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Smoking in cars carrying children set to become illegal in England next year
Subject to vote by MPs and peers, ban will criminalise smoking by parents, carers or other adults in a car with under-18sSmoking in cars carrying children is set to become illegal in England late next year in the biggest crackdown on lighting up since the ban on smoking in public places in 2007.
Glasgow Subway users face years of disruption during £17m tunnel repairs
Commuters could face years of disruption on Glasgow's Subway network as major repairs to the 118-year-old underground's tunnel system get underway in the new year.
Airlines to get rebate after computer glitch causes chaos
Air traffic control company Nats has confirmed it is calculating a rebate for airlines in the wake of the aviation disruption. It comes as the firm's chief executive told MPs as many as 120 flights were cancelled and 500 delayed by an average of 45 minutes during the issues last Friday.
Bad boy Uber is flawed but, admit it, we're all addicted
It has been a dark week for taxi app Uber but Emma Barnett explains why we can't get enough of transport's bad boy
Thursday, 18 December 2014
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- New bus transports people between Northallerton and Middlesbrough hospitals A NEW bus for patients and their families in now in operation shuttling people between two of the region's towns.
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- Dismay over talks on axing village bus routesProposals to scrap a raft of subsidised bus services across the Fylde coast in the face of savage budget cuts would leave villagers “extremely isolated”, it was today claimed.
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- Passengers stranded as Marlborough roadworks overrun BUS passengers were left stranded when a service had to change its route due to roadworks that overran.
- Councillors make report on bus concerns in GosportCOUNCILLORS have spent time investigating bus changes and their impact on residents.
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- CCTV to be introduced to stop motorists using bus lanes CCTV cameras are being brought in to stop the hundreds of motorists who use bus lanes to beat the traffic every day.
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