3 d. ago Christmas travel chaos threat as 4 days of rail strikes announced

Rail workers will be striking over staffing shortages, pay disputes and 'broken commitments'

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4 d. ago Days of travel chaos expected with Belgian airport and rail strikes

Three days of rail, tram and bus disruption – and no flights from Brussels on Wednesday

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8 d. ago Amber cold weather health alert issued as temperatures could plunge to

The amber alert is in place for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber, while a yellow alert is in place for the rest of England.

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1 week ago England faces widespread drought in 2026 without wet winter – Environment Agency

The country’s drought situation remains ‘precarious’ despite recent rainfall, and could be facing a drier than normal three months to January.

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3 w. ago Days of rail chaos ahead after Cumbria landslide derails train and cuts off Scotland from North West England

The 04:28 service from Glasgow Central to London Euston came off the tracks near the village of Shap, in Cumbria at around 6:15am on Monday amid torrential rain and severe weather.

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3 w. ago Photos of Glasgow train derailment in Cumbria after carriages hit landslide at 80mph

A major Incident was declared on Monday morning after a Glasgow to London train derailed.

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3 w. ago Andrew's bid for police help to smear Virgina Giuffre must be fully investigated, says former prosecutor

Nazir Afzal, the ex-Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England, today said there needed to be 'full transparency' into whether Andrew asked one of his bodyguards to investigate his accuser.

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last month Moment cops arrest ringleader for smuggling £300k drugs into prisons via drone

Curtis Carney, 36, and his accomplice Robert Stoba, 26, attempted 50 drops with the devices, over six different prisons across the North West of England.

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