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• Cap on-the-day British intercity rail fares, campaigners urge

  02-02-2025 18:03
  
  Campaign for Better Transport says ‘fair fares’ are needed as system penalises people who cannot book aheadTransport campaigners have urged the government to cap walk-up rail fares after research showed almost half of British travellers avoid travelling by train because of the cost.The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) said 44% of survey respondents said train travel was too expensive, exceeding the proportion who said they found driving more convenient. Continue reading...
  
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• Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers

  02-02-2025 07:00
  
  Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the groundEven a nonexistent Heathrow third runway or HS2 northern leg have arguably done their bit for the economy: keeping a small army of planners, lawyers and lobbyists busy over years of tussle between the “builders and the blockers”, as Rachel Reeves has styled them.Now the blockers are, as the chancell
  
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• Washington DC crash preliminary data raises questions about aircrafts' altitude

  02-02-2025 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  
  EIN News Subscription - when an American Airlines flight carrying 64 passengers hit an armyshelf life for the data itself, according to NTSB recorders carried 25 hours of information, including about previous flights, to the website for European plane-maker Airbus. The chopper was
  
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• Washington DC crash: Data from plane's black boxes gives conflicting information on altitudes

  02-02-2025 01:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - Preliminary data from the Washington DC air collision that killed 67 people gives conflicting information about the altitudes of the plane and military helicopter at the time of the crash.
  
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• UK rules on car headlights could change as millions don't feel safe behind the wheel

  02-02-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - Almost one in 10 Brits say they find headlight glare so bad that they avoid driving at night altogether.
  
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• UK driving law changes could see millions warned rather than slapped with fines

  02-02-2025 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - RAC research indicates that more than a third of drivers (36 per cent) have made the mistake, with four in 10 of those who admit to inadvertently driving in a bus lane saying they have been caught on camera and asked to pay a fine
  
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• UK city's 'best' airport in major move that could bring budget flights

  02-02-2025 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  
  EIN News Subscription - mp;amp;amp;#8230;pave the way for more budget flights. London City Airport was named mp;amp;amp;#8230;covers large parts of mainland Europe.mp;amp;amp;quot; A spokesperson for easyJet mp;amp;amp;#8230;
  
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• Trump?s scapegoating threatens the entire basis of aviation safety subscrption

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - A long culture of learning, not blaming, has produced remarkable results. Now politicians are ruining it
  
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• Trump?s return will mean cheaper air fares, says Ryanair boss Michael O?Leary subscription

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The Ryanair boss believes that aircraft fuel will be cheaper and net-zero taxes have ?gone into reverse? under the new American president
  
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• Trump's scapegoating threatens the entire basis of aviation safety subscrption

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - A long culture of learning, not blaming, has produced remarkable results. Now politicians are ruining it
  
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• Trump's return will mean cheaper air fares, says Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary subscription

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The Ryanair boss believes that aircraft fuel will be cheaper and net-zero taxes have mp;#39;gone into reversemp;#39; under the new American president
  
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• Speeding 'significantly' reduced after limit change on Dorset road

  02-02-2025 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Delight as number of motorists exceeding speed limit on B3082 Blandford Road has dropped significantly due to a reduction of the speed limit.
  
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• Ryanair scraps new flight route to winter sun city… less than a year after launching

  02-02-2025 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  
  EIN News Subscription - after only a year The budget airline has hit out at the mp;amp;amp;#8230;for short-haul flights in Europe and 920 per cent for
  
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• Root for Reeves ? Labour?s green faction would cut growth to net zero subscription

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The chancellor?s ambitious announcements are a cause for cautious optimism, if infighting doesn?t stop them
  
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• Root for Reeves - Labour's green faction would cut growth to net zero subscription

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The chancellormp;#39;s ambitious announcements are a cause for cautious optimism, if infighting doesnmp;#39;t stop them
  
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• Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport

  02-02-2025 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  
  EIN News Subscription - mp;amp;amp;#8230;data supplied by the airport itself. mp;#147;Heathrow expansionmp;amp;amp;#8230; respected economic consultancies in Europe. We have worked for mp;amp;amp;#8230; the Civil Aviation Authority and airlines. mp;#147;They, and Heathrow,mp;amp;amp;#8230; amounts of land, endangering food security and biodiversity. mp;#147;Indeed,mp;amp;amp;#8230;
  
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• Reeves’s Heathrow expansion plans leave Labour’s green agenda grounded

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The chancellormp;#146;s apparent volte-face in backing a third runway has left many in her party disillusioned and led them to label it as an act of desperationIn 2020, Rachel Reeves, the MP for Leeds West and Pudsey, was clear why she opposed expansion of nearby Leeds Bradford airport. It would, she said, mp;#147;significantly increase air and noise pollutionmp;#148;, so on environmental grounds, it should not happen.By the autumn of 2021, as shadow chancellor, Reeves was the sen
  
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• Plan to make walking and cycling 'easier' and 'safer' in Oxfordshire town

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - People who live or travel in Chipping Norton have been invited to shape a plan to make walking and cycling in the town mp;quot;easiermp;quot;.
  
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• Philadelphia plane crash: Pilot, copilot and doctor among 7 killed in fiery accident

  02-02-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - The pilot of the doomed plane that crashed in Philadelphia killing 7 people including a young girl who had just received mp;quot;life-saving caremp;quot; have been identified
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon is wrong: we must know why ferries failed subscription

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Scotland?s ferry fiasco cost millions ? the former first minister?s refusal to explain the failures raises troubling questions
  
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• New rail link, big tech sector ? time to move to Milton Keynes? subscription

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The city straddling the Oxford-Cambridge corridor believes its forward-looking ethos will draw skilled people from both university cities
  
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• More police operations to tackle dangerous driving over next month

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - MORE mp;#147;days of actionmp;#148; to tackle dangerous and anti-social driving will take place in Bradford in the coming weeks.
  
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• More people are leaving the car at home thanks to Bee Network

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - The Bee Network is having a positive impact on the number of people opting to walk short journeys, rather than travel by car.
  
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• Man left critically injured after third airport incident in 3 days

  02-02-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - A 64-year-old driver of an Omp;#39;Hare International Airport aircraft tug was critically injured Saturday evening after his vehicle collided with an aircraft
  
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• Major road to close for seven weeks to improve walking and cycling facilities

  02-02-2025 01:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A major road will be closed for seven weeks starting later this month to improve facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
  
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• M4 road closures to cause disruption for drivers this week

  02-02-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - There will be eight M4 closures next week affecting many drivers
  
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• Long-awaited bypass linked to 1,260 homes is almost complete

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A long-awaited bypass, whichmp;nbsp;is linked to the provision of 1,260 new homes and 700 new jobs, is almost complete
  
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• Latin America’s biggest airline targets lift from region’s growth

  02-02-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - Latam Airlines aims to raise passenger numbers and margins in post-pandemic rebound
  
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• 'Justice needs to be done': Rail crash lessons learnt stalls

  02-02-2025 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - Victims affected by the Stonehaven rail tragedy say 'heads should have rolled' for happened what as it emerged more than half of the 'lessons learnt' recommendations of action demanded by investigators have still to be implemented, three years later.
  
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• Iconic steam train to take passengers through Hampshire's gorgeous countryside after huge restoration

  02-02-2025 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Get Surrey - The historic Hampshire-built train has been restored to its former glory
  
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• How can a new runway at Heathrow be good for the planet? Observer letters

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - A West End play reveals the way in which powerful vested interests brought about the demise of the climate protocolIn his review of the play Kyoto (mp;#147;The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage, but reality tells a different storymp;#148;, Focus), Robin McKie rightly points out that the world is failing dismally to effectively get a grip on the climate crisis.Richer countries that were part of the Kyoto bloc mp;#150; mostly European nations mp;#150; put in place extensive po
  
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• Hollywood actor delivers passionate speech at railway crossing protest

  02-02-2025 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Hollywood actor Edward Fox has called on Dorset MP Vicki Slade to mp;#39;go into battlemp;#39; as residents in Wareham protested against the closure of itsmp;nbsp;railway crossing
  
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• Helicopter involved in fatal Washington plane crash was on army training drill

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Secretary of defense says mission was for evacuating government officials in the event of a catastrophe or attackTop US officials have said the military helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River on Wednesday was on a training mission for evacuating members of government in the event of a catastrophe or attack.The US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, told Fox News that the helicopter was performing a mp;#147;continuity of governmentmp;#148; drill design
  
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• DVLA car tax warning as April changes may affect your vehicle

  02-02-2025 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  North Wales Live - Drivers of new petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles are set to face higher first-year tax rates
  
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• DC plane crash latest: Black Hawk helicopter was performing 'doomsday' training at the time of collision

  02-02-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - None of the 67 passengers and crew are believed to have survived
  
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• Cycle lane controversies as borough seeks 2,000 per cent rise in cycling by 2038

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A BOROUGH will need 2,000 per cent more people cycling by 2038 if it is to meet climate emission reduction targets, says a senior councillor.
  
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• Contactless train payment rollout continues

  02-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More rail stations in the South East have begun to allow passengers to pay contactless for tickets at barriers.
  
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• Car tax hikes coming in April that 75 of Britons are unaware of: Some drivers pummelled by £2,745 increase

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- We detail the three main updates to car tax that will hammer the wallets of the nationmp;#39;s drivers from 1 April 2025.
  
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• Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Rachel Reevesmp;#146;s s bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground Even a nonexistent Heathrow third runway or HS2 northern leg have arguably done their bit for the economy: keeping a small army of planners, lawyers and lobbyists busy over years of tussle between the mp;#147;builders and the blockersmp;#148;, as Rachel Reeves has styled them.Now the blocker
  
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• Bradford Council pays out over £1.5m over incidents involving its vehicles

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Bradford Council has paid out nearly mp;pound;1.5m since 2020 over incidents involving its vehicles.
  
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• Avanti West Coast passengers face severe disruption as rail strikes resume

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Sundaymp;#146;s stoppage to be worsened by engineering works, as dispute threatens to affect every weekend until JuneRail passengers face severe disruption on Sunday as Avanti West Coast train staff resume strike action that threatens to affect every weekend until June.The strikes, which were suspended for two weeks to allow for mp;#147;intensive talksmp;#148; between unions and the intercity rail operator, will be compounded by planned engineering works by Network Rail. Continue
  
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• Airport expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

  02-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, theremp;#146;s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has illuminated the mp;#147;fasten seat beltsmp;#148; sign. Not only have Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves run into severe turbulence over Heathrow, the flight deck deliberately steered the Labour plane into storm clouds. Thatmp;#146;s an interesting choi
  
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• Airport bosses: business rates hike puts third runway in jeopardy subscription

  02-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Heathrow has estimated that changes to the rates regime could land it with a ?300m annual bill ? a 50 per cent hike ? as the chancellor seeks expansion
  
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