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• Where will all the buses go, as stations vanish? | Letters

  13-08-2023 18:30
  
  Sylvia Argyle deplores the plans for Lewes bus station; Carol Hedges bemoans the disappearance of her serviceRe John Harris’s article (Where have all the buses gone? Their neglect is an English national failure, 6 August), not only do we need to know where all the buses have gone, we need to know why so many bus stations have disappeared. The closure of the bus station and its proposed demolition in Lewes, the largest town in the South Downs national park, is a case in point. The bus stati
  
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• You can fly to Spain and Portugal on last minute summer flights from Leeds Bradford Airport for less than £25

  13-08-2023 02:00 via leeds-live.co.uk
  
  Leeds Live - There are some cheap last minute deals from Leeds Bradford Airport that you can still snap up
  
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• Was French patrol boat at fault for Channel migrant drownings? MPs ask if dinghy was being escorted into British waters before tragedy that saw six die

  13-08-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - French warship the PSP Cormoran was escorting an overloaded small boat across the Channel to UK waters when it sank today, killing at least six migrants, it was claimed tonight.
  
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• US airlines ally with farmers to seek subsidies for corn as jet fuel

  13-08-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Aviation regarded as new market for refiners as electric vehicles endanger demand
  
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• Two bus lane cameras coming to Washington and Sunderland this weekend

  13-08-2023 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - CCTV cameras will come into force on two North East roads this weekend after over 740 warning notices were handed out during a 'trial period'.
  
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• Train strikes 2023: Everything you need to know about August and September rail industrial action

  13-08-2023 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - RMT and Aslef unions have been walking out and banning overtime intermittently for the last 14 months
  
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• Terror on the trains - violent attackers and nuisance yobs make passengers' lives hell

  13-08-2023 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Rise in offending on the railways in the West Midlands
  
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• St Ives A-road closed to traffic for three weeks while Cambridge Water carries out work

  13-08-2023 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - Traffic is being diverted along nearby roads while the closure is in place
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer junks pledge to role out clean air zones across UK after disastrous public response to Sadiq Khan's hated Ulez scheme in London

  13-08-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A statement declaring the Labour Party's support for the zones, that charge drivers based on their vehicles emissions, has been removed from their programme.
  
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• ScotRail pays tribute to Stonehaven crash victims on third anniversary

  13-08-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury all lost their lives when the train hit a landslide near Stonehaven on August 12, 2020.
  
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• Road in Warwick has been closed for 18 months after water main burst

  13-08-2023 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - A house could be demolished to reopen Priory Mews
  
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• REVEALED: Motorists pay up to £12 more to fill up their tanks at petrol stations that are less than three miles apart as Government faces mounting pressure to rein in rip-off fuel sellers

  13-08-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Huge discrepancies between petrol and diesel prices are exacerbating fears that motorists are being ripped off with ministers now considering a price-watch scheme.
  
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• France To Raise Airline Taxes To Invest $110 Million In Railways

  13-08-2023 02:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230; by increasing the tax on airline tickets. After its recent mp;#8230; over air travel to meet its environmental targets. The French transportmp;#8230;flying. It examined 112 European routes between major cities in mp;#8230;during the bailout of AirFrance during the pandemic andmp;#8230;
  
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• Fewer cars, more trees. Future of Loch Lomond national park

  13-08-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - Nearly four-fifths of visits to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park are made by car, but in the future getting to the wilds will be more about public transport.
  
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• Electric cars face speed bumps in the race to ban petrol engines by 2030 Subscription

  13-08-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Wayne Griffiths, boss of Seat and Cupra, tells Oliver Gill that a petrol ban is dogma until new green technology is fully in place
  
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• Earmark fuel duty money for pothole repairs - councils

  13-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - UK spending cuts on pothole repair are among the most severe out of 13 major nations, local councils say.
  
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• Discriminatory rules for Winchester taxis working against the disabled

  13-08-2023 02:00 via hampshirechronicle.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - THE law of unintended consequences. Our front page story this week ('Fewer cabs for disabled people') highlights the fact that new taxis on the streets of Winchester are less likely to be able to carry wheelchairs.
  
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• Dash cam users urged to avoid installing them incorrectly

  13-08-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Dash cam users should make sure they avoid blocking their view while driving to avoid a fine and penalty points.
  
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• Cruise ship's bow line snaps during Mediterranean cruise

  13-08-2023 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Queen Mary 2 broke free from her moorings after being battered by strong winds during a Mediterranean cruise.
  
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• Cruise driverless cars block San Francisco street after 'TEN' of the vehicles suffered Wi-Fi failures 'caused by music festival'

  13-08-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A controversial driverless car firm was blasted after around 10 of its autonomous vehicles broke down and blocked a San Francisco street.
  
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• Can this battery-swapping electric scooter help clean up cities? We take a ride

  13-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Across Asia, by far the most popular form of personal transport is the motor scooter.
  
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• Call for tougher traffic measures on Avondale Road, Shipley

  13-08-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A petition has been launched calling for tougher traffic measures on Avondale Road in Shipley.
  
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• Brighton ULEZ campaign group post fake pollution signs

  13-08-2023 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Fake road signs dubbing streets in Sussex a pollution zone have been erected by a climate campaign group.
  
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• Alex Bell: As HS2 hits a dead end, lets reroute rail projects up north Subscription

  13-08-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The train from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh is probably arriving soon. If not today, then definitely this week. Despite linking east to west and being a vital tourism connection, the train goes slowly.
  
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• Airlines can't add high-end seats fast enough as travelers treat themselves to first class

  13-08-2023 02:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  
  EIN News Subscription - mp;#8230;between the U.S. and Europe, down from nearly 81.9 mp;#8230;the pandemic, according to aviation data firm Cirium. Business-class seats mp;#8230;shower for first-class passengers on some aircraft. Singapore Airlines A380 first class mp;#8230;
  
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