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AN INVESTIGATION has been ordered into how the secret pay-offs to the senior officials working on Edinburgh’s tram project were made without the approval of the city council.
£5bn masterlan from Keith Brown to keep Scotland’s trains on track
RADICAL fare cuts to fill empty seats and tough new targets so more trains arrive on time have been pledged in a new Scottish Government blueprint for the ScotRail franchise.
HS2 will go ahead - and it will be a thing of beauty, says Justine Greening
The Coalition's controversial new High Speed 2 rail line will go ahead and could eventually come to be seen as a
Swansea will benefit from electrification to Cardiff, says Theresa Villiers
Swansea will get all the benefits of electrification of the Great Western line even if it only goes as far as Cardiff, the UK Transport Minister insisted last night.
Friday, 22 June 2012
Mail Online
- The blow-up seatbelt: Invention that promises greater crash protection in rear car seatsThe blow-up belts, which combine the restraint of a seatbelt with the protective cushioning of an airbag, will be available from next year.
London Evening Standard
- London comes top¦ for traffic congestionOnly three European countries have worse rush-hour traffic congestion than the UK, according to new figures.
Manchester Evening News
- Manchester amongst the most congested cities in EuropeThe worst time to be on the roads in Greater Manchester is from 9am to 10am on a Tuesday, a survey has shown. That is when congestion is at its highest level, according to research by traffic information company INRIX, which last year bought Altrincham-based ITIS Holdings.
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- Diggers kick off work at Jaguar Land Rover siteWork at the £355 million Jaguar Land Rover engine plant in South Staffordshire was beginning today as diggers moved on site.
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