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• Farewell potholes? UK team invents self-healing road surface

  03-02-2025 07:00
  
  Researcher at Swansea University says tiny plant spores mixed into bitumen can extend surface lifespan by 30% For all motorists, but perhaps the Ferrari-collecting rocker Rod Stewart in particular, it will be music to the ears: researchers have developed a road surface that heals when it cracks, preventing potholes without a need for human intervention.The international team devised a self-healing bitumen that mends cracks as they form by fusing the asphalt back together. In laboratory tests, pi
  
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• We live next to Britain's busiest river crossing - traffic gridlock is making our lives a misery

  03-02-2025 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Plans for the ?10billion Lower Thames Crossing, a road tunnel project, have stalled yet again, sparking outrage in communities plagued by unrelenting congestion.
  
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• We live next to Britain's busiest river crossing - traffic gridlock is making our lives a misery

  03-02-2025 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Plans for the mp;pound;10billion Lower Thames Crossing, a road tunnel project, have stalled yet again, sparking outrage in communities plagued by unrelenting congestion.
  
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• We can do better than another tired Heathrow runway. subscription

  03-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - More capacity is needed at the airport, but another runway is a short-sighted solution
  
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• Transport bosses admit bus switchover issues

  03-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The return of buses to public control in Greater Manchester has seen some parents complain.
  
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• Trackless trams pilot due 'before end of the year'

  03-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to bring "trackless trams" to Teesside remain on schedule, the Tees Valley mayor has said.
  
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• Stop using the word ?passenger?, Network Rail tells staff subscription

  03-02-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Network Rail has told staff to stop using the word ?passengers?.The company that maintains Britain?s railways has issued new guidance to employees asking them to use less formal language in a bid to reduce customer frustration at train delays and cancellations.
  
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• Stop using the word 'passenger', Network Rail tells staff subscription

  03-02-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Network Rail has told staff to stop using the word passengersmp;#39;The company that maintains Britainmp;#39;s railways has issued new guidance to employees asking them to use less formal language in a bid to reduce customer frustration at train delays and cancellations.
  
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• Residents bemoan high city parking fees as council rake in over £1m in fines

  03-02-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Oxford businesses and councillors have complained about the lack of free or affordable parking spaces in the city centre.
  
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• Reeves on planes, trains and automobiles plus family-friendly and more competitive rail travel, S3 Ep8

  03-02-2025 01:00 via markwalkerg.podbean.com
  
  Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast - Christian and Mark analyse the speech from UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP and her proposals on London Heathrow Airport, the Lower Thames Crossing and East West Railway 1:42.Christian interviews Abi Taylor and Joe Thomas on the campaign for family-friendly trains in Great Britain 17:38 and Steve Montgomery, Managing Director of First Rail, on his companymp;#39;s ambitions to run more open access services 34:35.In his final thought, C
  
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• Pylons plan is 'an absolute disaster' - Farage

  03-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Nigel Farage said he supported plans to build a new lower Thames Crossing between Tilbury and Gravesend via a tunnel and new motorway style road.
  
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• Northern cancels meeting to discuss Blackburn train issues

  03-02-2025 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lancashire Telegraph - A council leader has revealed that rail operator Northern has, ironically, cancelled a meeting to discuss its frequent cancellation of trains to East Lancashire.
  
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• New lab space and trackless trams – the vision for Liverpool's £1bn Knowledge Quarter as it bids to attract science and tech firms to the city region

  03-02-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - mp;#39;If a customer grows and moves and expands and goes to somewhere else in the country, we lose them to Liverpoolmp;#39;
  
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• Network Rail tells staff to say 'pregnant person' not woman and stop saying 'passengers'

  03-02-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - A language handbook for Network Rail workers is instructing them to stop using the word mp;#39;passengermp;#39;, with the rather confusing aim of putting mp;#39;passengers firstmp;#39;
  
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• Network Rail is sorry to announce the word ?passenger? is cancelled subscription

  03-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Travellers held up by cancellations and delays will now be spoken to in ?everyday language?
  
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• Network Rail is sorry to announce the word 'passenger' is cancelled subscription

  03-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Travellers held up by cancellations and delays will now be spoken to in everyday language
  
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• London Heathrow's 3rd Runway Gets Government Greenlight: What Comes Next?

  03-02-2025 01:00 via simpleflying.com
  Aviation Industry- Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom (UK), which is the equivalent of a financial minister, has expressed that the current British government supports London Heathrow Airport?s (LHR) growth plans to add a third runway.
  
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• London Heathrow's 3rd Runway Gets Government Greenlight: What Comes Next?

  03-02-2025 01:00 via simpleflying.com
  Aviation Industry- Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom (UK), which is the equivalent of a financial minister, has expressed that the current British government supports London Heathrow Airportmp;#39;s (LHR) growth plans to add a third runway.
  
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• Labour needs to spend more

  03-02-2025 01:00 via newstatesman.com
  
  Other News Sources - Reeves's ideas are a fraction of what would be necessary to bring Britain?s infrastructure up to scratch
  
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• Is Aberdeen ?the perfect place? for a ?2 bus fare cap?

  03-02-2025 01:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - The city is being touted as the ideal location to test out the policy in SNP budget plans for the coming year.
  
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• Is Aberdeen 'the perfect place' for a £2 bus fare cap?

  03-02-2025 01:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - The city is being touted as the ideal location to test out the policy in SNP budget plans for the coming year.
  
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• HS2 put hopes on bootcamp to boost local jobs

  03-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - In order to boost jobs, HS2 sets up a bootcamp to get local people into the construction industry.
  
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• Heathrow's third runway and the other public transport projects that will reshape London by 2035

  03-02-2025 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Gatwick, too, has an expansion plan, and other schemes include a Bakerloo line extension and a larger terminal at Stansted
  
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• Heathrow expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

  03-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there?s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25
  
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• Bus discounts would hit disabled and young people

  03-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - People with disabilities and children look set to miss out if a council approves plans to cut bus fare discounts.
  
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• Bus company struggled to find engineers, say staff

  03-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A bus company hit by reliability issues has struggled to fill engineering roles which is contributing to delays and cancellations, according to staff.
  
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• £25m to be spent sorting Wales' potholes

  03-02-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The Welsh Government says the funding boost will see an extra 100km of the road network in Wales resurfaced
  
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• A4 Portway transport corridor project reaches next stage

  03-02-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - This step could help secure the multi-million funding needed to start building the scheme
  
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