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Train drivers staging 3 fresh strikes including on FA Cup Final and Derby day
The Aslef union announced three new strikes, including on Saturday, June 3
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Tory anti-strikes Bill could provoke 'further conflict', warns rail boss
The anti-strikes bill, which could see public sector workers including nurses sacked for taking part in walkouts, could add 'stress' to the relationship between workers and employers, MPs were told
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Teen stowaway found dead after falling from plane to Heathrow days before Xmas
An inquest at West London Coroners Court heard authorities have made "sterling efforts" to find the teenage boy's family after his body was found on railway tracks in 2020
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Delays to HS2 rail to North won't save cash, Tory Transport Secretary admits
Tory ministers sparked fury last month by confirming a two-year hold-up in building key sections of the HS2 high speed rail line in a bid to cut spiralling costs
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Heartbreaking tribute to 'always smiling' mum found dead on railway line
Colette Fazackerley, 40, was pronounced dead on Easter Sunday (April 9) after police were called to reports of a woman near the train tracks, close to the Ashton Cricket Club
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Woman poses for photo with head back 'like a model' at Auschwitz Nazi death camp
The shameless woman is seen posing on the railway track in front of Auschwitz Birkenau in Poland, where more than 1 million people were murdered during World War 2
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Tragic Paul O'Grady choked up on his final show as last TV series begins tonight
In the new series of Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs, filmed last year, he helps nurse Newfoundland Peggy back to health after an operation
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Man 'drained his bank account' to get onboard UK's most luxurious trains
Saphos Trains and the silver service offered to their guests by a team of 23 staff members are featured in the new More4 show, Britain’s Most Luxurious Trains, which airs on Monday nights
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Europe's oldest operating theatre to reopen - but it's not for the faint-hearted
The surgery room is now a museum and will reopen to the public after refurbishment thanks to a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports grant
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Huge swathes of Vladimir Putin’s Russia see internet cut off in mystery outage
Unprecedented massive web problems hit large regions across Siberia and the Russian Far East, and spanned many of Vladimir Putin’s 11 zones
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Fury as fed-up train passengers 'faint' on 'overcrowded' Easter journeys
London Euston station is shut today due to engineering works and images show thousands crammed onto overcrowded trains - many then flocked to Marylebone, Paddington and St Pancras to find alternate journeys from the capital
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Dover bosses try to halt Easter ferry chaos and warn drivers NOT to arrive early
The Port of Dover declared a critical incident last Friday when queues of vehicles trying to board ferries built up, and they want to avoid a repeat over the long weekend
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Railways still in chaos 60 years after Beecham Report wrecked our train network
This week in 1963, Dr Beeching wielded his axe that shut down more than half of Britain’s stations and closed 5,000 route miles of track - costing 67,000 workers their jobs
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Family of girl, 15, electrocuted on rail line will 'never overcome' her death
Roxy Phillips, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene in Weymouth after being electrocuted on a railway line, with her heartbroken family paying tribute to the "beautiful" schoolgirl
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Train delays for tens of thousands of commuters was caused by two passengers
Tens of thousands of commuters' journeys home were affected when a pair of selfish passengers attempted to force open the doors of a train, cutting off power to tracks
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Top doctor is suspended from NHS job for six months for using wife's travel pass
Dr James Kayan IP has been given a six-month suspension from his role at Great Ormond Street Hospital after he was discovered to have been using his wife's free travel pass
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Boy, 3, honours station master ancestor by blowing whistle for Flying Scotsman
Edward Almond waved his green flag while wearing treasured relative Brian Almond’s original hat when the famed locomotive steamed into the station
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Police rush to 'dead body' in field - but it turns out to be a scarecrow
One passing high speed rail passenger thought they had spotted a dead body in a field near Swayfield, Lincolnshire, and alerted police who sent several officers including a drone pilot to investigate
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Question Time audience laugh at Tory mocked by Fiona Bruce for stuttering on HS2
Tory MP Bim Afolami struggled to get his words out as the Question Time panel debated whether HS2 is worth the money. Ministers have announced part of the high speed railway will be delayed by at least two years
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HS2 delay 'will trigger job cuts and could see firms go bust' leak shows
A leaked document produced by Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh in the Commons laid bare the potential impact of the controversial two-year delay to a key section of the high speed railway
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Addict hailed hero for jumping on tracks to save man who fainted tragically dies
Heroic Ashley Montabello hit headlines last year after leaping onto the tracks at Redfern Station in Sydney, Australia, after a 57-year-old man fainted and fell on the platform - but tragically died in February from a suspected drug overdose
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Terrifying moment moped driver is 'seconds away' from being hit by train
The video shows the two people riding on one motor scooter come within centimetres of a speeding train in what Transport Police called, the “most shocking” incident of its type that they had ever seen
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'HS2 delay another Tory betrayal of Northern voters and mockery of levelling-up'
While Londoners enjoy the new £18billion Elizabeth Line, passengers in the North are lumbered with aged rolling stock, reduced services and shoddy performance
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Betrayal of the North as HS2 delayed yet again by Tories in 'staggering failure'
Section of controversial high speed train project is put on the back-burner as Government blames increased costs but Labour says the North is paying the price for Tory incompetence
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Nuclear watchdog in terrifying warning as Ukraine plant hit by Russian missiles
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear facility in Europe, is currently under the control of Russian forces - but has been in a state of blackout since it was captured, forcing it to rely on diesel generators
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