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Thomas Cook pilots threaten strikes if pay talks fail [Subscription]
Thomas Cook pilots will strike for three more days this month and next if talks next week fail to resolve a pay dispute, their union said. They staged a 12-hour walkout yesterday in what is claimed to be a first by British pilots in 40 years. “There is still a significant gap between us and Thomas Cook,” Brian Strutton, of the British Airline Pilots’ Association, said. However, Thomas Cook insisted: “We have set out a fair pay increase.”
Transport for London bosses planning to track commuters using Wi-Fi
Commuters' mobile phones could be monitored to reduce overcrowding in London's Tube stations and increase revenue from advertising.
Saturday, 09 September 2017
The Guardian
- Kim Briggs widower: 'this is not about anti-cycling, it's about wrongdoing'Matthew Briggs, whose wife was struck by a cyclist in east London, discusses his grief and his long wait for a convictionA week after Kim Briggs died of head injuries sustained when a cyclist riding an illegal bike collided with her at about 18mph, her husband, Matthew Briggs, received a call from a police officer warning him there would be a long journey ahead.Briggs was sitting on a bench outside John Lewis in Bluewater, the behemoth shopping centre in Kent, where he was picking out clothing for his children’s school uniforms. Shoppers darted purposefully all about him as he took the call. H...
Green Miscellany
- Is this the world’s coolest electric bicycle?Elsewhere in Europe, where legislators have embraced a new breed of electric bicycle known as a speed pedelecs, bike builders are becoming ever more creative with the tech. As with other bikes in its class, the Rayvolt Bike Cruzer is capable of speeds of up to 30 mph. It has most of its functions controlled via an app and costs… The post Is this the world’s coolest electric bicycle? appeared first on ETA.
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