26 h. ago The 6 signs your sleeping pattern is out of sync – and how to fix it

The impact of prolonged, disrupted sleep can be severe. Thankfully, there are ways to improve this

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67 h. ago The Manchester Piccadilly station thief who just didn't know when to stop

Vicky Heaton snuck into a bar staff room and rifled through an employee's bags

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2 d. ago Man dies after being hit by train with London railway lines closed by police

Man dies after being hit by train with London railway lines closed by police  HamHigh

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4 d. ago Gorgeous European train journey between two spectacular cities

One spectacular train route, on the highest railway track in Europe and the steepest in the world, offers passengers a breathtaking journey between two beautiful European cities

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6 d. ago Manhunt for train sex attacker who repeatedly assaulted woman on central London service

The attack happened on a South Western Railway train travelling through the Richmond and Lambeth areas of London at around 4.40pm on Tuesday, May 13. Pictured: A person of interest

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9 d. ago Live updates as all traffic held near M4 Prince of Wales Bridge after crash

Disruption is said to be 'severe' due to a crash on the Prince of Wales Bridge

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9 d. ago Live updates after closure of M4 at Prince of Wales Bridge as delays continue

Disruption is said to be 'severe' due to a multi-vehicle collision on the Prince of Wales Bridge

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9 d. ago Inspector, 65, dragged beneath train after jumping on tracks to save teen girl

Narciso Mimbela Rosas, a 65-year-old train inspector, is in intensive care after being dragged under a train when he leapt onto railway tracks to try and save a 14-year-old girl

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1 week ago Storm Floris disruption continues as services delayed on several ScotRail routes

Suspended routes will need to be checked before they can be reopened, ScotRail says, after Caledonian Sleeper Services were cancelled on Monday night following Storm Floris

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1 week ago Storm Floris to cause disruption into Tuesday in Scotland, Network Rail says

The railway operator said it would work ‘tirelessly’ to remove debris from train tracks.

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1 week ago Eurostar train chaos: Track closure hits thousands of passengers travelling between London St Pancras and Paris

Services on the line between London and Paris have been severely disrupted after a power failure

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1 week ago Bizarre new reason for Waterloo train cancellations revealed

‘Soil mosture deficit’ means speeds have to be reduced - and Exeter trains reduced to every two hours

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1 week ago Kremlin warns against nuclear rhetoric after Trump’s submarine order – Europe live

Russian spokesperson plays down significance of US president’s commentsEurostar has just put out a note “strongly” advising customers to postpone their journey to and from Paris to a different date if possible due to “severe disruptions including cancellations” expected as a result of part of the track being closed in France.In a statement, it said:“Due to part of the track being temporarily closed on the French network, severe disruptions including cancellations are expected all day to and from Paris. We strongly advise all our passengers to postpone their journey to a different date.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bloody Awful in Different Ways by Andrev Walden review – darkly funny Swedish autofiction

In this bleak, bestselling coming-of-age debut, the author evokes life with the seven dads he had in seven yearsFor Mum (NB: not in a passive aggressive way)” reads the dedication at the beginning of this distinctive debut. It gives us a promising flavour of the voice with whom we’ll be spending the next 340 pages.The story begins with deceptive simplicity: “Once upon a time, I had seven dads in seven years. This is the story of those years.” The narrative has a section for each “dad”, charting Andrev’s tumultuous childhood and teens as his mother’s boyfriends come and go, all of them disappointing and disruptive, and several of them violent. The dads are named for their dominant trait in young Andrev’s eyes: so we get the Plant Magician, the Thief, the Murderer, the Artist, among others. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Storm Floris disrupts travel in parts of UK with 85mph winds

Weather warnings issued in northern England and Scotland as heavy rain and strong gusts lash BritainWeather warnings are coming into force in parts of Britain, with Storm Floris expected to cause severe travel disruption.A yellow warning for wind for northern parts of the UK became active at 6am on Monday and will last until 6am on Tuesday. The warnings have been upgraded to amber for much of Scotland and will be in effect from 10am to 10pm. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Weather warnings come into force with severe travel disruption expected

Avanti West Coast has advised passengers not to travel north of Preston during Storm Floris.

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1 week ago ‘Just ticking away in the background’: old Euston departures board lives on in millionaire’s Margate warehouse

Board continues to show live updates in Jeremy Hosking’s storage space which will open to public next weekendIn a cavernous concrete warehouse on an industrial estate outside Margate in Kent, an enormous screen flickers, day and night, telling the times of train services from north London to Manchester Piccadilly and Glasgow Central and Tring.Whether or not anyone is there to see it, the 22-metre-wide board never stops flashing up live, genuine updates of departures by West Midlands Railway or service disruptions on Avanti West Coast services. Continue reading...

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1 week ago To the Sea by Train: The Golden Age of Railway Travel is a trip down the tracks of time to the great British seaside

The British seaside holiday began with the railways. Before the mid 19th century and the tentacle-spread of rail to the country’s outer edges, the coastline was, apart from a few Georgian watering holes, inhabited mainly by fishermen. A century later, sand and shingle was decked with resorts, spas, piers and promenades.

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3 w. ago Train cancellations LIVE updates as services 'severely' disrupted across Greater Manchester

There are major cancellations of trains running into Manchester's Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations

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3 w. ago 'Thousands of Oasis fans' to be impacted after fatal M60 incident shuts motorway

Police said there will be 'severe disruption' following the gig due to the closure of the M60

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