruption. Emergency services attended the incident of a South Western Railway train early on Monday morning in the Wimbledon area near East Putney, National Rail said.Continue reading...
  
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• World's most unusual commutes: share your pictures and stories

  06-11-2017 08:30
  Swim, hike or kitesurf to work? We want to hear from readers around the world whose daily commute is out of the ordinary – share your stories and pictures via GuardianWitnessA strong coffee and a good book is, for many people, all that’s required to get through the journey to work. But for those who prefer to beat the rush hour by swimming, kitesurfing or paragliding to the office, the daily commute can be a little more demanding and a lot more fun.Do you avoid traffic jams and packe
  
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• Wimbledon derailment: South West Railway train derails sparking delays and cancellations across the capital

  06-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A derailed train close to Wimbledon Station added to a morning of travel woe for rush hour commuters, with delays on several major London transport routes.
  
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• Whitehall to overhaul rail network to bring strike-hit Southern into line Subscription

  06-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Mandarins are plotting the break-up of the biggest and most troubled rail franchise as they attempt to overhaul the network amid a backdrop of strikes and threatened renationalisation.
  
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• The positive impact of Dr Beeching

  06-11-2017 01:00 via morpethherald.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Railways were built for freight. When the first railways were built the promoters were astonished when people wanted to use them....
  
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• Taxpayers' Alliance calls for Treasury review into £56bn HS2 after raising fresh value for money concerns

  06-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - The TaxPayers' Alliance today called on the chancellor to urgently review the £56bn HS2 project, after raising fresh concerns over the project's value for money.
  
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• Stunning images reveal the shape of things to come for £500m rail station scheme in Leeds

  06-11-2017 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - These are the eye-catching images that give the clearest indication to date of the dizzying scale of the redevelopment planned for Leeds City Station.
  
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• Stansted Airport plans community feedback events to update on future growth plans

  06-11-2017 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - London Stansted Airport is to host a number of community feedback events in the coming weeks to update local residents about its revised proposals for future growth over the next decade within current flight and environmental limits.
  
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• Stansted Airport Meet the Buyers event beats records: £200m worth of contracts up for grabs

  06-11-2017 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - London Stansted Airport's 17th annual Meet the Buyers event welcomed nearly 300 businesses from across the East of England and London, all eager to showcase their products and services and potentially secure new business deals with some of the region's biggest organisations.
  
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• South Western Railway to rethink proposed cuts to train services following talks with MP

  06-11-2017 01:00 via basingstokegazette.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - AN MP has claimed a partial victory in a campaign against proposals to cut the number of trains serving two stations.
  
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• South West Railways train derails near Wimbledon

  06-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - London fire brigade says nine fire engines are currently in attendance near Wimbledon.
  
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• Smog brings death and destruction to Londons railways Subscription

  06-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - November is often a foggy month but conditions were far worse in the days of coal smoke, when fog turned into a foul smog so dense that cities could be brought to a standstill.
  
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• Shropshire rail franchise bidding 'must be more open'

  06-11-2017 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - A rail users' group has called for details of all bids for the Shropshire rail franchise to be published before a decision is made.
  
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• Roadworks on A82 to cause 55-mile diversion

  06-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - One of Scotland's busiest trunk roads is to close for 12 days for extensive maintenance work.
  
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• Revealed: North Wales' most crime-ridden railway station

  06-11-2017 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Crimes including assault, fraud and a sex offence against a child have been recorded by British Transport Police in recent years
  
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• Qatar Airways to buy stake in Cathay Pacific

  06-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Qatar Airways has announced it is taking an almost 10 stake in Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways.read more
  
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• Qatar Airways to buy 9.6 stake in Cathay Pacific

  06-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
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• Qatar Airways buys near 10 Cathay Pacific stake

  06-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The Middle Eastern airline will become the Hong Kong-based carrier's third largest shareholder.
  
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• Perfect storm of transport chaos as bus drivers AND rail staff prepare for walk-outs

  06-11-2017 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News -Staff from Arriva, First, Northern Rail and Merseyside will all walk out in November
  
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• Network Rails plans deemed robust by ORRs consultants

  06-11-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - NRs emerging plans to operate, maintain and renew the rail network between 2019 and 2024 are robust, according to independent risk and assurance experts.
  
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• More London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and Anfield link - Mersey rail vision revealed

  06-11-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - More London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and a rail link to Anfieldthese are just some of the ambitious goals in a new Merseyside rail plan.
  
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• Monarch collapse: Frank Field has more questions for the Pension Protection Fund over airline's ditched pension scheme

  06-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - The chair of the Work and Pensions Committee has written to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) raising further concerns over the circumstances surrounding the offloading of collapsed airline Monarch's pension fund back in 2014.
  
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• Minister 'positive' about prospects for new Torquay rail station

  06-11-2017 01:00 via devonlive.com
  Other News Sources - The prospects for the stalled Edginswell railway station on the edge of Torquay has been raised with the Rail Minister.
  
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• Man vs Train: New £20m Bear Grylls adventure park is directly in the path of a planned HS2 rail link

  06-11-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• London to be worst affected by Christmas rail shutdown as major routes close for repair works

  06-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - London will be the worst affected by a UK-wide railway shutdown as major routes close for repair works over the Christmas period.
  
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• 'Lazy and inconsiderate' taxi drivers under fire for causing railway station chaos

  06-11-2017 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  Bolton News - TAXI drivers have been labelled 'inconsiderate' and 'lazy' for causing traffic chaos outside a railway station.
  
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• Jonathan Edwards says Wales is 'being robbed of multi-billion pound investment'

  06-11-2017 01:00 via tivysideadvertiser.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - WALES should be grateful for investment in English railwaysthat was the message from the Secretary of State for Wales when responding to a question from Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards.
  
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• 'It's crazy' - residents fed up of queues at train barriers

  06-11-2017 01:00 via lincolnshirelive.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Residents and visitors to Lincoln are having to wait in huge queues to cross to the other side of the railway tracks as the footbridge is still out of use.
  
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• How Arriva wanted to develop Wales' railways (but were stopped by the UK Government)

  06-11-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Complaints grow about overcrowding on Arriva Trains Wales but way back in 2002 the firm proposed new trains and other improvements which were rejected by the UK Government
  
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• Government urged to plug insurance black hole over self-driving cars

  06-11-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Law needs updating to clarify who is blame for accidents, say insurers, as autonomous cars set to be allowed on British roads by 2021 Insurance laws will be overhauled to ensure all parties are covered in any accident involving autonomous vehicles, the government has said, in a move that paves the way for self-driving cars to be on UK roads by 2021.Questions over liability have been seen as a stumbling block in the development of autonomous vehicles. The issue is seen as being par
  
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• Glasgow eyes bus scrappage scheme Subscription

  06-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - While the UK government considers a targeted scrappage scheme to take polluting cars off the road, the SNP administration in Holyrood is being asked to look at doing the same with dirty buses to tackle air pollution.
  
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• Ford gears up to bring its Chariot commuter shuttle service to London

  06-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Ford's commuter shuttle bus network could soon be coming to the capital.
  
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• Ford applies to launch commuter minibus network in London

  06-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Chariot service would let commuters book seats on fixed routes
  
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• East Midlands Airport: joined-up approach to transport planning needed to boost potential

  06-11-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - In consultation for next franchise, East Midlands Airport calls for more trains to call at East Midlands Parkway.
  
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• Dividing lines between rich and poor on London's bus routes revealed in interactive map

  06-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A London data analyst has mapped the capitals most unequal bus routes showing how income varies along different lines.
  
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• Disabled passengers accuse bus firms of abandoning them on the kerb

  06-11-2017 01:00 via sundaypost.com
  Other Regional Press - WHEELCHAIR-BOUND passengers are being forced off buses and abandoned on the kerb by drivers, disabled people claim.
  
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• Department for Transport mulls split of Southern owner Govia Thameslink Railway after year of strike troubles

  06-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Department for Transport (DfT) officials are mulling splitting up strike-hit Southern rail owner Govia Thameslink Railway as they assess the best way to improve the network.
  
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• Cycling should become part of 'everyday life' according to new council strategy

  06-11-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - BRADFORD Council will set out ten priorities for how to make cycling a part of everyon's daily life in the coming years.
  
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• Council highways chief: Why the Strand revamp will work thanks to BUS changes

  06-11-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - Liverpools highways chief says cutting the Strand down to two lanes could CUT driving times through the cityand says changing the way buses move around the city centre will help.
  
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• Community rail stations of the future to be shaped by new blueprint for success

  06-11-2017 01:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Have your say on a new strategy to expand the community rail scheme across England and Wales.
  
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• Cardiff Airport security staff call for 'real living wage'

  06-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Campaigners say some staff in the coffee shop are paid more than those responsible for screening passengers.
  
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• £1bn boost for railways covering the West Midlands

  06-11-2017 01:00 via redditchstandard.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - THE leader of Redditch Borough Council hopes the town will benefit from a share of the near £1 billion investment from the new train company covering the West Midlands.
  
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