28th
April
2010
The highly anticipated new East London Line, which forms a key part of the London Overground network, has been opened to the public.
This week will see a preview service, whereby eight trains will run every hour between Dalston junction and New Cross Gate. The service will operate from Monday to Friday between 0700 BST and 2000 BST.
Comprehensive weekend and evening services will start on the 23rd of May, at which point one dozen trains will run every hour. The train services will run across Whitechapel Station and also Shoreditch High Street, which has been earmarked as a flagship Zone 1 [...]
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28th
April
2010
A new poster campaign launched by car hire firm, Sixt, could find the company in trouble with the French President and his wife. The ads have been launched to encourage customers to choose a Citroen C3 hatchback, one of Citroen’s smallest hatchbacks, as their next rental vehicle. However, the posters have raised more than a [...]
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28th
April
2010
In a move that could end up causing yet more disruption for British Airways passengers, cabin crew union, Unite, is urging its members to consider rejecting the carrier’s new proposals over staffing levels, working conditions and pay. BA claims that it feels it has come up with a very fair deal in light of the company’s financial situation, and said that it believed it had adequately addressed all of the concerns raised by Unite.
Unite is not happy that British Airways has refused to back down on the reinstatement of suspended air crew, or reconsider its withdrawing of travel perks for [...]
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28th
April
2010
Because of the increasing political tensions in Thailand, the Foreign Office is advising all Britons currently in the country to remain indoors, and to follow the situation on the world’s media. All non-essential travel to Thailand should also be avoided, according to the British government.
On Thursday the Foreign Office was advising British nationals to avoid Bangkok, but that warning has been revised to include the rest of the country. A statement from the Foreign Office said that it was still advising that people avoid the country’s capital, and warned Britons to be vigilant in the regions because of what it [...]
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28th
April
2010
Europcar, Britain’s leading car rental company has announced new efforts to bring ease of travel to embattled UK holidaymakers.
With the forecasted rebound in spring and summer travel hit hard by the ongoing rail and airline industrial disputes, not to mention the massive disruptions caused by the Iceland volcanic ash cloud, travel plans for Britons have once again been thrown into chaos of late.
To combat this, Europcar has made significant efforts to redistribute its sizeable fleet to the worst affected areas across the continent, most noticeably around ferry ports along the south coast of the UK and also in London, which [...]
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