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• Carillion lenders consider appeal to save firm from collapse

  14-01-2018 23:19
  Despite late rescue bid, administrators prepare to take action, prompting fears for 43,000 jobs, major projects and crucial public services Construction firm Carillion is hoping for an eleventh-hour rescue to save it from the brink of collapse, amid fears for the future of a host of major government projects and day-to-day services, from schools to hospitals, prisons and the army.The Cabinet Office hosted emergency talks on Sunday aimed at mapping out a future for a company that employs 43,000 p
  
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• Carillion on the brink as UK government prepares for firm's collapse

  14-01-2018 20:21
  Administrators drafted in prompting fears for 43,000 jobs, major projects and crucial public services as last-ditch talks end without dealConstruction firm Carillion is on the brink of collapse, raising fears for the future of a host of major government projects and day-to-day services, from schools to hospitals, prisons and the army.The Cabinet Office hosted emergency talks on Sunday aimed at mapping out a future for a company that employs 43,000 people – including nearly 20,000 in the UK
  
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• The £60bn transport revolution: Northern Powerhouse begins this week when dossier is published

  14-01-2018 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -The Northern Powerhouse is about turning the North into something like one giant city, according to George Osborne
  
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• ScotRail drafts in troubleshooter after failing to hit target

  14-01-2018 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - ScotRail has drafted in a former rail chief to improve punctuality after it failed to hit a target last month despite an improvement plan being in force for more than a year.
  
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• Readers react to columnists suggestion free over 60 bus pass not needed for all

  14-01-2018 01:00 via edinburghnews.scotsman.com
  Edinburgh Evening News - Columnist Susan Dalgety set the cat among the elderly pigeons when she wrote about not taking up her free bus pass after turning 60 . . .
  
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• Notts MP Tweets pictures of reopened train station following suspected arson attack

  14-01-2018 01:00 via nottstv.com
  Other News Sources - Nottingham South MP for Labour Lilian Greenwood has Tweeted pictures of what the train station looks like following the suspected arson attack.
  
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• Nottingham train station is fully open (but engineering works mean some services aren't running)

  14-01-2018 01:00 via nottinghampost.com
  Nottingham Evening Post - All platforms are open at the station
  
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• Nottingham train station fire: This is how it looks inside the building

  14-01-2018 01:00 via nottinghampost.com
  Northants Evening Telegraph - Part of the inside of the building remains cordoned off
  
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• Nottingham station fire: five platforms reopen as police investigate possible arson

  14-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - A huge fire which caused substantial damage to Nottingham railway station and required more than 60 firefighters to bring under control is being treated as arson.
  
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• New Glasgow Queen Street Station building may be torn down

  14-01-2018 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - A partially constructed building that forms part of Scotlands biggest rail project faces being torn down in an extraordinary 11th-hour Scottish Government rethink.
  
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• MSP calls on CalMac and ScotRail to back Final Straw plastic campaign

  14-01-2018 01:00 via thenational.scot
  The National - A POLITICIAN has urged public bodies and companies to crack down on plastic straws and other single-use plastics to save the environment.
  
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• Ministers fear Carillion is set to crash Subscription

  14-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Ministers are braced for the potential collapse of Carillion, one of the governments biggest suppliers, and fear that it could fold within days.
  
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• Main Caerphilly road shut as part of £5m improvement

  14-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The weekend closure is part of a £5m improvement at one of the area's busiest roundabouts.
  
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• London's low-emission bus zones hailed for 'improving toxic air levels overnight'

  14-01-2018 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Low-emission bus zones on some of London's most polluted high streets have been praised for leading to an "overnight improvement" for toxic air levels.
  
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• Labour protests rail fare hike in Maidenhead High Street

  14-01-2018 01:00 via maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Rail campaigners have accused the Prime Minister of forgetting normal men and women due to the stress of Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Engineering giant GKN rejects £7bn takeover bid

  14-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The UK-based engineer whose technology is used by Airbus and Boeing says the offer undervalues the firm.
  
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• David Smith: Britain does infrastructure well lets build on that Subscription

  14-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Recently I was at a meeting at which someone was extolling the virtues of French infrastructureits railways, its (toll) motorways and an energy sector that is the largest net exporter of electricity in the world.
  
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• Carillion: 'Matter of days' to stop collapse

  14-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The government is in talks over the future of the firm, which builds schools, prisons and railways.
  
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• Carillion in last-ditch talks with Whitehall Subscription

  14-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Carillion is this weekend scrambling to stay afloat amid warnings that it could go under within days unless it secures a financial lifeline.
  
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• Carillion could crash into administration as early as Monday if the government doesn't back a rescue plan

  14-01-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Troubled construction firm Carillion could fall into administration as soon as Monday if the government does not back a rescue plan, according to reports.
  
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• Boats party trick attracts shipping fans to Fife coast

  14-01-2018 01:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The MV Blue Marlin has been docked off the coast of Burntisland to take collection of its latest cargo, the Rowan Gorilla VI oil rig.
  
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• BA owner IAG tells Heathrow: Sell Express rail link and focus on running airport Subscription

  14-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The owner of British Airways has demanded that Heathrow be forced to sell Britains most expensive train service and focus on running the airport instead.
  
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• Assaults, stabbings and anti-social behaviour: the grim reality of bus travel in Birmingham

  14-01-2018 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - We asked for your thoughts - good and bad - on bus travel across our region and THIS is how you responded
  
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• Adonis: SNP should nationalise ScotRail and East Coast line, and ban Souter from rail ownership

  14-01-2018 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  The Herald - FORMER UK transport secretary Lord Adonis has said that Holyrood could "effectively" nationalise ScotRail by adopting a system of strict state regulation.
  
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• A55 at Abergele set for noise reduction work

  14-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The scheme follows an announcement of similar work to be done on a stretch of the road in Gwynedd.
  
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• 13 photos showing how Liverpool John Lennon Airport used to look

  14-01-2018 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - These days Liverpool John Lennon Airport is a modern international airport dealing with five million passengers a yearbut when it first opened it was little more than converted farm buildings with a grass strip.
  
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