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Airport staff avoid crime checks
Foreign workers at UK airports are employed without mandatory criminal records checks, BBC Newsnight learns.
Published: Thu, 08 May 2008 13:20:27 GMT

Longbridge to see new cars built
The owners of the Longbridge car factory reveal plans to produce up to four new models at the plant.
Published: Thu, 08 May 2008 10:35:06 GMT

ROI drivers' £700k ticket tally
Motorists from the Republic of Ireland owe than £700,000 in unpaid parking tickets in NI, it has emerged.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:03:32 GMT

Airport 'will ruin' national park
Three national park societies of Wales team up to try to prevent an airport opening in Snowdonia.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:27:05 GMT

Cameras catch 264 speeding a day
More than 260 motorists a day are caught speeding in a week-long campaign co-ordinated by Suffolk Police.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:06:24 GMT

Wrong-way motorway driver banned
A pensioner who drove more than five miles along a motorway in the wrong direction is banned.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 09:17:55 GMT

Bus services resume after strike
Bus services in Liverpool are returning to normal as drivers get back to work after an unofficial strike.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 14:24:10 GMT

US slowdown puts brakes on Toyota
Toyota predicts its first annual profit fall for seven years as the US slowdown takes its toll.
Published: Thu, 08 May 2008 07:39:01 GMT

Technicality halts 122mph charge
A man accused of driving at 122 mph on a notorious stretch of road has the case against him dropped due a legal technicality.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 16:05:04 GMT

Johnson bans drink on transport
The new Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, unveils plans to ban alcohol on the city's transport network.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 14:04:02 GMT

BA 'failed to foresee' T5 chaos
BA boss Willie Walsh says the airline failed to predict the chaos that hit Heathrow's Terminal 5 on its opening.
Published: Wed, 07 May 2008 16:28:14 GMT

Data from the BBC travel website via BBC Backstage