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‘This could be a terrorist attack or internal attack, it’s too early to say’: French MP on rail chaos
We spoke to the French MP Éléonore Caroit, who’s from President Macron’s centrist Renaissance party.
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France rail network crippled by sabotage attacks ahead of Paris Olympics
Paris has been lit up with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. But not everyone who hoped to be there will make it, after the co-ordinated arson attacks which plunged the country’s rail network into disarray.
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France election: on the campaign trail with far-right National Rally (dubbed)
30,000 police officers will be deployed across France on Sunday to prevent unrest as the final round of voting gets underway.
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Has an £11k iPad bill derailed the SNP’s election campaign?
In Scotland, the reaction of SNP leader John Swinney to a long-running row over a colleague’s enormous iPad bill has been threatening to derail things for his party.
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FactCheck: Labour claims rail reforms would save taxpayer £2.2bn a year
Labour says its rail plans will save the taxpayer £2.2bn a year. FactCheck takes a look.
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Rail ticket office closures in England cancelled in government U-turn
The Government has done an about turn over plans to close most of England’s railway ticket offices, asking train operators to scrap the idea. Passenger watchdogs said they opposed every single planned closure – after a huge number of complaints over issues like accessibility. Disability campaigners welcomed what they called a major campaign victory –…
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HS2 leg cancellation is money ‘better spent’ for the north and midlands, says rail minister
Krishnan spoke to the rail minister, Huw Merriman. He put it to him that, given the government used to say it would deliver on HS2, these new transport pledges might face a credibility problem
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HS2: UK set to scrap rail link to Manchester
The news that Rishi Sunak had decided to scrap the HS2 rail link to Manchester was starting to leak just as the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt got to his feet to address Tory members.
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HS2 railway scrap plans ‘economic vandalism’ says Labour West Yorkshire mayor
We spoke to the Labour West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin and the Conservative MP Greg Smith, who’s described HS2 as a financial catastrophe. We started by asking Greg Smith if he supported axing the second leg of the high speed railway.
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Boris Johnson warns Rishi Sunak against “mutilating” HS2 railway project
The UK has been building the HS2 high-speed railway line since 2017. Years of delay, billions of pounds over budget and now Rishi Sunak is thought to be considering axing part of the HS2 High Speed rail project linking London with the North. Two former Tory prime ministers in David Cameron and Boris Johnson have…
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DRC violence: ‘trail of war crimes’ left by rebels say human rights groups
Murders, rapes, kidnappings – human rights groups say M23 rebels have left a trail of war crimes behind them as they sweep through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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At least 30 killed and over 100 injured after train derails in Pakistan
At least 30 people have been killed and a hundred others injured – after a train derailed in southern Pakistan.
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Plans to close over 1,000 railway ticket offices met with backlash
There’s been widespread criticism of plans announced today to close over 1,000 station ticket offices in England as the government looks for ways to cut the cost of running the railways.
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Indian rail minister says signal failure likely caused deadly train crash
India’s railway minister has said that the train crash in the state of Odisha was caused by an electronic signalling failure.
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Widespread disruption as 12,000 rail workers strike across England
Around 12,000 ASLEF members were on strike across England, causing major disruption on this busy summer Saturday of big events.