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Average rail fares will rise by 2.2% from 2 January, the rail industry has said, marking the lowest rise for five years.

A not-for-profit firm, and not private operators, could run Welsh train services from 2018, Transport Minister Edwina Hart has said.

Black cabs: is it the end of the road?Minicab mobile apps such as Uber are threatening to drive traditional taxis off the streets but, say Britain’s cabbies, it’s about more than simply getting people from A to BOne night a couple of years ago, on a black cab ride from Putney to Kentish Town, the driver told me he’d become a priest. Not an actual priest in a black frock, but certainly the sort who took confessions. Szymon (originally Polish) had been driving a cab for 27 years, always at night. He was nearing retirement age and though he’d made enough money from property development to mean he didn’t have to keep working any more,...

New Forest road safety campaign donkey killed by carThe foal's mother, Doll, is said to be mourning the loss of Jo-Jo and had to be

Motorists warned of five overnight closures of northbound M606 motorway DRIVERS who use the motorway network to get into Bradford are being warned of disruption due to upcoming roadworks.

Petrol retailers urged to cut prices on forecourts after world oil prices tumbleThere is scope to reduce petrol prices by more than 7p a litre and diesel by nearly 6p, according to the RAC.

Price comparison signs for motorway fuel to be trialledThe Department for Transport (DfT) will begin a trial of signs that will allow motorists to compare the price of fuel at motorway service stations. The scheme, which was announced as part of the chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement on December 3rd, will be piloted with signs at five service stations on the M5 between Bristol and Exeter, starting in early 2015. If the trial is successful, the signs are expected to be installed around the country by the end of 2015. An Office of Fair Trading report in 2013 found that fuel prices were significantly higher at motorway service sta...