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More than 100 business leaders are urging the government to approve a new runway in southeast England to end 50 years of “procrastination” and to prevent the UK slipping behind rivals.
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- Council cleared of Lothian Buses rowThe City of Edinburgh Council is cleared of any wrongdoing in an independent report into its handling of a row between Lothian Buses directors.
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- Edinburgh council cleared over Lothian Buses debacleEdinburgh City Council has been cleared in an investigation over its handling of an embarrassing row among directors at Lothian Buses.
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- RCT council could charge £1.75 per day for home to school transport by September 2016 - affecting 3,000 pupilsCabinet members are set to discuss changing 'over-generous' provision at a meeting on Tuesday, May 19
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- Bus victory for Northampton man concerned pensioners were being left with long walk to nearest stopA Northampton pensioner’s bid to make sure buses stop on a stretch of Harborough Road looks to have ended in victory, after Stagecoach agreed to add more stopping points to its X7 service.
- Protest planned as anger grows over bus cuts in Weymouth and West Dorset RESIDENTS have hit out at the First bus company over
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