9 h. ago Scots youngsters to have bus passes removed if they misbehave on public transport

John Swinney said work is under way to develop a system that would strip under-22s of their entitlement following repeated bad behaviour.

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56 h. ago Foreign Office warns Brits there ‘may be travel disruption’ to these two European countries

Millions of people were left without mobile phone coverage and internet and there was huge disruption on the roads and public transport after a huge power cut

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57 h. ago Chelsea and Liverpool fans braced for travel chaos as transport shuts down for bank holiday

Liverpool fans heading to London on public transport for Sunday's Premier League match against Chelsea are in for a nasty surprise, with a number of transport issues making the journey horrible

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3 d. ago Major power cut in Spain, Portugal and France hitting transport and phones

There is no internet access, no public transport and no phone connection

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6 d. ago Gatwick accepts changes on aircraft noise and public transport in expansion bid

In February, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced she is prepared to support the expansion of Gatwick airport if the project is adjusted.

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6 d. ago POLL: Should it be illegal to play loud music on public transport?

Should 'headphone dodgers' be slapped with fines?

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7 d. ago Brits back 'headphone dodgers' crackdown: YouGov poll reveals 60% want anyone who blares out loud music on public transport to be fined £1,000

A poll commissioned by YouGov surveyed 6815 Britons across the nation to deduce whether they supported calls for headphone dodgers to be fines.

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7 d. ago ‘Headphone dodgers’ may not be able to afford £1,000 fines, says Badenoch

The Liberal Democrats have proposed steep fines for people playing music out loud from their phones on public transport.

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7 d. ago Calls for ban on playing music on public transport with fines of up to £1,000 for culprits

The change could be brought about using railway byelaws, which already prohibit behaviours such as offensive language

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7 d. ago Have your say: Should passengers who play music out loud get £1,000 fines?

The Lib Dems have led calls for fines up to £1,000 for 'headphone dodgers' on public transport, arguing that they disturb the peace of other commuters and that something needs to be done

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7 d. ago Call to fine ‘headphone dodgers’ £1000 for blasting music on buses and trains

Sir Keir Starmer urged to crack down on antisocial so-called ‘headphone dodgers’

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7 d. ago Politicians call for loud music on public transport to be made illegal with £1,000 fine

The Lib Dems have called for loud music on public transport to be banned and have said that fines should be imposed on those who do not follow the rules

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7 d. ago Politicians float £1000 fines for 'headphone dodgers' who make others dread public transport

The Lib Dems are looking to amend the Bus Services Bill going through the House of Lords to make it illegal to play music out loud on public transport in England

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8 d. ago Demands to fine ‘headphone dodgers’ who blast loud music on buses and trains

Sir Keir Starmer urged to crack down on antisocial so-called ‘headphone dodgers’

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8 d. ago 'Headphone dodgers' who play music on buses and trains 'should face huge fine'

The Lib Dems have demanded £1,000 penalties for people who play loud music and videos on public transport as figures show most passengers are too intimidated to step in

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8 d. ago Lib Dems call for music played out loud on public transport to be banned

The Liberal Democrats say that local authorities could impose rules banning music on buses by strengthening existing antisocial behaviour laws.

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8 d. ago Pensioner ‘assaulted’ by three teenage girls on London trains in series of attacks

Officers believe same group of teenage girls were involved in both incidents on public transport

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2 w. ago TfL reveal 10% of sex toys lost on public transport are returned to their owners

Cockfosters was the site of the most sex toy discoveries between 2014 and 2018

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3 w. ago Additional public transport announced ahead of Open golf event at Royal Portrush

Tens of thousands are expected to flock to Northern Ireland’s north coast to see the world’s top golfers in July.

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3 w. ago Where have all the headphones gone on public transport? The noise is eating into my soul | Adrian Chiles

Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world?Some time in the early years of the last decade, a friend and I travelled by train from London to Barcelona, where we would be covering a football match for work. We had a very nice day, playing Scrabble and drinking train wine as we sped south. The only problem was that a kid near us, not 10 years old, was watching a cartoon or playing a game on an iPad without the benefit of headphones. The sound wasn’t so much loud as persistent. Slowly but surely it drilled its way into our skulls and started to eat into our souls. I shot the family a couple of glances but got a look back which managed to communicate two things. Firstly that they were sorry. Secondly that if they took the iPad off the kid, we’d all be sorry. So, on he went. And an otherwise perfectly pleasurable journey started to drag.Then I had an idea. I got my headphones out of my bag, caught the mother’s eye,...

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