6 h. ago Manchester to London commuter train will run for five months without passengers

Manchester to London commuter train will run for five months without passengers  The Telegraph

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10 h. ago Avanti to run Manchester to London morning commuter train without passengers after watchdog refuses to let them sell tickets for it

Rail firm Avanti said it was ‘disappointed’ by the watchdog’s decision

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10 h. ago Axed Manchester to London commuter train to continue running – but without passengers

The train, one of the country’s fastest intercity services, is popular with commuters – but they won’t be able to board it

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10 h. ago Axed Manchester to London commuter train to continue running – but there’s a catch

Axed Manchester to London commuter train to continue running – but there’s a catch  The Independent

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22 h. ago Passengers’ fury as Avanti ‘ghost train’ to London to run EMPTY following ruling

PASSENGERS have been left furious as Avanti are set to run an empty ghost train to London. In a controversial ruling from the rail regulator, the morning weekday service from Manchester to London will run without passengers for around five months. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has ruled the 7am Avanti West Coast...

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23 h. ago Manchester commuter train to London will run with no passengers

Manchester commuter train to London will run with no passengers  The Times

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25 h. ago Avanti to run Manchester to London morning commuter train without passengers

A ruling by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) means the service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston will still depart each weekday  but will carry only staff for up to five months.

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30 h. ago 'Ghost' train to London to run without passengers following regulator's ruling

Avanti's weekday 7am train from Manchester to the capital will still make the trip but no passengers will be allowed on board

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35 h. ago London underground station closed following reports of casualty on track

Emergency services have swarmed on Hammersmith Underground Station in London this morning

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36 h. ago London Tube station evacuated as police and ambulance flood area in major incident

Emergency services rushed to Hammersmith Underground Station in London on Saturday morning and confirmed a casualty on the tracks. Paramedics were seen 'rushing in' with equipment at 8.36am

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62 h. ago Commuters hit with train delays as Glasgow line blocked amid ongoing incident

The line remains closed off.

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3 d. ago Batman makes commuters more chivalrous if he's on the train with them

The Dark Knight was found to shake people out of their routines so they became kinder to others

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3 d. ago London has plenty of posh breakfast options – but give me a greasy spoon any day | Adrian Chiles

The food’s better, the price is better and the company is better. You know where you are at a proper caffEarly some mornings, when I’m working in London, I go for breakfast with two good friends. So that’s me, a fabric dealer and a psychotherapist. Obviously this sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s one for which, at the time of writing, I have no punchline. Soho’s our hunting ground, the hunt in question being for somewhere to have breakfast at 7am. There’s not much open at that time. I mean, it’s not asking for much, is it? Somewhere to sit and eat at what is hardly a punishingly early hour.Being gentlemen of a certain age, we also require access to a toilet, which narrows our options still further. What this leaves us with is the grand total of four establishments. Three are fancy restaurants; one isn’t. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Morning Coffee: London bankers laugh and cry on a day of curious ineptitude. Who gets credit for a huge Citi deal?

Morning Coffee: London bankers laugh and cry on a day of curious ineptitude. Who gets credit for a huge Citi deal?  eFinancialCareers

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9 d. ago Euston chaos as 'do not travel' warning issued with signal fault wrecking travel plans for thousands

A ‘do not travel’ warning has been issued by Avanti West Coast for all routes between London and Manchester, Liverpool, Holyhead and Preston

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1 week ago The endearing reason Prince Philip gave up smoking on the morning of his wedding to Queen Elizabeth II

Prince Philip even gave up smoking on the morning of their fairytale wedding on November 20, 1947, at London's Westminster Abbey, despite it being a 'family habit' instilled by Queen Mary.

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1 week ago Wintry conditions to continue around the coasts after 7cm of snow recorded

Snow fell overnight and on Wednesday morning in many areas of the UK, including London, Northumberland and Berkshire.

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1 week ago TOM PARKER BOWLES: How I fought to save my Jack Russell Maud from the jaws of a 10st mastiff who savaged her in London street

It was the most glorious of mid-November London mornings - and it was time for lunch at a restaurant. Maud, my Jack Russell terrier, was beside herself with glee. So off we went...

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1 week ago Man rushed to hospital and shopping centre evacuated after 'van explosion'

The casualty in his 60s was being treated for serious burns after the blast in a car park in the south-west London district of Wimbledon on Monday morning.

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2 w. ago Boy, 17, dies after falling from height at Harrow shopping centre

A teenage boy was tragically pronounced dead near St George's Shopping Centre in Harrow, London yesterday morning after falling from a height, police have confirmed

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