Transport
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Campaigners welcome plan for killer drivers to face life sentencesMotorists who cause death by dangerous or careless driving could get longer prison terms under plans unveiled by ministers
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Network Rail to lose sole control of rail maintenanceTransport minister Chris Grayling believes using Virgin, Southern and other private firms will lead to savings, sources say
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Rail fare rises driven by hikes on Virgin Trains East CoastTicket prices on line that was reprivatised last year will go up by 4.9% next year, compared to average 2.3% across UK
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UK train fares to go up by 2.3% in 2017Rail union condemns fare increases, which take effect from 2 January, as ‘another kick in the teeth for British passengers’
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Richmond Park byelection sends message from London to the UKThe Liberal Democrats’ byelection triumph is a local reassertion of the capital’s values in all their difference from much of the rest of Britain
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Southern rail operator launches legal action in attempt to stop strikeGovia Thameslink issues proceedings at high court seeking injunction to stop drivers’ strikes this month and in new year
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Southern rail pre-Christmas strike dates changedRMT moves walkout up to 24 December to earlier in the week after consultation with passengers and union members
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London Underground station staff vote to strike in row over safetyTSSA, which represents 540 station staff, says 67% of votes cast supported walkout after ticket office closures and job losses
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Southern train drivers vote in favour of strike actionUK’s biggest commuter franchise faces three days of walkouts in December and a six-day strike in January
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The Richmond Park byelection and prospects for a progressive allianceLetters: We were surprised to read Caroline Lucas’s comments that we, as the Green party, are ‘backing’ the Liberal Democrat candidate in the Richmond Park byelection
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Result of Southern train drivers' strike ballot to be announcedAslef members have been voting on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action in a dispute over driver-only trains
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Missing pilot of 1943 Piper Cub turns up again – in South SudanMaverick 72-year-old Briton Maurice Kirk flying in air rally has been found after disappearing for a second time
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London cycling and the “by chance” success of AmsterdamA new book about the cycling cultures of Dutch and other European cities offers some valuable guidance for London
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British pilot, 71, missing again in vintage air rally across AfricaAdventurer fails to turn up in Kenya after previously flying into trouble in Ethiopia and vanishing in Sudan
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Transport cash won't fill the potholes in local government financeThe chancellor has pledged £3.72bn for road and rail – a drop in the ocean and a missed chance to transform UK public services
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London and the chancellor's 2016 autumn statementDespite saying that the UK is too dependent on the capital, Philip Hammond has given it at least some of what its politicians have been asking for
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At a glance: autumn statement – 26 key pointsPhilip Hammond has delivered his first autumn statement as chancellor. These are the key points, with political analysis
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Are you affected by travel disruption in the UK?With flooding across the country and rail passengers facing delays from Southern Rail’s latest RMT strike, we’d like to hear from you
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A modern rail network in Scotland is long overdueWhy does it take 80 minutes by train south from Edinburgh to Newcastle, but an hour longer the same distance north?
Driverless cars will geld the dangerous stallions of the road