Meralco says it is not interested in the NPC's 230-kilovolt main transmission line, but just in the 115-kv subsidiary link to the southern Luzon provinces of Cavite and Laguna, where the country's major industries - Meralco's customers - are situated.

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The new breed of spear-phishing emails appear to be sent by a close friend or family member, address the victim by name in the subject line or body of the message, and include a link to a website controlled by spammers.

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The new route, which will be finalised in 2014 and is due to be built by 2033, will also see the HS2 line link with the West Coast Main Line near Wigan.

BBC: HS2 to enter Manchester via tunnel under city

For example, in order to get passengers to the new terminal, the Heathrow Express line needed to be extended, and a link built to the nearby M25 motorway.

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Lord Berkeley tabled a question to government ministers on 25 June 2012, asking what action they were taking to create a passenger ferry link to the Isles of Scilly, which lie off the south-west tip of Cornwall, in line with the Scottish government's ferries policy.

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