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Tom Watson calls on Chris Grayling to quit over 'grubby' East Coast rail deal
Labour’s deputy leader echoes Andrew Adonis’s call for transport secretary to resign over Virgin and Stagecoach bailout. Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has called on Chris Grayling to resign as transport secretary over what he described as a “grubby backroom deal to bail out the East Coast line”.
Rail fare rises: Season ticket prices have soared by up to 50% since Tories took power in 2010, Labour reveals
Train travel branded ‘unaffordable for the many’ – with commuters paying up to £2,539 more than at the start of the decade
Heathrow is rolling out stricter environmental charges for airlines while cutting domestic passenger charges
Heathrow Airport announced today it is getting stricter with environmental charges to propel airlines to use cleaner and quieter aircraft.
London Bridge is open! Final section of massive new concourse and five new platforms open to the public as historic redevelopment begins countdown to completion
London Bridge station reopened today after ten days of major engineering work, marking the countdown to completion of the £1bn redevelopment after more than five years of work. The final section of the huge, modern new concourse and the final five platforms opened for the first time, allowing Cannon Street trains to resume calling at the landmark new station.
Sadiq confirms unlimited Hopper bus fare is coming this month
Londoners will soon be able to make unlimited bus and tram journeys within an hour for the price of a single fare, after Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed a long awaited update to his Hopper ticket will roll-out this month.
Tuesday, 02 January 2018
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- Tesla's Elon Musk promises pick-up truck and new featuresElon Musk promises a pick-up truck and a range of new features for existing Tesla vehicles.
Financial Times
- Uber’s rise triggers financial crisis at taxi lendersCredit unions at risk of failure as loan losses mount
Times Online
- Only the private sector can ensure a smooth road ahead for drivers [Subscription]Today’s the day when millions of us commit to fresh starts and bold new resolutions, whether to eat more healthily or to make another determined effort to give up smoking. It would be wonderful if the first day of the year were also marked by our politicians undertaking to do something radical and challenging.
- Let electric cars use bus lanes, says TD - Ireland [Subscription]The government should offer more incentives to convince motorists to switch to electric cars, a TD has said.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- REVEALED: Rise in drivers wrongly parking in disabled parking spaces THE number of drivers fined for wrongly parking in disabled parking spaces in the Bradford district has increased in each of the last three years, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal.
Northern Echo
- 'Exploding vehicles and utter chaos': Aycliffe couple speak after fleeing Liverpool Arena car park fire A NORTH-EAST couple told last night how vehicles exploded in a blazing car park as they ran to escape the scene on New Year's Eve.
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- Uber boosted by major new investmentTaxi app set for cash injection from new consortium of investors
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