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“At this point, I won’t go as far as a moratorium,” Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the House of Commons on 9 September, when a Labour MP asked him to back a pause on new data centres. Jacob Reid reported the exchange for Bloomberg. On the same day, the think tank Verdant published a policy […] This story continues at The Next Web

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theguardian.com | 37 min. ago NEW

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

#Apple #Congress #government #Ohio #Oregon #Politician #politicians #power #Ron Wyden #UK

Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relationsA bipartisan pair of American politicians is telling Britain’s most secretive court to stop hiding its handling of Apple’s legal fight against a government demand to break into its customers’ encrypted data, warning that Whitehall’s taste for secrecy is “needlessly” straining relations between the two allies.The letter, shared with the Guardian ahead of being sent to the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) on Friday, is signed by the Democratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and the Republican congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 37 min. ago NEW

Digested week: royal hairlines – Prince George’s hair has such brio as he starts at Eton

#AI #explosion #Floods #Gen Z #London #Norovirus #Social Media #UK #Van

Emma Brockes | Plus, your toilet flush can give you norovirus, AI doom-mongering and a drag Ann DroidIn a news cycle to make everyone older than gen Z feel ancient, we start the week anticipating the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the end. Social media floods with poignant interviews and images from lower Manhattan that day, triggering memories for the rest of us of where, who and how young we were. Ridiculously, I was having my eyebrows done in Hendon, north London, and came out to find a white van pulled over at a crazy angle to the curb, doors flung open, radio cranked up, and people stopped in the street to listen. I remember looking over the city and wondering if I’d seen jets, or explosions. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 9 min. ago

Facing a UK housing dilemma? Send us your questions

#deal #housing #launch #UK

From renting and troublesome landlords to buying or selling a home, send us your UK housing questionsAre you dealing with a problem with your landlord or tenancy, wondering about buying or selling a home, or facing another housing issue?We’re planning to launch a new column answering readers’ questions about housing in the UK and helping them understand their options. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 10 min. ago

Memo to King Charles: you can’t stop the Sussexes’ reality show bandwagon. You only spice up the script

#deal #government #Hyde #King Charles #Military #monarchy #Page #Queen #script #target #UK

Marina Hyde | If the monarch thought his sniffy letter would put Harry and Meghan at a disadvantage, he doesn’t understand how the celebrity world worksOnce again, it has been a lively week for the Real Housewives of Windsor franchise, with Harry and Meghan back in the UK for precisely 12 days before the king fired out a letter via the lord chamberlain on Monday, reminding viewers that the Sussexes are “private citizens” and not to treat them as working royals. You have to say the producers on this unscripted reality show are truly at the top of their game with these targeted provocations. Harry and Meghan duly took the bait and issued an intemperately hurt rejoinder – but we’ll get to that in a bit.First, let’s deal with King Charles’s missive to “relevant senior stakeholders across government, the military and Lord Lieutenancies”. Ugh. Not to be too aesthetically sensitive, but I think we can all live without the sovereign being reduced to the ghastly language of “relevant senior stakeholders”. What next? Seeking “buy-in” for ribbon-cutting events and referring to posies as “high levels of audience engagement”? It does all rather reinforce the idea that the Windsors’ cringe-makingly self-styled “the firm” really is some dreary mid-range company with a wan Meet Our Team page on its website, in which Prince William – carefully photographed without a tie – explains that he “enjoys long walks with the dog and is a passionate Aston Villa supporter”.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 11 min. ago

MPs debate assisted dying bill ahead of parliamentary vote – UK politics live

#crisis #end-of-life #Executive #fund #government #hospital #politics #research #UK #vote

Bill would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, after the approval of a panel of expertsWhile the debate continues, we have a comment from Sam Royston, executive director of research and policy at Marie Curie. He said the government must address the crisis in palliative care regardless of what happens with assisted dying, calling for a new framework and funding to ensure everyone has access to compassionate end-of-life care.He said:Whatever happens with assisted dying, the UK government must fix the crisis in palliative care.It is devastating that nearly one in three people die without the help they need. Too many spend their final days in pain or on busy, chaotic hospital wards, while families are left fighting for help instead of spending time with the people they love.I think it’s absolutely right that, for instance, the prime minister and the government have said that improving palliative care must be a priority for him and his government. I think that’s something that we can all support.I think everybody should have access to good quality palliative and hospice end-of-life care at their final moment.” Continue reading...

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mirror.co.uk | 1 hrs. 15 min. ago

Netflix is raising UK prices again - how to cut the cost of your subscriptions

#Netflix #prices #UK

Netflix is now charging £7.99 a month for its cheapest standard plan, with adverts – up from £5.99 a month

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dailymail.com | 1 hrs. 20 min. ago

The world's best airports revealed - with only one UK entry making the top 10 and a German hub nabbing first place

#airport #airports #German #UK

The World Consumer Airport Index 2026 by the Consumer Choice Center has revealed some of the best airports in the world through an analysis of 60 different hubs.

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theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 43 min. ago

‘She changed the beauty industry’: how Charlotte Mensah brought black hair into the spotlight

#Accra #Charlotte #Ghana #London #spotlight #UK

A new exhibition in London celebrates the influential hairstylist whose clients include Janelle Monáe and Zadie Smith. She explains her story – and why she’s on a mission to ensure stylists are trained to work with all hair typesWhen Charlotte Mensah was a young child growing up in Accra, Ghana in the 1970s, she would spend hours watching her aunties having their hair intricately threaded, an ancient African technique where hair is wrapped tightly using yarn or thread. She didn’t know then that she would go on to become one of the most influential hairdressers in the UK. Renowned for championing natural black hair textures, she has worked as hairstylist to singers Janelle Monáe and Erykah Badu, and the writer Zadie Smith.According to Smith, in an essay she penned about Mensah’s magic earlier this year: “Charlotte can make a great mane of braids appear where previously there were only split ends and hair loss.” Continue reading...

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mirror.co.uk | 1 hrs. 47 min. ago

Putin's mouthpiece proposes 'wiping UK city off face of the earth' in chilling TV segment

#Putin #UK #war #weapon #weapons

The discussion involved advocating the use of atomic weapons against the UK and was hosted by TV presenter and propagandist Vladimir Solovyov and pro-war pundit Igor Markov

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theguardian.com | 2 hrs. 14 min. ago

A rollicking statue, Beryl’s buddies and a swimming pool in a roundabout – the week in art

#London #review #Spain #UK

A blue lady strides across the fourth plinth, Beryl Cook and friends gather in Bicester, and Spain repurposes a traffic junction – all in your weekly dispatchTschabalala Self A rollicking triumph of a statue that spreads good feelings and smiles in the heart of the capital. Saucy genius. • Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, London Continue reading...

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ft.com | 2 hrs. 56 min. ago

UK economy unexpectedly grew 0.4% in July boosted by AI surge

#AI #Inflation #oil #oil price #UK

Resilient start to third quarter comes as surging oil price reignites inflation fears

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theguardian.com | 3 hrs. 21 min. ago

Pupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds

#England #heat #heatwave #research #school #UK #Wales

At least 760,000 children in England and Wales missed lessons as more than 1,700 schools closed or finished earlyThe gruelling heatwave that hit the UK in June caused pupils to miss more than 15m hours of lesson time as soaring temperatures forced hundreds of schools to close, according to a study.The research found that at least 760,000 schoolchildren in England and Wales missed lessons owing to closures during the heatwave – one of five to batter the UK this summer – as temperatures inside some classrooms topped 40C, leaving pupils and staff suffering from heat stress, nausea and headaches. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 3 hrs. 21 min. ago

One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says

#Africa #Arctic #environment #extinction #Kenya #migratory birds #summit #UK

Findings on decline of species such as Arctic tern and turtle dove published alongside flyways pledge at Kenya summitOne in nine migratory birds are threatened with extinction and 45% of migratory species such as cuckoos, turtle doves and Arctic terns are in decline, according to a global report.The migratory slender-billed curlew was officially declared extinct last year, the first global bird extinction in mainland Eurasia and Africa in recent centuries. Worldwide, seven migratory bird species have been confirmed or are suspected to have become extinct over the last 150 years. Continue reading...

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thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 51 min. ago

‘Epic – First Semester’ movie review: A promising but incomplete coming-of-age story

#review #students #UK

Aditya Haasan’s ‘Epic – First Semester’, starring Anand Deverakonda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya, follows two students in the UK as they navigate love, independence, financial pressures and uncertain futures

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news.sky.com | 4 hrs. 5 min. ago

The sole UK flight that flew over burning Twin Towers - and played big part in what happened next

#airspace #plane #UK

For the very first time, Sir Richard Dearlove - the MI6 chief during 9/11 - has told the full story of the RAF plane that crossed the Atlantic and flew over the burning wreckage of the Twin Towers while US airspace remained closed.

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theguardian.com | 4 hrs. 23 min. ago

Want Mr Whippy on tap? I put the viral Ninja Creami Scoop and Swirl ice-cream maker to the test

#front #ICE #review #UK #viral

Whether it’s soft serve or sorbet, gelato or fro-yo, the Ninja Creami Scoop and Swirl is a faff-free way of making all your favourite frozen treats• The best ice-cream makers for your homeFor me, ice-cream isn’t only for summer. It’s my dessert of choice all year round, and a good ice-cream maker ensures it’s always readily available. When I put more than a dozen models through their paces earlier this year, one thing became clear: the most important feature in any machine is ease of use.On that front, the Ninja Creami really scored highly for me. I’ve used the original NC300 model for a few years, and I like its simplicity and that it’s easy to clean. Nowadays, though, we expect our appliances to do a little more – and when it comes to ice-cream, the current craze is soft serve. Continue reading...

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mirror.co.uk | 4 hrs. 27 min. ago

UK travel firm collapses after 19 years — advice issued for customers with booked holidays

#Greece #Las Vegas #New York #UK

ABTA has confirmed the closure of a UK travel company that offered trips to the likes of New York, Las Vegas and Greece, with issued advice for customers with existing bookings

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mirror.co.uk | 5 hrs. ago

UK households should not throw out 1 item or risk starting bin fire expert warns

#dangerous #fire #households #UK

People may not realise how dangerous the situation could quickly become

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#free #independent #curated #NoAds

theguardian.com | 5 hrs. 31 min. ago

Pressure grows on Burnham to commit to increasing statutory paternity leave

#Andy Burnham #budget #cost of living #crisis #parliament #PM #rights #UK

Exclusive: Calls from Labour grow as 105 MPs write to PM urging ‘obvious’ step to alleviate cost of living crisisAndy Burnham is coming under increasing pressure from his own MPs to commit to improving paternity leave in the UK in the next budget, with more than a quarter of Labour MPs writing to the prime minister to urge him to take action.Ahead of the chancellor’s first budget next month, 105 MPs have written to Burnham calling on him to increase statutory paternity leave to help alleviate the cost of living crisis and arguing that lowest-paid fathers are the hardest hit by meagre paternity leave provision. Continue reading...

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mirror.co.uk | 6 hrs. 43 min. ago

Esther Rantzen's daughter calls for an end to the 'ugly' reality of having no assisted dying laws

#campaign #Don #law #LAWS #UK

Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter Rebecca have campaigned relentlessly for assisted dying laws to be introduced in the UK because they don't want to see anyone go through the same pain.

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mirror.co.uk | 7 hrs. 16 min. ago

Best value EV to buy in UK named and it's not a Ford, Audi, or BYD

#Audi #BYD #Ford #UK

A leading motoring publication has come to a verdict on the best value electric car on sale in the UK as they continue to command a greater share of the UK automotive market

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mirror.co.uk | 7 hrs. 16 min. ago

'25 years after 9/11 saw UK join War on Terror our spies are still fighting every day in shadows'

#Terror #UK #war

OPINION: War on terror was joined by Tony Blar days after 9-11 and a quarter of a century later Britain's legions of world-beating spies are leading the fight from the shadows

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dailymail.com | 7 hrs. 52 min. ago

The Daily Debate: Will Labour's new tourist tax make you less likely to take holidays in Britain?

#England #tax #tourist tax #UK

Ministers are laying out plans for a 'tourist tax' in England that could add hundreds of pounds to the costs of holidays. Would this make you less likely to holiday in the UK? Tell us what you think.

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theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 40 min. ago

Speed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdog

#economic growth #electricity #energy #government #Li #Nil #power #UK

National Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growthThe ‘great grid upgrade’ is off track – ministers should spell out the risks for billsConsumers will pay higher energy bills unless the UK government speeds up work on a vast programme of upgrades to the electricity grid to enable the switch to renewables, the public spending watchdog has warned.The National Audit Office (NAO) said that without faster action the extra costs associated with managing the ageing power network, which are ultimately passed on to the public, could reach £7.8bn a year by 2030. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 40 min. ago

Diana’s ‘revenge dress’, worn when Charles revealed infidelity, up for auction

#Page #UK #Wales

Christina Stambolian dress from 1994 has defined a whole category of fashion and is expected to fetch up to £220,000The dress that Diana, Princess of Wales wore one September evening in 1994 would have been memorable for its design alone – black, fitted, off-the-shoulder, skintight and short. However, it has another distinction, of defining a whole category of fashion – what has since become known as “revenge dressing”.Worn by Diana the same night Charles would reveal his infidelity on TV, the dress was quickly labelled “the revenge dress” by the media. It has its own Wikipedia page, with the same title. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 41 min. ago

Weatherwatch: soil moisture deficit – how dry are the UK’s thirsty soils?

#drought #dryness #England #plant #UK #Wales #water

SMD is the moisture the soil must make up until it is at capacity, with very dry conditions over most of England and WalesWhen the ground is thoroughly wet, after excess rainwater has run off it is said to be at field capacity. Meteorologists describe drought in terms of soil moisture deficit (SMD) from field capacity. The SMD is a measure of how thirsty the soil is, expressed as how many millimetres of rain it would take to top it up to field capacity.In southern England, the SMD tends to hover around zero in winter when fields are wet. In summer it may be about 100mm, going up to 150mm or more in a dry year. The extreme of dryness, when soil has no water accessible to plants, is known as the permanent wilting point or PWP. Continue reading...

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ft.com | 9 hrs. 12 min. ago

[$] UK universities fail to win over Reform

#charm offensive #leader #offensive #Populist #UK #universities

University leaders have spent months on a charm offensive aimed at gaining the support of the populist rightwing party

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theguardian.com | 9 hrs. 33 min. ago

Customers of UK-owned surrogacy firm in Mexico allegedly face huge bills after insurance denied

#government #investigation #Mexico #review #UK

UK government reviewing allegations about My Surrogacy Journey after complaints about medical costsThe UK government has said it is reviewing allegations about a British-owned surrogacy service after surrogates in Mexico who faced health complications including a hysterectomy had their insurance claims rejected.The Department of Health and Social Care is considering whether the UK-based provider My Surrogacy Journey should remain listed on gov.uk as one of four domestic surrogacy agencies available to intended parents, after its Mexican sister company received complaints. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 9 hrs. 34 min. ago

Reform UK beset by internal row over response to Dover and Portsmouth protests

#criticism #Nigel Farage #politics #protest #UK

Nigel Farage said demonstrators in balaclavas were ‘horrible’, but others in the party defend them as ‘brave, passionate patriots’Nigel Farage’s condemnation of the masked men whose blockade of Dover stole headlines on the final day of his party’s annual conference was swift, describing their actions as “horrible”.Yet less than a week on from the public debut of the black-clad members of Patriot Platform, Reform is gripped with internal friction over the activists. There has been unease among some members and councillors about Farage’s criticism and some outright praise for the group as “patriots”. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 11 hrs. 13 min. ago

Ed Stone to elder statesman: the making of Ed Miliband – podcast

#bank #election #General #government #Israel #leader #sanction #trade sanctions #transformation #UK #West Bank

The UK foreign secretary has drawn rage and respect after announcing trade sanctions on Israeli settlers. Heather Stewart explains how – and why – Ed Miliband got toughThis time just over a decade ago, Ed Miliband was known for pushing his older brother David out of the way to become leader of the Labour party … only to lose the 2015 general election and become an internet meme for eating a bacon sandwich. But through the last 10 years, Miliband seems to have undergone a quiet transformation.This week he condemned Israel’s “settler terrorists”, saying they were ethnically cleansing the West Bank, his condemnation breaking decades-long government policy on UK-Israel relations. And, his supporters say, he’s only just getting started. Continue reading...

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bbc.co.uk | 12 hrs. 23 min. ago

Alstom to build new battery-electric train fleet

#government #Jobs #UK

The government says the work will support thousands of jobs across the UK.

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bbc.co.uk | 13 hrs. 13 min. ago

Labour mayors in England vow to cap tourist tax at 5%

#conservatives #England #tax #tourist tax #UK

Reform UK and the Conservatives have criticised plans for the new levy on visitors' overnight stays.

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mirror.co.uk | 14 hrs. 23 min. ago

Andy Burnham warns terror 'still knocks at door of democracy' on 9/11 anniversary

#Andy Burnham #Terror #UK #war

As the world pauses to remember the 9/11 atrocities 25 years on, Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the UK and the US 'stand together' in the war against terror

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dailymail.com | 15 hrs. 27 min. ago

UK borrowing costs hit 28-year high in bond market rout and markets ramp up BofE rate hike bets as soaring oil and gas prices fuel inflation fears

#fuel #gas #gas price #Gas prices #Inflation #oil #prices #UK #welfare

UK borrowing costs have hit a fresh 19-year high amid a renewed bond market rout sparked by global inflation fears and signs that Labour plans to continue its welfare splurge.

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theguardian.com | 15 hrs. 54 min. ago

The Guardian view on falling birthrates: cash alone cannot buy belonging

#BBC #billion #CDC #China #crash #deaths #Don #England #fertility rate #government #government support #India #leader #Migration #Nigeria #population #research #security #Singapore #UK #UN #Wales #women

Editorial | Young people still want partners and children. Governments must address the insecurity and isolation preventing them from building familiesWhy are people in one of the world’s richest, safest countries having so few children? Singapore is asking that question. In 2000, its fertility rate matched America’s at 1.6 children per woman. By 2025, it had dropped to 0.87 – almost half the US rate. Singapore’s leaders, worried about population collapse, have reached for the chequebook. Each child, including those born to unmarried parents, will get $55,000 in government support by the time they turn 17. Yet a quarter of Singaporeans say they do not intend to have children. Wealth and security, clearly, don’t guarantee more babies.UN data shows that global fertility fell from 5.3 births per woman in 1963 to 2.2 in 2023. But this masks a growing divide. In some poor sub-Saharan African countries there are around six births per woman. Compare this with England and Wales, where the figure is just 1.39. More than half of the world – including a billion women in India and China – have a fertility rate below the global 2.1 “replacement level” needed to sustain populations without migration. But even in poor countries with high mortality rates and consequently higher replacement rates, births outpace deaths. In Nigeria, for example, the fertility rate of 4.4 exceeds its replacement rate of 2.6 children per woman.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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dailymail.com | 16 hrs. 1 min. ago

China could switch the lights off at any second, such is Beijing's grip on our infrastructure, former MI6 chief warns

#Beijing #China #Chinese #UK

In an ominous address, Sir Richard Dearlove claimed last night that Beijing could hold the UK to 'ransom' by growing our dependency on Chinese steel and tech - then cutting our supplies when it chooses.

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abcnews.com | 16 hrs. 14 min. ago

British man charged with aiding Russian spies to sabotage UK drone factory

#charged #drone #England #London #prosecutor #Russian #Sabotage #UK

Prosecutors in London say a British man plotted with Russian spies to sabotage a drone factory in England

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theguardian.com | 16 hrs. 27 min. ago

New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’

#government #Jobs #power #UK

No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UKNo 10 has announced the construction of a new fleet of battery-powered trains that will “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”.The 29 new trains, which will be run by TransPennine Express, are set to be built in Alstom’s Litchurch Lane works in Derby from 2028, which the government says will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UK. Continue reading...

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