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MP's threat to Northern over new fines policy
AN MP has warned a train operator he will do all he can to strip the company of its franchise if a fresh crackdown on fare dodgers results in fines for those trying to buy a ticket.
£7bn Thameslink expansion due to arrive in 2020...two decades late
The trains soon to arrive are 20 years late... Thameslink 2000, the massive expansion project for the through-London service — originally costed at £650 million with its host of more and faster services should, as the name implies, have opened for the new millennium.
Friday, 24 November 2017
BBC News
- UK car production rises in OctoberVehicle output rises as a result of higher exports, but production for the domestic market falls again.
Department for Transport
- £30 million to improve road safety for communities along HS2 routeFund allocations to improve cycle and road safety confirmed today as part of National Road Safety Week.
Financial Times
- Uber: under suspicionHow can anyone invest in a company with such untold legal liabilities?
The Telegraph
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- Drivers now using twice as much diesel as petrol [Subscription]The “dash for diesel” under the last Labour government means that drivers are using twice as much of the fuel as petrol.
- Diesel trade in scheme would target poorest households [subscription]Diesel cars owned by the poorest households could be traded in for cleaner vehicles or a bus pass under government plans.
- Uber ‘failed to give reliable figure for British hacking victims’, says digital minister Matt Hancock [subscription]Uber has been accused by a minister of providing unreliable figures about the number of Britons affected by a hacking attack on the taxi-hailing company.
Other Regional Press
- AM raises concerns over the Heads of the Valleys dualling schemeCONCERNS have been raised around alleged changes to the project converting the A465 Heads of the Valleys road into a dual carriageway and the way road closures are being advertised.
Green Miscellany
- Why ‘Road Safety’ misses the pointWe are living in curious times. We are a society overly obsessed with safety. And yet, danger from motor traffic – particularly to vulnerable road users – is characterised by official tolerance. This week has been Road Safety Week, an initiative that this year focussed on encouraging drivers to stop speeding. We wholeheartedly support better enforcement of speed limits – after all, a recent survey… The post Why ‘Road Safety’ misses the point appeared first on ETA.
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