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Budget Train Service to Launch Between London and Edinburgh

A budget train service is set to launch between London and Edinburgh with stops at Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth. First Group, which also operates Great Western Railway (GWR) and TransPennine Express, has won approval from the UK rail regulator to run the service with an average fare of £25 or less. ...

London Home to 4,400 “Super Rich” People

London is home to a whopping 4,400 super rich people, more than any other city in the world. Data from the Wealth Insight report revealed the number of super rich people (net assets worth $30m or more, excluding the value of their main house) is up by 0.8 per cent over ...

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PMQs 11th May – Royal fail & posted workers

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor My lack of knowledge of EU working directives is probably (ok definitely) to blame, but I don’t think I was alone in being temporarily lost in a mail bag when Jeremy Corbyn used up the majority of his questions on the issue of posted workers. ...

Russia testing nuclear weapon capable of wiping out a country

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Reports coming out from Russian media channels have claimed that they are testing a weapon that can slip past radar defences and destroy an are the size of “France or Texas.” There are huge concerns that the test-fire of this nuclear weapon could wipe out ...

‘Completely uncosted’ 7-day NHS plan, says report

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There has been another critical report regarding NHS staffing levels. The Public Accounts Committee has discovered that extreme pressure to save money is already seeing wards understaffed. The PAC claims the Conservative Government have made “no coherent attempt” to realise the vast numbers of nurses, ...

VIDEO – ‘Very rude’ Queen criticises Chinese officials

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Queen has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were "very rude" during last year's state visit by the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. Our monarch was filmed talking about the treatment of Britain's ambassador to China with a senior police officer at a Palace ...

7 months to save child refugees – Tories criticised

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A row has broken out in parliament as child refugees who will now be given access to the UK, “by the end of the year,” reports the Mirror. The Government has been attacked as this could mean a seven-month wait to come into Britain. Labour’s ...

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