Passengers will be losing out on a direct link to the capital after rail operator LNER announced it is scrapping its Sunderland to Kings Cross service ‘due to low passenger numbers and a lack of trains’. The service will instead start from Newcastle. The Sunderland-London route began in 2015, but LNER say it has always had low ticket sales. The announcements ends three years of speculation. Critics say unsociable journey times are behind the lack of interest. The LNER train leaves Sunderland at...
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Things are getting back to normal after a widespread 911 outage was reported in four states on Wednesday. Authorities said residents in parts of Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas were
The maps purported to show a major difference in density between the two systems.
Severely obese pre-schoolers in Somerset are among the first to receive NHS weight management help.
When the May National Rail strikes will take place and which lines are affected
With two weeks left in the Regular Season of the 13th season of the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Philippines, four teams have already secured their playoffs spot.
BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK – Emergency service crews in Stanton and Barningham, near Bury St Edmunds, are set to undergo assertiveness training following reports of awkward encounters with shy personnel. By Norfolk Reporter: Ian Bred Concerned members of the public have raised alarms after witnessing firemen.and police officers attending traffic accidents and house fires with […]
At least 10 planned terrorist attacks in Europe were discovered and halted by western security services in 2023, the Dutch security service AIVD said on Tuesday. People were arrested in the Netherlands in four of the foiled attacks, which ranged from concrete preparations to target a specific event or building, to random knifing incidents. The claim is made in the agency’s annual report, which said jihadist movements remain the biggest terrorist threat to the Netherlands. And while there have...
Canada is introducing a new digital services tax starting this year, which will see foreign tech giants like Apple and Google receive tax demands for income earned in Canada but not currently taxed there. This follows the example of several European countries, including France, Italy, and the UK – and is designed to address tax avoidance more
The TTC says subway trains are running again between Jane and Islington stations, but service at Kipling Station remains suspended. The partial resumption of subway service on the western portion of the Bloor-Danforth Line comes following a lengthy closure caused by a track-level fire that broke out near Islington Station on Thursday afternoon. About 75 shuttle buses had been running for two days to transport riders between the five affected stations. The fire “resulted in extensive...
West Japan Railway Co (JR West) officials, survivors and relatives of victims of a fatal train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, attended a memorial service on Thursday morning. On April 25, 2005, a speeding train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line jumped the tracks on a tight bend during
National Service and conscription have been on the agenda as fears of war grow