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Labour ‘would be involved’ in rail dispute negotiations if in power, Emily Thornberry says
Labour’s shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry joins us from Westminster.
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Rail workers ‘already on very good salaries’, minister says
Speaking for the government is the Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Chris Philp.
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UK braces for biggest rail strikes in 30 years after last minute talks fail
Thousands of members of the RMT union will join the industrial action, bringing most of the country’s rail network to a standstill.
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Rail workers risk ‘striking themselves out of a job’ says Transport Secretary
The Transport Secretary has warned rail workers that they risk “striking themselves out of a job”.
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Railway shutdown: UK facing biggest train strike in decades
The government has denounced the biggest train strike for decades as an “act of self harm”.
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Storm Eunice: Disruption not seen since ‘Beast from the East’, says rail operator
We spoke to Rachel Heath, the Head of Operations Delivery for the Wales and Borders region of Network Rail, and started by asking why they decided to close down their entire network as Storm Eunice battered the region.
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HS2: Government accused of ‘betraying’ North and Midlands over scrapped rail extension
The government says the new plan is in fact the “green signal” for a network of modern high speed rail. Boris Johnson called the package “fantastic, monumental”.
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Government faces backlash from Northern MPs over expected railways backtrack
The government is facing a backlash from some Conservative MPs in northern England ahead of an expected announcement to scrap part of the flagship HS2 high speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds.
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Colin Powell ‘was a trailblazer’, says former CIA director David Petraeus
We spoke to General David Petraeus, a former United States army general, who was in New York.
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Could rail construction delays threaten ‘levelling up’ in north of England?
Political leaders in the north of England say the prospect of a lengthy delay to new improved transport links for the region are “completely unacceptable”.
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China floods: Death toll rises after record rainfall traps commuters in underground rail tunnels
Three days of rainfall have caused a level of flooding seen only “once in a thousand years” in China, with scientists blaming the intensity of the downpour on global warming.
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Zero-pollution refrigerated truck trailers trialled to cut diesel use
The government has announced that the sale of new diesel lorries is to be banned from 2040, as part of its transport decarbonisation plan.
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‘The Underground Railroad’ director Barry Jenkins on telling America’s real story
The Oscar-winning director of ‘Moonlight’, Barry Jenkins, has adapted the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ‘The Underground Railroad’, into a drama series for Amazon. It tells the story of Cora, a slave in the South of the United States, who makes a bid for freedom using the so-called Underground Railroad. On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s…
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Great British Railway plan promises simplified fares in biggest rail shake-up since privatisation
The government has announced plans for Britain’s trains to be run under a single brand name “Great British Railways”.
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