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• BA shutdown caused by contractor who switched off power, reports claim

  02-06-2017 09:20
  
  Airline inquiry focuses on human error amid reports that contractor at a data centre inadvertently switched off the power knocking out BA’s computersAn investigation into the power outage that caused chaos for British Airways over the bank holiday weekend is likely to focus on human error rather than any equipment failure.
  A contractor doing maintenance work at a BA data centre is said to have inadvertently switched off the power supply, knocking out the airline’s computer systems, a
  
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• Wrexham journey highlights barriers faced by blind passengers using public transport

  16-10-2026 02:00 via herald.wales
  Other Regional Press - A walk between Wrexham bus station and railway station has been used to highlight the everyday barriers faced by blind and partially sighted people using public transport.
  
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• Work starts on final link of Birmingham Metro extension at HS2 Curzon Street site

  16-10-2026 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Work on the final link of Birmingham?s Eastside Metro extension has started at the HS2 Curzon Street station site, marking a milestone in the expansion of the region?s tram network.
  
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• Where are High Speed and Tram-trains?

  16-10-2026 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  Transportxtra - Rhodri Clark takes a closer look at the Government?s plans for rolling stock specification and acquisition under the new Great British Railways, and some apparent missing elements.
  
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• 'We want our pavements back': How introduction of floating bus stops has impacted blind people in Leeds

  16-10-2026 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The visually-impaired community in Leeds are campaigning to get their pavements back after the introduction of floating bus stops.
  
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• Updated national policy statement for ports

  16-10-2026 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Announces formally amended national policy statement for ports.
  
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• UK transport secretary: Heathrow expansion and climate goals can co-exist subscription

  16-10-2026 02:00 via flightglobal.com
  
  Times Online - Opposition party suggests delays could deter international investors as government weighs sustainability against growth.
  
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• UK transport secretary: Heathrow expansion and climate goals can co-exist

  16-10-2026 02:00 via flightglobal.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Opposition party suggests delays could deter international investors as government weighs sustainability against growth.
  
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• TfL needs more powers on driverless taxis - report

  16-10-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The London Assembly report says the technology risks increasing congestion and harming jobs.
  
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• Tesla Roadster 2: Elon Musk unveils a 'flying car' subscription

  16-10-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The founder had hinted that SpaceX thruster technology would feature on its long-awaited latest model, taking it from 0-60mph in under a second
  
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• Slough junction work set out as Network Rail prepares for Christmas blockade

  16-10-2026 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - The central crossover between the Main and Relief lines on the Great Western Main Line at Dolphin Junction will be removed in November ahead of a Christmas blockade.
  
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• Sites for 200 new e-scooter parking spots revealed in Bristol

  16-10-2026 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - Most of them will be new spaces and be on-street to stop pavement parking
  
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• Scotland's best city for public transport beats London thanks to 'secret weapon'

  16-10-2026 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - One Scottish city has been named among the best in the world for public transport, beating all other locations in the UK. Time Out has revealed the best cities across the globe when it comes to public transport services in 2026, according to locals.
  
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• Resonate to deliver traffic management capability across Scotland

  16-10-2026 02:00 via modernrailways.com
  Modern Railways - Resonate, the UK's leading provider of rail traffic management technology, is delighted to announce we?re partnering with Scotland?s Railway to extend the deployment of our traffic management solution, Luminate, across the entire Scottish rail network.
  
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• Record fines for motorist victims of car cloning

  16-10-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - A record number of drivers were hit with fines or penalty charges last year after their number plates were cloned by criminals.
  
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• Passengers journeys pass the 2m mark on the Northumberland Line

  16-10-2026 02:00 via northumberland.gov.uk
  Local Government - Passengers have now made more than 2,000,000 journeys on the Northumberland Line - less than two years after it opened.
  
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• New altitude-based priorities guidance draws criticism from AEF over noise pollution concerns

  16-10-2026 02:00 via aef.org.uk
  
  Aviation Industry- In August, as part of a tranche of policy updates related to airspace redesign, the Department of Transport announced that they would be changing advice around flight path planning in mp;amp;#8230;The post New altitude-based priorities guidance draws criticism from AEF over noise pollution concerns appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• MPs warn Lower Thames Crossing needs lorry service area

  16-10-2026 02:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Truckers will cause upset for neighbours of the Lower Thames Crossing if planners fail to build in a service station, MPs have been told.
  
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• More than two million use reopened railway

  16-10-2026 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews - Passengers have made more than 2,000,000 journeys on the Northumberland Line, less than two years after it opened.
  
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• Mixed response as direct Birmingham to Swindon route questioned

  16-10-2026 02:00 via swindonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Plans to restore a direct rail link between Swindon and Birmingham have sparked a lively debate on social media, with many residents welcoming the prospect of easier travel while others questioned ticket prices, the economic benefits and whether the project will ever become reality.
  
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• Minibus crashes into train at Channel Tunnel terminal subscription

  16-10-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Two people airlifted to hospital after vehicle carrying HGV drivers collides with Le Shuttle freight service near Calais
  
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• Luxembourg rail company CFL has spent €20,000 removing graffiti in 2026 as cases rise

  16-10-2026 02:00 via luxtimes.lu
  News from Europe - Luxembourgmp;#39;s state rail company CFL has spent mp;#128;20,000 removing graffiti so far this year, as the number of incidents reported on its trains more than tripled between 2023 and 2025.
  
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• Luxembourg rail company CFL has spent ?20,000 removing graffiti in 2026 as cases rise

  16-10-2026 02:00 via luxtimes.lu
  News from Europe - Luxembourg?s state rail company CFL has spent ?20,000 removing graffiti so far this year, as the number of incidents reported on its trains more than tripled between 2023 and 2025.
  
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• London's eight most interesting and surprising Tube stations subscription

  16-10-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - s Dickens was writing Martin Chuzzlewit and the prime minister was repealing the Corn Laws, a fella called Charles Pearson was reaching the conclusion that the answer to Londonmp;#39;s traffic-stricken streets was an underground railway. That railway opened two decades later in 1863. It was called the Metropolitan Railway and was the first of its kind in the world.
  
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• London Assembly Transport Committee Calls for Cap on Autonomous Vehicles

  16-10-2026 02:00 via futuretransport-news.com
  
  Other News Sources - A new report released by the London Assembly Transport Committee states that the Government should provide Transport for London (TfL) the necessary power to set a cap on the number of autonomous passenger vehicles operators can deploy in London when the full regulations are put in place under the Automated Vehicles Act in 2027.
  
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• Labour U-turns on M4 relief road and calls for new motorway

  16-10-2026 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Labour has now called on the new Plaid administration to build an "appropriate relief road"
  
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• Labour calls for M4 relief road, seven years after axing the plan

  16-10-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Seven years after the party axed the project, Labour says the Welsh government should build the road.
  
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• Home-to-school transport savings of £1m made as part of wider plan to reduce energy costs and improve environment

  16-10-2026 02:00 via staffordshire.gov.uk
  Local Government - More than mp;pound;1m in savings have been made by the county council through projects to reduce environmental impact, lower energy use and improve resource efficiency.
  
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• Home-to-school transport savings of ?1m made as part of wider plan to reduce energy costs and improve environment

  16-10-2026 02:00 via staffordshire.gov.uk
  Local Government - More than ?1m in savings have been made by the county council through projects to reduce environmental impact, lower energy use and improve resource efficiency.
  
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• Holyhead lorry parking chaos continues as £50m post-Brexit border post lies empty

  16-10-2026 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Lorry drivers and people living in Holyhead are facing a mp;#39;disgracefulmp;#39; situation after a truck stop was closed to make way for a post-Brexit border post
  
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