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• A tunnel too far? Debate intensifies over need for Lower Thames Crossing

  17-06-2023 17:00
  
  The UK’s £9bn road project to relieve congestion on the M25 at Dartford is dividing communities and businesses‘They say it will ease traffic, but I can’t see it myself,” said Lyn Loines about Britain’s biggest road-building project, connecting north Kent with Essex via a huge, six-lane, 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames.Construction of the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will be on the doorstep of Loines’s house near Gravesend, blocking a view of g
  
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• York: Get Cycling nominated for Community Pride Award 2023

  17-06-2023 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - A York community organisation that helps all people - no matter how mobile they are - access cycles has been nominated for an award.
  
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• Warning of floods over weekend, with storms set to hit parts of UK

  17-06-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Some settlements may be cut off by flooding as warm, humid air causes storms to develop, says Met OfficeThunderstorms set to sweep across the UK this weekend could cause flash flooding, forecasters have warned.Parts of the UK could face train and bus delays and some communities may be cut off by flooding as warm, humid air causes storms to develop, the Met Office said. Continue reading...
  
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• Train drivers on £60k a year announce new rail strike: Avanti West Coast passengers will be hit

  17-06-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The announcementcomes just days after union barons at Aslef said train drivershave voted overwhelmingly to continue taking strike action for the next six months.
  
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• The Airbus cabin for the world's longest flight - including dedicated wellness zone

  17-06-2023 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Qantas has today unveiled the entire cabin design of its specially designed Airbus A350s that will fly direct from Sydney to New York and London
  
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• Spy plane to patrol English Channel round the clock to catch migrant smugglers

  17-06-2023 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - Joint venture to be launched despite French minister's claim Britain 'should be grateful' for France guarding its borders
  
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• Ship skeleton emerges on Abersoch beach a century after Pen Lln's very own 'Whisky Galore'

  17-06-2023 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Shifting sands revealed one of the many casualties of the peninsula's rich maritime past
  
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• Scottish fares increase lower than English rise

  17-06-2023 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -Fares on ScotRail will rise by 4.8 per cent on 3 July, having been frozen since January last year. The prices of season tickets and flexi-passes will not be going up, however. In addition, ScotRaiil, which was renationalised last year, is planning to abolish peak time fares for six months, in a pilot scheme. The unions and opposition politicians have criticised the increase.
  
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• Scots airports staff get more protection to combat rise in air rage

  17-06-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - Airport check-in staff are to get more protection from abusive passengers before the summer rush begins at Scotland's biggest airports.
  
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• Ryanair introduces bans for poor behaviour on Spanish flights

  17-06-2023 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Ryanair has said anyone flying to certain Spanish airports is now at risk of being banned over their behaviour in airports
  
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• Ryanair apologises for 'Tel Aviv in Palestine' flight row

  17-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passengers on a flight to Israel reacted angrily after a member of cabin crew made the announcement.
  
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• Ruffian 23: Portaferry-built yacht celebrates golden jubilee

  17-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Ruffian 23 is thrown a party by residents of its hometown to mark its gold jubilee.
  
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• Rolls-Royce to test engines which could one day compliment electric motors in flying taxis

  17-06-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Small gas turbines could add extra power to electrical vertical take-off taxis and commuter aircraft
  
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• Richard Branson: Virgin Galactic commercial space flights to start this month

  17-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - It comes just weeks after a separate space firm owned Sir Richard, Virgin Orbit, was shut down.
  
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• Railway watchdog to investigate food and drink prices Subscription

  17-06-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The price of food and drink at railway stations is to be investigated by the regulator to ensure consumers are getting a fair deal.
  
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• Rail regulator to investigate station food and drink prices

  17-06-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Office of Rail and Road to scrutinise the market after customers complain of prices far higher than on high streetThe price of railway station food and drink is to be investigated by the rail regulator amid reports that passengers are being charged much more than on the high street.The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said its intended to scrutinise the market, its structure and dynamic, and examine if it is working well after customers had complained that prices for food and beverag
  
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• Qantas just unveiled its all-new Airbus A350 cabin that will fly on the new world's longest flight come 2025 take a look

  17-06-2023 02:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230;Australia to Europe and New York nonstoprevolutionizing air travel as mp;#8230;conducted trial flights to assess passenger healthbefore, during, and mp;#8230;has since used the data to drive its cabinmp;#8230;longest flight, dethroning Singapore Airlines. Take a look atmp;#8230;
  
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• Newcastle Council says over 2,000 less vehicles are using Osbourne Road due to controversial Jesmond traffic measures

  17-06-2023 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - A new report released by Newcastle City Council shows the impact of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood since it was implemented in March
  
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• New £30m rail project gets government backing

  17-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Detailed planning work can now start on restoring rail passenger services to the town.
  
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• "Manchester needs more cycle lanes - and bigger ones"

  17-06-2023 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - This week's 'I Work in Town' features Neil, a bike shop worker
  
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• Major Wolverhampton road to get temporary traffic management as much-needed water works begin

  17-06-2023 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Severn Trent Water has warned that a major Wolverhampton road will be subject to hold-ups as crucial water works begin.
  
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• London-Sydney nonstop flights move a step closer as Qantas reveals anti-jet lag measures

  17-06-2023 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - 20-hour-plus trip will come with a high financial and environmental price tag
  
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• Landslide damaged road near Glencoe will take weeks to repair

  17-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Tonnes of mud and rock came down on the B863 near Glencoe on Monday during thunderstorms.
  
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• Heathrow head appointed MBE in King's Birthday Honours: 'My husband opened letter by mistake'

  17-06-2023 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Epsom's Kelly Stone's career spans 35 years and she said she could not believe she had received the "incredible honour"
  
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• Heat is on for rail station catering Subscription

  17-06-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Britains rail regulator has put caterers on notice to ensure consumers get a fair deal as it announced a market study of railway station catering.
  
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• Green shipping: mooted carbon tax set to make waves

  17-06-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Levy, coupled with generous US subsidies for renewables, could close the cost gap with bunker fuel
  
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• Flooding wreaks havoc across Glasgow with cars stuck and roads submerged

  17-06-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Downpours have battered parts of Scotland, leaving some roads submerged and drivers stranded.
  
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• 'Eyewatering' £620,000 taxpayer cost of 'ignored' ferry fiasco study

  17-06-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - MINISTERS have come under fire for spending £620,000 of public money on an 'ignored' study to find out if proceeding with the ferry fiasco vessels was value for money.
  
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• Environmental activists deflate tyres of 'gas guzzler' SUVs in Cambridge

  17-06-2023 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - Notes left on the vehicles appeared to attribute the action to The Tyre Extinguishers
  
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• Avanti West Coast drivers announce new strike date over sick pay row

  17-06-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Separately, drivers at LNER will refuse to work overtime from July 1 until further notice
  
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• £30 million project to restore rail services to Aldridge for the first time in nearly 60 years takes major step forward

  17-06-2023 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The £30 million project to restore rail services to Aldridge for the first time in nearly 60 years have taken a major step forward after securing Government backing.
  
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