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Veteran pilot tested to the limit of endurance on record-breaking solar-powered flight across the Pacific, on the eighth leg of round-the-world journeyA solar plane attempting the world’s first flight around the globe has landed in Hawaii, after breaking the record for the longest non-stop solo flight in history.Solar Impulse 2, piloted by the Swiss pilot André Borschberg, took off from Nagoya in Japan at 3am on Monday, for the five-day crossing of the Pacific Ocean, the riskiest leg of its journey. Continue reading...
Next week's Tube strike will be most chaotic for a decade
Prepare to dust down your bicycle, scooter or Segway – or at least get ready to cram on to an overcrowded bus.
BREAKING: Chaos as 150 migrants heading for Britain 'storm the Channel Tunnel'
BRITISH truckers have been forced into long queues on the motorway again after 150 migrants tried to storm the Channel Tunnel in a desperate bid to get into Britain.
Week-long rail strike set to bring fresh misery for London commuters
A week of rail strikes on some of London’s busiest commuter lines was ordered today by union chiefs.
Saturday, 04 July 2015
BBC News
- Stuck: Motorway stacks and migrantsRoad to nowhere: Operation Stack and Calais migrant camps
- New cameras catch over 1,200 driversMore than 1,200 drivers are caught in the first week of a new crackdown on illegal use of Belfast bus lanes, raising Ł50,000 in fines.
- 'Tension high' over car crash deathsA man charged with causing the deaths of two men in a two-car crash has been banned from entering a County Antrim town because
The Herald
- Days of misery for Channel Tunnel travels is overDays of misery have ended for lorry drivers who languished in miles of queues in southern England following strike action in France by ferry workers.
- New police advice for foreign drivers on Scottish single track roadsTourists who are not used to driving on Scotland's rural single track roads have been given new advice by police.
The Independent
- Cars and pedestrians don't mix well, concludes study into shared-space schemes Traffic and pedestrians should no longer be made to share street space, as the modern trend for removing kerbs and road surface markings has turned town centres into “dangerous Third World traffic free-for-alls”, a former Paralympian has warned after conducting a review.
Daily Express
- BREAKING: Chaos as 150 migrants heading for Britain 'storm the Channel Tunnel'BRITISH truckers have been forced into long queues on the motorway again after 150 migrants tried to storm the Channel Tunnel in a desperate bid to get into Britain.
Mail Online
- Haulage chief calls for French army to protect lorry drivers from Calais migrants UK Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett has called on the French and British governments to work together and even deploy troops to protect lorry drivers from migrants.
The Mirror
- Shocking footage shows boy racers ignoring bans to speed around roads near major airportPolice were called about the alarming scenes but were unable to attend because of other 'emergency incidents'
London Evening Standard
- London faces 'secret pollution' from refrigerated vans taking food to smaller stores London’s residential neighbourhoods are being choked by “secret pollution” emitted by trucks delivering chilled food to the new generation of local supermarket convenience stores, according to a report.
This Is Local London Network
- 'Life saving' crossing a 'great relief' for disabled workers Staff and disabled workers who feared for their lives getting to work have said it is a
Peterborough Telegraph
- Peterborough roads gritted after melting in the heatIf you thought you were melting in the record-breaking heat on Wednesday, then you were not the only one. As it turns out, Peterborough’s roads suffered just as much.
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- Calais chaos must end now, says FTACalais chaos must end now, says FTA “End this madness now,” is Freight Transport Association’s message to the French Government after ferry ...
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