63 m. ago Tragedy as boy, 14, killed by train with paramedics racing to the tracks

Officers and paramedics were called to the railway in Burton Joyce after reports of a person being hit by a train - and a 14-year-old boy was tragically pronounced dead at the scene

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2 h. ago How Chancellor Rachel Reeves missed obvious way to kickstart UK economy: a Customs Union with EU

Leaving the EU has cost the UK Government a staggering £90 billion a year in lost tax revenues, according to new research

Politics

2 h. ago Woman 'disgusted' after being unable to use 'filthy' ScotRail toilet

Francesca Cozzari, 35, described the "diabolical" scene she was met with when trying to use the ScotRail toilet on the train home from a day out in Edinburgh.

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4 h. ago Euston station: London Train delays due to issues on West Coast Main Line

Euston station: London Train delays due to issues on West Coast Main Line  Daily Express

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4 h. ago Man was arrested 72 times before allegedly setting woman on fire aboard a city train

A Chicago man with a staggering 72 prior arrests is facing life behind bars after allegedly dousing 26-year-old Bethany MacGee in petrol and setting her alight on a city train

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5 h. ago Rachel Reeves's Budget shows Labour is reversing Tory injustice, Neil Kinnock says

Neil Kinnock, who called for the two-child benefit limit to be scrapped, says the Chancellor's decision to remove the policy is a 'fine way of combatting child poverty and good for the economy'

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5 h. ago Euston station LIVE: Travel chaos as broken down trains cause 'biblical scenes'

Travellers at Euston station in London have described 'biblical scenes' following train cancellations - it came after faults on two trains between Rugby and Northampton/Milton Keynes

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6 h. ago Top trainer facing potential ban over welfare record after deaths of four horses in his care

Rudy Rodriguez, one of the top New York based trainers, has been told there were grounds to believe he was ‘an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare’ of horses

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7 h. ago Asylum seekers now make up 44 PER CENT of net migration to Britain

The number of asylum seekers coming to Britain has surged to a record high, making up 44 per cent of total net migration.

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7 h. ago Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge and scrapping two

PM says: ‘We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we’ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute’Ask the Guardian your budget questionsShare your views on the new ‘mansion tax’Budget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative party is attacking the budget on the grounds that Rachel Reeves is putting up taxes supposedly to fund more spending on benefit claimants. Even though the rationale for this claim is questionable, the Tories were making it before the budget was announced, and Kemi Badenoch firmed it up last night, claiming it was a “Benefits Street budget”.On LBC this morning, asked if the budget meant “alarm clock Britain paying for Benefits Street”, Reeves said she did not accept that. She said 60% of the families that would benefit from the removal of the two-child benefit cap (the most expensive welfare announcement in the budget) were in work.I don’t think children should be punished by this pernicious policy ...

Economics

7 h. ago Cardiff's new train station and business park project given huge boost

The final cost of Cardiff Parkway, with its four platforms, will depend on further design work. However, it is likely to be north of £130m.

Transport

7 h. ago Batman makes commuters more chivalrous if he's on the train with them

The Dark Knight was found to shake people out of their routines so they became kinder to others

Politics

8 h. ago What you need to know about CrossCountry train strikes as major disruption confirmed

CrossCountry services will be disrupted on every Saturday throughout December due to strike action

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9 h. ago US banks announce UK expansion in ‘commitment’ to economy post

The fresh commitments to their businesses in the UK come a day after the autumn Budget statement.

Economics

9 h. ago CrossCountry train customers warned about significant disruption amid planned industrial action

Union members in customer service roles will be striking four times throughout December

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9 h. ago Reeves should have included more tax reform in budget to help growth, IFS thinktank says – UK politics live

Institute for Fiscal Studies director says chancellors continue to ‘shy away from meaningful tax reform that could move the dial’Ask the Guardian your budget questionsShare your views on the new ‘mansion tax’ Budget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative party is attacking the budget on the grounds that Rachel Reeves is putting up taxes supposedly to fund more spending on benefit claimants. Even though the rationale for this claim is questionable, the Tories were making it before the budget was announced, and Kemi Badenoch firmed it up last night, claiming it was a “Benefits Street budget”.On LBC this morning, asked if the budget meant “alarm clock Britain paying for Benefits Street”, Reeves said she did not accept that. She said 60% of the families that would benefit from the removal of the two-child benefit cap (the most expensive welfare announcement in the budget) were in work.I don’t think children should be punished by this pernicious policy any lo...

Politics

10 h. ago Reeves dismisses Tory claims of ‘Benefits Street budget’ – UK politics live

Chancellor says 60% of families that will be better off after the two-child limit is scrapped are in workAsk the Guardian your budget questionsBudget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative party is attacking the budget on the grounds that Rachel Reeves is putting up taxes supposedly to fund more spending on benefit claimants. Even though the rationale for this claim is questionable, the Tories were making it before the budget was announced, and Kemi Badenoch firmed it up last night, claiming it was a “Benefits Street budget”.On LBC this morning, asked if the budget meant “alarm clock Britain paying for Benefits Street”, Reeves said she did not accept that. She said 60% of the families that would benefit from the removal of the two-child benefit cap (the most expensive welfare announcement in the budget) were in work.I don’t think children should be punished by this pernicious policy any longer. And the cost to society of this is huge, the cost for counci...

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10 h. 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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10 h. ago Travel disruption to hit Italy as workers strike over pay and Gaza

Train companies and airports have warned passengers of potential delays on Friday, 28 November

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12 h. ago Priest's terrifying death after attaching himself to 1,000 balloons

Father Adelir Antonio de Carli's charity balloon stunt turned fatal when 1,000 helium balloons carried him over Brazil before he vanished at sea

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