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Thousands of bus drivers in London will go on 24-hour strike next Friday, in a dispute over pay during the Olympics, the Unite union has announces.

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HS2 is still “the only option” if the UK is to keep pace with other countries in Europe according to a Birmingham business leader.

Firms reap rewards from Newcastle to Dubai air link

BUSINESSES in the North East are reaping hundreds of millions of pounds of rewards from Emirates’ Newcastle to Dubai link, new research claims.

Dock workers consider strike action over contract changes

TEESPORT is facing the threat of industrial action from workers, despite winning a contract to handle steel produced at Teesside™s rejuvenated blast furnace, it was claimed last night.

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  • OFT rules against Ryanair on Aer Lingus stake(Reuters) - Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on Friday ruled that Ryanair's ownership of a minority stake in Irish rival Aer Lingus threatened competition in the British market and asked the Competition Commission to consider sanctions.

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  • 60mph rail crash caused by vandalsVandals placed a metre-long lump of metal on a railway track in a deliberate attempt to damage or derail a London commuter train, police said today.

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  • Bike rides to aid cancer charityA YORK man is planning a series of fundraising events to raise money for a men™s charity starting with a coast-to-coast bike ride from Edinburgh this weekend.

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  • Danish electrification tenders next month DENMARK: Banedanmark expects to begin tendering in July for up to 512 track-km of 25 kV 50 Hz electrification, CEO Jesper Hansen told the UNIFE General Assembly in Kobenhavn on June 14. Four separate projects are under development as part of the government's strategy to prepare the network for a doubling of passenger traffic within 20 years. Hansen said the infrastructure manager was currently considering whether these should be tendered as a single package to benefit from potential economies of scale. Top priority is the line from Lunderskov to Esbjerg, totalling 114 km, where electrificatio...
  • Wabtec buys Mors Smitt for US$88m MORS SMITT: On June 15 Wabtec Corp announced the US$88m acquisition of Mors Smitt Holding from investment company Eurazeo PME. Mors Smitt produces relays, measurement devices and controls for rolling stock, signalling and industrial applications. It has operations in the Netherlands, UK, USA, France and China, with 350 employees and annual sales of $60m. Wabtec expects the transaction to be accretive in the first year. 'Mors Smitt provides a variety of safety-critical components and will be a strategic complement to our existing rail and industrial product lines,' said Wabtec President & ...

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  • Airbus A380 Wing Cracks: Who Is Paying?The wing crack issue that has plagued the Airbus A380 over recent months is going to cost millions of dollars to correct, but who is actually responsible for the repair costs?
  • Flying an 80-Year-Old PlaneDo you hold on to your old issues of A ir & Space magazine? If so, dig out the September 2003 issue and take a look at the cover.

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  • Staying the right way upTitanic sank on an even keel, yet 100 years later we are designing cruiseships that will roll over if they are holed

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