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Fri 3 Sep 2010
250,000 coach seats for under £5 from National Express
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Fri 3 Sep 2010
RAIL and bus group Go-Ahead posted a 24 per cent fall in annual pre-tax profit yesterday, as passenger numbers grew but margins fell. The group’s profit of £88.7m, which was slightly ahead of expectations, was boosted by a 7.7 per cent increase in revenues from bus ticket sales. Go-Ahead bus and train services, which include the Gatwick Express and London Midland, provided more than 1bn journeys last year, the firm’s busiest ever year. Keith Ludeman, group chief executive, told City A.M. yesterday: “There are pretty good reasons for the fall in profit: reduced subsidies, reduced quality incentive payments in London and different targets from January
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AN ASTONISHING six out of 10 Britons are desperate to escape the UK by retiring overseas, more than any other country in Europe.
Spain is the most popular destination, as retiring Britons dream of a life of sunshine and sangria, followed by the US, Australia, France and Italy, according to an Aon Consulting survey.
Upping sticks and moving to a foreign country, however, isn’t straightforward.
You have to cope with conflicting tax laws, living costs and pension and inheritance rules, and if the dream doesn’t work out, climbing back on the British property ladder could prove a struggle
Fri 3 Sep 2010
RAIL and bus group Go-Ahead posted a 24 per cent fall in annual pre-tax profit yesterday, as passenger numbers grew but margins fell
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RAIL and bus group Go-Ahead posted a 24 per cent fall in annual pre-tax profit yesterday, as passenger numbers grew but margins fell.
The group’s profit of £88.7m, which was slightly ahead of expectations, was boosted by a 7.7 per cent increase in revenues from bus ticket sales.
Go-Ahead bus and train services, which include the Gatwick Express and London Midland, provided more than 1bn journeys last year, the firm’s busiest ever year.
Keith Ludeman, group chief executive, told City A.M. yesterday: “There are pretty good reasons for the fall in profit: reduced subsidies, reduced quality incentive payments in London and different targets from January.”
Thu 2 Sep 2010
Conmen jailed for swindling woman, 94, out of £70,000 for work worth £250
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Members of a gang that conned a 94-year-old woman out of almost £70,000 for building work worth just £250 were jailed today.
The woman was one of 11 elderly victims swindled out of £200,000 for building work by David Evans, his sons and two accomplices. Two other victims were each charged £40,000 for work that should have cost just a few hundred pounds.
Over five years the gang targeted vulnerable elderly people in Gloucestershire and convinced them that their homes needed maintenance work.
Thu 2 Sep 2010
London bus ad campaign planned for Pope’s UK visit – Pope Benedict – Ordain Women Now!
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A group of British Christians are planning to get their message across to Pope Benedict during his visit to the UK next month by enlisting the help of a fleet of double-decker London buses.
The advertising campaign which will see 15 London buses plastered with the words “Pope Benedict – Ordain Women Now!” has been organised by the Catholic Women’s Ordination (CWO) who’ve paid £15,000 to have their message displayed on the buses for a full four weeks.
Thu 2 Sep 2010
Fundraising locals launch minibus service
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Four years after the village of Wellow on the outskirts of Bath lost its minibus service, its residents are rejoicing after launching their own minibus travel link.
The Wellow Community Bus has been funded by generous donations from the public and grants. The minibus will now provide a daily transport service which will provide an affordable and convenient transport link for the villagers.
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Thu 2 Sep 2010
Generous pensioner gives out money on street
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Police in the German town of Aschaffenburg Wednesday were called to investigate after a well-dressed 65-year-old man was spotted handing out euro coins on the street.
Wearing a sign round his neck reading ‘I’m not homeless, I’m not unemployed. I’ve got a wife, I’m doing OK. Therefore I’d like to give you a euro,’ the man was reported by a passer-by while he was distributing coins in a pedestrian zone, police said.
Concerned residents feared some sort of con-trick.
Upon questioning the man, however, the Aschaffenburg officers were told that he’d become a pensioner that day, and wanted to let the general public know about his joyful news.
Wed 1 Sep 2010
More than 90 per cent of smokers are barred from renting a property, new figures have suggested
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Previously smoking was not thought to be a major cause of breast cancer although it is known to increase the risk of several other forms of the disease Photo: ALAMY
It found a strong shift in attitude against smoking tenants among landlords following the smoking ban introduced in July 2007.
Just 7 per cent of landlords allow smoking in their property while 38 per cent said they will evict lodgers who smoke indoors, according to the survey by easyroommate.co.uk.
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Wed 1 Sep 2010
Doorstep conmen target pensioners
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Three pensioners had cash and jewellery stolen from their homes after being targeted by conmen in the Black Country.
Thieves posing as water board officials targeted the homes of three women aged 94, 89 and 86.
Police are warning people to be vigilant following the crimes in Tividale, West Bromwich and Rowley Regis.
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Tue 31 Aug 2010
War Hero, aged 90 Murdered for his bus pass
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A 90-year-old veteran who worked as a driver for General Eisenhower during WWII was killed in a ‘despicable’ attack by a thief who robbed him of his bus pass and just £40.
Geoff Bacon died 11 weeks after he was jumped from behind as he entered his flat, before being bundled to the floor and punched in the face by a man demanding money.
The widower suffered a broken hip as his attacker ransacked his home of more than 40 years in Camberwell, south London, before escaping with the money and his bus pass.
Veteran: World War II veteran Geoffrey Bacon, pictured during the war, left, and recently, right, died 11 weeks after being violently robbed in his home. Police have launched a murder inquiryCrime scene: Mr Bacon was attacked outside the Peabody Estate in Camberwell Green, London. He spent 11 weeks in hospital, but never fully recoveredMr Bacon was left banging the floor of his hallway with his walking stick for half an hour to raise the alarm.
