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Four-year MOT exemption for new cars proposed
The time new cars are allowed on the road before being tested could rise under government proposals.
Jobs lost and broken relationships: legacy of the Southern rail crisis
The collateral damage for commuters grows ever more devastating after ten months of disputes between unions and Southern over staffingThe Southern rail staff handing out information leaflets at London Victoria station this weekend were cheerful: “Strikes called off next week, service back to normal,” said one. “Normal?” an arriving female passenger almost screamed in his face.This week’s train drivers’ strikes have been suspended by the union Aslef as they engage in talks with Southern rail and its parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway. But a conductors’ strike remains scheduled, and argume...
Grayling plot to split Great Western lines [Subscription]
Transport secretary Chris Grayling is toying with breaking up one of Britain’s biggest rail franchises as he tries to introduce more competition in the industry.
60mph limit and fines to cut M1 pollution [Subscription]
Highways England is considering imposing Britain’s first pollution-related speed limits, with motorists on one of the busiest sections of the M1 facing fines if they exceed 60mph in the rush hour.
Sunday, 22 January 2017
The Guardian
- Indian sailors stranded in Norfolk port by ‘modern-day slavery’A crew of a supply ship in Great Yarmouth have waited seven months to be paidEventually, Saurabh Saigal could no longer look at his son. “I couldn’t stand it any more. He’s only six and suffers from allergies. When he’s ill I see the suffering in his eyes. Then I avoid talking to him by video link.”For seven months Saigal has been separated from his family in India, effectively imprisoned on a ship moored off the coast of Norfolk. A routine inspection of the offshore supply vessel Malaviya Twenty at Great Yarmouth last June found what unions describe as “modern-day slavery” – 15 Indian crew ha...
The Herald
- How Scotland and three CalMac ferries played a crucial part in nuclear planningIN the event of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the west, key members of the British Government would have survived on ships specially built by Caledonian MacBrayne as 'floating nuclear bunkers', and hidden along the Scottish coast and in lochs.
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- Action Must be Taken If We are to Address UK Seafarer ShortfallUK Chamber CEO Guy Platten has responded to the publication of the Department for Transport Seafarer Projections Review by calling on government to back its SMarT Plus proposal. The Department for Transport has this week published a study to…
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