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Renationalise Scotland’s railways, demand unions
Scotland’s railways should be brought back into public ownership “lock stock and barrel”, unions leaders have demanded.
Sunday, 26 February 2017
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- Car buyers should have 'long, hard think' about dieselThe transport secretary suggests drivers should try to buy the least polluting vehicles possible.
The Scotsman
- Think twice before buying a diesel, transport minister warnsDrivers should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, the Transport Secretary has said.
Times Online
- Clean air report revs up debate on diesel priceThe government will come under pressure to raise diesel prices to match the cost of petrol in the next budget, after a new report revealed a dramatic shift to diesel cars over the past eight years.
- If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads [subscription]With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland über alles, and all that — although it is not German, but one of a clutch of Silicon Valley businesses whose mixture of audacity and nerdy brilliance have made them the most fashionable investments on the planet.
- That’s not fare! Cab drivers see red over English test from Mars [subscription]Minicab drivers are being asked to write or answer questions about life on Mars, the aurora borealis and snowboarding to prove they have a good enough grasp of the English language.
London Evening Standard
- Chris Grayling: Drivers should think long and hard before buying diesel carsDrivers should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, the Transport Secretary has said.
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