62 h. ago Cabinet ministers join forces to declare 'jobs opportunity of the 21st century'

DWP Secretary Liz Kendall and Energy Secretary write for The Mirror about clean energy being 'the jobs opportunity of the 21st century' as they push to get young people trained up

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62 h. ago Young people to be trained as engineers, welders and technicians in major drive

DWP Secretary Liz Kendall and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband have joined forces to back a 'clean power army' of jobs that are to be created to deliver clean power by 2030

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8 d. ago Trains raided for Nike trainers worth millions in spate of desert railway robberies

Police chased one of the suspects for 80 miles, but two people have now been arrested in connection to a series of train robberies near the Mojave Desert in Arizona

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9 d. ago The one change that worked: I loathed all forms of exercise – until I moved to a big city and walked miles

I’d tried running, pilates, swimming and barre, and hated the lot. Then I moved to London and, having no money, I had to start walking to places. Shockingly, I enjoyed itI never understood people who enjoy high-intensity exercise. Wine – yes. Films – obviously. Model trains – whatever floats your boat. But exercise? I didn’t get it. I wept on reformer pilates machines and left circuits classes halfway through under the guise of going to the toilet. I went to the park with the intention of running and instead lay down in the grass with a Cornetto. I pleaded illness – and once, the death of a fictional pet – to waive class cancellation fees. Exercise just wasn’t for me.And it’s not as if I didn’t try. I attempted swimming and barre, power yoga and boxing – all of it hellish, not to mention inaccessibly expensive. When I walked past a certain glass-fronted gym near my flat, invariably with some sort of snack in my hand, I felt a pang of pity for the people inside – sweaty, muscled pris...

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1 week ago Here is the exact day and time to book your train for the cheapest tickets

There are always people suggesting ways I could save cash on my train travel. Some say book months in advance, others say leave it until the last minute to grab a cheap deal.

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1 week ago List of DWP benefits and people who qualify for Disabled Person's Railcard

A Disabled Persons Railcard saves you a third off train journeys and covers people with certain disabilities as well as those in receipt of specific benefits - here's everything you need to know and a full list of those eligible

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2 w. ago Make young people do military training in exchange for benefits, former Tesco boss says

The former Tesco chairman said young people could be ‘coerced’ out of inactivity by making benefits conditional

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2 w. ago The reasons people in calorie deficit struggle to lose weight

Personal trainer and owner of Geezers Boxing, Leon Bolmeer, says that people in a 'calorie deficit' through diet and exercise fail to lose weight

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2 w. ago Pensioner filmed erupting at young man vaping on train demanding he 'pocket and lock it'

A Scottish man was filmed exploding at a younger man using a vape on a train in Glasgow, as people celebrated his use of language and threats against the smoker on the train

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3 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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3 w. ago Mass train hostage siege as 450 people held at gunpoint with several killed

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took credit for blowing up the railway line and shooting hostages as part of their campaign against outsiders allegedly 'plundering' the region on the Afghan border

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3 w. ago Trump administration lawyers tie themselves in knots trying to defend trans military ban to judge

‘You're going to get rid of all these very qualified people who the military has spent millions of dollars into training specialized jobs for no other reason than they have had gender dysphoria or they transition,’ the judge summarized

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4 w. ago Up to 200 still held hostage amid train hijack standoff in Pakistan

Baloch Liberation Army says attack took place because of ‘decades-long colonial occupation’, while officials say dozens of militants killedAn operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by a separatist militant group in remote south-west Pakistan continued into its second day, with dozens killed in the onslaught.On Wednesday, Pakistan’s security services claimed to have rescued about 190 people who were being held captive after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up a railway line and launched an attack on the Jaffar Express train. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Pakistan military fights on in operation to free hundreds of hostages on train

Government says about 130 still held after Balochistan militants blew up a railway line and hijacked trainAn operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by a separatist militant group in remote south-west Pakistan has continued into its second day, with dozens killed in the onslaught.On Wednesday, Pakistan’s security services claimed to have rescued about 190 people who were being held captive after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up a railway line and launched an attack on the Jaffar Express train. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Pakistan operation to free hostages after train hijacking ends with dozens killed

Security services claim to have rescued about 190 people being held by Baloch Liberation Army in remote areaAn operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by a separatist militant group in remote south-west Pakistan has ended with dozens killed in the onslaught, a spokesperson for the army said late on Wednesday.Pakistan’s security services claimed to have rescued about 190 people who were being held captive after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up a railway line and launched an attack on the Jaffar Express train. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Militants say 214 people taken hostage as train hijacked in Pakistan

Baloch Liberation Army claims to have killed 30 military personnel after blowing up tracks in Balochistan regionA separatist militant group in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province says it has taken 214 hostages including military personnel after hijacking a train, as the country’s security situation continues to decline sharply.The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up the tracks and fired on the Jaffar Express train as it travelled through a tunnel in a remote and mountainous area, bringing the train to a halt. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Insurgents attack a train carrying hundreds of people in Pakistan and the fate of most is unknown

Pakistani insurgents have attacked a passenger train carrying several hundred people and claimed to have taken more than 100 hostages, though officials later said at least 80 were rescued

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4 w. ago Pakistan Jaffar Express terrorists demand prisoners be released or 450 hostages will die

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has issued severe threats to authorities considering freeing 450 people from the train of which it claims to have full control

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4 w. ago Militants say 182 people taken hostage as train hijacked in Pakistan

Baloch Liberation Army claims to have killed 20 soldiers after blowing up tracks in south-western Balochistan regionA separatist militant group in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province says it has taken 182 hostages including military personnel after hijacking a train, as the country’s security situation continues to decline sharply.The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up the tracks and fired on the Jaffar Express train as it travelled through a tunnel in a remote and mountainous area, bringing the train to a halt. Continue reading...

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last month Government will ‘stretch every sinew’ to get young people into work – minister

Environment Secretary Steve Reed said one in eight young people of working age were not in employment or educational training.

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