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Plaid Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to effectively re-nationalise the railways after the UK Shadow Transport Secretary suggested Labour were looking at the policy for England.
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- Drivers owe £174m for congestion charge More than £170m is owed by people who have not paid the congestion charge in London, it has been revealed.
- 450 new jobs at Swansea DVLA HQThe DVLA says up to 450 jobs will be created at its Swansea HQ as part of an improvement programme, although posts will go in Cardiff and Bangor.
- US in China car import tariff rowThe United States has complained to the World Trade Organisation about the level of China's import duties on large-engined US-made cars.
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- Vapour from 'smokers' health aid' sparked M6 Toll road alertThe terror alert which closed the M6 toll today was caused by a
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