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Speeding through European Capitals
In this video, a group of individuals attempts to break the Guinness World Record for visiting the most capital cities in 24 hours using only public transport. They start in London and travel through Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin,...
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Weather Things: Air
The 3 simple ingredients of sun, air and water lead to every type of weather on Earth. The atmosphere is constantly trying to balance heat from the sun with water vapor and air to create a dynamic planet. The unique properties of the...
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Transport Secretary announces more than £1 billion to support buses in England
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh visits Harlow Bus Station to announce that more than £1 billion will be spent on supporting buses in England. Louise Haigh also says she will vote in favour of the assisted dying bill.
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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh visits Harlow Bus Station
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh visits Harlow Bus Station to announce new funding for regional buses. More than £1 billion is being made available for local councils in England to improve their bus services.
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Sir Ed Davey speaks after bus fare visit in Wantage
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey speaks in Wantage after he visited local businesses as the party launches its campaign to scrap the £3 bus fare cap rise. This comes as polling commissioned by the Party found that almost 1 in 5 people who say...
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Ed Davey takes pottery lesson as he visits Wantage to address bus fare cap rise
Footage of Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey taking part in a pottery lesson at a local business in Wantage as the party launches its campaign to scrap the £3 bus fare cap rise. This comes as polling commissioned by the Party found that almost 1...
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Stock footage of trains
Stock footage of trains at Headingley and Burley Park stations near Leeds
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Archive footage of HS2 construction work as northern route is cancelled
Archive footage of HS2 construction work, as the Prime Minister scrapped the project's northern route. Shotlist: - Aerial view of Whitmore Heath in the West Midlands, where 70% of homes have been purchased for the HS2 project - Works on...
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Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester because ‘facts have changed’ and costs doubled
Rishi Sunak axed the HS2 project from Birmingham to Manchester and promised to use the £36 billion of savings to fund hundreds of other transport schemes. The Prime Minister told his party’s conference, taking place in Manchester, the...
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HS2: Drone footage shows construction work at Birmingham Curzon Street
Drone footage shows construction work at the Birmingham Curzon Street HS2 site as Sunak announces the scrapping of HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester.
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HS2 is likely to reach Euston, minister signals
HS2 is likely to reach Euston, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has indicated, saying it “would never have made sense” for that not to happen. The Cabinet minister said an announcement on the project will be made “soon”, and could happen...
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Dedicated transport police ruled out as Dublin Bus deploys security guards across services
NTA CEO said that it is working to increase services due to the rise in public transport passengers, particularly those travelling into Dublin While Mr Ryan said there is no need for a dedicated public transport unit. He made the...
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E-bike seizures surge as police take illegal bikes off the streets
Police seizures of illegally modified electric bikes (e-bikes) soared in the past year amid concerns their speed and weight present a lethal threat to pedestrians, an investigation has found. Forces across the UK confiscated 937 e-bikes...
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E-bike seizures surge as police take ‘death trap’ contraptions off the streets
Forces across the UK confiscated 937 e-bikes in the year to August 11. Police seizures of illegally modified electric bikes (e-bikes) soared in the past year amid concerns their speed and weight present a lethal threat to pedestrians, an...
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans Oxford Street traffic ban - vox pops
Oxford Circus GVs and vox pops with members of the public as Sadiq Khan announces that Oxford Street will be pedestrianised. Interviews with: Simon Weir, 50, who works on Regents Street Terry & Rhonda Evans, 56 & 60, from Norfolk Richard...
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Plan to ban traffic from Oxford Street divides shoppers and road users
Plans to ban traffic from Oxford Street have divided shoppers and road users, with pedestrian safety and accessibility for less mobile visitors seen as key issues. London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the proposal to pedestrianise parts of...
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Garvey says children are overweight due to being ‘driven everywhere’
Many Irish children are overweight “because they have to be driven everywhere”, the Green Party deputy leader has said. Roisin Garvey made the comments at the Green Party think-in in Dublin, where she said there was a need to expand the...
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Ryanair CEO says meeting with Irish Government minister 'not productive'
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary characterised the meeting with minister of state for international transport James Lawless as unproductive. They met on Wednesday as part of a series of engagements with key stakeholders on the passenger cap....
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Britain's longest bridge takes another step towards completion
The final deck segment of HS2's 2.1-mile long viaduct crossing the Colne Valley is lowered and fixed into place at Maple Cross in Hertfordshire. A bridge building machine on the viaduct is being used to lower the last of 1,000 deck...
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Irish Prime Minister demands review of bike shed spending
A bike shed costing has been 336,000 euro constructed at Leinster House . The Office of Public Works (OPW) has said that the building of the structure involved "several unique challenges",
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Drivers warned over busiest August bank holiday getaway since 2015
Drivers are being warned to expect the busiest August bank holiday weekend on the roads since at least 2015. The RAC estimated that 19.2 million leisure trips by car will be made between Friday and Monday. The figure, based on a survey...
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Aslef says rail strikes called amid ‘toxic situation’ in dispute with LNER
Aslef’s lead negotiator has said the union is putting “members first” in a “toxic situation” after announcing a fresh series of strikes. Train drivers working for LNER – which runs the passenger service on the East Coast main line...
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Sadiq Khan to close Ulez scrappage scheme
Sadiq Khan is set to close London’s ultra low emission zone (Ulez) scrappage scheme in three weeks. The Mayor of London announced that he plans to shut the programme to new applicants on September 7. The scheme was expanded to include...
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Port of Dover fairly quiet despite warnings of "weekend of woe" on the roads
Traffic at the Port of Dover in Kent as the summer travel period gets underway. Drivers are being warned to expect a "weekend of woe" on the roads as millions of families embark on getaway journeys after many schools in England and Wales...