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Caledonian Sleeper passengers left without water in the bathrooms after cleaners used the wrong kind of bleach [subscription]
athrooms on the Caledonian Sleeper were left without water after the wrong kind of bleach was used to clean them, it emerged. All 75 carriages in the fleet, which cost £150 million, were affected when the wrong kind of chemical was used to clean en-suite toilets, basins and showers.
Boris Johnson hatches plan to devolve rail power to the north
Boris Johnson is preparing to hand leaders in the north responsibility for train services as part of a big industry shakeup. Two struggling rail franchises, Northern and the Transpennine Express, are to be devolved to a new body that would be similar to Transport for London in the capital.
Heathrow expansion rival calls for third runway review
Heathrow Hub has called on transport secretary Grant Shapps to launch a review into Heathrow Airport Ltd’s third runway plans, arguing that the operator’s cost estimates are misleading.
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- Electric scooters would beat cars on up to 70 per cent of city centre journeys, study reveals [subscription]lectric scooters could cut journey times in some of the UK’s most gridlocked cities by up to 70 per cent if they were made road legal, a new study has revealed.
Times Online
- Pavement parkers should be hit with £70 fine, say MPs [subscription]Parking on pavements should be banned to prevent vehicles obstructing footpaths and endangering pedestrians, MPs say in a report out today.
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