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New London to central Scotland train service to launch

Rail firm says its West Coast Main Line operation between Euston and Stirling will ‘offer low-cost fares and attract more people to train over air and road’

Evening Standard

Brentford 3-0 West Ham, Newcastle 3-1 Brighton: Premier League and EFL – as it happened

West Ham suffered a survival setback, Newcastle got a welcome win and Ipswich returned to the top flight

The Guardian - UK

The Preston model is not likely to unravel just yet

Letters: Gerrard Raven thinks Andy Beckett is worrying unnecessarily, while Misia Newsome says Barnsley has been regenerated by an effective council. Plus a letter from Austen Lynch

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The UK’s radical ‘Preston model’ faces an uncertain future with local elections looming

A Lancashire council has pushed on with plans to keep wealth and power in the area, despite such ideas being out of fashion in Westminster. But Reform could unravel it all, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

This new low-cost train service will connect London and Scotland for less than €35

Budget rail company Lumo has announced that tickets are on sale for journeys between London Euston and Stirling this summer.

Euronews

From food to transport, how cities are rewriting the climate playbook

What if tackling sky-high energy bills, unaffordable housing and the daily cost of getting to work could also help solve climate change? One of the world’s leading thinkers on urban sustainability says the two challenges share the same solutions – and cities across Europe are already testing them.

Radio France Internationale

New budget train service to connect London and Scotland for under £30

Tickets are now on sale for the low-price West Coast Main Line journeys

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‘Weird and bizarre’: Jack Whitehall condemned for ‘classist’ jokes at Brit Awards in Manchester

Comedian also cracked jokes about Alex Warren, Mark Ronson and people from Preston

The Independent UK

‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs

After a decade of austerity closed more than 1,000 centres, the government has promised £500m to renew youth services. We tour a glossy new venue in Preston – and a girls-only one in London

The Guardian - UK

‘Frustrated’ father who killed crying baby jailed for nine years and 11 months

Peter Sayle pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the death of six-week-old Huxley in Preston in June 2022.

Evening Standard

Two men found guilty of Manchester plot to ‘kill as many Jewish people as they could’

Preston court finds Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein guilty of preparing acts of terrorism after buying AK-47s from undercover officer

The Guardian - UK

Rail passenger offered £10k compensation for 18-minute train delay

Exclusive: John Wareing, who travelled from Preston to London, inadvertently entered the incorrect fare

The Independent UK

Probation officers in England and Wales to be given self-defence training after stabbings

Exclusive: Pilot schemes for bodycams, knife arches and metal detectors in probation offices also approved after attacks in Oxford and Preston

The Guardian - UK

Euston chaos as 'do not travel' warning issued with signal fault wrecking travel plans for thousands

A ‘do not travel’ warning has been issued by Avanti West Coast for all routes between London and Manchester, Liverpool, Holyhead and Preston

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International Business Times UK

Multi-Name Fugitive on the Run: Lancashire Police Hunt for Drug and Violence Suspect in Local Incidents

Lancashire Police are urgently searching for 32-year-old Imtiaz Hussain, wanted in connection with two GBH assaults, a knifepoint robbery and a drug-related court failure, with the public warned not to approach him and to call 999 with any information.

Evening Standard

Train customers warned not to travel north of Preston after derailment

The 4.28am Avanti West Coast service from Glasgow to Euston came off the tracks near the village of Shap, in Cumbria, on Monday morning.

Evening Standard

Four suffer minor injuries after train derailment in Cumbria

Paramedics assessed 87 people after the Glasgow to Euston Avanti West Coast service came off the tracks near the village of Shap on Monday morning.

The Independent UK

Will my train be cancelled following Cumbria derailment?

‘Do not attempt to travel north of Preston today’, said Avanti West Coast

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The Independent UK

Passengers escorted from train after Cumbria derailment

The incident happened between Penrith and Oxenholme.

Evening Standard

London-bound intercity train derails in Cumbria after bad weather causes landslip

Pictures from scene suggest passengers on 125ph train had lucky escape

The Guardian - UK

Passengers tell of ‘panic and distress’ after train derailment in Cumbria

None hurt after train travelling at about 80mph hits landslide on west coast mainline in stormy conditions

The Guardian - UK

Men hatched terror plot to ‘kill as many Jewish people as they could’, jury hears

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein secured guns and hundreds of ammunition rounds, Preston crown court told

The Independent UK

Fraudster told to hand over £90m property empire and Ferrari

The businessman masterminded one of the UK’s largest carousel tax frauds

Evening Standard

Fraudster loses £90 million property empire and Ferrari

Arif Patel is wanted in the UK for a huge VAT fraud.

The Independent UK

Weather warnings come into force with severe travel disruption expected

Avanti West Coast has advised passengers not to travel north of Preston during Storm Floris.

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