49 h. ago Just the ticket: Europe’s 10 best train station hotels for a first

Travelling by rail? Treat yourself to a proper arrival at these extra-special hotels, just minutes from the platformYou might think the location is the best thing about this hotel – slap bang next to María Zambrano station – the ideal starting point for a tour of Andalucía’s trio of spectacular cities: Seville, Córdoba and Granada. But the roof terrace is an unexpected win, too, with a sleek outdoor pool, alfresco sofas and loungers for a post-sightseeing snooze, and a nice menu of cocktails and light bites. The real gem, though, is the totally unexpected slide that swooshes down from the first to the ground floor, giving the lobby a lovely sense of fun. Breakfasts are also excellent.Doubles from £144 room-only, barcelo.com Continue reading...

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4 d. ago New UK train station latest as £85m build sees towns reunited after 60 years

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is building new stops on the Walsall to Wolverhampton line in Willenhall and Darlaston - home to the famous Cadbury World

Economics

4 d. ago WH Smith high street stores to be rebranded TG Jones after £76 million sale

WH Smith name will live on at airport and train station branches

Economics

7 d. ago Swedish shoppers boycott supermarkets over ‘runaway’ food prices

With the cost of feeding a family up by an estimated £2,290, consumers, like many across Europe, are taking direct actionMarcel Demir was not impressed. The Swedish student had been monitoring the price of chocolate and crisps and had noticed that both had gone up astronomically.“Absolutely, prices have gone up,” he said, standing outside a branch of Sweden’s grocery store chain Coop in Stockholm Central train station. “I usually buy crisps and chocolate and they’ve gone up a lot. Chocolate recently. Crisps over the last year.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Everton fans have worrying new complaint after second test event at new stadium

Everton are preparing to move into their new £800m stadium next season but there have been some concerns raised by fans around the travel conditions outside ground, with a connecting bridge and nearby train station causing issues

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8 d. ago Creepy perv jailed for taking 800 pictures of hundreds of men in Aldi toilets

A sex offender has been jailed for secretly taking nearly 800 pictures and videos of men using the loos in an Aldi in Middlesbrough and a train station in Darlington

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1 week ago I nearly stepped in front of a train after taking antidepressants

I am on the platform at St John's Wood Tube station, thoughts racing through my mind. The indicator board says a train is approaching... and I am trying to decide whether to step in front of it.

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1 week ago Urgent appeal to find missing schoolboy, 12, who vanished after going to train station two days ago

Alfie Caine (pictured), who is from Dover, was last seen at the rail station in the village of Kearsney, Kent, at 10am on Tuesday March 18.

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1 week ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing 'vulnerable' man last seen near major train station

Alan was last seen on Wednesday afternoon (March 19)

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1 week ago Boy, 17, stabbed in mass brawl as thugs brandish machetes near east London train station

Paramedics treated the teenager ‘as a priority’ outside Wanstead Park, Forest Gate

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1 week ago You can fly to this European city for less than a train ticket to London this weekend

You could swap your usual scenery for mountains, cosy cafés and medieval architecture

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2 w. ago Athletic Bilbao fans offered Europa League final ticket incentive BEFORE they face Rangers

Barry Ferguson's men face the Spanish cracks in the last eight of UEFA's second tier competition

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2 w. ago Police launch appeal to trace missing Edinburgh man last seen in Perthshire

Coen Bust, 47, was reported missing from his home in Edinburgh and was last seen at Dunkeld train station last week.

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2 w. ago Teen electrocuted at train station while trying to run away from angry gang

Scott Christie ran onto the roof of Edinburgh's Waverley station while being chased by a gang, then fell on 25,000 volt electrical overhead lines before crashing onto rail tracks

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2 w. ago The massive London train station you've probably never used even though it's really famous

The massive London train station you've probably never used even though it's really famous  Yahoo News UK

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2 w. ago ‘I feel conflicted when I see navy recruits’: Spiro Bolos’s best phone picture

One afternoon, as he passed a train station bench in Chicago, the street photographer spotted young men in uniform On his way to work at a north Chicago public high school, Spiro Bolos has been making a photo series of people on this train station bench. On the way to visit his partner one Sunday afternoon, he saw these young men. The US navy’s largest training camp is about an hour away; home to the force’s only boot camp and 20,000 sailors, marines, soldiers and Department of Defense civilians.Bolos thinks these men had been given a weekend pass to visit the city. He says they were looking at their phones and preparing their backpacks when he took this shot. As one stood up to stretch, Bolos captured their image. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Manhunt as schoolgirl, 15, punched in the face and racially abused outside London train station

Young victim’s friends tried to stop attack but were assaulted too

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2 w. ago Schoolgirl 'punched in face and racially abused' as police launch manhunt

Police have launched a manhunt after a schoolgirl was allegedly punched in the face and racially abused at a train station in South London

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2 w. ago Man charged with Glasgow train station attack after victim left 'lucky to be alive'

The man appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court this week charged with serious assault.

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2 w. ago New £200m train station will boast 1,000 bike spaces – but no car park

Cambridge South is focusing on providing a sustainable travel option with a focus on cycling and pedestrians

Economics