Drivers warned of heavy snowfalls - From BBC - Drivers are being urged to take care after heavy snowfalls left many roads in a treacherous condition. 20-02-2005 Talks on ferry strike break down - From BBC - Talks to avert strike action between the RMT and the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry company have broken down, the union's leader Bob Crow said. 20-02-2005 Tube closures warning - From This is London - Tube chiefs today warned of more and more weekend closures. 20-02-2005 'Cash boost' for Crossrail - From This is London - Crossrail moved a step closer today after weekend reports that the Treasury has earmarked £7.5 billion for the proposed eastwest rail link through London. 20-02-2005 132 drivers caught using mobile phones - From Glasgow Evening Times - DRIVERS on one of the busiest routes into Glasgow are continuing to break the law by using mobile phones. 20-02-2005 Air passengers win new EU rights - From BBC - Air passengers who are unable to board their flights because of overbooking, cancellations or flight delays can now demand greater compensation. 20-02-2005 Airlines wary over disability law - From BBC - New EU legislation which will put the onus on airports to help disabled passengers could lead to increased costs, airlines say. 20-02-2005 Airport locals 'must have a say' - From BBC - Residents near Stansted Airport must be given a say over where an additional runway is sited and how much land it uses, the High Court has ruled. 20-02-2005 Appeal over woman killed by train - From BBC - A woman has died after she was hit by a train in Telford. 20-02-2005 Call for SE region rail authority - From Guardian Unlimited - Train services in the south-east should be handed to a regional rail authority to prevent the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, getting control of them, a report to be published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research says. 20-02-2005 Congestion charge vote tops 50% - From BBC - More than half of the Edinburgh residents balloted on proposals to introduce congestion charging in the city have voted in a referendum. 20-02-2005 Death crash driver loses appeal - From BBC - The sentence given to a driver who ran down a pedestrian before getting back behind the wheel was "entirely appropriate", judges have ruled. 20-02-2005 Decision on GNER franchise runs late - From Guardian Unlimited - A decision on the future of GNER's intercity rail service has been delayed until next month, despite an off-message suggestion from John Prescott that the company should retain its closely fought franchise. 20-02-2005 Derelict station is back on track - From BBC - A crumbling railway station is to be renovated by a Carlisle-based company. 20-02-2005 Doubts over £3 increase in C-charge - From This is London - New doubts were raised today over plans to raise the congestion charge from £5 to £8 a day. 20-02-2005 Drivers warned over bridge works - From BBC - Drivers are being warned to expect delays from Monday, when work starts to strengthen a bridge on a busy Warwickshire road. 20-02-2005 Eurotunnel chairman steps down as investor anger grows - From Guardian Unlimited - Jacques Maillot resigned as Eurotunnel's chairman yesterday after intense criticism from shareholders for failing to make progress in tackling the Channel tunnel operator's £6bn debt. 20-02-2005 Flight lawyer seen as 'arrogant' - From BBC - A senior lawyer accused of sparking a bomb scare on a plane could be seen as "arrogant and challenging", a psychologist has told a court. 20-02-2005 Girl, 12, thrown from car in crash - From BBC - A 12-year-old girl was seriously injured after being thrown from a car which overturned in a crash. 20-02-2005 Go-Ahead in Thameslink offensive - From Guardian Unlimited - The transport group Go-Ahead has accused the government of letting down its rail passengers in London amid 35 weeks of disruption to Thameslink trains. 20-02-2005 Landing emergency plane now safe - From BBC - A plane has landed safely at Manston airport after reporting problems with its landing gear. 20-02-2005 London's traffic hotspots - From This is London - The worst traffic hotspots in London are revealed today - and none of them are in the proposed western extension to the congestion charging zone. 20-02-2005 Man killed in motorway collision - From BBC - A man was killed and a woman seriously injured in a car crash that left a motorway closed for four hours. 20-02-2005 Ministers had warning of rail system collapse - From Guardian Unlimited - Ministers were warned by the Strategic Rail Authority that a quarter of the national train network would shut within three years without an urgent injection of government cash to pay ballooning engineering bills in 2003. 20-02-2005 Monitoring plan for bridge cables - From BBC - The manager of the Forth Road Bridge has recommended spending £2m to assess the state of the structure's main support cables. 20-02-2005 New 'shoe' safety checks on trains - From This is London - Safety checks on Northern line Tube trains increased today. 20-02-2005 One dead after motorway collision - From BBC - A rear seat car passenger died after a crash at a junction on the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire on Sunday morning. 20-02-2005 Passenger rise boost for Go-Ahead - From BBC - Trains to buses group Go-Ahead has thanked an increase in passengers for a slight rise in half year profits. 20-02-2005 Plans for 300mph 'floating' trains - From This is London - A new 300mph rail link between London and the North could use "levitating" trains under proposals to be considered by ministers. 20-02-2005 Port fears impact of track switch - From BBC - Concerns have been raised about the impact a decision to move rail track production from a Cumbrian plant will have on a port. 20-02-2005 Row over shelved £51m road scheme - From BBC - Government transport chiefs have written to councils, organisations and community groups apologising for delays to the A428 widening project. 20-02-2005 Sharp fall in county road deaths - From BBC - Road safety experts say the number of road accidents in Lincolnshire has dropped since the introduction of a rural safe-driving campaign. 20-02-2005 Stranded commuters back on track with new rail links - From Scotsman - PASSENGERS at a busy commuter station have won extra trains, after Virgin stepped in with alternative services to replace several due to be withdrawn by GNER. 20-02-2005 T-Mobile to offer wi-fi broadband on trains - From Guardian Unlimited - Commuters stuck on the 8.02 from Brighton to London will soon be able to fire off an email to the boss of Southern Trains complaining about the service or surf the web while trundling through Sussex. 20-02-2005 T-Mobile to offer wi-fi broadband on trains - From Guardian Unlimited - Commuters stuck on the 8.02 from Brighton to London will soon be able to fire off an email to the boss of Southern Trains complaining about the service or surf the web while trundling through Sussex. 20-02-2005 Teenager who spat on bus driver faces arrest - From Scotsman - A TEENAGER who spat in the face of a bus driver during a row over a ticket is facing charges after being identified through his DNA.
20-02-2005 Timetable rap for railways - From Guardian Unlimited - The rail regulator has given Network Rail a 10-day ultimatum to sort out a chronic timetable crisis which has left thousands of passengers unable to reserve tickets for travel over the Easter weekend. 20-02-2005 Track work causes rail delays - From IC Network - Rail passengers may experience delays in Glasgow as vital track engineering work is taking place near Hillington. 20-02-2005 Tube chaos as night repair work overruns - From This is London - A major part of the Piccadilly line was closed through central London early today when night engineering work again failed to finish on time. 20-02-2005 Villagers may get speed detectors - From BBC - People in north Staffordshire could be getting their own radar guns to combat speeding drivers. 20-02-2005 Woman, 82, dies after collision - From BBC - A 25-year-old man has been questioned and released on bail in connection with a fatal road accident on Friday. 20-02-2005 £400m plan restores King's Cross to former glory - From Guardian Unlimited - King's Cross station is to be restored to its full yellow-brick Victorian glory under a £400m plan to create an open piazza to welcome visitors to London. 20-02-2005 £12m plane research centre opens - From BBC - The first phase of a £12m research centre for aircraft construction has opened in Filton, Bristol. 20-02-2005
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