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A new app has been created to try and solve the travel crisis in the UK and it's designed to match up those wanting to travel, with empty coaches.

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A new app has been created to try and solve the travel crisis in the UK and it's designed to match up those wanting to travel, with empty coaches.

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Popular taxi app Uber has applied for a patent to use artificial intelligence, which could be used to determine how drunk a potential passenger may be.

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Following Network Rail's electrification of the route between London Paddington and South Wales, we've got all the updated travel information you need for train ...

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Bristol Live

Uber developing tech which will be able to tell how drunk you are and possibly refuse you a ride Bristol Live ... 'uncharacteristic user activity and may take an action to reduce undesired consequences of uncharacteristic user states.' This could spell bad news for people who like to use Uber to stop them stumbling home after a night out in Bristol's pubs and ... and more »

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The Guardian

The problem with Uber's new PR offensive: 'It's like sweatshop clothes. Someone is paying' The Guardian Back in 2014, the Guardian had been asking if Uber was the “worst company in Silicon Valley”, and that was before the sexual harassment lawsuits, the #DeleteUber campaign, the employment tribunals over its failure to pay the UK's minimum wage ...

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Bristol Live

New Channel 4 documentary gives insight into Uber journeys in Bristol Bristol Live A new documentary mini-series has given an insight into the Uber journeys that are happening across the city every day. Six-epsisode Channel 4 series 'Where to, Britain?' focuses on trips in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle and Glasgow, with ...

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Freda Froom's experience of chronic loneliness - and her journey to friendship and happiness - has inspired a simple campaign to help others like her.

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The taxi app is attempting to turn around its toxic image with a quirky documentary narrated by Dawn French. But has anything actually changed for its drivers?

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A new documentary mini-series has given an insight into the Uber journeys that are happening across the city every day. Six-epsisode Channel 4 series 'Where ...

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In the seven-minute long show, driver Mohammed is given a fright from 'paranormal fans' Steff and Jan, while Jonathan encounters a ballet ace.

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The three-figure sum was taken from his account a day after his 110-mile journey with the app-based firm.

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uberGIVING hit the streets of UK cities on 2 June, collecting donations for Cancer Research UK and delivering them to the charity's shops.

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The flight from Bristol Airport to Prague on Friday night was cancelled after a group were accused of treating the aircraft like 'a nightclub'

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UK Fundraising

uberGIVING hits UK cities in support of Cancer Research UK UK Fundraising This weekend saw Uber hit the streets in ten cities UK-wide to pick up donations for Cancer Research UK, as well as its usual customers. uberGIVING took place on 2 June in London (Zones 1 and 2), Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Merseyside, Bristol, ...

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Bristol Live

Man whose stag party to blame for easyJet flight cancellation hits back and says crew should be sacked Bristol Live The Easy Jet spokeswoman explained: "EasyJet was required to cancel flight EZY6267 from Bristol to Prague on June 1 due to a group of passengers behaving disruptively on board which caused a delay - the flight was further delayed and then cancelled ... and more »

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Daily Star

Student, 23, terrorised by 'fake taxi driver' who set FIRE to her doormat after ride home Daily Star Sophie said the unmarked cab didn't seem out of the ordinary given her experiences using Uber. She said: "It wasn't marked but I'm used to getting Ubers in Bristol and they're not marked so I didn't think anything of it." She described how the man ...

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Metro Newspaper UK

Pick of the week around the country Metro Newspaper UK ... food more ethical, this feast of events and activities is designed to inspire an interest in the natural world. Tomorrow until June 10, Bristol and Bath, bnhc.org.uk ... You'll need more than your shades to avoid being blinded by the sheer ...

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Smart Highways (press release)

Uber gives customers the chance to donate to Cancer Research UK Smart Highways (press release) On Saturday 2 June the company is offering people an easy way to donate clothes, accessories and other items to one of Cancer Research UK's shops across the UK using the Uber app in cities including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, ... and more »

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Business Insider Nordic

A top Oculus engineer quit Facebook for a self-driving car startup because it's more exciting than VR Business Insider Nordic FiveAI raised £26.8 million ($35.6 million) last September to fund its driverless car technology and has teams in London, Cambridge, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Oxford. CEO Stan Boland told Business Insider that the company will be ready to test out its ...

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