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• Hell is other people who won’t wear headphones | Letters

  13-04-2025 17:55
  Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s piece about the loud use of phones on public transport with no consideration for othersIn response to the article by Adrian Chiles (Where have all the headphones gone on public transport? The noise is eating into my soul, 9 April), I sat next to a guy on a flight who watched the entirety of an explosion- and gunfire-filled action film on his phone with no headphones. We’d spoken a little pre-flight and at the time I realised that that was my best ch
  
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• It’s time to consign these giant SUVs to the rubbish heap of history

  13-04-2025 07:00
  The vehicles are not only too big and dangerous, they create a disproportionate amount of pollution that ends up in the oceanThe problem with SUVs (and EVs, which are also heavy vehicles) goes way further than your leader indicates (“SUVs are too big and too dangerous – their drivers should be made to pay”).Tyre and, to a lesser extent, brake degradation is related to the weight of the vehicle: not in a linear way, but to the square of the weight, so doubling the weight increas
  
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• Transport minister texted while driving double-decker bus at rush hour subscription

  13-04-2025 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill reported himself to the Met for using his phone while taking passengers on a charity tour in his Routemaster
  
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• The world's 'craziest city' where trains run through houses and maps are useless

  13-04-2025 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - The 'crazy city' even has lifts for cars to help navigate the confusing streets.
  
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• Rail minister reports himself to police after using phone while driving a bus

  13-04-2025 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Lord Peter Hendy apologises after being spotted texting behind wheel of vintage Routemaster in LondonThe rail minister, Lord Peter Hendy, has reported himself to the police after he was spotted using a mobile phone while driving a vintage Routemaster bus in London during a charity tour.The former Transport for London commissioner apologised for what has been described as an mp;#147;error of judgmentmp;#148; after a passenger saw him texting behind the wheel of the double-decker la
  
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• Rail minister admits using phone while driving vintage bus

  13-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Lord Hendy has apologised in full for the mp;quot;error of judgementmp;quot; and will reportedly accept the sanctions.
  
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• Rachel Reeves announces £20billion boost for UK exporters hit by Trump tariffs

  13-04-2025 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - Firms hammered by Donald Trumpmp;#39;s tariffs will get help to continue exporting across the world
  
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• Petition launched in support of controversial Portswood bus gate trial

  13-04-2025 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A petition has been launched to stop a controversial bus gate trial from being cut short due to backlash.
  
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• Parking banned on certain Leeds streets despite residents' fears over spaces

  13-04-2025 02:00 via leeds-live.co.uk
  
  Leeds Live - They say householders will be unable to park where they live
  
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• Parents' anger after 'gagging' over school transport 'mess'

  13-04-2025 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Campaigners have vowed to protest outside a key meeting on home-to-school transport amid claims parents have been mp;#39;gaggedmp;#39; from speaking at the event
  
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• Motorists could be fined up to £5,000 and nine points for being 'too careful' when driving

  13-04-2025 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Live - Drivers could be at risk of serious legal consequences for being too safe of a driver
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover unease 'in new world' of tariffs - what we know after big week for car marker

  13-04-2025 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - We digest a big week for the West Midlands car maker after it paused all shipments to the US in the fallout of Donald Trumpmp;#39;s automotive tariffs
  
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• Historic 130-year-old UK train station reopened after incredible new ?10m upgrade

  13-04-2025 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - Services began at the stop in 1885 and the building was showing its age
  
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• Government announces extra help for businesses hit by US tariffs

  13-04-2025 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The Chancellor said thousands of businesses would benefit from a move to expand UK Export Financemp;#146;s backing for firms by mp;pound;20 billion.
  
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• Full list of 20mph roads in Wales which could become 30mph

  13-04-2025 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Public consultations have been run by local authorities with hundreds of roads under consideration
  
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• Ford is handing thousands of drivers £0 fuel bills for 10,000 miles

  13-04-2025 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - EV motorists are set to benefit from home chargers, which will give motorists and road users as many as 10,000 free miles.
  
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• DVLA makes change to vehicle tax 'to make it easier for drivers'

  13-04-2025 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - The motoring agency is set to introduce a mp;amp;quot;quick and simplemp;amp;quot; change for road users who need to renew the tax.
  
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• Drivers warned over 'backwards step' new rule for petrol, diesel, EV motorists

  13-04-2025 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - New Vehicle Excise Duty rates came into force earlier this year, with fears that new charges could deter motorists from ditching combustible engines for EV models
  
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• Drivers warned of major road and lane closures in Wales today - Sunday, April 13

  13-04-2025 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - There could be a number of potential disruptions you should try to avoid this weekend - here are the details we know so far
  
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• Drivers urged to check seven-digit code which shows if they owe DVLA £150

  13-04-2025 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - The WeBuyAnyCar number plate checker lets drivers and motorists realise how much they owe the DVLA in car tax.
  
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• Chiltern Railways offering £20k grants to organisations on its network

  13-04-2025 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Chiltern Railways has launched its Community Investment Fund for 2025/26.
  
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• Charging prices 'a huge unknown' in watershed moment for electric car drivers

  13-04-2025 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - The responsibility for administering more than 3,000 public electric vehicle charge points across Scotland will no longer rest with the government agency set up 12 years ago
  
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• Call for action to stop people being 'trapped' at level crossing for 15 minutes

  13-04-2025 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - There are calls for a footbridge to be built overmp;nbsp;Worthing level crossing because pedestrians are sometimes having to wait more than 15 minutes.
  
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• Boarding passes and check-ins at airports could be axed in change to rules

  13-04-2025 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - New airport rules could see boarding passes and check-ins scrapped in what would be the biggest change to aviation in 50 years.
  
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• 'Don't film in these airport spots' as TikTok trend could spark serious trouble

  13-04-2025 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  North Wales Live - You could be fined, questioned by authorities or even blacklisted from some parts of the airport
  
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• ‘As an environmental scientist, I’m horrified’: Should supersonic passenger travel be making a comeback?

  13-04-2025 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Twenty years after Concorde was grounded, a new wave of mp;#145;quietmp;#146; supersonic aircraft are in development mp;#150; but not everyone welcomes the return of this costly, carbon-intensive technologyWhen I call Blake Scholl from New York, he says itmp;#146;s a shame we couldnmp;#146;t have met at his office in Colorado. If only there were a supersonic jet that could cruise at 1.7 times the speed of sound, and get me there two hours quicker than the typical JFK-to-Denver rou
  
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