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Helicopters, 4x4s and lifeboats: Scotland's rural councils prepare for December poll
HELICOPTERS are on standby. Jeeps are being lined up. Even lifeboats could be commandeered to take ballot boxes across stormy, wind-lashed waters.
Toxic air on London Underground makes daily trips a health risk [Subscription]
Pollution is so bad on the Tube, it dwarfs that on the streets and increases the risk of heart and asthma attacks
Carlyle in driving seat to acquire Arriva in £2.2bn deal
American private equity firm Carlyle is the front-runner to buy Arriva in a deal worth £2.2bn. Carlyle has entered talks [...] The post Carlyle in driving seat to acquire Arriva in £2.2bn deal appeared first on CityAM.
The M4 in Wales: The reasons for the congestion and number of crashes
There are warnings that the problem is only going to get worse on a motorway that was not built for this volume of traffic
Sunday, 03 November 2019
BBC News
- Trains return to flood-damaged Abergavenny to Hereford railwayDirect services between north and south Wales resume after repairs to the line finished early.
The Guardian
- Train firms backtrack over pledge to ban raw sewage on railway linesOperators admit target to end âdisgusting practiceâ by the end of the year will not be metA pledge to end the dumping of human waste on railway tracks in England and Wales by the end of the year will no longer be met, Network Rail and train firms have admitted.Although Network Railâs former chief executive, Mark Carne, said in 2017 he had secured government agreement to end the âdisgusting practiceâ by 2019, several companies will continue to use trains whose toilets flush directly onto the track. Continue reading...
Times Online
- Toxic air on London Underground makes daily trips a health risk [Subscription]Pollution is so bad on the Tube, it dwarfs that on the streets and increases the risk of heart and asthma attacks
City AM
- Carlyle in driving seat to acquire Arriva in £2.2bn dealAmerican private equity firm Carlyle is the front-runner to buy Arriva in a deal worth £2.2bn. Carlyle has entered talks [...] The post Carlyle in driving seat to acquire Arriva in £2.2bn deal appeared first on CityAM.
This is Money
- £100m compensation is up for grabs for train delays so don't let rail firms keep your cashUp to five million rail users a year are thought to be missing out on compensation they are owed because they fail to claim for train delays, our research has found. Laura Shannon got refunded.
London Evening Standard
- WEEKEND 'Happy to move for you' Tube badge for people with hidden illnesses to be rolled out across UKA woman who created a Tube badge to help people with hidden illnesses and health problems get a seat is now rolling the scheme out across England.
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