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• Breakfast at Tiffany’s is off the menu for me because of its racial stereotyping | Letters

  20-11-2017 20:14
  Electric lorries | Mickey Rooney as Mr Yunioshi | Uber benchmark | Pre-latte days | Mispronouncing Italian | Theresa May’s church visitsDespite what Elon Musk says (Keep on trucking: a swipe at rail as Tesla unveils electric lorry, 18 November), there is still a crucial role for rail freight in transporting long-distance consumer and bulk traffic in a safer low-carbon way that reduces road congestion and road damage. Also, 136 lorry platoons already exist and are called freight trains. So,
  
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• Eurotunnel renamed Getlink in preparation for post-Brexit era

  20-11-2017 17:40
  Company says rebrand to ‘very Anglo-Saxon’ name is needed because it owns businesses beyond the Channel TunnelEurotunnel is preparing for the post-Brexit era with a corporate rebrand, with the company being renamed Getlink.The French company, which operates the Channel Tunnel, has chosen the admirably Anglo-Saxon name to “mark the group’s passage into an exciting new era for mobility infrastructures”. Related: Business Today: sign up for a morning shot of financial
  
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• Wizz Air has just announced big expansion plans for London and five new routes to Cyprus, Slovakia and Estonia

  20-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has this morning announced it is ramping up its presence at its London base in Luton, and unveiled five new routes spanning Cyprus, Slovakia and Estonia.
  
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• Transport Secretary ignores letter from North East MPs about the Tyne and Wear Metro

  20-11-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - It's been four months since 10 MPs wrote to the Government about the Tyne and Wear Metro but they still haven't had a reply
  
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• Theresa May unveils spending plan for research and transport connections

  20-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Theresa May will today visit the West Midlands to launch spending commitments for research and development, and transport links between cities.
  
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• Theresa May to pledge billions for research into new technology Subscription

  20-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Theresa May will commit the government today to a ten-year multibillion pound programme to reverse Britains underspending on technological innovation and make the economy fit for the future after Brexit.
  
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• Theresa May announces £250 million for major Midland Metro extension and more

  20-11-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - West Midlands will get £250 million for transport, including a major expansion of the Midland Metro from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill in the Black Country
  
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• Rival Heathrow expansion consortium upbeat as Government opens door to competition

  20-11-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - the Government looks to have given a rival bid to develop Heathrows third runway a lift after stating for the first time it welcomed competition in the construction of the nations airports.
  
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• Record boost to R&D and new transport fund to help build economy fit for the future

  20-11-2017 01:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - The UK will see its biggest ever increase in research and development investment and a new fund to transform transport connections within city regions across the country, the PM announced on Monday 20 November.
  
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• Passengers asked to get involved with latest designs for £17m Forster Square station revamp

  20-11-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - MEMBERS of the public will be asked how they would like a major £17m revamp of Bradford Forster Square station to look.
  
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• New lifeline for multi-million pound Glasgow Airport tram-train link

  20-11-2017 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  The Herald - FALTERING plans to connect Glasgow Airport to the rail network have received a major boost after the Transport Minister confirmed the scheme retains his full support.
  
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• Minister quizzed over rail contract

  20-11-2017 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - QUESTIONS have been raised over the decision by Arriva Trains Wales to drop out of bidding to continue to run rail services in south Wales from next year.
  
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• London buses to be powered by coffee

  20-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Oil extracted from the city's annual 200,000 tonnes of coffee waste is blended with diesel.
  
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• Kevin Maher: Putting numberplates on bikes what good would come of that? subscription

  20-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - I want to ride my bicycle, sang Freddie Mercury in the Queen hit Bicycle Race from 1978, a paean to the liberating joys of two-wheeled self-propelled travel.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson issues driverless cars warning amid budget plans to boost sector

  20-11-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -The Grand Tour host said he drove an autonomous car recently which twice over a distance of 50 miles made mistakes which could have killed him
  
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• If you're flying economy soon, DON'T watch this Airbus video

  20-11-2017 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Airbus has offered a glimpse inside the luxurious cabin of one of its private jets
  
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• If you travel between Slaithwaite and Marsden you need to read this!

  20-11-2017 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Public meeting to discuss changes to rail travel from May 2018
  
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• High-speed rail campaign "will continue" as key transport board is presented with confidential plans

  20-11-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - DRAFT proposals for a new high-speed rail line across the Pennines have been put to a key board of transport bosses.
  
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• Have Glasgow political tribes reached a truce on over airport rail link?

  20-11-2017 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  The Herald - So Scotlands transport minister has given his backing to the Glasgow Airport Access Project or GAAP. Well, kinda.
  
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• Hammond: Driverless cars will be on UK roads by 2021

  20-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The chancellor says the country must embrace new technologies in order to succeed.
  
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• Fears of £1.2bn bill for just 12 miles of dual carriageway

  20-11-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -That could make the next phase of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road widening project more expensive than the M4 relief road
  
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• Easyjet set to land profitable year as boss McCall disembarks

  20-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Easyjet boss Carolyn McCall will present her final results on Tuesday before bowing out and taking over as ITV chief executive.
  
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• Bus journeys drop as Scots change habits of a lifetime

  20-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - RISING car use, congestion, changing shopping habits and reduced government investment have all contributed to a six per cent decline in bus use in Scotland over the last four years, a new report has claimed.
  
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• Arriva bus strike and why an argument over 2p means it will continue into next month

  20-11-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - Union says pay offer is 'insulting' - but Arriva insists a deal is fair
  
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• 'Mr Smooth': Commuters hail 'Barry White of the DLR' for hilarious silky-voiced train announcements

  20-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A train announcer dubbed the "Barry White of London's transport network" has been delighting commuters with his silky voice and daily quips.
  
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• All-night service to begin on London Overground from December 15

  20-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - East London's night-time economy is set for a festive surge when London Overground launches a round-the-clock weekend service ahead of Christmas, it was revealed today.
  
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• Aerospace sector faces £1.5bn Brexit bill from customs checks, says leading MP committee

  20-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Brexit could cost Britains aerospace sector £1.5bn from increased customs checks, says a leading committee of MPs.
  
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