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Extreme weather: mini tornado and Storm Gerrit do damage in UK
Around a hundred homes have been damaged, including some with their roofs blown off, after a mini tornado ripped through Greater Manchester.
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Storm Pia and Eurotunnel strike action disrupts Christmas getaway train services
Stormy weather and striking Eurotunnel staff are disrupting the Christmas getaway for tens of thousands of people.
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HS2: Meet the farmers and residents still disrupted by the cancelled scheme
It’s been two months since the northern leg of the HS2 rail line was cancelled by the prime minister, but for some of the people living along its proposed route, the disruption is far from over.
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FactCheck: what is HS2 and how much would it have cost to reach Manchester?
What was originally planned for HS2 and what will the change mean for journey times?
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Debate: should Tories scrap HS2 northern leg?
The Tory Party Conference in Manchester has been dominated by the decision to shelve this city’s high speed rail connection to London, a choice Rishi Sunak has made, we understand, though not yet announced.
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‘It’s a way of keeping the north down’: Manchester commuters react to HS2 plans
While the future of the rail project designed to speed up links to their city is being discussed inside the conference hall, our North of England correspondent, Clare Fallon has been talking to people here in Manchester about their reaction to reports it’s been shelved.
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HS2 decision overshadows beginning of Conservative Party Conference
The Tories have reached Manchester for their party conference although it’s far from clear if High Speed Rail ever will.
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Theresa May becomes third former PM to oppose scaling back HS2
Theresa May has become the third former prime minister to oppose scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the HS2 rail project. And it’s Manchester where the Conservative party faithful are now gathering for their annual conference. Our senior political correspondent Paul Mcnamara is there with them.
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Investment outside London could bring £100bn boost to economy, says Bank of England’s former chief economist
Andy Haldane, the former chief economist at the Bank of England, has jumped into the controversy over the future of the HS2 high-speed rail link.
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What is the HS2 row really about?
Rishi Sunak has insisted he remains committed to his “levelling up” agenda – amid the growing row over the future of the HS2 high speed rail link to the North of England.
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HS2 row: Rishi Sunak says he’s committed to ‘levelling up’
Rishi Sunak has insisted he remains committed to his “levelling up” agenda – amid the growing row over the future of the HS2 high speed rail link to the North of England.
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FactCheck: what we know about the Libyan flood and climate change
Research is still underway to establish the exact role climate change could have played in Storm Daniel and the Libya flood.
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Torrential rain causes chaos with emergency services called to 1,200 incidents in Spain
Roads, railways and subway lines across the Spanish capital Madrid have been shut down, and residents urged to stay at home – after torrential rain caused widespread flooding. Police and firefighters were called to around 1,200 incidents in central Spain, while rescuers are searching for a missing father whose vehicle got caught up in an…
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Those with disabilities and the elderly say ticket office closures could stop them travelling
Rail unions have been out campaigning to save ticket offices from closure, on the day a public consultation comes to an end. The plan would mean shutting most of England’s ticket offices as part of cost cutting measures. Train companies say staff will still be able to help passengers in different roles, but unions have…
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How closing train station ticket offices affects people with disabilities and pensioners
Passengers will have to go online or use ticket machines instead, but many pensioners and people with disabilities say they rely on help from ticket office staff to travel independently.