Ministers today have abrubtly ended rail franchising with rail operators being moved onto more demanding Emergency Recovery Management Agreements (ERMAs), which will also deliver lower profits for their shareholders. Although Island Line services are protected in the short term it is unclear what impact, if any the announcement will have …
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Despite an already strong run, Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG) shares have been powering on, with a gain of 25% in the last thirty days. Unfortunately, despite the strong performance over the last month, the full year gain of 5.1% isn’t as attractive. Even after such a large jump in price, …
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Prince Harry and Prince William are ‘speaking more than they did before’ the Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to California, a royal expert has claimed. Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 39, recently bought a $14 million mansion in Santa Barbara where they are living with their one-year-old son Archie, …
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new ‘recovery’ contracts deliver government commitment to end the complicated franchising model and deliver a simpler, effective model to reform Britain’s railways agreements focused on high performance targets and simplifying journeys are first steps to a network that puts passengers back in control Ministers today ended rail franchising after 24 …
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The Countess of Wessex was joined by her husband Prince Edward and their two children as they took to a Hampshire beach to pick up litter today. Sophie, 55, and the Earl of Wessex, 56, appeared in high spirits as they arrived at the Great British Beach Clean on Southsea Beach in …
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Generous postal workers paid a call to Inverurie Hospital for a special delivery thanks to their fundraising efforts. Back in April the team decided that a fundraiser for the hospital would be a show of support for NHS staff. Postal staff from Inverurie visited the hospital to hand over items …
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Video PUBLISHED: 05:28 21 September 2020 Sophie Wyllie Lindy Platten-Jarvis at her gate on the blind bend in Felthorpe. Photo: Bill Smith Archant © 2014 An ME sufferer who lives in fear of a blind bend outside of her house is calling for safety improvements. Email this article to a …
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Princess Diana’s childhood nanny has claimed the royal had a ‘sheltered’ childhood, and said she had no idea of the ‘trauma’ of her parent’s divorce. Diana’s mother Frances Shand Kydd, who passed away in 2004, aged 68, left her father John Spencer, for wallpaper tycoon Peter Shand Kydd in 1969, and, after …
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Every week, dozens of funeral notices and birth announcements are made in the Hull Daily Mail. Announcing the death of a family member has been a time-honoured tradition for family and loved ones, a tradition which should continue as a life should be celebrated and never forgotten. There have been …
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Cycling campaigners in Worcester say that plans by the county council to extend the hours of a ban on people riding bikes in the city centre show that it is “going backwards” when it comes to active travel. Under the proposals, both cars and bicycles will be banned from the centre …
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