57 h. ago The new Southeastern timetable with more weekend and evening services

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3 d. ago He snorted cocaine down the pub, sang 'Sweet Caroline' and bragged to friends that he'd killed his girlfriend

A damning report seen by the Manchester Evening News reveals how the probation service failed to protect Caroline Gore

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4 d. ago Car plunges into water as emergency services rush to Scots town

A CAR plunged into water this evening as emergency services rushed to a small Scots town. Cops and fire crews were called after reports of a car diving into Grange Burn on Abbots Road, Grangemouth. The one-vehicle crash happened at around 9pm this evening. Two fire engines attended and left without needing to be used....

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6 d. ago Minister says police and crime commissioners will be abolished in 2028 because system has failed – UK politics live

Elected policing roles will be phased out and their powers transferred to mayors in England in move that could save £100mPA Media has more on what the monthly performance figures from NHS England show. PA says:The data shows 180,329 people in England had been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of September, down from 190,549 at the end of August.Some 2.4% of people on the list for hospital treatment had been waiting more than 52 weeks in September, down from 2.6% the previous month.The NHS waiting list is 230,000 lower than July last year, even as the health service ‘approaches its limit’ with A&E and ambulances facing record demand ahead of winter.The overall waiting list for September was 7.39m (an estimated 6.24m patients) down 15,845 compared to the previous month and 230,000 fewer than July 2024.Thanks to the investment and modernisation this government has made, waiting lists are falling and patients are being treated sooner The past ye...

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7 d. ago Good morning Vienna: new sleeper services will run from Paris to the Austrian capital and Berlin next year

European Sleeper will operate the new services from March 2026, replacing the Nightjet trains that are being axed next monthThe resurgence of sleeper trains on the continent hit a kink in the tracks in September, when the Austrian state operator ÖBB announced that it would be axing its two Nightjet services – Paris to Vienna and Paris to Berlin – from 14 December. ÖBB cited the French government’s ending of subsidies, dealing a blow to the night-train renaissance.However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. European Sleeper has told the Guardian that it will be taking over the route from Paris to Berlin, with the first train to run on 26 March 2026. The train will operate three times a week with departures likely to be from Paris Gare du Nord on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings and the return service from Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Ostbahnhof on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The current Nightjet service departs Paris Gare de l’Est just after 7pm and winds east via Strasbourg,...

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9 d. ago Beloved BBC star dies after 30 years with broadcaster as tributes pour in

BBC veteran John Williams devoted 30 years of service to the broadcaster, worked on the drama Howards' Way, and even wrote a book about his successful BBC career

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9 d. ago Huntingdon knife attack hero Stephen Crean given standing ovation at City Ground days after bravely risking his life

HUNTINGDON knife attack hero Stephen Crean has been given a standing ovation while in attendance at the City Ground to watch his beloved Nottingham Forest. Lifelong Forest fan Crean, 61, saw his club pay tribute to him after his heroic stand against a knife-wielding man during a mass stabbing event on an LNER train service last...

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1 week ago Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work?

Host uses Indigenous concepts and changes agenda to help delegates agree on ways to meet existing climate goalsShipping containers, cruise ships, river boats, schools and even army barracks have been pressed into service as accommodation for the 50,000 plus people descending on the Amazon: this year’s Cop30 climate summit is going to be, in many ways, an unconventional one.Located in Belém, a small city at the mouth of the Amazon river, the Brazilian hosts have been criticised for the exorbitant cost of scarce hotel rooms and hastily vacated apartments. Many delegations have slimmed down their presence, while business leaders have decamped to hold their own events in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Heartless Ryanair refuse to refund Huntingdon hero with footie fan, 61, unable to watch beloved Nottingham Forest

THE HERO who confronted the Huntingdon train attacker has been refused a refund by Ryanair after being unable to fly due to his injuries. Lifelong Nottingham Forest fan Stephen Crean, 61, put his own life on the line when he approached a knife-wielding man during a mass stabbing event on an LNER train service on...

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1 week ago Police called to more than 300 incidents during chaotic Bonfire Night in Greater Manchester

It was another hectic evening for emergency services

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2 w. ago M40 closed after lorry crashes through barrier into two cars as drivers warned over hefty delays

A MAJOR UK motorway has been closed after a heavy goods vehicle barrelled across the central reservation and collided with two cars. The M40 in Warwickshire remains closed after the horror crash yesterday evening, with emergency services racing to scrambling to the scene. Traffic on the busy motorway has ground to a halt between J15...

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2 w. ago King and author Sir Kazuo Ishiguro ‘discussed threat AI could pose to creatives’

The Japanese-born writer, 70, was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature at an event at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Oldham incident LIVE as bomb squad race to street and home evacuated

Emergency services raced to a residential street in Oldham this evening - a bomb assessment robot device has been pictured at the scene

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2 w. ago Oldham incident RECAP as bomb squad race to street and homes evacuated

Emergency services rushed to a residential street in Oldham this evening, where a bomb assessment robot was pictured at the scene

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2 w. ago Huntingdon hero train driver who helped save lives says 'I was only doing my job'

Train driver Andrew Johnson acted quickly and 'saved lives' when panicked passengers told him a bloody knife rampage has been launched on board his Peterborough to London service on Saturday evening

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2 w. ago Nightmare on platform two: Terrifying new video shows train knifeman following screaming passengers as they run for their lives in Cambridgeshire attack that hurt 11

Harrowing new footage has emerged showing the aftermath of stabbings on a rail service between Doncaster and London King's Cross train on Saturday evening.

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2 w. ago Armed police and ambulances descend on UK town with situation 'ongoing'

Emergency services - including armed police - descended on a Welsh town this evening (November 2). Eyewitnesses have said that there is a major presence around a residential area

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2 w. ago Nightmare on platform two: Terrifying new video shows train knifeman following screaming passengers as they run for lives in Cambridgeshire attack that hurt 11

Harrowing new footage has emerged showing the aftermath of stabbings on a rail service between Doncaster and London King's Cross train on Saturday evening.

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2 w. ago Nightmare on platform two: Terrifying new video shows train knifeman following screaming passengers as they run for lives in Cambridgeshire attack that hurt 10

Harrowing new footage has emerged showing the aftermath of stabbings on a rail service between Doncaster and London King's Cross train on Saturday evening.

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2 w. ago How Huntingdon train mass stabbing unfolded in just 15 minutes – from departing station to man with knife being Tasered

A KNIFE rampage on a high-speed train which has left nine people fighting for their lives unfolded over a 15-minute window of horror. The nine-carriage LNER service departed Doncaster in South Yorkshire yesterday evening - with passengers looking forward to arriving in London before the bloody nightmare. Click here for the Sun's live blog on...

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