12 h. ago I lost my car keys on an Avanti train but it told me they were at a VETS: CRANE ON THE CASE

The keys ended up in a dump and cost me £430 to replace - but both Avanti and Network Rail are denying that their staff were responsible.

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36 h. ago 'Fat Controller' to improve reliability and tackle delays at London commuter railway

Southeastern train boss given control over Network Rail tracks and signals

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47 h. ago Network Rail strikes lifeline £500m deal with British Steel to help save the Scunthorpe blast furnaces

The agreement, for British Steel to produce 337,000 tonnes of rails over five years, safeguards 2,700 jobs at the Scunthorpe steelworks.

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56 h. ago Thousands of steel jobs secured with £500m Scunthorpe deal despite huge losses in Port Talbot

The UK Government said the announcement 'truly transforms the outlook' of steelmaking in the UK, but thousands of jobs have been lost in Port Talbot with the closure of its blast furnaces

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59 h. ago Work to get US steel tariffs removed to go on in coming ‘days, weeks and months’

US tariffs for the steel industry will stand at 25% for now.

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61 h. ago Thousands of jobs saved and British Steel plant future secured after £500m Network Rail deal

From a £500m rail deal set to rescue British Steel, to Aviva’s £3.7bn Direct Line takeover, surging fossil fuel finance, job cuts linked to NICs, Gareth Bale’s move into football ownership, and Mizkan’s Manchester expansion - here are today’s top UK business stories.

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69 h. ago Rail deal worth £500m will help save Scunthorpe steelworks, says minister

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is visiting the Scunthorpe plant to finalise a major rail steel deal between Network Rail and British Steel.

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69 h. ago Thousands of British Steel jobs secured thanks to £500m Network Rail deal

Two months after being saved by the government, British Steel's Scunthorpe plant is celebrating securing a five-year contract from Network Rail to supply 337,000 tonnes of long and short rail

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4 d. ago British politics is in a loop and it's Farage's vision that's stuck on repeat | John Harris

Unlike Keir Starmer and his cabinet, Reform UK’s leader actually understands and exploits the rules of engagement in our digital ageAs so often happens, what Nigel Farage said on a recent visit to south Wales deserved endless pejoratives. It was ludicrous, condescending, half-baked, opportunistic and plain stupid. Even he didn’t seem to know exactly what he wanted. At a Reform UK press conference in Port Talbot, he seemed to make the case for reopening the town’s steel-making blast furnaces, before admitting that “it might be easier to build a new one”, though he also acknowledged that it would “cost in the low billions” to do so. But he had even more dizzying visions of reopened Welsh mines. “If you offer people well-paying jobs many will take them,” said Farage, “even though you have to accept that mining is dangerous.”The climate crisis, predictably enough, was not worth considering. He also did not offer any opinions about coal-related issues such as slag heaps, land slips, rive...

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6 d. ago Death of police sergeant who was hit by train ‘wholly preventable’, coroner says

Sergeant Graham Saville died after being hit by a train as he attempted to save a distressed man on the tracks near Newark, Nottinghamshire.

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9 d. ago 'Deeply concerning' spike in attacks against women and girls on Scotland's trains

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of women were assaulted, harassed or faced unwanted sexual behaviour on the rail network last year prompting anger from campaigners.

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1 week ago Britain must retain the means of making iron, says Sir Andrew Cook

You cannot make steel without iron, and you cannot make iron without a blast furnace.

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1 week ago ‘Cleaner, greener and absolute reliability’: trams make UK comeback

Pioneering light-rail tech poised to revamp network after chancellor announces £15bn transport boostIn a sidestreet in central Coventry, a possible vehicle of the future has been making its first public foray: a 60-seat, battery-powered miniature tram. On smooth, almost silent, test runs, its pioneering wheel system allows it to round the corner without slowing – a small bend for this tram but a sharp turning point for tramkind.The embryonic Coventry very light rail (CVLR) is riding a bigger wave; suddenly, trams are go again. British cities trail Europe but once led the way, before retiring the hundreds of street trams that once flowered under horse and steam power. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police sergeant hit by train after ‘misleading’ information given, inquest hears

Sergeant Graham Saville, 46, was fatally injured while on duty in Nottinghamshire.

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2 w. ago British industry exempted from Trump’s doubling of steel tariffs

But UK bosses are pressing Sir Keir Starmer for a rapid implementation of the trade deal agreed with the president

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2 w. ago Sergeant struck by train two seconds after order to stay off tracks – inquest

Graham Saville, 46, was fatally injured when trying to help a man on a railway line in Nottinghamshire.

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2 w. ago Fears British steel exports could be hammered with Trump's latest 50% tariffs TOMORROW as No10 admits there is STILL no timetable for Starmer's 'trade deal' to be finalised

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump announced the broad terms of an agreement almost a month ago that would exempt the UK from some of the US president's punitive levies on steel and cars.

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2 w. ago Fears British steel exports could be hammered with Trump's latest tariffs TOMORROW as No10 admits there is STILL no timetable for Starmer's 'trade deal' to be finalised

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump announced the broad terms of an agreement almost a month ago that would exempt the UK from some of the US president's punitive levies on steel and cars.

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2 w. ago Where ARE you safe on Britain's trains? Maps reveal crime rail hotspots as sex offences and violence soared to all

The country's rail network saw record levels of crime, with a total of 80,000 incidents recorded by British Transport Police in 2023-2024.

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2 w. ago Trump's doubling of steel tariffs to 50 per cent 'would be body blow to British industry'

The US President met with workers at a steel plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , on Friday night and said he would be doubling tariffs on imports from 25 per cent to 'further secure' the industry.

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