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Transport Secretary encourages UK to switch to electric vehicles
A new government-backed app will help drivers to see which electric vehicles best suit their lifestyle.
Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia, study finds
Large survey involving two million adults found links between road and rail traffic and Alzheimer's in particular. Exposure to noise from road traffic and railways is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.Research has consistently linked transport noise to health conditions including heart disease, diabetes and obesity, but studies on transport noise and dementia were scarce and small, and findings inconsistent.
Gatwick Airport: Public consultation begins on Ł500m plans for second runway
A PUBLIC consultation has begun on plans to bring Gatwick Airport's emergency runway into routine use.
Thursday, 09 September 2021
Financial Times
- EasyJet rejects takeover approach and plans £1.2bn rights issueLow-cost carrier says it received “low premium” approach as it laid out plans to strengthen balance sheet
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- Jab passports ‘not what I believe in but they’re right’, says Zahawi [subscription]Nadhim Zahawi has admitted that the government’s plan for vaccine passports “goes against everything I believe in” but urged MPs to support it anyway.
- PCR tests for vaccinated travellers ‘to be dropped’ in review of traffic light system [subscription]Costly PCR tests for vaccinated travellers could be scrapped as part of a review of the traffic light system.
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- Gatwick second runway protesters rally against airport's expansion proposalsCampaigners chanted 'Gatwick is big enough' next to a noise monitor in Charlwood
- Gatwick Airport: Public consultation begins on Ł500m plans for second runwayA PUBLIC consultation has begun on plans to bring Gatwick Airport's emergency runway into routine use.
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