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MOTORISTS are being driven round the bend by the strange goings-on in one Welsh car park.
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- Belfast City Airport sells for £132.5mGeorge Best Belfast City Airport is sold to the ABN AMRO Global Infrastructure Fund at a price tag of £132.5m.
- Simpler rail ticketing introducedThe second phase of changes to the rail ticketing system comes into force, with two categories for buying tickets on the day of travel.
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- Business secretary John Hutton plans for 1m green collar jobs THE business secretary, John Hutton, will tomorrow outline an ambitious vision for the future of British manufacturing, saying 1m “green collar” jobs could be created in low-carbon technology.
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- Motorists driven mad by crazy car parkMOTORISTS are being driven round the bend by the strange goings-on in one Welsh car park.
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