Jon Snow
Where are coppers when it comes to copper theft?
As his train is diverted following the theft of copper signaling wire, Jon Snow reflects on the difficulty of tackling such crime and its impact on the economy.
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Man dies as storms sweep England and Wales
Floods, landslides and a lightning strike on one of north-east England’s most famous landmarks cause chaos across parts of Wales, central and northern England.
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How Paralympian Tanni had to crawl from train
As Channel 4 News launches No Go Britain, an investigation into transport for the disabled, the UK’s most successful disabled athlete reveals how she was recently left stranded on a train.
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Budget LIVE BLOG: news, video and analysis
• Top rate of tax cut to 45p from April next year • Child benefit cut-off point rises to £50K • Are personal allowances changes a ‘granny tax’? Read Gary Gibbon’s blog: 50p tax – hero to zero? 13.47: Ed Miliband compares the government to Downton Abbey, a story of the “out of touch rich”.…
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What would Dickens write about if he were alive today?
As the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth is celebrated, Channel 4 News looks at the themes he might include in his novels if he were writing in 2012.
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‘Hester is relatively low-paid banker’ – Hampton
Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Philip Hampton tells Channel 4 News RBS boss Stephen Hester is “low paid” compared to others in the banking sector, but admits pay generally is “very high”.
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Cashless trading is new weapon against metal theft
The government unveils plans to ban cash payments for scrap and metal in its battle to prevent the rising tide of scrap metal thefts.
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HS2: What’s in it for you?
The government has given the HS2 project the green light – but campaigners say the battle for high speed rail in the UK is not yet won. Channel 4 News looks at the arguments for and against.
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Metal theft crackdown launched
Police hope a trial scheme, dubbed Operation Tornado, will stop the easy movement of stolen scrap metal, as soaring metal prices drive illicit trade. Alex Thomson reports from a Kent scrapyard.
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Two killed as winter storm batters UK
A van driver is killed by a falling oak tree in Kent as high winds cause power cuts and force ports and bridges to close. A sailor has also died after his ship was struck by a large wave.
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Train fares to rise by an average 5.9 per cent
UK train fares will rise by an average of 0.7 per cent above the rate of inflation from January 2012, the Asssociation of Train Operating Companies has announced.
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FactCheck: Why copper theft is the perfect crime
Metal theft has caused at least six deaths, 50 injuries, 60 fires and – a contender for stat of the year here – a total of 673 days of train delays in the last three years. But unless personally blighted by it – as Jon Snow was over the weekend – you’d be forgiven for being oblivious to the problem. Graham Jones, MP for Hyndburn in Lancashire, says it was the “constant concerns” of his wife and son – who both work for Electricity North West – that brought it to his attention. He is not alone in calling for a reform of the Metal Theft Act of 1964, which was slammed in the Lords last month for being “still legally in the age of Steptoe and Son”. But are we really dealing with a cable crime wave or has Mr Jones got his wires crossed? FactCheck dons its hard hat.
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More rain expected as floods hit Scotland
Fourteen flood warnings are in place in Scotland after unusually heavy rain caused widespread disruption to roads and train networks in parts of central and southern Scotland.
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Train misery blamed on cable crime wave
Thousands of passengers were stranded for hours last night as 60 trains ground to a halt, after thieves targeting cables at a signal station in the south west.
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Smog alert amid bank holiday heatwave
The Government issues a “summer smog” alert, warning of potentially dangerous levels of air pollution in England and Wales as millions of people take to the roads for the Bank Holiday getaway.
