Tens of millions across Spain and Portugal hit by huge power outage

found 2025 › Apr › 28 (Mon) @ 20:20 UTC

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Transport, ATMs and telecommunications all affected as operator blames extreme temperature variations

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Tens of millions of people across Spain and Portugal have been plunged…

Spain and Portugal power outage live: Spanish government says ‘all resources’ focused on solving massive blackout

found 2025 › Apr › 28 (Mon) @ 13:20 UTC

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Transport systems, mobile networks, traffic lights and more hit by power outage across Spain and Portugal

We are just getting a line from Reuters news agency saying that the Conclave to elect new pope…

Cyclists who kill pedestrians to face life sentences under new laws to close legal loophole that saw riders charged as though they were on horse drawn carriages

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 02:05 UTC

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The Crime and Policing Bill, would see death by dangerous cycling aligned with current motoring laws under amendments tabled on Thursday, according to the Department for Transport (DfT).

Gang of girls 'attack elderly man and woman' in separate incidents on train - as police release CCTV

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 14:50 UTC

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British Transport Police have today released CCTV images of three teenage girls believed to be behind the attacks, which took place on Tuesday 18 March in south London.

10,000 extra driving tests promised in effort to clear backlog

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 10:35 UTC

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Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said the government would provide at least 10,000 extra driving tests a month.

10,000 extra driving tests a month to clear backlog

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 09:55 UTC

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Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said the government would provide at least 10,000 extra driving tests a month.

Pledge to clear driving test backlog by next summer

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 09:20 UTC

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Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said the government would provide at least 10,000 extra driving tests a month.

Urgent call for older drivers to get eyesight tests after four people killed by motorists with failing vision

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 08:20 UTC

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HM Senior Coroner for Lancashire, Dr James Adeley, has written to the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, to say action should be taken to prevent future deaths.

Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways to be strip-searched by male officers

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 16:55 UTC

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British Transport Police amends policy in light of supreme court’s landmark ruling on definition of a woman

Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways will in future be strip-searched by male officers…

Rail minister reports himself to police after using phone while driving a bus

found 2025 › Apr › 12 (Sat) @ 22:20 UTC

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Lord Peter Hendy apologises after being spotted texting behind wheel of vintage Routemaster in London

The rail minister, Lord Peter Hendy, has reported himself to the police after he was spotted using…