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Rail emergency concerns

icnetwork.co.uk
13 hrs ago 1 related
        

Nov 18 2008 by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail THE rail industry is so fragmented that emergency services often do not know who to contact when there are incidents on the tracks, a committee of MPs will say today. In a new...

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Prince Charles: Ready for active service

timesonline.co.uk
15-Nov-2008 248 related
        

As you swish up the drive to Highgrove towards the Cotswold stone barns and the stables that conceal the main house, you are confronted by a sign which declares, “You are now entering an old-fashioned place”. It is a...

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dailymail.co.uk: The database contains sensitive information on every child in England and Wales dailymail.co.uk

Tens of thousands of kids need to be protected from ContactPoint users

regdeveloper.co.uk
14-Nov-2008 5 related
        

So says UK.gov Data on about 55,000 children will need to be protected from estranged and abusive family members, or because they are under police protection, according to figures from local authorities.…

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Are Friends Electric?

railwaypeople.com
13-Nov-2008
        

Are Friends Electric? New Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon, has wasted no time in pressing ahead with a study of electrification and high speed rail. Thought to be much more pro-rail than his predecessors, railway...

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UK's 'secure' child protection database will be open to one million

theregister.co.uk
12-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Government underestimates, under pressure Exclusive More than three times as many officials will be able to access sensitive information on every child in England and Wales held in the forthcoming ContactPoint database than...

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Resignation casts doubt on academies

independent.co.uk
08-Nov-2008
        

Civil servant's departure suggests Government has cooled on school reforms By Richard Garner, Education Editor The senior civil servant responsible for developing the Government's flagship academy schools programme has quit –...

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Crossrail to get £230m from BAA

cheapflights.co.uk
07-Nov-2008
        

BAA (website: http://www.baa.com/ ) has announced plans to provide a huge amount of funding for the Crossrail project. The airport operator will make £230 million available for the construction of the new railway, which will...

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Trampolines and stag's skull found in nations cars

telegraph.co.uk
05-Nov-2008 2 related
        

A 13ft trampoline, hundreds of bags of mints and a stag's skull complete with antlers are just some of the items people keep in cars, according to a Government survey. Many motorists use their cars as mobile wardrobes, with men...

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Boris Johnson launches transport policy document

guardian.co.uk
05-Nov-2008
        

The TfL board meets this morning from 10.00 and Mayor Johnson launches his keynote transport policy document called Way To Go. Early reports say it contains talk of "huge challenges" and ending the "punishment" of motorists....

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telegraph.co.uk: The Crossrail project is being boosted by financial support from BAA telegraph.co.uk

BAA pumps £230m into Crossrail

telegraph.co.uk
04-Nov-2008 16 related
        

BAA has agreed to invest £230m in the mammoth east-west London rail project, Crossrail, to improve the transport connections to Heathrow airport. The Crossrail project is being boosted by financial support from BAA Photo: Steve...

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