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• When the flight data software says no | Letters

  10-09-2023 19:33
  
  Martyn Thomas and David Griffiths on the air traffic control failure in August that led to more than 2,000 flight cancellationsFor a few years about 20 years ago, I advised the board of Nats, the air traffic control services provider, about software failures, including in NAS, its flight data processing system at that time (UK air traffic failure blamed on ‘extremely rare’ circumstances as CAA opens inquiry, 6 September). NAS was written in 1966 and had been heavily modified, but it
  
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• Welsh Conservatives planning to force a final vote on 20mph speed limit

  10-09-2023 02:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - The Welsh Conservatives have said they are planning to force another vote on the 20mph Wales speed limit.
  
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• Trams, or an underground? As Bristol weighs its public transport options, can it learn from across the Channel?

  10-09-2023 02:00 via thebristolcable.org
  
  Other Regional Press - Bristol is notorious for its congestion and poor public transport, and has been hit by a worsening bus crisis. As it looks to a new mass transit system to solve its problems, cities such as Rennes and Bordeaux can offer valuable lessons.
  
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• Towthorpe Road railway level crossing in York set to close

  10-09-2023 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - Towthorpe Road railway level crossing in Haxby, York is set to close while works are carried out.
  
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• Tourism: cruises remain in control despite local laments

  10-09-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Environmentally cleaner vessels and popularity with holidaymakers mean companies can push back against protests
  
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• The Greater Manchester town where too many feel 'trapped' - and the one thing that could change it

  10-09-2023 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - The guided busway service was credited with attracting more commuters to the borough of Wigan, the furthest of Greater Manchester's authorities from the centre, when it began running over six years ago. Cafes, bars and shops all benefitted from the increased connectivity.
  
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• Shipping industry legal action surges as Ukraine war drives emotive disputes

  10-09-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Falling profits and tension over Black Sea dangers behind rise in arbitration, lawyers say
  
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• Recycling and School transport issues lead to Tory claims that council is "barely" functioning

  10-09-2023 02:00 via brecon-radnor.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Powys Conservatives have attacked the ruling administration and claim that recent failures in school transport and recycling have angered residents who want a Council Tax refund.
  
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• Rated: the four new airlines with transatlantic flights from £170. subscription

  10-09-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Low-cost long-haul travel is still a pipedream for passengers and carriers alike. Can these start-ups crack the trans-Atlantic market?
  
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• Pro-cycling MPs want stiffer penalties for SUV drivers. subscription

  10-09-2023 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - A report by APPGCW argues that driving the biggest vehicles should be seen as an 'aggravating factor' during sentencing for road offences
  
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• North Wales firm reverses decision to pull school and public bus services

  10-09-2023 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Townlynx says services will now continue in Flintshire
  
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• NI rail: Is a bigger network coming down the track?

  10-09-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - After decades of disappearing lines and station closures, a new era for Northern Ireland's railway system appears to be edging closer.
  
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• New Brighton train station ranks in top 100 best performing across UK

  10-09-2023 02:00 via wirralglobe.co.uk
  
  Wirral Globe - NEW Brighton train station has been named one of the top 100 best-performing railway stations in the UK.
  
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• Llandovery, Llandeilo and Ammanford train stations among UK's worst

  10-09-2023 02:00 via southwalesguardian.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - THREE of Carmarthenshires railway stations rank in the bottom 100 for trains that are on time in the UK according to the latest research.
  
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• Has Network Rail got off lightly over train crash?

  10-09-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - It has been suggested that corporate manslaughter charges should be an option in similar cases in the future.
  
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• Harland and Wolff Belfast base to become "world's most modern shipyard"

  10-09-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - CEO John Wood said this year's Royal Navy contract and a raft of other contracts set the yard up for exciting times ahead
  
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• Full-size electric autonomous bus takes to the roads

  10-09-2023 02:00 via insidermedia.com
  
  Other News Sources - The UK's first fully electric, full-size single decker autonomous bus service is now operating between Didcot Parkway train station and Milton Park, Oxfordshire.
  
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• Free public transport promise

  10-09-2023 02:00 via theportugalnews.com
  
  News from Europe - This promise was conveyed by Mariana Vieira da Silva in a press conference, at the end of the Council of Ministers, after Antnio Costa, as secretary general of the PS, announced on Wednesday night, in vora, that from January next year, under 23 transport passes will become free for all children and young people up to the age of 23.
  
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• Flynn: Scope to go further after Network Rail fine should be explored

  10-09-2023 02:00 via news.stv.tv
  
  STV - Flynn, who represents Aberdeen South at Westminster, said people in the north-east were 'very shook' by the crash.
  
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• Extended platforms to allow longer trains in Saltaire

  10-09-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - PLATFORMS at Saltaire Rail Station will be extended by 45 metres to allow longer strains to stop at the station.
  
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• Elizabeth line tops list of train cancellations

  10-09-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The latest rail regulator figures show the UK's newest rail line had more cancellations than any other.
  
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• Drivers could face fines for going just 1mph over the speed limit. subscription

  10-09-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Politicians are calling for a zero-tolerance approach to make roads safer, but motoring groups say it isnt as simple as that
  
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• Cottam Parkway railway station is approved

  10-09-2023 02:00 via blogpreston.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A brand new railway station for suburban Preston is finally visible on the horizon after long-mooted plans were given the green light.
  
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• Controversial Edinburgh 'car free zone' dishes out nearly £100k in fines in two months

  10-09-2023 02:00 via edinburghlive.co.uk
  
  Edinburgh Evening News - The controversial bus gate on Manse Road has been the talking point of Corstorphine in recent months, with just shy of £100k being racked up in fines as a result of drivers entering the zone during peak times
  
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• Colchester Station Way cycle lane to become permanent

  10-09-2023 02:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - MONTH-long works on a busy Colchester road are set to start soon as a bus lane is turned into a permanent cycle route.
  
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• Bus gates just the beginning with war on motorists to bring Aberdeen roads revolution by 2030

  10-09-2023 02:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - Roads planners want big bike and bus lanes along every main road into the city centre.
  
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• Bristol City Council could oppose rail ticket office closures

  10-09-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A council could formally oppose the controversial closure of every railway ticket office in the region.
  Several councillors from Bristol City Council oppose the cull of booths at stations including Bristol Temple Meads, Bristol Parkway and Bath Spa.
  
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