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• Teenage boy questioned over fatal shooting at Essex petrol station

  06-08-2017 23:41 via theguardian.com
  Police have taken four men into custody after John Pordage, 34, was shot at a BP service station in Chelmsford on SaturdayThe mother of a man shot dead during a chance confrontation outside a petrol station said she is “heartbroken” as a 16-year-old boy was questioned over his death. John Pordage, 34, died after being shot in the chest at the BP garage near the Army and Navy roundabout in Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex at around 2.10am on Saturday.The victim was with his friend, a 25
  
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• Ben Davies poised to reap rewards for his patience at Tottenham

  06-08-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Left-back gains a confidence boost from friendly win over Juventus
  • Mauricio Pochettino to know extent of Kieran Trippier’s injury on MondayBen Davies knows how it feels to be down the pecking order under Mauricio Pochettino. But the Wales left-back is enjoying his longest spell in the Tottenham first team since joining from Swansea in July 2014, in the absence of Danny Rose through injury, and Davies believes he and Kieran Trippier are reaping the rewards from their spells as
  
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• David Cameron: from prime minister to reluctant festival-goer

  06-08-2017 23:23
  David Cameron snapped by accident watching Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit by Steve and Vanessa Price (bottom left).In a possible sign that he had taken inspiration from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Glastonbury appearance this year David Cameron was spotted at the upmarket Wilderness festival in Oxfordshire by unsuspecting festival goers.The former prime minister was seen in a selfie taken by Labour activist Vanessa Price and her husband.
  
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• Tori Bowie of the US dips for gold ahead of Marie-Josée Ta Lou in 100m final

  06-08-2017 23:21 via theguardian.com
  • American wins women’s 100m by the narrowest of margins
  • Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson finishes fifth despite qualifying bestAs it went in the men’s 100m final, so it followed in the women’s race on Sunday night. Elaine Thompson, Jamaica’s Olympic champion, was beaten by Tori Bowie, the US athlete who had finished second behind her in Rio last year. If anything Thompson was an even heavier favourite to win than Usain Bolt had been but where he finished third
  
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• Usain Bolt says Justin Gatlin had ‘done his time’ and deserved 100m world title

  06-08-2017 23:16 via theguardian.com
  • Jamaican adds: ‘I always respected him as a competitor. He’s one of the best’
  • American hails Bolt who ‘leaves a huge void with his character and athleticism’Usain Bolt has dismissed suggestions his shock world championships defeat by Justin Gatlin in the 100m on Saturday night was a disaster for athletics and has hailed the American as one of the best competitors he has faced.Gatlin’s victory was greeted with a hail of boos, a legacy of two dopin
  
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• Arnold Mouat's body found at his house a month after he disappeared

  06-08-2017 23:01
  Police Scotland has referred its handling of the case to watchdog the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.The force said Arnold Mouat's body had been found at his family home in Bo'ness - in the Central Lowlands of Scotland - on Saturday.Superintendent Martin Fotheringham, of Forth Valley Division, described the case as involving "a tragic set of circumstances".
  
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• Poldark series three finale recap – we will follow you anywhere, Ross

  06-08-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  In a rousing ending, Ross heads up the mammoth Cornish army and gets embroiled in a deeply strange shoot-out. But will Demelza stay by his side? And so we wave Ross and co off into the Cornish sunset. But what’s this – Demelza’s pillow bare? Where can she be? Ah, she came back after all. “I thought you might not return.” “I thought so too, and yet here I am.” We left them lying together like strangers whose longstanding marital troubles will just have to
  
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• Two-Year-Old Girl Dies Following Accident With 'Unoccupied' Car In South Wales

  06-08-2017 22:51
  A two-year-old girl has died following an accident with a car in South Wales, police have said.
  
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• Diana: In Her Own Words burnishes rather than tarnishes her image

  06-08-2017 22:50
  The most controversial TV programme for years began on Sunday night, at 8pm on Channel 4, with a giggling voice asking: “Is that thing on?” Even before viewers saw the blushing cheeks and familiar up-sweep of eyes under the fringe, the posh-flirty voice clearly identified Diana, Princess of Wales.For many of her supporters, Diana: In Her Own Words is a thing they wish had not been on.The film includes videotapes recorded by the voice coach Peter Settelenin 1992 and 1993 during sessio
  
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• Chicago will sue Trump administration over sanctuary cities grant threat

  06-08-2017 22:47 via theguardian.com
  Rahm Emanuel: police officers ‘will not be political pawns in a debate’AG Sessions threatened to withhold funds over treatment of migrantsChicago will sue the Trump administration on Monday, over threats to withhold public safety grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sunday.Related: Migrant deaths at US-Mexico border increase 17% this year, UN figures showContinue reading...
  
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• Mike Pence dismisses New York Times story about 2020 presidential run

  06-08-2017 22:31 via theguardian.com
  US vice-president says report is ‘disgraceful and offensive’‘This is like medicine to him’: why Trump still needs love of the crowdThe US vice-president, Mike Pence, has denounced a New York Times article that suggested he is considering running for president in 2020 as “disgraceful and offensive”. Related: White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on TrumpContinue reading...
  
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• Minneapolis Somali mosque explosion 'an act of terrorism', says governor

  06-08-2017 22:09 via theguardian.com
  No injuries reported after ‘improvised explosive device’ hits centerBlast is latest in string of anti-Muslim incidents across USGovernor Mark Dayton, who joined other public officials and community leaders for a meeting at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis on Sunday, described the bombing attack at the mosque on Saturday as “so wretched” and “not Minnesota”. Related: The Muslim Americans leading the push to 'stand up and be leaders' in p
  
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• British Tourist Dies In Ibiza After 'Falling Through Skylight' In San Antonio

  06-08-2017 22:09
  A British tourist has died in Ibiza after reportedly falling through the skylight of a building.
  
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• David Cameron photobombs festival selfie

  06-08-2017 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A Labour activist snapped the former prime minister at the Oxfordshire event.
  
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• South Korea’s In-Kyung Kim lands first major with Women’s British Open

  06-08-2017 21:41 via theguardian.com
  • Jodi Ewart Shadoff completes round of 64 for second place
  • Solheim Cup captains name wildcards for Iowa on 18-20 AugustSouth Korea’s In-Kyung Kim held off a brilliant challenge from Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England to claim an overdue first major title in the Women’s British Open.Kim saw her six-shot overnight lead cut in half thanks to a superb run of scoring from Shadoff, who followed a birdie on the 2nd with five in a row from the 6th and another on the 13th. The 29-year
  
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• Arnold Mouat's Body Found After Being Reported Missing A Month Ago

  06-08-2017 21:23
  The body of a man who was reported missing a month ago has been found at his family home.
  
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• Body found in hunt for missing Arnold Mouat

  06-08-2017 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The discovery was made almost a month after Arnold Mouat was reported missing from his home in Bo'ness.
  
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• Joe Orton's play Loot to be staged uncut 50 years after being censored

  06-08-2017 20:58 via theguardian.com
  Scenes that hinted at homosexuality and mocked church and police removed by lord chamberlain before 1966 West End debutJoe Orton’s play Loot, originally censored for immorality more than 50 years ago, will be staged uncut for the first time next week to honour the anniversary of his murder.Before its West End debut in 1966, Orton’s play fell foul of the lord chamberlain, who removed scenes that hinted at homosexuality and mocked the church and police.Continue reading...
  
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• Conservative MPs angered by reports of £36bn Brexit 'divorce bill'

  06-08-2017 20:56
  Conservative eurosceptics are insistent that the UK should not pay any money to the European Union as part of a so-called divorce bill.The Sunday Telegraph reported that Britain would pay €40bn (£36bn) to leave the EU, although a senior Government source has denied the claim.High-profile Brexiteers have criticised the claim, with Conservative MP Peter Bone stating that "one of the prime reasons the UK voted to leave the EU was to stop sending them billions of pounds per year".
  
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• Chelmsford shooting: Victim in 'chance meeting' with killer

  06-08-2017 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  John Pordage had been with a friend when they met a man they knew and exchanged words, police say.
  
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• Trump 'not discussing' firing Mueller as Russia pressure mounts – Conway

  06-08-2017 20:41 via theguardian.com
  Top adviser refuses to say president will rule out firing special counsel‘This is like medicine to him’: why Trump still needs love of the crowdSenior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway refused on Sunday to say if Donald Trump will commit to not firing Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating links between Trump aides and Russia who has empanelled a grand jury in Washington. Related: White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on TrumpContinue reading...
  
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• Milan kidnap case model returns to UK

  06-08-2017 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The British woman reportedly says she feared for her life during the "terrifying experience".
  
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• Nicola Jennings on the UN and North Korea – cartoon

  06-08-2017 20:25 via theguardian.com
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• Kidnapped British glamour model Chloe Ayling: 'I feared for my life'

  06-08-2017 20:21
  A British glamour model who was kidnapped and offered for sale on the dark web has been named as Chloe Ayling.The 20-year-old from south London, who waslured to a fake photo shoot in Milan , has told Italian police about her "terrifying" ordeal and spoken to the media.Ms Ayling was then driven to a remote Italian farmhouse near Turin, around 120 miles away, and held her captive for six days until she was released on 17 July - reportedly after kidnappers discovered she was a mother.
  
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• Insurgents kill up to 50 Afghan villagers in northern province

  06-08-2017 20:16 via theguardian.com
  Unidentified militants, reported to be Taliban and Isis, kill up to 50 men, women and children in ‘brutal attack’ on village Insurgents have attacked a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, killing as many as 50 people, including women and children, according to officials. The militants attacked a security outpost in the Mirza Olang area of Sayaad district overnight, torching 30 houses, Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said on Sunday. Continu
  
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• Scruton’s late try completes Hull KR fightback against brave Halifax

  06-08-2017 20:15 via theguardian.com
  • Hull KR 26-22 Halifax
  • Championship winners overcome 22-14 deficit in Qualifiers openerHull Kingston Rovers survived a scare to edge Halifax in a thrilling Super 8s Qualifiers opener. Ben Heaton put Halifax in command with four tries but Hull KR turned around a 22-14 deficit to make a winning start in their bid for an immediate return to Super League.The result may not rank as a shock, with the side who were third in the Championship beaten by the team who finished top, bu
  
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• Homeless in Australia: the shifting numbers and definitions

  06-08-2017 20:00
  Homelessness is difficult to quantify.In Homelessness Week, we take a look at the available data.According to the 2011 census, the number of homeless people in Australia is 105,000, up from 89,728 in 2006.
  
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• Government sets out tougher guidelines to protect smart cars from hackers

  06-08-2017 19:56
  The British government issued new guidelines on Sunday requiring manufacturers of internet-connected vehicles to put in place tougher cyber protections to ensure they are better shielded against hackers.The government said it was concerned that smart vehicles, which allow drivers to do things such as access maps and travel information, could be targeted by hackers to access personal data, steal cars that use keyless entry systems, or take control of technology for malicious reasons.The new guide
  
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• V&A Museum Forced To Apologise After Breastfeeding Mother Told To 'Cover Up'

  06-08-2017 19:52
  London’s Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum has been forced to apologise after a woman was told to “cover-up” while breastfeeding her child.
  
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• Body of man missing for a month is found at his home in Scotland

  06-08-2017 19:51 via theguardian.com
  Arnold Mouat went missing a month ago, but after large-scale search body is found at home and case is referred to watchdogThe body of a man who was reported missing a month ago has been found at his house.
  Police Scotland confirmed that the body of Arnold Mouat, 64, was found at the property in Bo’ness on Saturday. He was reported missing on 7 July having last been seen by his family the previous day at his home in Panbrae Road. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on sanctions: an essential tool | Editorial

  06-08-2017 19:47 via theguardian.com
  Neither pure diplomacy nor outright war, sanctions are often better than bothLast week Donald Trump grudgingly signed what he described as a “flawed” Russian sanctions bill into law. While the president has his own reasons to be concerned by putative links to Moscow, the sanctions are broad enough to potentially damage billions of dollars worth of oil and gas projects in Russia. The episode is noteworthy in all sorts of ways but it is a reminder also that sanctions are a centrepiece
  
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• The Guardian view on electric cars: they’ll change the world | Editorial

  06-08-2017 19:47 via theguardian.com
  Car drivers dream of freedom and autonomy but the future may be robotic public transportThe end of the age of the internal combustion engine is in sight. There are small signs everywhere: the shift to hybrid vehicles is already under way among manufacturers. Volvo has announced it will make no purely petrol-engined cars after 2019; the British government expects the all-electric future to arrive by 2040; and Tesla has just started selling its first electric car aimed squarely at the middle class
  
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• Holland edge past Denmark in thriller to secure Euro 2017 title

  06-08-2017 19:38 via theguardian.com
  • Holland 4-2 Denmark
  • Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema scores twice as hosts pick up first major trophyThe best was saved to last in the Netherlands as Euro17’s most exciting game proved both a peerless advertisement for women’s football and turned Holland into deserved, if surprise, continental champions.Vivianne Miedema scored twice for the Oranje but her outstanding contribution was simply one of many during a breathlessly exhilarating evening on which Denmark offered
  
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• Man dies after boat sinks off south coast with two missing, feared dead

  06-08-2017 19:35 via theguardian.com
  Search and rescue operation launched by coastguard after fourth man was found clinging to buoy off Shoreham, West SussexOne man has died and two others are missing, feared dead, after a boat sank off the south coast of England, triggering a big search and rescue operation. The vessel left Shoreham harbour in Sussex just after midnight on Sunday for a leisure fishing trip with four Romanian nationals on board but “was apparently struck by a larger vessel” around two hours later, Susse
  
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• Increase in female magistrates could mask decline in diversity

  06-08-2017 19:25
  A majority of magistrates are women but the sustained increase in their numbers may be concealing a reduction of social diversity on the bench, the national chair of the Magistrates Association has suggested.The latest statistics show that 54% of all magistrates in England and Wales are women but Malcolm Richardson asked if that meant more middle-class partners who are either not working or only work part-time were joining the bench.“We are getting to the place that we are needing to be a
  
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• We’re failing our young people on mental health provision | Letters

  06-08-2017 19:23
  The failure to find a specialist bed for a suicidal and vulnerable young woman leaving youth custody is at the heavy end of a much wider problem facing mental health services for young people (Senior judge warns of ‘blood on our hands’, 4 August).First, there are territorial injustices in young people’s access to child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) when problems arise.This often results in long delays in receiving preventive services, sometimes to the point wher
  
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• Finding ways to jump the gender pay divide | Letters

  06-08-2017 19:23
  Women often could and should ask more for what they are due (Women, yes we can earn more – if we start to learn our true value, 1 August).The self-help books Viv Groskop refers to seem to concentrate on ways in which women can get closer to the male norm.• Back in the 1980s, in my 20s, I worked as a fee earner in a solicitor’s private practice in the south-east.
  
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• Goodbye neoliberalism, hello common good | Letters

  06-08-2017 19:22
  Margaret Thatcher and Ronal Reagan … great believers in neoliberilsm. Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters
  
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• Difficult decisions in the Charlie Gard case | Letters

  06-08-2017 19:22
  Charlie Gard. Photograph: Family handout/PA
  
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• Missing Briton Anthony Collis found in Australian outback

  06-08-2017 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Anthony Collis, 32, who is originally from Wiltshire, was missing for three days.
  
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• Moeen Ali’s thrilling counterattack for England leaves South Africa in lurch

  06-08-2017 19:11 via theguardian.com
  • Fourth Test, day three: England 362 & 224-8; South Africa 226
  • England No8 halts batting slide as side extend their lead to 360Moeen Ali, who contrives to be both irrepressible and phlegmatic at the same time, ensured England will begin the fourth day with the comfort of a 360-run lead and two wickets still standing.At 134 for six there was a danger that England, despite a first-innings advantage of 136 runs, might squander the dominance they had earned over the first two days.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron under fire for plan to give wife 'first lady' role

  06-08-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  French president facing people’s revolt over proposal to give Brigitte Macron an office, staff and allowance from public purseThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, is facing a people’s revolt against plans to give his wife an official “first lady” role.More than 150,000 people have signed a petition against the move that would give Brigitte Macron an office, staff and an allowance from the public purse.Continue reading...
  
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• British model Chloe Ayling tells of alleged kidnap ordeal in Italy

  06-08-2017 18:39 via theguardian.com
  Ayling alleges she was tied to furniture and forced to sleep on the floor after being abducted from Milan photoshoot in JulyA British model has told of her terror after she was allegedly abducted in Milan by kidnappers who tried to auction her online.Chloe Ayling was allegedly attacked by two men as she attended a photoshoot. The 20-year-old is believed to have been drugged and transported in a bag to Borgial, an isolated village near Turin, before being released six days later and taken to the
  
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• Man arrested at far-right rally in Belfast in day of demonstrations

  06-08-2017 18:35
  One man was arrested after a missile was hurled at a gathering of the far-right group Britain First during a rally at Belfast City Hall on Sunday.Riot police officers acted after the object was thrown as Britain First’s Jayda Fransen vowed to organise protests against new mosques being built in Northern Ireland.The Britain First rally, which took place around lunchtime, was timed to coincide with a republican parade marking the anniversary of British internment without trial in Belfast, bu
  
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• Former MP Michelle Thomson criticises SNP leadership

  06-08-2017 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Michelle Thomson says leader Nicola Sturgeon did not listen to her story over business activities.
  
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• IVF cut back in 13 areas of England to save money, new data shows

  06-08-2017 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Fertility Network UK figures reveal many areas have stopped offering three cycles of IVF to couples trying to conceive, against government guidelinesThirteen areas of England have restricted or completely halted IVF treatment since the start of the year for women struggling to conceive, with a further eight consulting on taking similar steps.Data provided by Fertility Network UK showed the scale of local NHS cutbacks in a bid to save money, defying national guidelines and prompting warnings of a
  
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• Downing Street denies UK willing to pay €40bn Brexit divorce bill

  06-08-2017 18:19
  Hardline Brexit supporters including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage said the reported figure was ridiculous.Theresa May was reported on Sunday to be willing to pay that amount as the price for getting on with trade talks and an exit deal.The sum would be a compromise, because Brussels has demanded about €60bn.
  
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• Ex-Labour MP Kevin McNamara dies aged 82 after short illness

  06-08-2017 18:17 via theguardian.com
  McNamara, who represented Hull North for 39 years, had fallen ill and been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancerThe former Labour MP Kevin McNamara, who sat in parliament for nearly 40 years, has died aged 82.McNamara was taken ill on holiday in Spain and died at his home in Formby on Merseyside. Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea full of holes in a dress-down Community Shield loss to Arsenal | Jonathan Wilson

  06-08-2017 18:08 via theguardian.com
  Absence of the injured Eden Hazard was apparent as a substantially weakened team from Stamford Bridge again came up short in a Wembley showpieceIt was only a friendly. That’s a fact that means Pedro will be available for Saturday’s league game against Burnley despite his red card – and it’s also a useful excuse for a largely indifferent display from the Premier League champions. Arsenal may have needed a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield but Chelsea never seeme
  
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• Waterloo rail works to affect tens of thousands of commuters

  06-08-2017 18:03
  Tens of thousands of commuters in southern England will find their journey times substantially increased as they head into work on Monday morning as a result of major works at Waterloo station.Ten platforms have been shut at Britain’s busiest station, which serves about 270,000 customers a day, including 130,000 during the morning rush hour, and the knock-on effects will be felt across large parts of the South West Trains network.Queueing systems will be brought in at some stations in expe
  
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