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High-speed train safety questioned
A SCOTTISH academic has claimed the HS2 high-speed railway plans may suffer track failure and derailments if trains are allowed to travel on it at speeds of 250mph.
Cycling: bright ideas from around the world recycled for a safer UK
David Cameron will hear radical ideas for making Britain’s cities safer for cyclists at a Downing Street conference tomorrow.
Northamptonshire MP Andrea Leadsom leading the battle for residents affected by HS2 rail link
MP ANDREA Leadsom has reassured homeowners left in limbo following the HS2 announcement that fighting for compensation is one of her top priorities.
Monday, 20 February 2012
The Herald
- Clyde crossing chaos for driversMOTORISTS will face six months of severe disruption on one of the main bridges across the Clyde as it undergoes a £6 million safety upgrade.
The Telegraph
- Campaigners call for motorists to be protected from "bridge bombers"Campaigners are calling for netting and CCTV to be installed to protect motorists from objects being thrown over motorway and trunk road bridges.
- Motorists hit by parking bay squeezeMotorists are being hit with fines for leaving their vehicles in spaces that are too small as cars get wider and councils try to squeeze as many parking bays as possible on streets across the country .
Daily Record
- Driving instructor teaches children as young as 12 in city car parkKIDS as young as 12 are being taught to drive in a city car park.
Mail Online
- How Britain's favourite cars have outgrown parking bays as average vehicle is now 2in wider than spaceFor the average British car is 2in wider than the Department for Transport's minimum width for a parking bay.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Leeds City Council ˜gas guzzler™ mileage rate faces the axeCouncil staff in Leeds could face a big cut in mileage expenses to help pay for park and ride schemes.
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