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• Police name couple killed in Merseyside car crash

  18-12-2017 18:40
  Mike and Karen Young, both 37, died and their two children were seriously injured in collision in Haydock on SundayA couple killed in a car crash that left their two children seriously injured have been named by police. Mike and Karen Young, both 37, from Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan, died after the collision in Haydock, Merseyside, on Sunday evening.Continue reading...
  
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• Ryanair has recognised unions. Hell must have frozen over | Stefan Stern

  18-12-2017 13:21
  It’s a company built on contradictions: everyone moans about it and yet it’s one of the world’s biggest airlines. Something had to give“I don’t even know how there would be industrial action in Ryanair,” the company’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, observed at its annual general meeting in Dublin less than three months ago. “There isn’t a union.”There is now. In fact, not merely one union, but several pilots’ unions from
  
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• Revealed: the government email telling HS2 not to make extra £1.76m payouts

  18-12-2017 13:01
  Rail project’s chief was warned that making higher redundancy payments ‘would cause enormous reputational damage’A crucial email from government forbidding HS2 from handing an extra £1.76m to departing colleagues can be revealed by the Guardian – and it shows that HS2’s chief executive was warned that even proposing such payouts “would cause enormous reputational damage to the company”.Last week, MPs on the House of Commons public accounts committe
  
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• Two dead and two children injured in Merseyside car crash

  18-12-2017 10:30
  Man and woman killed in collision in Liverpool Road, Haydock, that left boy, 16, and girl, 12, with serious injuriesA man and a woman have died in a car crash in Merseyside that also left two children seriously injured.Merseyside police were called to the collision between a silver Volkswagen Golf and a red Vauxhall Corsa in Liverpool Road, Haydock, at about 7.20pm on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Worlds busiest airport in Atlanta comes to near-standstill

  18-12-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Power failure forces cancellation of more than 1,000 flights and strands travellers
  
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• 'Why we need more speed controls on cars'

  18-12-2017 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - Have you feared for your life? If you use almost any mode of transportation you probably have. Well, apart from trains. Trains appear to be completely immune from fear-inducing near-death experiences.
  
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• Virgin's new Azuma train makes test run to Highlands

  18-12-2017 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  The Herald - One of Virgin's new Azuma trains has travelled to the Highlands for the first time on a test run.
  
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• This is when Reading buses will be running over Christmas

  18-12-2017 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  Reading Evening Post -Make sure you're on time for everything this festive season by staying on top of Reading Buses Christmas timetable
  
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• The Yorkshire Post says: Environmental case should be tipping point for Government U-turn on Yorkshire rail scheme

  18-12-2017 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Much has already been made of the damage to commuters from the Governments decision to scrap a £500m upgrade of a key railway line between Yorkshire and London; now the environmental cost of the cancellation is becoming clear.
  
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• Streets where more people died after 20mph limit came in

  18-12-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - A report has blamed the increase on pedestrians being less diligent when crossing the roads because they think they are less dangerous.
  
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• 'Slap in the face for cyclists' as bikes banned from rush hour trains to Oxford

  18-12-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A RAIL company has been accused of slapping cyclists in the face after banning bikes from some trains into and out of Oxford.
  
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• "Shabby" bus stops across Dorset to get a makeover

  18-12-2017 01:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  Other News Sources - HUNDREDS of bus stops across Dorset are going to get a facelift.Dorset County Council is working with bus operators across the county to spruce up bus stops on its "core interurban routes".
  
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• 'Safer' 20mph zones led to rise in number of road deaths but too costly to reverse, council admits

  18-12-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Ryanair pilots suspend pre-Christmas strike

  18-12-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Impact, which represents the Irish-based pilots, said it will meet the airline's management on Tuesday evening for crunch talks, ahead of the planned strike this Wednesday, December 20.
  
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• Ryanair pilots SUSPEND pre-Christmas one-day strike

  18-12-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -Some 117 directly-employed Ryanair pilots are involved in the dispute
  
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• Ryanair pilots in Ireland suspend strike plans

  18-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Ryanair pilots in Ireland join other unions in Europe and suspend strike planned for Wednesday
  
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• Ryanair pilots in Ireland cancel strike action days ahead of Christmas

  18-12-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Ryanair pilots have suspended a planned strike which was set to take place just days before Christmas.
  
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• Rail commuters demand action to tackle chronic overcrowding

  18-12-2017 01:00 via edinburghnews.scotsman.com
  Edinburgh Evening News - FED-up with overcrowded trains, rail commuters across the Capital have demanded action to stop them feeling crammed in like sardines on a daily basis.
  
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• Newport taxi company to raise money for children's charity

  18-12-2017 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - DRAGON Taxis has pledged to raise a minimum of £75,000 over three years for a childrens charity as part of its drive to end child abuse in the UK.
  
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• New Virgin Azuma train makes test run to the Highlands

  18-12-2017 01:00 via eveningtelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The journey took it north of Edinburgh to Inverness on Friday, before travelling back to its depot in Doncaster on Saturday morning.
  
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• New rail service linking towns moves a step closer

  18-12-2017 01:00 via fleetwoodtoday.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Plans to establish a heritage rail link between Fleetwood and Poulton have been given a vital extra push along the tracks.
  
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• New Heathrow consultation tries to 'force parliament's hand'

  18-12-2017 01:00 via wandsworth.gov.uk
  Other News Sources - Councils say a decision by Heathrow bosses to press ahead with consulting on detailed expansion proposals at a time when there is growing evidence that the extra runway is unbuildable is a desperate attempt to force Parliaments hand.
  
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• Network Rail will wrap up Christmas presents for free at London Waterloo station

  18-12-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Last minute London shoppers are being given the chance to make Christmas slightly less stressful, with Network Rail offering to wrap presents for free this coming week.
  
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• Ministers criticised over scrapping of electrification schemes

  18-12-2017 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Transport ministers are facing fresh criticism over their decision to scrap rail electrification schemes in the region after figures revealed the scale of the environmental benefits that the upgrade was expected to generate.
  
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• Mea Culpa: A meltdown in the snow and ice at Heathrow

  18-12-2017 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - A superheated metaphor and other (alleged) glitches in this weeks Independent
  
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• Manchester Airport passenger figures rise highest in UK

  18-12-2017 01:00 via knutsfordguardian.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - MANCHESTER Airport added more passengers than any other UK airport between April and September, with an additional 1.27 million compared to 1.25 million at both Gatwick and Heathrow.
  
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• Manchester Airport evacuated after 'false alarm'

  18-12-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Post -Incidentwas believed to have been caused by a passenger accidentally knocking an alarm panel
  
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• Japan raids firms over alleged maglev bid-rigging

  18-12-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Tokyo prosecutors Monday raided two major construction firms over suspicions they colluded to secure contracts for Japan's multi-billion-dollar maglev project that will see trains running at 500 kilometres (310 miles) per hour.
  
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• How to avoid chaos on the roads next Friday as commuter traffic clashes with Christmas getaway

  18-12-2017 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -RAC says this will be the worst day on the roads this Christmas
  
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• Heathrow cuts back its expansion to £14bn, with a mini Terminal 5 Subscription

  18-12-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Heathrow is planning to build a mini version of Terminal 5 as part of slimmed-down proposals to expand Europes biggest airport.
  
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• Government admits HS2 demolition comparisons between Meadowhall and M18 routes were incorrect

  18-12-2017 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A comparison of housing demolition figures used to help justify changing the HS2 route through South Yorkshire was wrong by at least 40 per cent, the Government has admitted.
  
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• Funicular railway: Switzerland launches world's steepest service

  18-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The world's steepest funicular railway has opened in Switzerland.
  
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• Drop in rail users blamed on unreliable train service

  18-12-2017 01:00 via highland-news.co.uk
  Other News Sources - THE number of passengers using the ScotRail train service between Inverness and Wick has fallen in the past year.The figures from the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) show there were 56,864 fewer bottoms on seats on the line where 1.6 million tickets were sold this year.
  
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• Consultation on new flight paths plan to launch next month

  18-12-2017 01:00 via windsorobserver.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Heathrow is launching a major consultation as it prepares to embark on the biggest reorganisation of its airspace since 1946.
  
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• Bid to save essential bus route after Hampshire County Council cuts puts its future in doubt

  18-12-2017 01:00 via basingstokegazette.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - CAMPAIGNERS are fighting to save a vital bus service after scything budget cuts have put its future in doubt.
  
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• Airlines are struggling to keep pace with rising passenger expectations as competition flies

  18-12-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Airlines are facing rising turbulence from sky-high customer expectations amid a tough competitive environment that has seen the likes of Monarch, Air Berlin and Alitalia run into trouble this year.
  
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• After travelling 300m miles in the last 15 years Virgin's Pendolinos are getting a facelift - this is how

  18-12-2017 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News -Trains given a break from the Manchester-London West Coast Mainline for an overhaul
  
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