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Government should not manage railways, review head says
Keith Williams says UK’s rail system oversight should not be performed by the Department for Transport.
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New traffic sign pictured with hedgehog made to save 'precious' population
In 2017, 629 people were injured in accidents involving an animal in the road (excluding horses) and 4 people were killed.
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Virgin Trains is set to disappear from Britain’s railways
Chief executive Martin Griffiths said the company is ‘seeking an urgent meeting to discuss our significant concerns’.
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£2,500 fines for utility companies digging up roads
Pilots in London and Kent led to a reduction in traffic jams as firms were incentivised to work on quieter roads or outside the rush hour.
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Laser pen offenders face up to five years in jail
The pens can cause eye damage and in some cases render people temporarily blind.
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Night flights banned under new Heathrow runway plans
Links to six more UK airports, new flight paths and green measures are also among the plans for the first major project of the Brexit era.
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Proposed £5,000 a day fines for unattended roadworks
Major crackdown on roadwork disruption could see councils and utility firms facing fines of up to £5,000 a day for leaving sites unmanned.
Read the full story ›More than £900 million spent on free bus passes
More than £900 million was spent on bus travel for pensioners and disabled people in the past year, the Department of Transport has revealed.
Transport Minister Stephen Hammond revealed that local authorities had paid £906 million towards bus travel in a Parliamentary written answer to Tory MP Therese Coffey.
The figure, which included both statutory obligations and discretionary schemes run by councils, was paid to bus companies by local authorities during the 2012/13 financial year.
David Cameron pledged to protect pensioner benefits at the last general election, including the free bus pass, but last month social mobility advisor Alan Milburn, the former Labour health secretary, suggested it should be reviewed again.
Drink-drive deaths up 25% on 2011
A total of 290 people were killed in drink-drive accidents in 2012 - an increase of around 25 percent on the 2011 total, provisional figures from the Department for Transport showed today.
Father: Number of level crossing deaths is worrying
The father of a girl who died at a level crossing said that work being carried out to make crossings safer is "encouraging".
Speaking to Daybreak Chris Bazlington said: "Network Rail still I don't think are there yet, they're doing a lot more than they were before, and that's encouraging.
He added; "These stories which keep coming out are worrying."