"When you are deprived of money for a job, you become dependent on them for your food, your transport, for everything, " says Mark.

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The Scottish Greens' Mark Ballard warned that the executive's transport strategy was rich in "greenwash".

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Kulveer Ranger, the Mayor of London's transport adviser, met youngsters at Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve to mark the scheme's first anniversary.

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Don't be misled by the headlines though, says Mark Smith, who used to set fares at the Department of Transport and now runs the website The Man in Seat 61.

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The Fifa delegation were complimentary about transport, stadiums, security and the passion for football, raising only one question mark over accommodation.

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An additional 1, 200 police are now on London's streets to reassure the public, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Crime and Operations Mark Rowley said, with extra patrols at key locations such as religious institutions and transport hubs.

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"Mark Thatcher provided financing for a coup d'etat in Equatorial Guinea and then he organised all the transport for the coup d'etat, " Mr Obono told the Associated Press.

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But in the bulky shape of John Prescott, the transport lobby now has the ear of a senior minister who takes the issue seriously and is determined to make a mark.

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