£10.5m bus project comes on track - From BBC - Scottish Secretary Alistair Darling has opened what has been described as the UK's longest guided busway. 03-12-2004 'Drunken' pilot gets six months - From BBC - An airline pilot has been jailed for six months after drinking twice the legal alcohol limit before he was due to fly a holiday jet. 03-12-2004 Boy's airport death 'accidental' - From BBC - A motorist has told an inquest how his foot slipped on the accelerator, before a child was hit by his Ford Mondeo in an airport car park. 03-12-2004 Cabbie hospitalised by car thief - From BBC - A taxi driver was taken to hospital after he was attacked by a passenger who stole his car, catching the driver with a glancing blow as he drove off. 03-12-2004 Controversial road gets go-ahead - From BBC - A controversial £47m link road on England's south coast, opposed by environmental campaigners, has been given the go-ahead by the government. 03-12-2004 French port blockade comes to end - From BBC - A blockade of the French ports of Calais and Dunkirk, which left thousands of Channel ferry passengers stranded, has come to an end. 03-12-2004 Major delays for train travellers - From BBC - Train passengers were facing widespread disruption on Thursday after a train hit overhead cables in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. 03-12-2004 Minibus crashes on run to school - From BBC - Two little girls were among the injured when a minibus taking them to school was in a crash on Thursday morning. 03-12-2004 Phone crackdown nets 800 drivers - From BBC - More than 800 Staffordshire motorists have been fined in the past year for driving while using mobile phones. 03-12-2004 Road shut after major gas leak - From BBC - The A1M was closed during the rush hour on Thursday morning because of a major gas leak under the hard shoulder. 03-12-2004 Strike hits Irish Sea ferries - From BBC - Irish Ferries' sailings to Holyhead and Pembroke were cancelled on Thursday after 1,000 ferry workers held a 24-hour strike. 03-12-2004 Three men killed as car hits tree - From BBC - Three people have been killed when their car left the road and hit a tree in Salmesbury, near Preston. 03-12-2004 Toll motorway holds up ambulance - From BBC - An emergency vehicle was delayed from responding to a 999 call when its paramedic driver was told to pay for using the M6 Toll motorway. 03-12-2004
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