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Experts call for sweeping policy changes and warn against Heathrow expansionExpanding Heathrow airport is unlikely to be compatible with the UK’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, leading scientists have said, adding that government policies are lacking in many other key areas from home insulation and transport to carbon capturing.Achieving the net zero goal will require sweeping policy changes, but scientists are concerned that little has so far been forthcoming from ministers. Continue reading...
Ditching HS2 ‘could mean years of weekend closures’ [Subscription]
Upgrading main railway lines in the north of England as an alternative to HS2 would be “unreasonably disruptive” to passengers and fail to deliver the same benefits.
Stansted Airport expansion scrapped after shock council decision
Stansted Airport’s long-awaited expansion was dramatically blocked after the district council overturned a previous decision to green-light the plans.
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- MOTs: 'Limited private car testing' at DVA test centresInfrastructure department says those who have had tests rescheduled will be refunded half the fee.
- Moira: Streetlights call for train station 'death trap' roadSomeone could be seriously hurt unless lights are installed on a road to Moira train station, users say.
- Uber logs 28,000 safety complaints about London driversNearly 28,000 concerns were raised with Uber in a six-month period, Transport for London reveals.
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- Lay-bys cut on smart motorways to save cash [Subscription]The smart motorway programme faced fresh criticism last night after it emerged that the number of emergency lay-bys was reduced to cut costs.
Bristol Live
- These are the men who built the M5 more than 40 years agoKnown as the 'Cat Men', they spent 15 years building the motorway
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- Sinkhole forces street closureA road will remain closed for three weeks after a sinkhole opened up and started to spread.
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- Why cars should be banned from the school gate I was shocked to read in the Hereford Times that more than 600 Herefordians are destined for an early death from the toxicity of our air from car pollution.
- Carmakers renew calls for low-carbon revolution as grim sales figures loom Some of the EU's largest auto players have called once for a mass rollout of electric vehicle (EV) recharging points and refuelling stations for fuels like hydrogen, as the industry offered up more clues as to how it intends to lessen its climate impact.
- A27 will be closed on weekday evenings due to 'dangerous trees'THE A27 will be shut on weekday evenings because of “dangerous trees”.
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