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Reward over �1.1m rail arson attack
A �30,000 reward is offered after an arson attack caused widespread disruption to train services that cost Network Rail more than �1m.
Rail companies to be fined for late-running services
Ministers are introducing a penalty scheme to hold rail operators directly responsible and tackle companies who pass the blame
Channel ferries at risk from jihadi terror attack
Government sources admit they are concerned about security at ferry ports over fears that terrorists - thwarted by tightened airport security - will switch attention to shipping
Osborne pays out for 138 stealth jets (Subscription)
BRITAIN is to buy 138 stealth fighter jets in a £12bn deal that will treble the firepower of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers and put the country on a “full war footing” in the Middle East for a generation.
Gatwick Airport security breach as Mirror reporter stands unchallenged just YARDS from passenger plane
Just days after the Islamic State attacks in Paris, our investigators sailed through unmanned gates and close to a fuel truck
Sunday, 22 November 2015
BBC News
- Ice on roads warning passesA Met Office warning to commuters about difficult driving conditions due to ice on the roads across Wales passes.
- Snowfalls and ice as cold snap arrivesSnow has been falling in some parts of Scotland, England and Wales with some roads closed and drivers warned to take extra care.
The Guardian
- Three men arrested in London as armed police close roadClosure of Blackfriars Road disrupted travel on Saturday as men held on suspicion of theft of motor vehiclePolice stopped a stolen Belgian registered car and arrested three men, sparking a major security alert in central London on Saturday afternoon.Roads were closed and the area around Blackfriars Road evacuated as armed police, with helicopters, ambulances and a fire engine attended the scene. Continue reading...
- Uber is certainly slick, but it’s not ‘disruptive’Although lauded as a genuinely innovative platform, the car-hailing service is based on an idea that’s as old as eBayDisruption, says the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, is “a disrupted condition, disorder; a disrupted part; a rent; a tear” or “the action or an act of disrupting something”. In other words, bad news. Islamic State, for example, specialises in the disruption of orderly democratic life. Over in Silicon Valley, however, (and perhaps also in the hipster wastelands of Shoreditch), disruption is the holy grail of the tech industry. If you want a venture capitalist to get past the second s...
Daily Express
- Parents warned as 31 babies killed by car seats PARENTS were warned last night not to leave babies strapped in their car seats for long periods after it was revealed that 31 have died.
Daily Record
- Record View: It's time to sort out the laws on big vehicle drivers who take to the roads in an unfit state SHERIFF Kenneth Mitchell deserves credit for blasting the “woefully inadequate” laws around those who drive public vehicles.
Mail Online
- London police arrest 3 men in Belgian-registered BMW on Blackfriars Road Police have arrested three men in a Belgium-registered vehicle following a traffic stop in Central London this afternoon.
- Kenya traffic finally gets moving on jam which lasted THREE DAYS The affected route was on a key trade route for goods being imported from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa towards Nairobi and into east Africa. Drivers said they were stuck for 60 hours.
- VW says CO2 figures are probably wrong and offers to buy back vehicles� Volkswagen has issued a apology to customers about to take delivery of a new car, admitting its own CO2 and fuel-consumption figures are wrong but failing to say how the situation can be rectified.
This is Money
- How car dependent are you? One in four said they'd be anxious without a motor Being without a car would cost Britons an average of �540 extra a month and potentially have a real impact on their emotional state, according to new research from Direct Line.
Bristol Live
- EsmeAshcroft1 commented Seven best ways to de-ice your carThe warm autumn conditions have been replaced with arctic winds and the chance of sleety showers in Bristol this weekend.After weeks of temperatures in the mid-teens, the mercury could drop to 0 degrees on high and exposed areas in and around Bristol this evening. And, since it has been many months since the last frost, the Bristol Post has put together seven top tips on how to safely de-ice your car.1. The age-old advice is DO NOT pour boiling water on the windscreen. The sudden heat can make...
London Evening Standard
- Jaguar XJ 3.0 V6 Diesel Autobiography LWB: reviewIs the long-standing Jag getting long in the tooth, despite an upgrade?
- Zenos to gain Focus RS engineSports car maker preparing more powerful E10R
- Porsche 911 Carrera manual: reviewThe 911 for the working man proves there’s no need to stretch yourself for a more prestigious model
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- West Midlands motorists fail to pay at pump 22,000 timesMotorists have driven off from petrol stations in the West Midlands without paying more than 22,000 times in the past five years, latest figures reveal.
Sunderland Echo
- Road rage: Anger over poor turn out for driver survey which caused traffic hellThe news that just 14% of motorists responded to a traffic survey which caused rush-hour misery in Sunderland has created fury among Echo readers.
Other Regional Press
- Police warning as Vauxhall cars are being canabalised by criminal gangsCriminal gangs are targeting parked Vauxhall Corsas and stripping them for parts.
- New restrictions to solve parking issues NEW parking and waiting restrictions are set to come to a Hampshire village to solve car parking problems.
- Grimsby Telegraph published Where will the mobile speed camera van be this week, commencing...The mobile speed camera van operated by Safer Roads Humber will be at a number of locations in our area this coming week. On Tuesday, it will be on the A46 Weelsby Road, Grimsby and on Friday it will be on the A46 Laceby Road, Grimsby. Safer Roads Humber has fixed cameras located on the A46 Laceby bypass and average speed cameras are in operation on Peaks Parkway, Grimsby (40mph). Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
- Mystery over 101 call to Dorset Police... about a car crash in the USA DORSET Police received a 101 call reporting a road traffic collision this evening.... in the USA.
- What did the Romans do for us?: Roman road unearthed under Dorchester car park ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations at a building site in Dorchester have uncovered remnants of the main Roman road through the town.
- Police warning as Vauxhall cars are being canabalised by criminal gangsCriminal gangs are targeting parked Vauxhall Corsas and stripping them for parts.
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- MPs call for diesel cars scrappage scheme to tackle air pollution The government should consider a scrappage scheme for diesel cars to get polluting vehicles off the streets of England's cities, where they contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths every year, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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