9 h. ago 'Flying Banana' train set to take final journey after being a British icon for over 50 years

The British Rail Class 43 High-Speed Train (HST), also known as the InterCity 125, gained the nickname 'Flying Banana' due to its yellow design that would whizz by.

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21 h. ago Grieving widower, 71, took his own life on railway line weeks after unexpected death of his beloved wife of 40 years

Geoffrey Evans, 71, walked out from his home in Plympton, Devon, late one night in July 2024 and made his way to the tracks near the Plymbridge Road overbridge.

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45 h. ago Daily killings in Mexico drop 37% under Claudia Sheinbaum, but experts say data is problematic

Government claims national security strategy is working, but analysts say figures don’t show rise in forced disappearancesThe average number of daily killings per month in Mexico has dropped by 37% since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office last year, according to new government figures, but security analysts cautioned that homicide data may not indicate improved national security.There was an average of nearly 55 murders a day in November compared with almost 87 when Sheinbaum assumed the presidency in September last year, the head of the country’s national public security system, Marcela Figueroa Franco, said during the president’s daily news conference on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Revealed: The shockingly high amount of time the average Brit spends scrolling on their phone every day

UK adults are now spending more time online than ever before, with the average Briton spending four and a half hours on their devices every day.

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3 d. ago Mum arrested next to Disney after 'attacking and strangling' her son, 6

Horrified passengers watched in shock as a 42-year-old mother allegedly attacked her six-year-old son and strangled him on a packed TGV train in France before railway police arrested her near Disneyland Paris

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3 d. ago One tree planted every hour as green infrastructure takes root in West Lothian town

An average of 20 trees per day – almost one every hour – have been planted in the past five years, meaning 38,000 trees planted since 2021 now punctuate the vast Auldcathie Park that runs through the core of the growing community and in woodland adjacent to the Union Canal.

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5 d. ago Fans rage as NFL hands Baker Mayfield and Bucky Irving harsh $20,000 fine for 'violent gesture' celebrations

NFL fans have blasted the league for fining Tampa Bay Buccaneers duo Baker Mayfield and Bucky Irving over a 'violent gesture' they performed while celebrating last week.

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7 d. ago Britain's 'loneliest' railway station which only sees one passenger every five days

Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire on the East Midlands Railway network had just 68 entries and exits in the year to the end of March, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

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7 d. ago Eurostar and DB develop plans to launch direct London to Germany trains

Eurostar and DB develop plans to launch direct London to Germany trains  Railway Gazette International

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7 d. ago Britain's busiest and quietest railway stations are revealed: Terminus that sees 98MILLION journeys a year comes top of the list

The estimated number of entries and exits at the UK's busiest station in the past year was 98.0million - up 3.7 per cent from 94.5million a year earlier, according to the Office of Rail and Road.

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8 d. ago Crew shortage to blame for cancelled London Northwestern Railway trains through Stafford and Birmingham

Crew shortage to blame for cancelled London Northwestern Railway trains through Stafford and Birmingham  Express & Star

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9 d. ago Major incident on Scots train as passengers ordered to get off with police at scene

COPS have been scrambled to an incident onboard a Scots train. Officers were called to Leuchars railway station in Fife earlier this afternoon. It is understood all passengers were taken off the train. Network Rail confirmed there was some disruption caused by the incident at the station. They confirmed it had been dealt with and...

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1 week ago More than 7,300 cops and staff assaulted in line of duty in a year, data shows

Police Scotland data shows 7,356 officers and staff were assaulted in the 12 months to June, up eight per cent in a year, an average of 22 every day.

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1 week ago Heartbroken family of promising footballer, 14, who died after being hit by a train say they will 'miss him forever'

Joshua Travis died on Wednesday evening after being hit by a train on the railway line shortly after 7pm.

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1 week ago Glasgow trains thrown into chaos due to 'trespassers on railway'

The trespassers have caused several lines from Glasgow Central to be disrupted and the upset could continue.

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1 week ago Football club honoured with new South Western Railway Arterio 'Phoenix' train

The new South Western Railway Arterio train has been dubbed the ‘Phoenix’ to mark the National League club's memorable victory at Wembley, a nod to their emblem after they beat Spennymoor Town 3-0 in the final

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2 w. ago At least 11 dead after train slams into group of railway workers in China

Rail services at the Luoyang station in Kunming were suspended after the incident

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2 w. ago China train crash kills 11 people as two hurt in major railway disaster

China has suffered one of its worst railway disasters this morning after 13 workers were struck by a train as they were reportedly working on the line near Luoyangzhen Station in Kunming

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2 w. ago Brits use enough electricty on Christmas Day to watch Home Alone 183 times

The average household will use six to eight times more electricity on Christmas Day compared to the average day of the year - with the majority being used for our Christmas Dinners

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2 w. ago Railway maintenance workers died after being struck by train

Gareth Delbridge, aged 64, from Kenfig Hill, and Michael Allan Lewis, 58, from North Cornelly, were carrying out maintenance on the track when they were hit

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